Raphael, Ray. <br/><br/>
Mr. President :  how and why the founders created a chief executive / 
Ray Raphael. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2012. 
 - 324 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: a pregnant moment -- I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse) -- "Little gods on earth": monarchs and their governors -- Revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- II. Conjuring the office -- First draft -- Second guesses --Gouverneur Morris's final push -- III. Field tests -- Selling the plan -- The launch -- Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership -- System failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800 -- Jefferson stretches the limits -- Epilogue: then and now--translations -- Postscript: why the story has not been told. 
<br/><br/> Summary: Offers the story of how the American presidency was shaped during the Constitutional Convention, in a history that includes Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and George Washington, each trying to see his vision for the office of the president realized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307742384 0307742385 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011033471 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--History--United States--18th century.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.<br/>Political science.<br/>Presidentes--Historia--Estados Unidos--Siglo XVIII.<br/>Ciencia política.<br/>Presidentes--Estados Unidos--Biografías.<br/>Estados Unidos--Historia constitucional.<br/>Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.<br/>Estados Unidos--Política y Gobierno--1783-1809.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 JK 511  / R217m 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>352.2309