America’s Lawyer-Presidents

Foreword by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Preface
James R. Silkenat and Robert A. Stein

Introduction
Norman Gross

Founding Fathers and Sons

Law in Colonial America
Lawrence M. Friedman

John Adams: Patriot Lawyer
L. Kinvin Wroth

Thomas Jefferson: Legal Wordsmith
David T. Konig

James Monroe: Occasional Lawyer
Daniel Preston

John Quincy Adams: Eloquent Advocate
Howard Jones

Antebellum Presidents

Law in Antebellum America
Lawrence M. Friedman

Andrew Jackson: Frontier Justice
David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler

Martin Van Buren: Boy Lawyer
James A. Henretta

John Tyler: Virginia Counsel
E. Lee Shepard

James K. Polk: Sometime Lawyer
Robert W. Johannsen

Millard Fillmore: Lawyer Mentor
Elbert B. Smith

Franklin Pierce: Courtroom Orator
Christopher M. Johnson

James Buchanan: Strict Constructionist
Jean H. Baker

Lawyer Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer
Paul Finkelman

Selected Cases of A. Lincoln, Esq., Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law
John A. Lupton

Lincoln's Notes for a Law Lecture

Gilded Age Presidents

Law in the Gilded Age
Lawrence M. Friedman

Rutherford B. Hayes: Volunteer Counsel
Ari Hoogenboom

James A. Garfield: Supreme Court Counsel
Allan Peskin

Chester A. Arthur: War Claims Lawyer
Thomas C. Reeves

Grover Cleveland: An Honest Lawyer
Eugene C. Gerhart

Benjamin Harrison: High-Priced Counsel
Allen Sharp

William McKinley: A Good Lawyer
Lewis L. Gould

New Century Presidents

Law in the New Century
Lawrence M. Friedman

William Howard Taft: Mr. Chief Justice
Melvyn Dubofsky

Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Lawyer
Melvin I. Urofsky

Calvin Coolidge: Country Lawyer
Russell Fowler

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Contrarian Counselor
Jerome J. Shestack

The Modern Presidency

Law in Modern America
Lawrence M. Friedman

Richard M. Nixon: Bicoastal Practitioner
Irwin F. Gellman

Gerald R. Ford: All-American Counsel
David Horrocks

William Jefferson Clinton: Political Lawyer
David H. Bennett

Presidential Appointments: Supreme Court Justices and Chief Government Lawyers

Lawyer-Presidents and Their Supreme Court Appointments
Barbara A. Perry

Supreme Court Appointments

Lawyer-Presidents and Their Attorneys (General)
Cornell W. Clayton

Attorneys General Appointments

Solicitors General Appointments

Further Reading
Contributors
Illustration Credits
Index