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... " Indeed, so powerful an impression did FDR leave on the office that in the most recent survey of historians he was ranked as the second greatest president in our history, surpassed only by the legendary Abraham Lincoln. ...
It would be ignorant to classify the "modern presidency" of FDR and his immediate successors as either an evolution from previous eras--or a substantially different office from what it had been understood to be in the past. ... As a political personality the moralistic, vindictive, and tortured Jackson stands in marked contrast to the pragmatic, engaging and buoyant FDR. ... "(Nelson Essay 7) It is clear that FDR did indeed take some of the ideas and learned from past presidents mistakes as well as their successes, however in the long run FDR did manage to revamp the presidency.
To deal with the nations problems FDR right from the beginning stated his plans for the country, and nothing not even the legislature was going to be able to stop him. ... FDR was gong to achieve a transformed economy and nation by developing and implementing his New Deal procedures. ... The Supreme Court was one of the biggest oppositions that FDR needed to overcome. ... FDR dominated his times, defining the terms of politics at home and abroad. ...
The presidential activism of FDR had been preceded by the assertive leadership of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, but each of them was succeeded by a far more reactive chief executive under whom the presidency receded to its traditional status. ... " He did not have the confidence that his predecessor FDR did, however he was able to maintain the centrality in the political system, this time with a slight difference. The intensely personal leadership of FDR gave way to collective development of policy by the president and his administration colleagues. ... Eisenhower was a more indirect leader in comparison to FDR. ... However like FDR he did make some changes in the White House. ... (Greenstein)
Each of the three views of presidential power stated by Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Taft would have had different things to say about the presidency of FDR and his immediate successors.
Approximate Word count = 1722
Approximate Pages = 6.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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