American Presidential Elections
Series editors: Michael Nelson and John M. McCardell, Jr.
The concise and readable volumes in this series focus on key presidential elections, their historical significance and impact, and their continuing relevance for contemporary American politics, public policy, and society. Each book treats the election as a window into the politics of its time and examines what made the election interesting, distinctive, and historically significant.
Covered in each volume are the historical and political setting in which the election took place, the major contenders, the nominating process, the general election campaign, and significant congressional and state elections held in conjunction with the presidential election. Each volume not only provides an overall analysis and interpretation of what happened, but also examines in what ways the election shed light on the politics of the times and foreshadowed those that ensued.
For more information about the series, please contact: David Congdon, Senior Editor: dcongdon@ku.edu.
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America’s First Wartime Election
James Madison, DeWitt Clinton, and the War of 1812
Price: $49.99
Pub Date: October 17, 2024
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
Who Is James K. Polk?
The Presidential Election of 1844
Price: $44.99
Pub Date: November 27, 2023
Format: Hardcover
352 Pages
The Last Lincoln Republican
The Presidential Election of 1880
Price: $26.99
Pub Date: June 16, 2023
Format: Paperback
232 Pages
The Last Lincoln Republican is an up-to-date biography of James Garfield and the story of his election in 1880 as President.
Two Suns of the Southwest
Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, and the 1964 Battle between Liberalism and Conservatism
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: November 15, 2022
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
Two Suns of the Southwest boldly juxtaposes the divergent visions offered by Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 presidential campaign.
Realigning America
McKinley, Bryan, and the Remarkable Election of 1896
Price: $28.99
Pub Date: March 31, 2022
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
The first book in nearly 50 years on the 1896 presidential contest, one of the most intriguing and important elections in our nation's history. A vibrant account by a leading scholar that offers new perspectives on the key players and shows how American politics and electioneering shifted at this pivotal moment.
The One-Party Presidential Contest
Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: January 9, 2021
Format: Paperback
368 Pages
The 1824 Presidential election was a struggle between personalities; all five were from the same party, the Democratic Republicans. The result was a contest decided in the House of Representatives.
Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox
The 1840 Election and the Making of a Partisan Nation
Price: $32.99
Pub Date: June 18, 2020
Format: Hardcover
482 Pages
Often remembered, if at all, for its catchy slogans—“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”—the 1840 election is better understood as a case study of how profoundly the economy shapes the presidential vote.
Clinton's Elections
1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance
Price: $49.99
Pub Date: February 21, 2020
Format: Hardcover
342 Pages
An absorbing narrative history of how Bill Clinton revived the nearly moribund presidential prospects of the Democratic party.
The Election of the Evangelical
Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and the Presidential Contest of 1976
Price: $32.99
Pub Date: February 20, 2020
Format: Hardcover
464 Pages
The Election of the Evangelical offers an unprecedented behind-the-headlines analysis of what now seems an unimaginable political moment—a time when southern white evangelicals united with African Americans and northern Catholics and Jews in support of a Democratic presidential candidate, and when cultural liberals in California and Connecticut united with Great Plains farmers in support of a Republican.
After Reagan
Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election
Price: $49.99
Pub Date: November 7, 2019
Format: Hardcover
272 Pages
A timely and well argued case that in the Bush-Dukakis race of 1988 we find the seeds of present-day presidential politics in both parties.

America’s First Wartime Election
James Madison, DeWitt Clinton, and the War of 1812
Price: $49.99
Pub Date: October 17, 2024
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
Who Is James K. Polk?
The Presidential Election of 1844
Price: $44.99
Pub Date: November 27, 2023
Format: Hardcover
352 Pages
The Last Lincoln Republican
The Presidential Election of 1880
Price: $26.99
Pub Date: June 16, 2023
Format: Paperback
232 Pages
The Last Lincoln Republican is an up-to-date biography of James Garfield and the story of his election in 1880 as President.
Two Suns of the Southwest
Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, and the 1964 Battle between Liberalism and Conservatism
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: November 15, 2022
Format: Paperback
304 Pages
Two Suns of the Southwest boldly juxtaposes the divergent visions offered by Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 presidential campaign.
Realigning America
McKinley, Bryan, and the Remarkable Election of 1896
Price: $28.99
Pub Date: March 31, 2022
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
The first book in nearly 50 years on the 1896 presidential contest, one of the most intriguing and important elections in our nation's history. A vibrant account by a leading scholar that offers new perspectives on the key players and shows how American politics and electioneering shifted at this pivotal moment.
The One-Party Presidential Contest
Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: January 9, 2021
Format: Paperback
368 Pages
The 1824 Presidential election was a struggle between personalities; all five were from the same party, the Democratic Republicans. The result was a contest decided in the House of Representatives.
Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox
The 1840 Election and the Making of a Partisan Nation
Price: $32.99
Pub Date: June 18, 2020
Format: Hardcover
482 Pages
Often remembered, if at all, for its catchy slogans—“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”—the 1840 election is better understood as a case study of how profoundly the economy shapes the presidential vote.
Clinton's Elections
1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance
Price: $49.99
Pub Date: February 21, 2020
Format: Hardcover
342 Pages
An absorbing narrative history of how Bill Clinton revived the nearly moribund presidential prospects of the Democratic party.
The Election of the Evangelical
Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and the Presidential Contest of 1976
Price: $32.99
Pub Date: February 20, 2020
Format: Hardcover
464 Pages
The Election of the Evangelical offers an unprecedented behind-the-headlines analysis of what now seems an unimaginable political moment—a time when southern white evangelicals united with African Americans and northern Catholics and Jews in support of a Democratic presidential candidate, and when cultural liberals in California and Connecticut united with Great Plains farmers in support of a Republican.
After Reagan
Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election
Price: $49.99
Pub Date: November 7, 2019
Format: Hardcover
272 Pages
A timely and well argued case that in the Bush-Dukakis race of 1988 we find the seeds of present-day presidential politics in both parties.