(Read Online) The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe *ePub

A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same political party in American history, from the bestselling author of Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary and James MadisonBefore the consecutive two-term administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, there had only been one other trio of its type: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.Kevin Gutzman?s The Jeffersonians is the essential full chronicle of the men, known as The Virginia Dynasty, who served as president from 1801 to 1825 and implemented the foreign-policy, domestic, and constitutional agenda of the radical wing of the American Revolution, setting guideposts for later American liberals to follow.The three close political allies were tightly related: Jefferson and Madison were the closest of friends, and Monroe was Jefferson?s former law student. Their achievements were many, from the founding of the opposition Republican Party in the