Chapter 1 Succession and Democratic Theory

Chapter 2 John Tyler “I can never consent to being dictated to”

Chapter 3 Millard Fillmore “God save us from Whig Vice Presidents”

Chapter 4 Andrew Johnson “I care not about my dignity”

Chapter 5 Theodore Roosevelt “There’s only one life between that madman and the presidency”

Chapter 7 Harry S. Truman “I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me”

Chapter 8 Lyndon Baines Johnson “For millions of Americans I was still illegitimate, a naked man with no presidential covering, a pretender to the throne, an illegal usurper”

Chapter 9 Calvin Coolidge “I thought I could swing it”

Chapter 10 Gerald Ford “I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President”

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Refounding Succession