Polk, James K. (continued)

and George Bancroft, 12

and James Buchanan, 8, 11

and Benjamin Butler, 11, 13

and John Calhoun, 6–7

and Lewis Cass, 1, 8, 12

and William Childress, 11

and Henry ClaySee also Clay, Henry, 6, 12, 267–269

and Andrew Donelson, 8, 11, 12

and John Fine, 13

and John Heiss, 10

and John Hickman, 12

and Henry Hubbard, 11–13

and Andrew JacksonSee also Jackson, Andrew, 2, 12, 266

and Cave Johnson, 2, 8–9, 11, 218

and Richard Johnson, 2, 11

and John P. Kennedy, 1

and Samuel Laughlin, 10–11

and Marcus Morton, 12

and Richard Pakenham, 7

and Gideon Pillow, 2, 9, 11, 12

and Romulus M. Saunders, 11

and John Tyler, 6, 7

and Martin Van BurenSee also Van Buren, Martin, 1, 2, 7–14

and Levi Woodbury, 8, 11

and Hendrick Wright, 11

and Silas Wright, 9, 11, 12

poll, 27, 184, 203n2, 221, 226, 231, 235, 242, 245–246, 248, 279, 281, 296n41, 297n51, 311, 315–316, 319, 331–332, 335n10, 335n12, 336n25, 336n27, 337n29

Populists, 175, 248, 255n54, 305

practical liberalism, 197

presidential aspirants, 81–88, 412–417

press, 121, 123–124, 133, 176, 178, 183, 190–193, 198, 201, 210n71, 221, 225, 240, 246, 281, 287, 311, 317, 321, 331, 336n28, 341

primaries, 5, 38, 68, 164–165, 196, 199, 217, 218, 220, 222–223, 226–227, 244, 246, 250, 286, 302, 305–307, 309, 313, 315–316, 324, 326–327, 335n12, 336n19

Progressives, 4, 31n8, 67, 111n21, 164, 167–168, 252n12, 278, 342, 346

Quayle, Dan, 86, 242, 245

racist, 325

rational choice, 16

Reagan, Ronald, 27–28, 38, 54, 61n29, 71, 84–85, 87, 90, 92, 113n23, 198–199, 212–214, 219–220, 230–234, 236, 238–239, 241–242, 244–245, 247, 249, 251n3, 253nn14–19, 253nn24–25, 254nn26–32, 290–292, 308, 310, 320, 343, 386–393, 415–416

and Spiro Agnew, 199

and John Anderson, 226, 228, 230

and Martin Anderson, 227

and Howard Baker, 226

and Charles Black, 227

and George H. W. Bush, 226, 228, 239

and Jimmy Carter, 225–227, 229–230

and Bill Casey, 227

and John Connally, 226

and Philip Crane, 226

and Walter Cronkite, 228

and Justin Dart, 220, 226