America's Fiscal Constitution (98 page)

     
World War II and,
207
,
214
,
337
,
338

Jefferson and Hamilton: The Struggle for Democracy in America
(Bowers),
191

Jefferson Monument,
191

Jefferson, Thomas

     
death,
87

     
description,
27

     
dinner with Hamilton/Madison (1790),
30–32

     
election for presidency/Adams and,
41

     
on federal debt,
27–28
,
52–53
,
61

     
fiscal actions/views,
2
,
27–28
,
42
,
51
,
52
,
52–53
,
61
,
66
,
67
,
240
,
328
,
360
,
363

     
Gallatin and,
40
,
43

     
legacy/influence,
70
,
100
,
106
,
160
,
180
,
191
,
245
,
360

     
Madison and,
26–27
,
30–32
,
34–35
,
49
,
53

     
military spending/taxes and,
42

     
as minister to France,
21
,
26–27

     
opposition to national bank/Hamilton,
34–35
,
36
,
38
,
40
,
42
,
49
,
57

     
party system beginnings and,
35
,
36
,
38
,
43
,
60

     
personal debt,
67

     
presidency,
42–43
,
45–52
,
354

     
public education and,
51
,
99

     
reputation,
30

     
as Secretary of State,
29

     
sister of Hamilton’s wife and,
31

     
as vice president,
42

     
Washington and,
20
,
36
,
40

     
See also
Louisiana Purchase

Jenkinson, Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool,
57–58

Johnson, Andrew,
111

Johnson, Lady Bird,
238

Johnson, Lyndon

     
fiscal policies,
237–238
,
248–249
,
250
,
252
,
253
,
255–259
,
367

     
legislative skills,
248
,
249
,
252

     
military preparedness and,
242

     
War on Poverty/Great Society programs,
13
,
248
,
265
,
266
,
297

Johnson, Richard M.,
79

Jones, Jesse,
194

Jones, Joseph,
28
,
64

Jones, William,
55
,
65

Kagan, Robert,
381–382

Kansas-Nebraska Territory/Act,
89–90
,
100

Kasich, John,
313

Kemp, Jack

     
background,
279

     
fiscal policies/actions,
176
,
250
,
279–280

     
Reagan/bargain,
280
,
281
,
283
,
284–285

     
social programs and,
279
,
280
,
304

Kennan, George,
215

Kennedy, John F.

     
campaign/election,
242–243

     
death,
247
,
248

     
fiscal policies/taxes and,
243
,
244–246
,
247
,
250

     
fiscal policy speech (1962),
245

     
Fiscal Tradition and,
3
,
245
,
246

     
military preparedness and,
241
,
242
,
245

Kennedy, Robert,
243

Kennedy, Ted and social programs,
11
,
263
,
274
,
275
,
318
,
335–336

Kerr-Mills Act/program,
251
,
252
,
253

Kerr, Robert,
251

Kerrey, Bob,
307

Keynes, John Maynard,
202

Khrushchev, Nikita,
242
,
243

Kim Il Sung,
225
,
226

King, Larry,
308

Kitchin, Claude

     
health problems,
167

     
political position,
160

     
World War I/taxes and,
160
,
161–162
,
181

Knights of Labor,
130–131

“Know-Nothing Party” (Native American Party),
89
,
93
,
95
,
95–96
,
99

Knox, Philander,
169

Knutson, Harold,
216

Korean War/financing,
7–8
,
108
,
225–227
,
228
,
233
,
236

Korea’s economy,
277

Krugman, Paul,
322
,
360

Kuwait and US (1991),
375

La Follette, Robert,
147
,
174

La Guardia, Fiorello,
186

“Land office business,”
63

Land sales/purchases

     
1816–1819,
63–64

     
importance of land,
25
,
66

     
by mid-1850s,
86

     
See also
Panic of 1819

Landon, Alf,
199
,
200

LaTourette, Steven,
352

Laxalt, Paul,
288

Lee, Henry,
23
,
38

Lee, Robert E.,
38
,
109
,
118

Lewis, Drew,
304

Liberalism precursor,
126–127

Liberty Party,
88
,
94

Life insurance,
230

Lincoln, Abraham

     
background,
100

     
campaign of 1864/death,
111

     
oratory style/humor and,
100
,
103–104

     
See also
Civil War

Linton, Albert,
229

Liverpool, Lord.
See
Jenkinson, Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool

Livingston, Robert

     
background,
45
,
47

     
Louisiana Purchase and,
45
,
47–48
,
49–50

Long, Huey,
193
,
195

Long, Russell

     
background/description,
249

     
committee replacement,
285

     
fiscal policies/reform and,
249
,
255
,
264
,
268
,
276
,
277

Looking Backward
(Bellamy),
127

Lord, Herbert,
170
,
172
,
173

Louisiana Purchase

     
background,
45–49

     
constitutional amendment and,
49–50

     
finances,
2
,
48
,
49
,
57
,
58

     
Jefferson and,
45
,
46
,
47
,
49–50

     
land area,
47
,
48–49

     
negotiations,
46–49

     
New Orleans and,
45–46
,
47

     
quitclaim deed,
49

Lusitania
,
160

MacArthur, Douglas,
188

MacVeagh, Franklin,
148

Madison, James

     
background,
27
,
61

     
Bill of Rights,
26

     
Constitution and,
24
,
26–27

     
Dallas/national bank and,
57

     
on debt,
28
,
29

     
dinner with Hamilton/Jefferson (1790),
30–32

     
federal taxing power and,
24

     
Federalist Papers,
24
,
26

     
fiscal actions/views,
2
,
20
,
21
,
24
,
25
,
26
,
28
,
29
,
34–35
,
52
,
61
,
240
,
371

     
Fisher’s description of,
26

     
Gallatin and,
40

     
Great Britain burning White House/Capitol and,
55–56

     
House of Representatives actions,
25–26

     
import tax and,
20

     
Jefferson and,
26–27
,
30–32
,
34–35
,
49
,
53

     
opposition to national bank/Hamilton,
34–35
,
49

     
Panic of 1819 and,
65

     
party system beginnings and,
35
,
43

     
personal debt,
67

     
Philadelphia meeting and,
21–22
,
24

     
presidency,
52
,
53–61

     
tax bill/Congress and,
25
,
26

     
US debt and,
60–61

     
veto (1817) and,
76–77

     
War of Independence debts,
20
,
21

     
See also
War of 1812

Mahon, George,
256
,
261
,
287

Maine
battleship,
135

Manning, Daniel,
123
,
125

Mann’s Tavern, Annapolis, Maryland meetings (1700s),
19
,
20
,
21
,
60

Mao Zedong,
242

Marshall, George,
216

Marshall, John,
23

Marshall Plan,
5
,
218
,
221

Martin, William McChesney,
234
,
256

Maryland, McCulloch v.
,
64

Matilda/trial (runaway slave),
88

Mayo, Charles,
261

McAdoo, William Gibbs

     
background,
151–152

     
personality,
151