The republican ideal of the post-presidency : Washington, Adams, and Jefferson
From the republican to the democratic ideal of the post-presidency : Madison, Monroe, and Quincy Adams
Former presidents as partisan politicians : Jackson, Van Buren, and Tyler
Doughface former presidents : Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan
Former presidents in an age of transition : Johnson and Grant
Former presidents and the emergent modern presidency : Hayes, Cleveland I, and Harrison
The post-presidency and the modern presidency : Cleveland II and Roosevelt
Former presidents as symbols of an era : Taft, Wilson, and Coolidge
The modern post-presidency : Hoover
The office of ex-president : Truman
The limits of the office of ex-president : Eisenhower and Johnson
The mass marketing of the post-presidency : Nixon and Ford
Citizen/politician of the world : Carter, Reagan
Epilogue : Bush and Clinton.