Affairs of state : the untold history of presidential love, sex, and scandal, 1789-1900 / Robert P. Watson.

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"In recent years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and countless other politicians have made headlines for their sexual scandals. But such stories are not new. Indeed, there is a long history of misbehavior in politics, including in the nation's highest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Robert P., 1962-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Presidents > Sexual behavior > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Adultery > United States > History.
Scandals > United States > History.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:vii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • They don't teach this stuff in school
  • Say it isn't so!
  • Presidential peccadilloes
  • Ten stories of presidential love, sex, and scandal
  • "I profess myself a votary to love"
  • "Domestic felicity"
  • Slave owner and slave lover
  • "A petticoat affair"
  • A near miss
  • "The Siamese Twins"
  • "I can never be satisfied"
  • An unlikely union
  • Full house
  • Beloved goddaughter
  • Conclusion: What happens in the Lincoln Bedroom
  • Fatal attraction
  • Making sense of presidential nonsense.