Indecorous argument: the use of Madison and Monroe in the election of 1828

• John Sullivan ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Virginia

     University of Virginia

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 45, nº 4, 1979, págs. 378-393
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • During the 1828 political campaign opponents of Andrew Jackson put forth the names of James Madison and James Monroe as electors against their will. This act threatened to thrust the two former Presidents into a role that violated the rules of decorum which had up until that time governed the rhetoric of elder statesmen in America. The manner in which Madison and Monroe declined to serve both reaffirmed the limits for decorous argument and defined the role former Presidents should play in political campaigns.