Download or read book Presidents Above Party written by Ralph Ketcham and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1987-03-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington's vision was a presidency free of party, a republican, national office that would transcend faction. That vision would remain strong in the administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Ada