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"""In the literature on the War of 1812, little attention has been given to the presidential election of that year. Donald Zinman has remedied that deficiency by a skillful use of a multiplicity of newspaper reports and voting returns. Readers will benefit greatly from Zinman's accounts of the fumbling and fruitless attempts of Madison's opponents to defeat him. It is now clear that Madison's re-election was in less jeopardy than many scholars had believed.""--J. C. A. Stagg, author of The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent and an editor of The Papers of James Madison project ""Political campaigns are routinely characterized as 'war, ' but they turn particularly divisive and consequential when a presidential election takes place during military conflict. In 1812, the young United States was mired in a war declared by the closest congressional vote in its history. Donald Zinman has produced a thorough and insightful account of this election and the political tensions of a country still finding its equilibrium after winning one war for independence only to have to fight another.""--Walter R. Borneman, author of 1812: The War That Forged a Nation"

"""In the literature on the War of 1812, little attention has been given to the presidential election of that year. Donald Zinman has remedied that deficiency by a skillful use of a multiplicity of newspaper reports and voting returns. Readers will benefit greatly from Zinman's accounts of the fumbling and fruitless attempts of Madison's opponents to defeat him. It is now clear that Madison's re-election was in less jeopardy than many scholars had believed.""--J. C. A. Stagg, author of The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent and an editor of The Papers of James Madison project ""Political campaigns are routinely characterized as 'war, ' but they turn particularly divisive and consequential when a presidential election takes place during military conflict. In 1812, the young United States was mired in a war declared by the closest congressional vote in its history. Donald Zinman has produced a thorough and insightful account of this election and the political tensions of a country still finding its equilibrium after winning one war for independence only to have to fight another.""--Walter R. Borneman, author of 1812: The War That Forged a Nation ""Zinman provides an incisive and thorough account of the 1812 election. It is especially insightful regarding the problems a presidential incumbent faces running for reelection during wartime.""--Marc Landy, coauthor of Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism"

""In the literature on the War of 1812, little attention has been given to the presidential election of that year. Donald Zinman has remedied that deficiency by a skillful use of a multiplicity of newspaper reports and voting returns. Readers will benefit greatly from Zinman's accounts of the fumbling and fruitless attempts of Madison's opponents to defeat him. It is now clear that Madison's re-election was in less jeopardy than many scholars had believed.""--J. C. A. Stagg, author of The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent and an editor of The Papers of James Madison project ""Political campaigns are routinely characterized as 'war, ' but they turn particularly divisive and consequential when a presidential election takes place during military conflict. In 1812, the young United States was mired in a war declared by the closest congressional vote in its history. Donald Zinman has produced a thorough and insightful account of this election and the political tensions of a country still finding its equilibrium after winning one war for independence only to have to fight another.""--Walter R. Borneman, author of 1812: The War That Forged a Nation ""Zinman provides an incisive and thorough account of the 1812 election. It is especially insightful regarding the problems a presidential incumbent faces running for reelection during wartime.""--Marc Landy, coauthor of Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism

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Donald A. Zinman is professor of political science at Grand Valley State University and author of The Heir Apparent Presidency, also from Kansas.

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