Every President handles issues in his own way. It is interesting to
the presidential leadership of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson in the
When President Eisenhower and President Johnson were in office,
leadership styles enabled them to gather Congressional support to pass the
1957 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, respectively. Their success in
opposition legislators while keeping their own party's support base implies
sponsored legislation results from a proper combination of leadership style
environment (Riddlesperger)." President Eisenhower was reluctant to
leadership, while Johnson defined leadership in a personal way
President Kennedy and President Eisenhower each had to deal with
colleges during their terms which involved sending in federal troops.
desegregation issue in 1957 at Little Rock Central High School, and his
beliefs about race relations, the nature of law and people, and the federal
under the Constitution. Eisenhower believed in the equality of the races,
that equal treatment for racial minorities was a matter that would be
and not by legal mandate (Stern)." In 1962, Kennedy had to deal a similar
University of Mississippi. His "approach to the desegregation crisis
race relations, the nature of law and people, and the federal government's
Constitution, as well as the lessons of the Little Rock crisis as he
that differences over issues could be solved rationally, with individuals
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