How Did Lincoln Influence The Presidency

As we entered the 21st century, the presidency became very different from the one created in 1878. The constitution limited the presidency so it wouldn’t become a monarchy. However, the limitations subsided because of the attitudes of the founding fathers, and the next two presidents. Washington, Adams and Jefferson shaped the presidency into more of a positively influenced position in the 1800s. But, from that time until about the 1930s, Congress was the most dominant office in the executive branch. Over the past 80 years the power has majorly been dominate in the legislative branch. But how did this shift happen?
Since the Constitution gave the President such limited power, Congress did dominate the entire executive branch until the 1930s.

Partly because of Habeas Corpus which was an executive order created during the Civil War. Which gave them the right to arrest and jail people for suspicion of disloyalty to the Union. He also ignored Congress, which is pretty bold. He expanded the army and made blockades so the southerners couldn’t get through the border, this was all done behind congress’ back. During Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson’s terms, both worked to expand the presidency while in sync with Congress. During Wilson’s term however, World War I gave him the chance to take the lead of international affairs. And Roosevelt held the nation together through The Great Depression and World War II. He gained presidential power through The New Deal. As for the scope of the presidency advancing or not, I think it really depends on who is in office and how he interprets the role of being the President. For example, Roosevelt believed that he could influence better lives of the citizens by using his power and government to do so, aka the New Deal. But, Reagan believed that by being the president, the role was to minimize the control of the government in the regular everyday lives of citizens. That being said, the scope of the government has changed a lot since the framers first created it. The president is more like a CEO that made the executive branch the largest in terms of

The original cabinet consisted of four members and the President: George Washington (President), Thomas Jefferson (Secretary of State), Alexander Hamilton (Secretary of Treasury), Henry Knox (Secretary of War), and Edmund Randolph (Attorney General). However, as the government changes and creates new offices, the cabinet expands because it seems more suits to help the nation grow.
As we are now in the 21st century, our executive branch has 15 cabinet members. I think it is a good thing to have expanded this because it gives more time for the head of these offices to be focused on their particular issue.
However, some may believe that this expansion has made the presidency more powerful or too big because of new rules and regulations. But I disagree. This is a good thing to have in our country. If we didn’t have all the cabinet members and the people beneath these members attributing, none of the new ideas would succeed and help the public grow. The purpose of the constitution is to put a system in place to keep citizens happy and civil. By adding the members to the cabinet it has only been to benefit our country. I believe they wouldn’t have expanded the size, unless they truly needed