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Ethics in American Government: A Look Backward

HARRY W. REYNOLDS, JR.

A summary glance at three centuries of American democracy indicates that attempts have been made to ensure ethics and morality in government by giving primary attention to the issue of whose hands would hold the reins of governance or be responsible for carrying out government's mandates. Four principal periods are identified: 1620-1790, 1790-1828, 1828-64, and 1865-1945. The current period, since 1945, is an extension of the era and assumptions that emerged after the Civil War, with the added features of professionalism and the law as devices for regulating and sanctioning ethical conduct in government.

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 537, No. 1, 14-24 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716295537000003


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