When it comes to presidential sex scandals, Bill Clinton's wasn't the first and it wasn't the worst. In fact, there is a long history of presidential peccadilloes, but these all-too-human stories are rarely told and the details of White House marriages both happy and troubled remain hidden. Affairs of State reveals the intimate history of America's first couples through their romances, love lives, and extramarital affairs. More than just a sexual "who did it," these stories of salacious scandals and marital bliss present an intriguing character study of our commanders-in-chief

Introduction: They Don't Teach This Stuff in School
Chapter 1. Say It Isn't So!
Chapter 2. Presidential Peccadilloes
Ten Stories of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal
Chapter 3. "I Profess Myself a Votary to Love"
Chapter 4. "Domestic Felicity"
Chapter 5. Slave Owner and Slave Lover                    
Chapter 6. "A Petticoat Affair"          
Chapter 7. A Near Miss          
Chapter 8. "The Siamese Twins"          
Chapter 9. "I Can Never Be Satisfied"          
Chapter 10. An Unlikely Union          
Chapter 11. Full House          
Chapter 12. Beloved Goddaughter          
Conclusion: What Happens in the Lincoln Bedroom...
Chapter 13. Fatal Attraction          
Chapter 14. Making Sense of Presidential Nonsense

Robert P. Watson is Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of Project Civitas at Lynn University.