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Kevin Gutzman

American constitutional scholar and historian

Field	Value
name	Kevin R. C. Gutzman
image	Kevin R C Gutzman in 2008.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	United States
fields	American history, Constitutional Studies, Politics
workplaces	Western Connecticut State University
alma_mater	University of Texas (BA, MPA, JD)
University of Virginia (MA, PhD)

University of Virginia (MA, PhD)

Kevin R. Constantine Gutzman (; born May 20, 1963) is an American constitutional scholar and historian. He is Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University.

Biography

Gutzman holds a B.A. from the University of Texas (1985); a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law (1990), a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas (1990), and an M.A. (1994) and the PhD (1999) in history from the University of Virginia.

In addition to scholarly articles, Gutzman has written scholarly books including, Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 in which he argues that it was the intense commitment of politically active Virginians that led them not only to break away from Britain, but to then produce the first state constitution based on a bill of rights. He further argued that the Virginians who ratified the United States Constitution in 1788 understood it as a revocable agreement entered into by 13 sovereign states.

Gutzman's works for a popular audience include The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, which was named one of the "Top Ten Conservative Books of 2007" by Human Events,{{cite news | access-date = 2009-10-13

Books

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution (Washington, DC: Regenery Publishing, 2007).
Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 (Maryland: Lexington Books, 2007)
Who Killed the Constitution? The Federal Government vs. American Liberty from World War I to Barack Obama, co-authored with Thomas Woods (New York: Crown Forum, 2008)
James Madison and the Making of America (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012)
Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary: A Radical's Struggle to Remake America (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2015)
The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2022)

2008 Presidential Election

On a 2012 radio show of pundit Mike Church, Gutzman stated that he voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election, which upset some fans of Church's show. "I voted for Obama," said Gutzman, "because he was the only one promising to end the wars, and he didn't do it, but that's the reason why." Church responded to angry listeners in defense of Gutzman, pointing out that McCain in particular and the Republican Party in general were, from Gutzman's as well as his own perspective, hardly "lesser evils."

References

"Kevin R.C. Gutzman". Western Connecticut State College.
Gutzman, Kevin. (1995). "A Troublesome Legacy: James Madison and "The Principles of '98"". University of Pennsylvania Press.
Gutzman, Kevin. (2004). "Edmund Randolph and Virginia Constitutionalism". University of Notre Dame.
(Spring 2011). "Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (review)". Journal of the Early Republic.
(June 2009). "Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (review)". The Journal of American History.
Gutzman, Kevin. (2007-06-11). "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution". Simon and Schuster.
(August 2009). "Reviewed Work: Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776–1840 by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (review)". The Journal of Southern History.
(May 2008). "Rhoden on Gutzman, 'Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840'". H-Net.
(July 2009). "Who Killed the Constitution?: The Federal Government Vs. American Liberty from World War I to Barack Obama". Crown Publishing Group.
Gutzman, Kevin R. C.. (2012-02-14). "James Madison and the Making of America". St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Gutzman, Kevin R. C.. (2017-01-31). "Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary: A Radical's Struggle to Remake America". St. Martin's Publishing Group.
(2022-09-08). "The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin R C Gutzman".
Stroman, Clint. (2013). "Backlash From Gutzman Voting For Obama". Mike Church Radio Show.

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