1st Edition
Masters Of The House Congressional Leadership Over Two Centuries
358 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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Much of this nation’s political life and public policy have been shaped by a handful of powerful people—the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Masters of the House identifies enduring patterns of House leadership, explaining the effects of such factors as party strength, White House-congressional relations, leaders’ formal prerogatives, members’ expectations, public attitudes, shifts in... Read more
Foreword -- Credits -- Introduction: Rediscovering the “Masters of the House” -- The Start of Something New: Clay, Stevenson, Polk, and the Development of the Speakership, 1789-1869 -- Thomas Brackett Reed and the Rise of Party Government -- Uncle Joe Cannon: The Brakeman of the House of Representatives, 1903-1911 -- Oscar W. Underwood: The First Modern House Leader, 1911-1915 -- Nicholas Longworth: The Genial Czar -- John Nance Garner -- The Speaker and the Presidents: Sam Rayburn, the White House, and the Legislative Process, 1941-1961 -- Hale Boggs: The Southerner as National Democrat -- Gerald R. Ford: Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 1965-1973 -- Tip O’Neill and Contemporary House Leadership -- Epilogue: Leaders Talk About House Leadership
Biography
Roger H. Davidson, Raymond Smock
