Masters of the House : Congressional leadership over two centuries /: Congressional leadership over two centuries. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roger H. Davidson, Susan Webb Hammond, Raymond W. Smock.
• Other Names: Davidson, Roger H; Hammond, Susan Webb; Smock, Raymond
• Contents: Introduction: rediscovering the "masters of the House" / Roger H. Davidson and Susan Webb Hammond -- The start of something new: Clay, Stevenson, Polk, and the development of the speakership, 1789-1869 / Elaine K. Swift -- Thomas Brackett Reed and the rise of party government / Randall Strahan -- Uncle Joe Cannon: the brakeman of the House of Representatives, 1903-1911 / Scott William Rager -- Oscar W. Underwood: the first modern House leader, 1911-1915 / James S. Fleming -- Nicholas Longworth: the genial czar / Donald C. Bacon -- John Nance Garner / Anthony Champagne -- The Speaker and the presidents: Sam Rayburn, the White House, and the legislative process, 1941-1961 / Lewis L. Gould and Nancy Beck Young -- Hale Boggs: the southerner as national Democrat / Patrick J. Maney -- Gerald R. Ford, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 1965-1973 / James M. Cannon -- Tip O'Neill and contemporary House leadership / Barbara Sinclair -- Epilogue: leaders talk about leadership / Gerald R. Ford, Richard A. Gephardt, and Newt Gingrich.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Subjects: 328.73/0762; Political leadership -- United States; Leadership; Orators; Political leadership; Politics and government; Leadership politique -- Etats-Unis; Het Congres; Parlementen; Partijleiders; Speaker; Speaker; United States -- Politics and government; United States; Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement; Aufsatzsammlung; History; Speakers -- History; Leadership -- History; Speaker -- History; Leadership -- History; Histoire; Histoire; Repräsentantenhaus
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429978654; 0429978650
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