Masters of the House Congressional leadership over two centuries / Roger H. Davidson, Susan Webb Hammond, Raymond W. Smock.

Other author Davidson, Roger H.
Other author Hammond, Susan Webb.
Other author Smock, Raymond W.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo : Westview Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
United States. Congress. House--Speakers. --History.
United States. Congress. House--Leadership. --History.
Political leadership--United States.
United States--Politics and government.

SeriesTransforming American politics
Transforming American politics. ^A327075
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98011326
ISBN0813368944 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813368952 (pbk. : alk. paper)