Fighting for the speakership the House and the rise of party government /

Main Author: Jenkins, Jeffery A.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Stewart, Charles Haines.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Princeton studies in American politics : Historical, international, and comparative perspectives
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10612182
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300 |a xvi, 476 p. :  |b ill. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- The evolving roles and responsibilities of House officers in the antebellum era -- Organizational politics under the secret ballot -- Bringing the selection of House officers into the open -- Shoring up partisan control: the speakership elections of 1839 and 1847 -- Partisan tumult on the floor: the speakership elections of 1849 and 1855-56 -- The speakership and the rise of the Republican Party -- Caucus governance and the rise of the organizational cartel, 1861-1891 -- The organizational cartel persists, 1891-2011 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Summary of house organization, 1st-112th Congress (1789-2011) -- Appendix 2. Election of house speaker, 1st-112th Congresses -- Appendix 3. Election of House clerk, 1st-112th Congresses -- Appendix 4. Election of House printer, 15th-36th Congresses -- Appendix 5. Summary of democratic and Republican speaker caucus nominations, 38th-112th Congresses -- Appendix 6. Democratic and Republican caucus nominations for speaker, 38th-112th Congresses. 
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