Fighting for the speakership : the House and the rise of party government
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Fighting for the speakership : the House and the rise of party government
（Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives）
Princeton University Press, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-437) and index
Contents of Works
- 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
