Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives): 131

by Charles Stewart (Author), JefferyA.Jenkins (Author)

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  2012

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  Provides a comprehensive history of how Speakers have been elected in the US House since 1789, arguing that the organizational politics of these elections were critical to the construction of mass political parties in America and laid the groundwork for the role they play in setting the agenda of Congress today.