Jenkins / Stewart Fighting for the Speakership

The House and the Rise of Party Government
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4546-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in American Politics

Jeffery A. Jenkins is associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia. Charles Stewart III is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jenkins, Jeffery A.

Stewart, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Parlament

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

List of Tables ix

List of Abbreviations xi

Preface xiii

Chapter 1

Introduction 1

Chapter 2

The Evolving Roles and Responsibilities of House Officers in the Antebellum Era 25

Chapter 3

Organizational Politics under the Secret Ballot 56

Chapter 4

Bringing the Selection of House Officers into the Open 76

Chapter 5

Shoring Up Partisan Control: The Speakership Elections of
1839 and 1847 109

Chapter 6

Partisan Tumult on the Floor: The Speakership Elections of
1849 and 1855-1856 151

Chapter 7

The Speakership and the Rise of the Republican Party 193

Chapter 8

Caucus Governance and the Emergence of the Organizational
Cartel, 1861-1891 241

Chapter 9

The Organizational Cartel Persists, 1891-2011
274

Chapter 10

Conclusion 303

Appendixes

House Officer Elections and Caucus Nominations 323

Appendix 1

Summary of House Organization, First-112th Congresses (1789-2011) 324

Appendix 2

Election of House Speaker, First-112th Congresses 332

Appendix 3

Election of House Clerk, First-112th
Congresses 370

Appendix 4

Election of House Printer, 15th-36th
Congresses 391

Appendix 5

Summary of Democratic and Republican Caucus Nominations for Speaker, 38th-112th Congresses 398

Appendix 6

Democratic and Republican Caucus Nominations for Speaker, 38th-112th
Congresses 403

References 421

Index 439

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffery A. Jenkins is associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia. Charles Stewart III is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.