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The Austin-Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937-1989
The AustinBoston Connection Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership 19371989
Author: Anthony Champagne, Dr. Douglas B. Harris, Dr. James W. Riddlesperger Jr., Dr. Garrison Nelson
For the more than fifty years that Democrats controlled the U.S. House of Representatives, leadership was divided between Massachusetts and Texas. When the Speaker was from Texas (or nearby Oklahoma), the Majority Leader was from the Boston area, and when the Speaker was from Boston, the Majority Leader was from Texas.  — The Austin-Boston Con...  more » analyzes the importance of the friendships (especially mentor-protégé relationships) and enmities within congressional delegations, regional affinities, and the lynchpin practice of appointing the Democratic Whip.
ISBN-13: 9781603441162
ISBN-10: 1603441166
Publication Date: 8/31/2009
Pages: 352
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Publisher: TAMU Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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