Fighting for the speakership the House and the rise of party government /
Jenkins, Jeffery A.
Fighting for the speakership the House and the rise of party government / [electronic resource] : Jeffery A. Jenkins, Charles Stewart III. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013. - xvi, 476 p. : ill. - Princeton studies in American politics : Historical, international, and comparative perspectives . - Princeton studies in American politics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781400845460 (electronic bk.)
United States. Congress. House --Speakers--History.
Political parties--History.--United States
Electronic books.
JK1411 / .J45 2013
328.73/0762
Fighting for the speakership the House and the rise of party government / [electronic resource] : Jeffery A. Jenkins, Charles Stewart III. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013. - xvi, 476 p. : ill. - Princeton studies in American politics : Historical, international, and comparative perspectives . - Princeton studies in American politics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781400845460 (electronic bk.)
United States. Congress. House --Speakers--History.
Political parties--History.--United States
Electronic books.
JK1411 / .J45 2013
328.73/0762