TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jenkins,Jeffery A.
AU  - Stewart,Charles Haines
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Fighting for the speakership: the House and the rise of party government 
T2  - Princeton studies in American politics : Historical, international, and comparative perspectives
AV  - JK1411 .J45 2013
U1  - 328.73/0762 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - House
KW  - Speakers
KW  - History
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1041966
ER  -