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- Austin-Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937–1989
- 2009
- Book
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
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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 Connection 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.
Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. vii-viii
- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-15
- CHAPTER 2. JOE BAILEY
- pp. 16-46
- CHAPTER 3. JOHN NANCE GARNER
- pp. 47-72
- CHAPTER 4. SAM RAYBURN
- pp. 73-118
- CHAPTER 5. JOHN W. MCCORMACK
- pp. 119-147
- CHAPTER 7. BACK TO BOSTON: TIP O'NEILL
- pp. 188-218
- CHAPTER 8. JIM WRIGHT: THE LAST TEXAN
- pp. 219-250
Additional Information
ISBN
9781603443265
Related ISBN
9781603441162
MARC Record
OCLC
715188589
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
