The Austin-Boston Connection : Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937-1989 (9781603441209)

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-protege relationships) and enmities within congressional delegations, regional affinities, and the lynchpin practice of appointing the Democratic Whip.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 338 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 25.4mm | 521.63g
• Publication date 31 Aug 2009
• Publisher Texas A & M University Press
• Publication City/Country College Station, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 17 b&w photos. 5 charts.
• ISBN10 1603441204
• ISBN13 9781603441209

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