TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jenkins,Jeffery A.
AU  - Stewart,Charles Haines
TI  - Fighting for the speakership: the House and the rise of party government 
T2  - Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives
SN  - 9781400845460
AV  - JK1411 .F544 2012
PY  - 2012///
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  - 2; 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; 2; b
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