The 1976 House Majority Leadership Contest: Stepping Stone in the Transition to Conditional Party Government

by Bruce I. Oppenheimer and Robert L. Peabody

In this book, Bruce I. Oppenheimer and the late Robert L. Peabody analyze the 1976 House majority leader race and present the result of their unrivaled insider access to this turning point in congressional history. This fierce contest among the Democratic leadership marked the transition of the House of Representatives into the party-dominated institution that is so familiar today.

The 1976 election, in which the Democrats consolidated the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700636951
• ISBN13: 9780700636952
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 232 Pages