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

by Anthony Champagne, Douglas B. Harris, James W. Riddlesperger Jr.

Book Overview

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-prot g relationships)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603441204
• ISBN13: 9781603441209
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"