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Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government - Princeton Studies in American Politics
Jeffery A. Jenkins
Shows how the speakership began as a relatively weak office, and how votes for Speaker prior to the Civil War often favored regional interests over party loyalty. This title reveals how struggles over House organization prior to the Civil War were among the most consequential turning points in American political history.
496 pages, 22 line illus. 68 tables.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 11, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691118123 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 496 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 36 mm · 793 g |
| Language | English |
