Title: Wright Patman : populism, liberalism, & the American dream /
Authors: Young, Nancy Beck.
Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Patman, Wright,; United States. Biography.; Legislators United States Biography
Abstract: "Wright Patman often operated on the margins of Washington politics, but through the force of his personality and his effectiveness as a speaker, he was able to coerce his colleagues to address his reform agenda. His abilities as a campaigner and his dependability as a Democratic vote in Congress on all questions except civil rights made him an important though sometimes unwelcome ally for the Democratic presidents under whom he served."