Inventing Congress
Subtitle: origins and establishment of the First Federal Congress
By: edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon.
Contributors: Bowling, Kenneth R.; Kennon, Donald R., 1948-; United States Capitol Historical Society.
Publisher: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: United States. Congress -- History -- Congresses.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797 -- Congresses.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801 -- Congresses.
Description: Inventing Congress collects the best available scholarship on the First Federal Congress, revisiting the record from a perspective of two hundred years. Fresh, informative, and enlightening, the essays touch on some of the formidable challenges facing the leaders of the new republic. The papers collected in Inventing Congress originated in two conferences held in 1994 and 1995 sponsored by the United States Capitol Historical Society in its series, "Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1789-1801."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The papers collected in Inventing Congress originated in two conferences held in 1994 and 1995 sponsored by the United States Capitol Historical Society in its series, 'Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801'"--Jacket.