The Austin-Boston connection
Subtitle: five decades of House Democratic leadership, 1937-1989
By: Anthony Champagne ... [et al.].
Contributors: Champagne, Anthony.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781603441162; 9781603441209
Subjects: United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Leadership -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Speakers -- History -- 20th century; Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century; Legislators -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Legislators -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century; Legislators -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: 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-protégé relationships) and enmities within congressional delegations, regional affinities, and the lynchpin practice of appointing the Democratic Whip. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Joe Bailey; title: John Nance Garner; title: Sam Rayburn; title: John W. McCormack; title: Sam Rayburn's boys: who will lead?; title: Back to Boston: Tip O'Neill; title: Jim Wright: the last Texan; title: Conclusion: the impact of the Austin-Boston alliance on House politics; title: Notes; title: Index.