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The American speakership : the office in historical perspective / Ronald M. Peters, Jr.
LIBRA JK1411 .P48 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peters, Ronald M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House--Speakers--History.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 354 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1990]
- Summary:
- One of only four federal offices named in the Constitution, the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives is second only to the presidency in political power and influence. Now in The American Speakership, Ronald M. Peters, Jr., offers the first comprehensive political and historical account of the speakership to appear since the turn of the century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ([307]-346).
- ISBN:
- 0801839556
- OCLC:
- 20295935
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