The Invention of the United States Senate

The Invention of the United States Senate

Author: Daniel Wirls

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2004-03-04

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780801874390

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The invention of the United States Senate was the most complicated and confounding achievement of the Constitutional Convention. Although much has been written on various aspects of Senate history, this is the first book to examine and link the three central components of the Senate's creation: the theoretical models and institutional precedents leading up to the Constitutional Convention; the work of the Constitutional Convention on both the composition and powers of the Senate; and the initial institutionalization of the Senate from ratification through the early years of Congress. The authors show how theoretical principles of a properly constructed Senate interacted with political interests and power politics in the multidimensional struggle to construct the Senate, before, during, and after the convention.


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Download or read book The Invention of the United States Senate written by Daniel Wirls and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of the United States Senate was the most complicated and confounding achievement of the Constitutional Convention. Although much has been written on various aspects of Senate history, this is the first book to examine and link the three central components of the Senate's creation: the theoretical models and institutional precedents leading up to the Constitutional Convention; the work of the Constitutional Convention on both the composition and powers of the Senate; and the initial institutionalization of the Senate from ratification through the early years of Congress. The authors show how theoretical principles of a properly constructed Senate interacted with political interests and power politics in the multidimensional struggle to construct the Senate, before, during, and after the convention.


The Origin and Development of the United States Senate

The Origin and Development of the United States Senate

Author: Clara Hannah Kerr Stidham

Publisher:

Published: 1895

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the history of the United States Senate

The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the history of the United States Senate

Author: Robert C. Byrd

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13:

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Congressional Government

Congressional Government

Author: Woodrow Wilson

Publisher:

Published: 1901

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13:

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Origin and Development of the United States Senate

Origin and Development of the United States Senate

Author: Clara Hannah Kerr

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-11

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781356319961

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


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Download or read book Origin and Development of the United States Senate written by Clara Hannah Kerr and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


The Origin and Development of the United States Senate

The Origin and Development of the United States Senate

Author: Clara Hannah Kerr

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-22

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780469406377

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


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Download or read book The Origin and Development of the United States Senate written by Clara Hannah Kerr and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


The Origin and Development of the United States Senate

The Origin and Development of the United States Senate

Author: Clara Hannah Stidham

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9781356781720

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


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Download or read book The Origin and Development of the United States Senate written by Clara Hannah Stidham and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


The American Senate

The American Senate

Author: Neil MacNeil

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 0199339570

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Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this groundbreaking work, a distinguished journalist and an eminent historian provide an insider's history of the United States Senate. Richard A. Baker, historian emeritus of the Senate, and Neil MacNeil, former chief congressional correspondent for Time magazine, integrate nearly a century of combined experience on Capitol Hill with deep research and state-of-the-art scholarship. They explore the Senate's historical evolution with one eye on persistent structural pressures and the other on recent transformations. Here, for example, are the Senate's struggles with the presidency--from George Washington's first, disastrous visit to the chamber on August 22, 1789, through now-forgotten conflicts with Presidents Garfield and Cleveland, to current war powers disputes. The authors also explore the Senate's potent investigative power, and show how it began with an inquiry into John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. It took flight with committees on the conduct of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and World War II; and it gained a high profile with Joseph McCarthy's rampage against communism, Estes Kefauver's organized-crime hearings (the first to be broadcast), and its Watergate investigation. Within the book are surprises as well. For example, the office of majority leader first acquired real power in 1952--not with Lyndon Johnson, but with Republican Robert Taft. Johnson accelerated the trend, tampering with the sacred principle of seniority in order to control issues such as committee assignments. Rampant filibustering, the authors find, was the ironic result of the passage of 1960s civil rights legislation. No longer stigmatized as a white-supremacist tool, its use became routine, especially as the Senate became more partisan in the 1970s. Thoughtful and incisive, The American Senate: An Insider's History transforms our understanding of Congress's upper house.


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Download or read book The American Senate written by Neil MacNeil and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this groundbreaking work, a distinguished journalist and an eminent historian provide an insider's history of the United States Senate. Richard A. Baker, historian emeritus of the Senate, and Neil MacNeil, former chief congressional correspondent for Time magazine, integrate nearly a century of combined experience on Capitol Hill with deep research and state-of-the-art scholarship. They explore the Senate's historical evolution with one eye on persistent structural pressures and the other on recent transformations. Here, for example, are the Senate's struggles with the presidency--from George Washington's first, disastrous visit to the chamber on August 22, 1789, through now-forgotten conflicts with Presidents Garfield and Cleveland, to current war powers disputes. The authors also explore the Senate's potent investigative power, and show how it began with an inquiry into John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. It took flight with committees on the conduct of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and World War II; and it gained a high profile with Joseph McCarthy's rampage against communism, Estes Kefauver's organized-crime hearings (the first to be broadcast), and its Watergate investigation. Within the book are surprises as well. For example, the office of majority leader first acquired real power in 1952--not with Lyndon Johnson, but with Republican Robert Taft. Johnson accelerated the trend, tampering with the sacred principle of seniority in order to control issues such as committee assignments. Rampant filibustering, the authors find, was the ironic result of the passage of 1960s civil rights legislation. No longer stigmatized as a white-supremacist tool, its use became routine, especially as the Senate became more partisan in the 1970s. Thoughtful and incisive, The American Senate: An Insider's History transforms our understanding of Congress's upper house.


The Origin and Development of the United States Senate (Classic Reprint)

The Origin and Development of the United States Senate (Classic Reprint)

Author: Clara Hannah Kerr

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781330893678

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Excerpt from The Origin and Development of the United States Senate In the following study an effort has been made to trace the development of the United States senate from the time that a second house was first proposed in the convention of 1787 to the present. In this discussion especial attention has been paid to the way in which the senate has exercised the powers granted to it by the constitution, and to the ways in which, either by an increase or a decrease of those powers, it has deviated from the purpose of the framers of the constitution. In doing this the three functions exercised by that body, legislative, executive and judicial, have been separately treated. It has been impossible to obtain a full knowledge of the proceedings of the senate during its early days, as the debates were not reported and the sessions, for some time, were held in secret. Our chief sources of information regarding the period are the "Annals of Congress" and the "Senate Journal." These are supplemented by the "Journal of Maclay," covering the period of the First Congress, and the writings of the early statesmen, especially those of Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison. The same difficulty exists throughout for the executive proceedings, as the executive sessions are still held in secret, and none of the debates have been made public, except in the few instances in which the injunction of secrecy has been removed from them. As the "Executive Journal" since 1869 has not been published, it is still more difficult to obtain an adequate knowledge of the executive proceedings since that date. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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Download or read book The Origin and Development of the United States Senate (Classic Reprint) written by Clara Hannah Kerr and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin and Development of the United States Senate In the following study an effort has been made to trace the development of the United States senate from the time that a second house was first proposed in the convention of 1787 to the present. In this discussion especial attention has been paid to the way in which the senate has exercised the powers granted to it by the constitution, and to the ways in which, either by an increase or a decrease of those powers, it has deviated from the purpose of the framers of the constitution. In doing this the three functions exercised by that body, legislative, executive and judicial, have been separately treated. It has been impossible to obtain a full knowledge of the proceedings of the senate during its early days, as the debates were not reported and the sessions, for some time, were held in secret. Our chief sources of information regarding the period are the "Annals of Congress" and the "Senate Journal." These are supplemented by the "Journal of Maclay," covering the period of the First Congress, and the writings of the early statesmen, especially those of Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison. The same difficulty exists throughout for the executive proceedings, as the executive sessions are still held in secret, and none of the debates have been made public, except in the few instances in which the injunction of secrecy has been removed from them. As the "Executive Journal" since 1869 has not been published, it is still more difficult to obtain an adequate knowledge of the executive proceedings since that date. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Treason of the Senate

The Treason of the Senate

Author: David Graham Phillips

Publisher:

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781258445980

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