...James G. Randall Copyright © 1911 by Duke University Press 1911 Senator Bagby of Alabama James G. Randall, Instructor in History in Syracuse University Looked at as a stage in the slavery controversy, the period be­ ginning with the struggle over the annexation of Texas, extending through...

...Burl Noggle The Spearless Leader: Senator Borah and the Progressive Movement in the 1920’s . By Ashby LeRoy . Urbana, Chicago, and London : The University of Illinois Press , 1972 . Pp. x , 325 . $10.00 . George W. Norris: The Persistence of a Progressive, 1913–1933...

...William Garrott Brown Copyright © 1904 by Duke University Press 1904 Senator Hoar s Reminiscences.* By William Garrott Brown. This is a remarkably cheerful book, and Senator Hoar has seen much of life and of politics, by many thought to be the worst side of life. The young reader will find...

...Robert Lee Flowers Copyright © 1905 by Duke University Press 1905 Matthew Whitaker Ransom: A Senator of the Old Regime By Robert Lee Flowers, Professor of Mathematics in Trinity College When Matthew Whitaker Ransom died at his home in North­ ampton county, North Carolina, a few months ago...

...Richard L. Watson, Jr. The Private Papers of Senator Vandenburg . Edited by Vandenburg Arthur H. Jr. , with the collaboration of Joe Alex Morris. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company , 1952 . Pp. xxii , 599 . $5.00 . Copyright © 1954 by Duke University Press 1954 602 The South...

...Nanette Dembitz Copyright © 1953 by Duke University Press 1953 WAS SENATOR MCCARTHY S GOOD NAME DAMAGED? Nanette Dembitz SENATOR MCCARTHY S libel suits against former Senator Benton and the Syracuse, New York, Post-Standard, which ap­ parently he will pursue even though his election campaign...

...Harry R. Stevens Old Bullion Benton: Senator from the New West . By Chambers William Nisbet . Boston : Atlantic-Little, Brown and Company , 1956 . Pp. xv , 517 . $6.00 . Copyright © 1957 by Duke University Press 1957 390 The South Atlantic Quarterly Despite these and many...

...William E. Dodd, Ph.D. Copyright © 1902 by Duke University Press 1902 The Principle of Instructing United States Senators By William E. Dodd, Ph. D., Professor of History in Randolph-Macon College. Many of the predominant ideas in Southern politics prior to the Civil War have been obscured...

...William E. Dodd, Ph.D. Copyright © 1902 by Duke University Press 1902 The Principle of Instructing United States Senators By William E. Dodd, Ph. D., Professor of History in Randolph-Macon College. Many of the predominant ideas in Southern politics prior to the Civil War have been obscured...

...Robert E. Hosack Copyright © 1944 by Duke University Press 1944 THE SHANTUNG QUESTION AND THE SENATE ROBERT E. HOSACK NOW that presidents, prime ministers, and the statesmen of the cracker barrel are all contributing to the rising tide of discussion upon the problems of the postwar world...

...Floyd M. Riddick Copyright © 1941 by Duke University Press 1941 THE HOUSE VERSUS THE SENATE IN THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FLOYD M. RIDDICK IF THE FATHERS of the Constitution who proposed and fought for the two-house legislature of the Federal Government could have...

...Anne Trotter In Search of Peace: The Senate Munitions Inquiry, 1934-1936 . By Wiltz John Edward . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 1963 . Pp. 277 . $6.50 . Copyright © 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 136 The South Atlantic Quarterly that it was unworkable...

...Richard H. Leach The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations . By Farnsworth David N. . Urbana : The University of Illinois Press , 1961 . Pp. vi , 189 . $3.00 paper, $4.00 cloth. Copyright © 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 566 The South Atlantic Quarterly from...

...William G. Andrews Copyright © 1960 by Duke University Press 1960 WILLIAM G. ANDREWS democracy and representation in the Senate The next elections are already rigged, proclaimed the author of a popular magazine article early this year. The attention of readers has been called to distortions...

...Peter Rachleff While the labor uprising in Madison, Wisconsin, in the winter and spring of 2011, was precipitated by a proposal from the Republican governor and senators to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees, the movement itself transcended the ideologies, structures...

...Franklin L. Burdette Copyright © 1941 by Duke University Press 1941 A WEST VIRGINIA FILIBUSTER FRANKLIN L. BURDETTE IN THE WEST VIRGINIA legislature of 19 n occurred a bold political maneuver unparalleled in the strenuous history of the state. Even the United States Senate, celebrated...

...Ruth apRoberts Copyright © 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 Trollope s One World Ruth apRoberts Anthony Trollope s American Senator is in a way a standard Vic­ torian novel three volumes, three plots of which two are court­ ships, realistic in all the usual senses; and, for part...

...Floyd M. Riddick Copyright © 1944 by Duke University Press 1944 CONGRESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING LEGISLATION FLOYD M. RIDDICK THE FIRST SESSION of the Seventy-eighth Congress was convened on January 6, 1943, and ran through December 21, 1943. During that period the House and Senate...

... Hoover s appointments to the Supreme Court have received their due share of public interest. Already the president has filled two vacancies on the Supreme Court bench and the debate over the confirmation of these nominations has in­ deed proven that the Senate is a ventilating chamber of the first rank...

... and adjourned sine die on August 5, wit­ nessed some hectic experiences. The scope of its work, of which a brief mention is made here at the outset, was quite extensive. The House and Senate were in session 148 and 129 days, respectively. Of 11,624 bills and resolutions introduced and referred to commit­ tees...