TY - BOOK AU - Champagne,Anthony TI - The Austin-Boston connection: five decades of House Democratic leadership, 1937-1989 SN - 9781603443265 AV - JK1411 .A87 2009eb U1 - 328.73092/2744 22 PY - 2009/// CY - College Station [Tex.] PB - Texas A & M University Press KW - United States KW - Congress KW - House KW - Leadership KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Speakers KW - Democratic Party (U.S.) KW - fast KW - Legislators KW - Texas KW - Massachusetts KW - Boston KW - Parlementaires KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Government KW - Legislative Branch KW - bisacsh KW - Orators KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Joe Bailey -- John Nance Garner -- Sam Rayburn -- John W. McCormack -- Sam Rayburn's boys: who will lead? -- Back to Boston: Tip O'Neill -- Jim Wright: the last Texan -- Conclusion: the impact of the Austin-Boston alliance on House politics -- Notes -- Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - For the more than fifty years that Democrats controlled the U.S. House of Representatives, leadership was divided between Massachusetts and 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=514551 ER -