Lone Star Leaders: Power and Personality in the Texas Congressional Delegation

by Texas Christian University, Center for Texas Studies Staff, Anthony Champagne, James W. Riddlesperger Jr.

Book Overview

Texas' political power really began in the late nineteenth century, when Texas congressmen first began to wield power as committee chairs and party leaders. In the era of Woodrow Wilson, Texas clout intensified as Senator Morris Sheppard introduced the Prohibition legislation with which his name is associated today. John Nance Garner's political influence was first felt in the Wilson administration, as a liaison on war matters between the administration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875654185
• ISBN13: 9780875654188
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 12.3"