American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994

NANCY WEATHERLY SHARP is a member of the faculty and Assistant Dean at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. She is the author/editor of Communications Research: The Challenge of the Information Age (1988).JAMES ROGER SHARP is Professor of History and former department chair at Syracuse University. He is the author of American Politics in the Early Republic: The New Nation in Crisis (1993) and The Jacksonians versus the Banks: Politics in the States after the Panic of 1837 (1970).Gina PetonitoKevin G. AtwaterCharles F. RitterJon L. Wakelyn

• Preface Introduction Biographical Dictionary Appendix 1: Political Party and Home County Appendix 2: Years in Speakership and House Appendix 3: Legislative Pathways Appendix 4: Sex, Race, Birth, and Death Appendix 5: Education Appendix 6: Religious, Military, and Marital Background Appendix 7: Occupations Appendix 8: Voluntary Organizations Appendix 9: Public Offices Before Speakership Appendix 10: Public Offices After Speakership Bibliography Index