Joel Sievert is Associate Professor of Political Science Texas Tech University.

• AcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of Figures1 The Senate’s Constituencies2 Legislator Incentives and Responsiveness in the Early Senate3 Electoral Rules & Legislator Selection4 Senate Delegations & Geographic Representation5 The Politics of Legislative Instructions6 Committee Politics and Assignments7 Senate Delegations & Legislative Behavior8 Legislative Responsiveness and Roll Cal Votes9 Rethinking the Early SenateReferences

Joel Sievert is Associate Professor of Political Science Texas Tech University.

• AcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of Figures1 The Senate’s Constituencies2 Legislator Incentives and Responsiveness in the Early Senate3 Electoral Rules & Legislator Selection4 Senate Delegations & Geographic Representation5 The Politics of Legislative Instructions6 Committee Politics and Assignments7 Senate Delegations & Legislative Behavior8 Legislative Responsiveness and Roll Cal Votes9 Rethinking the Early SenateReferences

Joel Sievert is Associate Professor of Political Science Texas Tech University.

• AcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of Figures1 The Senate’s Constituencies2 Legislator Incentives and Responsiveness in the Early Senate3 Electoral Rules & Legislator Selection4 Senate Delegations & Geographic Representation5 The Politics of Legislative Instructions6 Committee Politics and Assignments7 Senate Delegations & Legislative Behavior8 Legislative Responsiveness and Roll Cal Votes9 Rethinking the Early SenateReferences