Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Professor Squire specializes in American politics and legislative studies and is the author of 5 books, most recently Reforming Legislatures: American Voters and State Ballot Measures, 1792-2020 and The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900.

“With this book, Squire pulls off a near-impossible feat.  In brief, broad strokes, he describes the central features of the American state, territorial, and national legislatures over more than 400 years of history.  The book is original, remarkably comprehensive, and encyclopedic in its level of detail.  Anyone interested in learning about the rich variety of American legislative institutions will find Squire’s latest book an invaluable starting point and indispensable reference.”—Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, coauthor of Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024

Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Professor Squire specializes in American politics and legislative studies and is the author of 5 books, most recently Reforming Legislatures: American Voters and State Ballot Measures, 1792-2020 and The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900.

“With this book, Squire pulls off a near-impossible feat.  In brief, broad strokes, he describes the central features of the American state, territorial, and national legislatures over more than 400 years of history.  The book is original, remarkably comprehensive, and encyclopedic in its level of detail.  Anyone interested in learning about the rich variety of American legislative institutions will find Squire’s latest book an invaluable starting point and indispensable reference.”—Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, coauthor of Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024

Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Professor Squire specializes in American politics and legislative studies and is the author of 5 books, most recently Reforming Legislatures: American Voters and State Ballot Measures, 1792-2020 and The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900.

“With this book, Squire pulls off a near-impossible feat.  In brief, broad strokes, he describes the central features of the American state, territorial, and national legislatures over more than 400 years of history.  The book is original, remarkably comprehensive, and encyclopedic in its level of detail.  Anyone interested in learning about the rich variety of American legislative institutions will find Squire’s latest book an invaluable starting point and indispensable reference.”—Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, coauthor of Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024