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| Foreword | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Inaugurating a New Government, March-April 1789 | |
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| The First Session of the 1st Congress, March-September 1789 | |
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| New York, Philadelphia and Ideological Conflict, 1790-1797 | |
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| A New Beginning in Washington, 1798-1807 | |
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| Henry Clay and the Ascendancy of the House of Representatives, 1806-1821 | |
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| A Democratized House, 1822-1846 | |
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| The Struggle to Save the Union, 1846-1860 | |
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| The Civil War, 1860-1865 | |
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| Reconstruction, 1865-1877 | |
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| The Gilded Age, 1869-1895 | |
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| "Czar" Reed and "Uncle Joe" Cannon, 1888-1910 | |
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| The Speaker Eclipsed and Revived, 1910-1928 | |
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| The Great Depression, the New Deal and the Outbreak of War, 1928-1941 | |
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| The Hot and Cold Wars, 1941-1952 | |
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| The Gatekeeper and the Fight for Civil Rights, 1953-1961 | |
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| The Great Society, Voting Rights and Vietnam, 1961-1969 | |
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| Scandal, Watergate and Reform, 1969-1980 | |
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| The Conservative Revolution, 1981-2001 | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| List of Speakers, 1789-2005 | |
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| Clerks of the House, 1789-2005 | |
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| Sergeants at Arms of the House, 1789-2005 | |
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| Chaplains of the House, 1789-2005 | |
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| Doorkeepers of the House, 1789-1995 | |
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| Chief Administrative Officers of the House, 1995-2005 | |
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| Parliamentarians of the House | |
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| Majority and Minority Leaders, 1899-2006 | |
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| Democratic Whips, 1899-2005 | |
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| Republican Whips, 1897-2005 | |
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| Organizing the House | |
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| Counting the Electoral Votes for President and Vice President | |
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| Organization and Operation of the Whip | |
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| Routing Legislation Through Congress | |
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| Electronic Voting | |
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| Committees of the House and Joint Committees of the 109th Congress | |
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| Pages | |
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| Credits: Photographs and Illustrations | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |