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Mansfield And Dirksen
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Author : Marc C. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2023-08
Mansfield And Dirksen written by Marc C. Johnson and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The U.S. Senate is so sharply polarized along partisan and ideological lines today that it’s easy to believe it was always this way. But in the turbulent 1960s, even as battles over civil rights and the war in Vietnam dominated American politics, bipartisanship often prevailed. One key reason: two remarkable leaders who remain giants of the Senate—Republican leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, the longest-serving majority leader in Senate history, so revered for his integrity, fairness, and modesty that the late Washington Post reporter David Broder called him “the greatest American I ever met.” The political and personal relationship of these party leaders, extraordinary by today’s standards, is the lens through which Marc C. Johnson examines the Senate in that tumultuous time. Working together, with the Democrat often ceding public leadership to his Republican counterpart, Mansfield and Dirksen passed landmark civil rights and voting rights legislation, created Medicare, and helped bring about a foundational nuclear arms limitation treaty. The two leaders could not have been more different in personality and style: Mansfield, a laconic, soft-spoken, almost shy college history professor, and Dirksen, an aspiring actor known for his flamboyance and sense of humor, dubbed the “Wizard of Ooze” by reporters. Drawing on extensive Senate archives, Johnson explores the congressional careers of these iconic leaders, their intimate relationships with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and their own close professional friendship based on respect, candor, and mutual affection. A study of politics but also an analysis of different approaches to leadership, this is a portrait of a U.S. Senate that no longer exists—one in which two leaders, while exercising partisan political responsibilities, could still come together to pass groundbreaking legislation—and a reminder of what is possible.
Mansfield And Dirksen
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Author : Marc C. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2023-08-01
Mansfield And Dirksen written by Marc C. Johnson and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-01 with History categories.
The U.S. Senate is so sharply polarized along partisan and ideological lines today that it’s easy to believe it was always this way. But in the turbulent 1960s, even as battles over civil rights and the war in Vietnam dominated American politics, bipartisanship often prevailed. One key reason: two remarkable leaders who remain giants of the Senate—Republican leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, the longest-serving majority leader in Senate history, so revered for his integrity, fairness, and modesty that the late Washington Post reporter David Broder called him “the greatest American I ever met.” The political and personal relationship of these party leaders, extraordinary by today’s standards, is the lens through which Marc C. Johnson examines the Senate in that tumultuous time. Working together, with the Democrat often ceding public leadership to his Republican counterpart, Mansfield and Dirksen passed landmark civil rights and voting rights legislation, created Medicare, and helped bring about a foundational nuclear arms limitation treaty. The two leaders could not have been more different in personality and style: Mansfield, a laconic, soft-spoken, almost shy college history professor, and Dirksen, an aspiring actor known for his flamboyance and sense of humor, dubbed the “Wizard of Ooze” by reporters. Drawing on extensive Senate archives, Johnson explores the congressional careers of these iconic leaders, their intimate relationships with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and their own close professional friendship based on respect, candor, and mutual affection. A study of politics but also an analysis of different approaches to leadership, this is a portrait of a U.S. Senate that no longer exists—one in which two leaders, while exercising partisan political responsibilities, could still come together to pass groundbreaking legislation—and a reminder of what is possible.
Mike Mansfield Majority Leader
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Author : Francis R. Valeo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-01-29
Mike Mansfield Majority Leader written by Francis R. Valeo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-29 with History categories.
The story of Mike Mansfield's influential fifteen-year reign as Senate Majority Leader is colored with some of the most important events of this century: the election of John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy and King assassinations, student and political unrest of the late Sixties, Vietnam, Watergate, the Nixon resignation, and numerous important pieces of legislation from the era, among them the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Valeo, Secretary of the Senate under Mansfield, writes about the Senate and Mansfield's role in national affairs from 1961-76. He argues that Mansfield was instrumental in shaping a more egalitarian kind of Senate than that of the 1950s, when Lyndon B. Johnson was Majority Leader.
Senator Mansfield
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Author : Don Oberdorfer
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Senator Mansfield written by Don Oberdorfer and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A spellbinding biography of one of the most powerful and dignified men ever to come to DC—Senator Mike Mansfield. Mike Mansfield's career as the longest serving majority leader is finally given its due in this extraordinary biography. In many respects, Mansfield's dignity and decorum represent the high-water mark of the US Senate: he was respected as a leader who helped build consensus on tough issues and was renowned for his ability to work across the aisle and build strong coalitions. Amazingly, he would have breakfast every morning with a member of the opposing party. Mansfield was instrumental in pushing through some of the most influential legislation of the twentieth century. He was at the helm when the Senate passed landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the creation of Medicare, and the nuclear test ban treaty. Mansfield played a crucial role in shaping America's foreign policy, corresponding with JFK about his opposition to the growing presence of the US in Southeast Asia. As ambassador to Japan, his conversations with Cambodia and China paved the way for Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.
Mike Mansfield Majority Leader
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Author : Francis Ralph Valeo
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 1999
Mike Mansfield Majority Leader written by Francis Ralph Valeo and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is about Mike Mansfield and the U.S. Senate during the period that he served as majority leader. For eight consecutive two-year terms, Mansfield's leadership went uncontested. Extending from 1961 through 1976, it began when John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight D. Eisenhower, continued through the Johnson and Nixon administrations, and ended only with Mansfield's retirement during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
Senate Committee Staffing A Survey Prepared At The Request Of Senator Mike Mansfield Of Montana And Senator Everett Mckinley Dirksen Of Illinois By The Legislative Reference Service Library Of Congress Presented By Mr Dirksen April 23 1963 Ordered To Be Printed
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language : en
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Release Date : 1963
Senate Committee Staffing A Survey Prepared At The Request Of Senator Mike Mansfield Of Montana And Senator Everett Mckinley Dirksen Of Illinois By The Legislative Reference Service Library Of Congress Presented By Mr Dirksen April 23 1963 Ordered To Be Printed written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.
Everett Dirksen And His Presidents
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Author : Byron C. Hulsey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Everett Dirksen And His Presidents written by Byron C. Hulsey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
He was as recognizable by his mellifluous voice as by his rumpled appearance. Everett McKinley Dirksen was one of the most colorful American politicians of the twentieth century and was considered by some the most powerful man in Congress. Now Byron Hulsey takes a new look at the senator from Illinois to show how his interactions with the White House made him a pivotal figure in American politics during the Cold War era. Hulsey traces Dirksen's relationships with four presidents to show how the senator shifted from being a major Republican critic of Truman to an ardent Republican supporter of LBJ. Dirksen learned "suprapartisan politics" from Eisenhower and became Ike's most trusted confidant on Capitol Hill; then as Senate Minority Leader he played a key role in furthering the ambitious goals of the Johnson administration. Hulsey analyzes the reasons for Dirksen's dramatic policy reversals, telling how the senator who in 1950 warned of the dangers of a leviathan executive came to embrace the power of the presidential office to provide for the social welfare, contain the spread of communism, and guarantee civil rights. Drawing on primary sources at the Johnson presidential library and the Dirksen Congressional Center, Hulsey shows how the senator combined legislative craftsmanship with the ability to get bills passed. He links Dirksen to the issues and events that shaped the 1950s and 1960s and tells how the Johnson-Dirksen coalition moved domestic policy forward through civil rights legislation but ran aground on the insurmountable problem of Vietnam. Hulsey also uses Dirksen's career to explore change, continuity, and conflict in the Republican Party over two decades. He explains how the GOP evolved through internal political and ideological tensions from the Taft-Eisenhower contest through the McCarthy era to the beginning of Nixon administration, revealing Dirksen's role in that process. By the time of Dirksen's death in 1969, the Vietnam War, the explosion of urban riots, and President Nixon's preference for the politics of resentment put an end to the suprapartisan spirit. Hulsey's book recreates a Washington milieu the likes of which may never be seen again, offering a lens for viewing postwar American politics while painting the definitive political portrait of one of our most remarkable leaders.
Dirksen Portrait Of A Public Man
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Author : Neil MacNeil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Dirksen Portrait Of A Public Man written by Neil MacNeil and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with African Americans categories.
Jfk Lbj And The Democratic Party
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Author : Sean J. Savage
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2004-09-01
Jfk Lbj And The Democratic Party written by Sean J. Savage and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-01 with History categories.
This provocative account of presidential party leadership in the turbulent 1960s uses many primary sources and numerous interviews to reveal the influences of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson on the Democratic Party.
Classification Of United States Senators Prepared Under The Direction Of Emery L Frazier Secretary Of The Senate By Floyd M Riddick Parliamentarian Of The Senate Authorizing Resolution Presented By Senators Mansfield And Dirksen August 19 1966 Ordered To Be Printed
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Classification Of United States Senators Prepared Under The Direction Of Emery L Frazier Secretary Of The Senate By Floyd M Riddick Parliamentarian Of The Senate Authorizing Resolution Presented By Senators Mansfield And Dirksen August 19 1966 Ordered To Be Printed written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.