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American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994
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The second of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers speakers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Entries provide basic biographical and career information on more than 1,400 speakers. The book opens with an analytical introduction and includes useful statistical appendixes. The four volumes, covering state speakers in the West, Midwest, Northeast, and South, are designed to complement Charles R. Ritter's and Jon L. Wakelyn's bookAmerican Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910(1989).
Title: American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994
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The second of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers speakers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Entries provide basic biographical and career information on more than 1,400 speakers.
The book opens with an analytical introduction and includes useful statistical appendixes.
The four volumes, covering state speakers in the West, Midwest, Northeast, and South, are designed to complement Charles R.
Ritter's and Jon L.
Wakelyn's bookAmerican Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910(1989).
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