American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994

Description

The last of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. Following an analytical introduction, the entries provide biographical and career information on all of the speakers in the Northeast. The volume concludes with statistical appendices based on an exhaustive data base. The book complements volumes on the West, the Midwest, and the South. Together the volumes provide a useful source of information that is difficult to find elsewhere. Contents......Page 6 Tables......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Biographical Dictionary......Page 61 Bibliography......Page 250 Appendix 1 Political Party and Home County......Page 258 Appendix 2 Years in Speakership and House......Page 266 Appendix 3 Legislative Pathways......Page 274 Appendix 4 Gender, Racial Background, Birth, and Death......Page 282 Appendix 5 Education......Page 290 Appendix 6 Religious, Military, and Marital Background......Page 298 Appendix 7 Occupations......Page 306 Appendix 8 Voluntary Organizations......Page 314 Appendix 9 Public Offices before Speakership......Page 322 Appendix 10 Public Offices after Speakership......Page 330 Index......Page 338 About the Editors and Contributors......Page 348