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Another change that occurred during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson was the limitation of the filibuster through the cloture vote. The filibuster was first used in the early Republic, but was seldom seen during most of the 19th century. It was limited as a response to the filibuster of the arming of
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of the Senate was by far the most controversial debate of the Constitutional Convention. Hamilton, who was joined in opposition to equal suffrage by Madison, said equal representation despite population differences "shocks too much the ideas of justice and every human feeling." Referring to those who
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In its early history, the Senate majority leader had few formal powers. But in 1937, the rule giving majority leader right of first recognition was created. With the addition of this rule, the Senate majority leader enjoyed far greater control over the agenda of which bills to be considered on the
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of Arkansas, the Democratic leader from 1923 to 1937, saw it as his responsibility not to lead the Democrats, but to work the Senate for the president's benefit, no matter who the president was. When Coolidge and Hoover were president, he assisted them in passing Republican legislation. Robinson
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The delegates representing a majority of Americans might have carried the day, but at the Constitutional Convention, each state had an equal vote, and any issue could be brought up again if a state desired it. The state delegations originally voted 6–5 for proportional representation, but small
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Once the issue of equal representation had been settled, the delegates addressed the size of the body: to how many senators would each state be entitled? Giving each state one senator was considered insufficient, as it would make the achievement of a quorum more difficult. A proposal from the
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and Nelson Aldrich. However, despite this new, formal leadership structure, the Senate leader initially had virtually no power, other than priority of recognition from the presiding officer. Since the Democrats were fatally divided into northern liberal and southern conservative blocs, the
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Gunning Bedford Jr. of Delaware later admitted that he only favored equal representation because it advanced the interests of his own state. "Can it be expected that the small states will act from pure disinterestedness? Are we to act with greater purity than the rest of mankind?"
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seldom missed a session, but later vice presidents made Senate attendance a rarity. Although the founders intended the Senate to be the slower legislative body, in the early years of the Republic, it was the House that took its time passing legislation. Alexander Hamilton's
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stated "the English Constitution is, in theory, both for the adjustment of the balance and the prevention of its vibrations, the most stupendous fabric of human invention." In general, they viewed the Senate to be an American version of
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Pennsylvania delegates for each state to elect three senators was discussed, but the resulting greater size was deemed a disadvantage. When the delegates voted on a proposal for two senators per state, all states supported this number.
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of Delaware threatened, "the small ones w find some foreign ally of more honor and good faith, who will take them by the hand and do them justice". Senate historian Daniel Wirls cites the poor writing of the main alternative, the
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This House is a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order, and of liberty; and it is here–in this exalted refuge; here if anywhere, will resistance be made to the storms of political phrensy and the silent arts of corruption.
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said the Senate should "consist of the most distinguished characters, distinguished for their rank in life and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as possible."
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began the vice presidential tradition of only attending Senate sessions on special occasions. Despite his frequent absences Jefferson did make his mark on the body with the Senate book of
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overshadowed several presidents. Sir Henry Maine called the Senate "the only thoroughly successful institution which has been established since the tide of modern democracy began to run."
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During the pre-Civil War decades, the debate over slavery consumed the Senate with the House consistently opposed to slavery. Since the banning of slavery north of the
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became president, Robinson followed the new president as loyally as he had followed Coolidge and Hoover. Robinson passed bills in the Hundred Days so quickly that
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The Almanac of American Politics 1976: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts
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From 1871 to 1898, the Senate did not approve any treaties. The Senate scuttled a long series of reciprocal trade agreements, blocked deals to annex the
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a lot of effort went into maintaining equal numbers of slave and free states in order to preserve southern states' ability to preserve slavery. In the
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Since 1789, differences in population between states have become more pronounced. At the time of the Connecticut Compromise, the largest state,
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called Robinson's cave-in "the most humiliating spectacle that could be brought about in an intelligent legislative body." When
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was sworn in as a Senator for Georgia on November 21, 1922, and served one day; she was the first woman to serve in the Senate.
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called for its members to be "less than the House of Commons ... to restrain, if possible, the fury of democracy." According to
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states without claims of western lands reopened the issue and eventually turned the tide towards the status quo from the
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demanded equal representation, Madison called for the Convention "to renounce a principle which was confessedly unjust."
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are thought of as the "Golden Age" of the Senate. Backed by public opinion and President Jefferson, in 1804, the House
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in 1913, which provided for election of senators by popular vote rather than appointment by the state legislatures.
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of January 1830, pitting the sectional interests of Daniel Webster's New England against Robert Y. Hayne's South.
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called it "the best in the world," and said he "doubted whether anything short of it would do in America." In his
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of 1820, brokered by Henry Clay, Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state to counterbalance Missouri. The
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depicted the Senate being controlled by giant moneybags which represented the financial trusts and monopolies.
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Price, Christopher. "Peace and Progress: The Life and Political Contributions of Senator Jennings Randolph."
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The Reed Smoot Hearings: The Investigation of a Mormon Senator and the Transformation of an American Religion
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Even Burr's many critics conceded that he handled himself with great dignity, and the trial with fairness.
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The Walls of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell and the Struggle for Civil Rights.
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Feldman, Gabe. "Death of a senator: Life expectancy and causes of death in 20th-century US senators."
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in a room that allowed no spectators. For five years, no notes were published on Senate proceedings.
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Congress and the Nation: 2001–2004: A Review of Government and Politics: 107th and 108th Congresses
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was usually a committee chairman, or a person of great eloquence, seniority, or wealth, such as
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Vol. 2 – a topical series of addresses on various aspects of the Senate's operation and powers
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joked "Congress doesn't pass legislation any more, they just wave at the bills as they go by.
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Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress
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Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations.
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fought to keep US ships unarmed. Wilson denounced the group as a "group of willful men".
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who gathered for the Constitutional Convention had retained a great admiration for the
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From Obstruction to Moderation: The Transformation of Senate Conservatism, 1938–1952.
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Delaying the Dream: Southern Senators and the Fight Against Civil Rights, 1938-1965
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said the Senate was "the most remarkable of all the inventions of modern politics.
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Historical graph of party control of the Senate and House as well as the Presidency
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Political Hell-Raiser: The Life and Times of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana
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Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator
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On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948–2000
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Koger, Gregory. "Cloture reform and party government in the Senate, 1918–1925."
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In the post-Civil War era, the Senate dealt with great national issues such as
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States
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The Making of an American Senate: Reconstitutive Change in Congress, 1787–1841
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Over the next few decades the Senate rose in reputation in the United States.
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The Senate, 1789–1989 – Addresses on the History of the United States Senate
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In 2009, Kathie Alvarez became the Senate's first female legislative clerk.
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Twilight of progressivism: the western Republican senators and the New Deal
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The Ernest W. McFarland Papers: The United States Senate Years, 1940–1952.
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The Road to Mass Democracy: Original Intent and the Seventeenth Amendment.
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The Senate underwent several significant changes during the presidency of
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Vol. 1 – a chronological series of addresses on the history of the Senate
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Hunt, Richard. (1998). "Using the Records of Congress in the Classroom,"
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The most infamous Senate drama of the early 1950s was Wisconsin Senator
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First Among Equals: Outstanding Senate Leaders of the Twentieth Century
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Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789–1990
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Presidents versus Senators: Conflicts and Rivalries That Shaped America
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The Senate originally met, virtually in secret, on the second floor of
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U. of Arkansas Press, 1998. Majority leader in the 1930s; of Arkansas.
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Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader: A Different Kind of Senate, 1961–1976
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For Hell and a Brown Mule: The Biography of Senator Millard E. Tydings
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Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation
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The Most Exclusive Club: A History Of The Modern United States Senate
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In 1890–1910 a handful of Republicans controlled the chamber, led by
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about large parts of the U.S. Senate's 20th and 21st-century history.
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In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
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Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps
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was also created during the Wilson presidency. Before this time, a
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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
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Democratic leader had even less power than his title suggested.
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An Uncommon Man: The Life & Times of Senator Claiborne Pell
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005
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and monetary policy. Given the strong political parties of the
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Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States
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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
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Senator Daniel Inouye: WW II Hero and America Finest Senator
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of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the Senate.
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Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, media
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Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents
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A procedural issue of the early Senate was what role the
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Vol. 3
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Among the greatest of debates in Senate history was the
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Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris
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A Bloc of One: The Political Career of Hiram W. Johnson
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Politics and power; the United States Senate, 1869-1901
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The Peace Progressives and American Foreign Relations.
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and convened for its first meeting on March 4, 1789 at
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The Congress of the United States: A Student Companion
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Mark O. Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office.
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Goodwin, George. "The seniority system in Congress."
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History of the United States House of Representatives
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working as part of the Senate's dominant cross party
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List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Fellman, David. "The Liberalism of Senator Norris."
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Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Davidson, eds. 2193:"The Senate and the United States Constitution" 2179:. Vol. 308, no. 1848. pp. 36, 42 2064: 2039:"The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787" 1378: 546:national legislature, and in the controversial 2956:Historical Almanac of the United States Senate 2621:(University of Oklahoma Press, 2019); Democrat 2324:Brady, David W. and Mathew D. McCubbins, eds. 2166: 1617: 1504: 1418: 1298: 1280: 1236: 1224: 3045: 2733:(1930), powerful Republican from Rhode Island 2697:Mr. Republican; a biography of Robert A. Taft 2559:Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia 1555: 1498: 554:states disproportionate power in the Senate. 471: 2413:(Harvard U. Press, 1995). in 1920s and 1930s 1467: 1443:Caro, Robert (2002). "22. The Whole Stack". 1436: 797:. At the conclusion of the trial Burr said: 5202:Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way 2628:(Madison Books, 1991), Democrat of Maryland 2537:(Louisiana State U. Press, 1995). Democrat 1185:Party divisions of United States Congresses 789:The Senate seemed to bring out the best in 3059: 3052: 3038: 2714:Philip Hart: The Conscience of the Senate. 1872: 1474:Caro, Robert (2002). "40. Yeas and Nays". 1406: 793:, who as vice president presided over the 557: 478: 464: 2893:Vol. 4 – Historical Statistics, 1789–1992 2745:Joe T. 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