Masters of the House : Congressional leadership over two centuries / ed.by Roger H. Davidson, Susan Webb Hammond, Raymond W. Smock.

Introduction: rediscovering the "masters of the House" / Roger H. Davidson and Susan Webb Hammond -- The start of something new: Clay, Stevenson, Polk, and the development of the speakership, 1789-1869 / Elaine K. Swift -- Thomas Brackett Reed and the rise of party government / Randall Strahan -- Uncle Joe Cannon: the brakeman of the House of Representatives, 1903-1911 / Scott William Rager -- Oscar W. Underwood: the first modern House leader, 1911-1915 / James S. Fleming -- Nicholas Longworth: the genial czar / Donald C. Bacon -- John Nance Garner / Anthony Champagne -- The Speaker and the presidents: Sam Rayburn, the WhiteHouse, and the legislative process, 1941-1961 / Lewis L. Gould and Nancy Beck Young -- Hale Boggs: the southerner as national Democrat / Patrick J. Maney -- Gerald R. Ford, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 1965-1973 / JamesM. Cannon -- Tip O'Neill and contemporary House leadership / Barbara Sinclair -- Epilogue: leaders talk about leadership / Gerald R. Ford, Richard A. G