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Shows how the Republicans regained power in the elections of 1918 and 1920 after losing to Wilson and the Democrats in 1912.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Rules Battles and Legislative Successes, November 1908-March 1911 Leading the Minority: Damage Control in the Sixty-second Congress, April 1911-March 1913 Starting Back, 1913 Election Year, 1914 The Politics of Peace and Preparedness, December 1914-June 1916 Election, 1916; War, 1917 Victory and Defeat, April 1917-March 1919 Aftermath, March 1919-November 1922, and in Retrospect Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

HERBERT F. MARGULIES is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He is the author of The Decline of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1920 (1968), Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, A Political Biography, 1900-1929 (1977), and The Mild Reservationists and the League of Nations Controversy in the Senate (1989).

Reviews

"Herbert Margulies's superb study of James R. Mann and the House Republicans is a major contribution to the history of the United States Congress. The impressive research in primary sources and the analytic skill of Margulies combine to produce a volume that is both insightful and important. With the renewed interest in the workings of Congress today, readers of Margulies's outstanding book will receive a valuable historical perspective on the role of the two-party system in making laws for the American people. Margulies is one of the preeminent historians of Congress, and this engrossing book on Mann should have broad appeal to anyone concerned with how the legislative branch of government has evolved. It is also a fascinating story of a master politician and his significant career on Capitol Hill."-Lewis L. Gould, Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor of American History University of Texas, Austin

?Professor Herbert F. Margulies is to be complimented for his study of a legislator who rose to become minority leader in the United States House of Respresentatives.?-The Journal of American History

"Professor Herbert F. Margulies is to be complimented for his study of a legislator who rose to become minority leader in the United States House of Respresentatives."-The Journal of American History