TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flippen,J.Brooks
TI  - Speaker Jim Wright: power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics 
T2  - Jess and Betty Jo Hay Series
SN  - 9781477315149
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Wright, Jim,
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - House
KW  - Biography
KW  - Speakers
KW  - Legislators
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-511) and index; Introduction. The long shadow of scandal : the forgotten legacy -- The foundations for success : family and childhood (1922/1939) -- The lessons of life : college and war (1939/1944) -- Ambition and frustration : state legislature (1944/1948) -- Preparation and payoff : businessman, mayor, and election to Congress (1948/1954) -- Learning the ropes : the new congressman (1954/1956) -- Building a record : the Eisenhower years (1956/1960) -- Challenges : the Kennedy years (1960/1963) -- Access to power : Johnson takes control (1963/1965) -- The rough path forward : years of change (1965/1968) -- Old school : a moderate in the Nixon years (1968/1972) -- Bombshell : the Watergate crisis (1972/1974) -- The ripples of Watergate : a new congress and new opportunity (1972/1976) -- The new majority leader : critical decisions in an age of partisanship (1976/1978) -- The struggle for unity : the Carter years (1978/1980) -- A challenge like none before : Reagan (1980/1982) -- Rallying the opposition : friends and enemies (1982/1986) -- On the mountaintop : Speaker of the House (1986/1989) -- In the valley : resignation and its aftermath (1987/2015) -- Epilogue. The politics of scandal and the judgment of history
ER  -