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The US Senate and the Commonwealth : Kentucky lawmakers and the evolution of legislative leadership / Mitch McConnell and Roy E. Brownell II.

McConnell, Mitch, (author.). Brownell, Roy E., II, 1970- (author.).

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ISBN: 9780813177458
ISBN: 0813177456
Physical Description: 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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President of the Senate : Richard Mentor Johnson and John C. Breckinridge -- President pro tempore : John Brown and John Pope -- Senator as presidential spokesman : John Breckinridge -- Senator as national political leader : Henry Clay -- Senator as committee chairman : John J. Crittenden -- Senate caucus chairman : John W. Stevenson, James B. Beck, and Joseph C.S. Blackburn -- Senate majority leader : Alben Barkley -- Senate majority whip : Wendell Ford -- Senate party campaign chairman : Earle Clements and Thruston Morton -- Senator as informal policy leader : John Sherman Cooper -- Conclusion -- Afterword : Mitch McConnell's Senate leadership / by Senator Lamar Alexander.