American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994 (vol. 2)

American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994 (vol. 2)

James Roger Sharp

Greenwood Press, December 1997

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American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994 (vol. 1)

The second of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers speakers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Entries provide basic biographical and career information on more than 1,400 speakers. The book opens with an analytical introduction and includes useful statistical appendixes.

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