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

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

James Roger Sharp

Greenwood Press, December 1997

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

The first of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers speakers from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Entries provide basic biographical and career information on more than 400 speakers. The book opens with an insightful analytical introduction and includes valuable statistical appendixes based on an exhaustive database.

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