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This book offers a meticulously researched, comprehensive
chronology of the Congressional Page system, from the late 1700s to
modern day. From the origins of the page system in 1774 to the
period in the 1940s when Congress demonstrated an indifference
towards the needs of providing the boys with supervised living
arrangements, congressional pages have a storied past. It's a topic
that can be amusing—for years, pages simply treated the Capitol
as a their private playground to subject adults to their
mischief—and sobering, as Congress continued to employ boys as
young as eight years old, even after passing labor laws that
prohibited it and was reluctant to provide supervised living
arrangements for decades. Unlike many dry and lifeless books about
Congressional history, The Children Who Ran For Congress: A History
of Congressional Pages provides a lively and engaging look at the
history of the page system, a topic that has largely been ignored.
Based on a thorough investigation of historical documents and
personal interviews, Darryl Gonzalez now tells the complete story
of the young boys (and girls) who have served Congress for more
than 200 years.
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