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Kentucky has long punched above its weight in the US Senate, as
some of the nation's most distinguished senators have hailed from
the Commonwealth. Despite its relatively small population for much
of American history, Kentucky has produced a record two Senate
majority leaders, a record three Senate majority whips, and one of
the country's greatest lawmakers, Henry Clay. These Kentuckians
played an important role in the evolution of leadership
institutions in the Senate. Official positions such as Senate
majority leader and majority whip are nowhere to be found in the
Constitution or early American history, yet today these offices
have essentially eclipsed the constitutionally created legislative
leadership positions of vice president and president pro tempore.
While Kentucky senators have played a vital role in leading the
Senate and in its institutional history, no book has told the story
in its entirety. The US Senate and the Commonwealth is the first
book of its kind to provide a detailed, yet accessible, discussion
of the US Senate's leadership throughout its 225-year history.
Senator Mitch McConnell and Roy E. Brownell II weave together the
history of the Senate with lively portraits of prominent Kentucky
senators as well as firsthand reflections about legislative
leadership by a Senate majority leader. The authors illuminate and
humanize this discussion by exploring the colorful and vivid lives
of fifteen Kentucky lawmakers, including Henry Clay, Alben Barkley,
and John Sherman Cooper. This compelling and fascinating study is
an essential resource.
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