America's Political Dynasties

by Hess,Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781560009115
• ISBN10: 156000911X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-11-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Author Biography

Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution since 1972, has taught at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, the University of Southern California, and UCLA.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition
The Best Butter	p. 1
The Adams Dynasty	p. 11
The Lee Dynasty	p. 49
The Livingston Dynasty	p. 83
The Washburn Dynasty	p. 123
The Muhlenberg Dynasty	p. 145
The Roosevelt Dynasty	p. 167
The Harrison Dynasty	p. 217
The Breckinridge Dynasty	p. 239
The Bayard Dynasty	p. 273
The Taft Dynasty	p. 299
The Frelinghuysen Dynasty	p. 339
The Tucker Dynasty	p. 365
The Stockton Dynasty	p. 393
The Long Dynasty	p. 417
The Lodge Dynasty	p. 445
The Kennedy Dynasty	p. 481
Notes	p. 529
Public Offices Held by Political Dynasties	p. 623
Families With Three Or More Members of Congress	p. 645
Dynastic Members Since 1966	p. 673
Acknowledgments	p. 679
Bibliography	p. 681
Index	p. 712
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