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LEADERSHIP IN THE U.S. SENATE

Unlike leadership in the House of Representatives, the nature of Senate leadership continues to remain a mystery to so many. Due to the absence of an operators manual, leaders have had to use their individual skills, intelligence, and personalities to lead the Senate, which means they each have had their own unique leadership style. How have Senate majority leaders advanced their agendas in this traditionally egalitarian institution, a chamber like no other legislative body, where they must balance the rights of 99 independent senators with the collective needs of their party?

Featuring a foreword by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Leadership in the U.S. Senate offers students a comprehensive and contemporary examination of three different eras in the evolution of the Senate. Collectively, contributions written by those who have served the senators offer insight into how different Senate leaders have operated, chronicle changes in Senate life over the past four decades, and describe how they have changed the institution. The chapters cover:

• How leadership styles are shaped by both individualism and party goals
• Eight biographical perspectives from Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
• The political context of the Senate during which the respective majority leader served
• Individual leadership style and performance in office
• Contributions individuals made to the institution while serving as majority leaders.

This book paves the way for political scientists and others to examine the topic of Senate leadership.

Colton C. Campbell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Security Studies at the National War College. He has worked in the offices of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), and Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA). Prior to joining the National War College, he was an Analyst in American national government at the Congressional Research Service and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida International University.

A superb addition to the literatures about Senate change and congressional leadership, this edited volume provides rich and detailed coverage of Senate leaders from the 1950s to the contemporary era. Baker, Byrd, Dole, Mitchell, Daschle, Lott, Frist, and Reidtheyre all here. Together, the individual chapters inform our understanding of a transformative period in congressional history, and the excellent introduction and conclusion authored by leading scholars tie it all together. This book is a must-read for those interested the current operations and future prospects of the American Senate.

C. Lawrence Evans,Newton Family Professor of Government, College of William & Mary

This volumes distinguished group of contributors craft concise, vivid, and insightful profiles of all the Senate majority leaders since 1980 as well as set recent developments in a broader historical and political context. The book offers a unique perspective and insight on contemporary Senate leadership that is both valuable to scholars and appropriate for undergraduate students.

Frances E. Lee, University of Maryland

Leadership in the U.S. Senate is a tremendous contribution to the study of the Senate and modern politics. The chapters in this volume trace the careers of Senate majority leaders from Robert Byrd in the 1970s to Harry Reids tenure ending in 2015. Taken separately, these chapters provide individual accounts of talented politicians using their wit and a meager toolkit of powers to make a decentralized legislature work. Together they trace the modern history of a chamber undergoing rapid change from the freewheeling, individualistic Senate of the 1970s to the intensely partisan modern Senate. The authors of these chapters provide a rare mix of both scholarly expertise and personal experience, providing a book that is both biographical and institutional.

Gregory Koger, Professor of Political Science,
University of Miami

LEADERSHIP IN THE U.S. SENATE

Herding Cats in the Modern Era

Edited by Colton C. Campbell

First published 2019

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The right of Colton C. Campbell to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Campbell, Colton C., 1965- editor.

Title: Leadership in the U.S. Senate: herding cats in the modern era / edited by Colton C. Campbell.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018010355 | ISBN 9781138068384 (hardback) |

ISBN 9781138068391 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315158006 (master) |

ISBN 9781351655293 (webpdf) | ISBN 9781351655286 (epub) |

ISBN 9781351655279 (mobipocket/kindle)

Subjects: LCSH: United States. Congress. SenateMajority leadersHistory. | United States. Congress. SenateLeadership. | LegislatorsUnited StatesBiography. | United StatesPolitics and government20th century. | United StatesPolitics and government21st century.

Classification: LCC JK1227 .L43 2018 | DDC 328.743/0762dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010355

ISBN: 978-1-138-06838-4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-06839-1 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-15800-6 (ebk)

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To Roger H. Davidson and Richard A. Baker, friends and mentors.
C.C.C.

CONTENTS

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Colton C. Campbell

Mark J. Oleszek and Walter J. Oleszek

Wendy J. Schiller and Cory Manento

Katherine Scott and James Wyatt

Burdett A. Loomis

Janet M. Martin

Peter Hanson

Nicol C. Rae

J. Lee Annis

Ross K. Baker

Steven S. Smith

J. Lee Annis has taught history at Montgomery College for more than 30 years and is currently Chairman of the History and Political Science Department at the Rockville campus. He is the author of Howard Baker: Conciliator in an Age of Crisis (Madison Books, 1994); Big Jim Eastland: The Godfather of Mississippi (University Press of Mississippi, 2016); and, with William H. Frist, Tennessee Senators: Portraits of Leadership in a Century of Change (Madison Books, 1999).

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