Reminiscences of Leslie Cornelius Arends : oral history, 1968.

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Jeffrey, Harry P.

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985

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Congressman. From the description of Reminiscences of Leslie Cornelius Arends : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528461 First elected to the House of Representatives in 1935, Arends held the office of Republican assistant floor leader for thirty-one years of his career, from 1943 until 1975. Upon retirement, Arends donated his papers to Illinois Wesleyan University, in Bloomington, Illinois. The university made arrange...