ABSTRACT
A take-off of Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, which argues that the best-known US senators don't deserve their renown as much as some lesser-known ones. Over the course of ten biographical chapters, this book tells the story of 16 men's lives in the Senate in relation to each other.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|20 pages
The Patrician Age (1789–1820)
part II|64 pages
The National Forum (1820–1870)
chapter 2|21 pages
“Samson and the Temple of Slavery”
Thomas Hart Benton vs. John C. Calhoun (1820–1850)
part III|64 pages
The Rise and Fall of the Senate Oligarchy (1870–1940)
chapter 6|21 pages
The “Lamp of Experience” and “Bungalow Minds”
Henry Cabot Lodge vs. Thomas J. Walsh (1900–1920)
chapter 7|21 pages
“Senator-at-Large of the Whole American People”
William E. Borah vs. George W. Norris (1920–1940)
part IV|40 pages
The Imperial Presidency and the Supine Senate (1940–1990)
chapter 9|19 pages
The “Politics of Joy” and “Uncle Strom's Cabin”
Hubert H. Humphrey vs. Strom Thurmond (1950–1990)
