job description of Senate majority leadership, 25–47

Johnson, Lyndon B., 8, 14–15, 50, 117, 119, 171, 178

archives, 31

leadership, 29, 35, 40, 45, 61, 89, 93, 100–102, 108–111, 113, 148, 156, 170

leadership style, 8, 16, 31, 38, 75, 86, 112, 114, 123, 155, 170, 171, 174, 176, 178

library, 19

presidency, 101, 112–115, 181

presidential library, 19

Johnston, J. Bennett, 52, 147, 172

Jordan, Michael, 125

judicial nominations, 39, 44, 120–121

Kaplan, A., 170

Kelly, Sean, 5, 31, 50, 170

Kennedy, Edward M., 56, 143, 169

Kennedy, John F., 101, 111–115, 119

Kern, John W., 1, 29, 32–34, 37, 40, 59–60, 80, 86, 97–104, 108, 119, 121–123, 156, 158–159, 171, 171, 172, 175, 176

Kernell, S. M., 172

Kerr, Bob, 56, 62

Key, V. O., 137

King, David, 73

King, Desmond, 175

Knowland, William F., 59, 75, 77, 82, 86, 116–117, 174, 178

Koetzle, William, 173

Larson, Bruce, 173

Lasswell, H. D., 170

Lautenberg, Frank, 144

lawmaking, 6–7, 105, 125–126

leadership ladders, 4, 58

leadership selection processes, 6, 23, 49–69

leadership styles, 2, 6–8, 20, 22, 31, 34, 43, 57, 66–67, 86, 113, 136, 170, 170, 178, 179

Levitt, Arthur, 145, 180

Lewis, Drew, 140

Lobbying, 55, 97, 139, 141, 144–146, 159, 181, 181

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 59, 65, 75–80, 87, 116

Loring Air Force Base, 137, 143–147, 149–151, 159–160, 180, 180, 180, 180

Lott, C. Trent, 32, 40, 43, 45, 51, 61–62, 68, 96–97, 119–121, 132, 172

Lowi, Theodore, 134

Lucas, Scott, 54, 56–57

Lugar, Richard, 54–55, 57, 64

Machiavelli, 10

Mack, Connie, 61

majority, size of, 2, 13, 23, 29, 92, 158