Senate majority leader (continued)

placement at selection, 75

prior leadership positions, 63

relationship with president, 14, 23, 34, 95–123, 159

representation of state, 3, 12, 24, 125–151, 159–160

right of first recognition, 11, 155, 169

selection

committee chairmanships, 63–64

contested selections, 23, 50–57, 66, 68, 71, 174

factors in

ideology, 2, 23, 29, 31–32, 41, 53–58, 62–63, 67–69, 71

prior leadership or seniority, 23, 58–62, 155–156

region, 23, 62–64, 156

spokesman, 64–68, 156

processes, 6, 50, 53, 58

Senate majority leadership theories, 6–8, 73, 90, 98–99, 102, 123, 126, 135, 160, 169, 173

Senatorial behavior, 2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 17–19, 21–23, 37, 57, 69, 71–75, 77, 82, 85–89, 97, 100, 116, 122, 125–126, 135–136, 151, 154, 157–158, 160

Senatorial Campaign Committees, 40, 67, 156

Senators

dual roles of, 21, 24, 86, 126

seniority, 30–31, 58–62, 64, 90, 103, 134, 156, 171, 172

separation of powers, 103, 122

Simpson, Alan, 62

Sinclair, Barbara, 5–8, 31, 58, 73, 90–91, 171

size of majority, 2, 13, 23, 29, 86–87, 89, 92, 158

Smith, Alfred, 104

Smith, Larry, 178n121

Smith, Steven S., 5, 28, 98–99, 175

speaker of the House, 9, 14, 17, 27, 42, 50, 64, 68, 71

state expectations of Senate majority leaders, 125–151

Stein, Robert, 136

Stevens, Chris, 169, 182

Stevens, Ted, 54–55, 57, 64, 67, 97

Stimson, James, 172

Stone, Sharon, 26

Strahan, Randall, 9

Sullivan, William, 74, 93, 157

Taft, Robert A., 35, 42, 75–79, 86, 109, 116, 174

Thomas, Elbert, 101

Thompson, Fred, 132

Thune, John, 41, 181

Thurmond, Strom, 96, 120

Trowbridge, Alexander, 145, 180, 180

Truman, David, 72, 74, 90, 98, 156–157

Truman, Harry S., 101, 107

Unanimous Consent Agreement (UCA), 38

unified government Senate majority leaders and presidents, 97–102

valence advantage, 135–136

Valeo, Francis, 169, 172