How Long to Read Fighting for the Speakership

How Long Does it Take to Read Fighting for the Speakership?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 30 minutes to read Fighting for the Speakership by Charles Stewart (III.)

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the most powerful partisan figure in the contemporary U.S. Congress. How this came to be, and how the majority party in the House has made control of the speakership a routine matter, is far from straightforward. Fighting for the Speakership provides a comprehensive history of how Speakers have been elected in the U.S. House since 1789, arguing that the organizational politics of these elections were critical to the construction of mass political parties in America and laid the groundwork for the role they play in setting the agenda of Congress today. Jeffery Jenkins and Charles Stewart show how the speakership began as a relatively weak office, and how votes for Speaker prior to the Civil War often favored regional interests over party loyalty. While struggle, contention, and deadlock over House organization were common in the antebellum era, such instability vanished with the outbreak of war, as the majority party became an "organizational cartel" capable of controlling with certainty the selection of the Speaker and other key House officers. This organizational cartel has survived Gilded Age partisan strife, Progressive Era challenge, and conservative coalition politics to guide speakership elections through the present day. Fighting for the Speakership reveals how struggles over House organization prior to the Civil War were among the most consequential turning points in American political history.

How long is Fighting for the Speakership?

Fighting for the Speakership by Charles Stewart (III.) is 497 pages long, and a total of 127,729 words.

This makes it 168% the length of the average book. It also has 156% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fighting for the Speakership Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 37 minutes to read Fighting for the Speakership aloud.

What Reading Level is Fighting for the Speakership?

Fighting for the Speakership is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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