American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest 1911-1994

The second of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from 1911 to 1994 this book covers speakers from Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin. Entries provide basic biographical and career information on more than 1400 speakers. The book opens with an analytical introduction and includes useful statistical appendixes. The four volumes covering state speakers in the West Midwest Northeast and South are designed to complement Charles R. Ritter''s and Jon L. Wakelyn''s book American Legislative Leaders 1850-1910 (1989).