Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal

History faced by the disaster of depression Congress in the early 1930s proved amenable to the far-reaching demands and programs presented to it by the newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt but by 1937 it showed increasing resistance even outright opposition to many New Deal measures. In this study James T. Patterson examines this resurgence of conservative strength in Congress focusing upon the personalities and backgrounds of the men involved and upon the key domestic issues whi