TY - BOOK AU - Bailey,Richard AU - Brown,D.Clayton AU - Buenger,Walter L. AU - Collins,Michael L. AU - Cox,Patrick AU - Cox,Patrick L. AU - DeMoss,Dorothy AU - Green,George N. AU - Hendrickson,Kenneth E. AU - Hilderbrand,Robert C. AU - Kushma,John J. AU - McCroskey,Vista AU - Procter,Ben AU - Pycior,Julie Leininger AU - Schmelzer,Janet TI - Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, New Edition T2 - Focus on American History Series SN - 9780292798427 U1 - 973.91/092/2764 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Legislators KW - Texas KW - Biography KW - Politicians KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Edward M. House --; Morris Sheppard --; John Nance Garner --; Jesse Jones --; Tom Connally --; Sam Rayburn --; Lyndon Baines Johnson --; Ralph Yarborough --; Barbara Jordan --; John Tower --; Jim Wright --; Lloyd Bentsen Jr. --; George Bush --; Henry B. Gonzalez --; Notes --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access N2 - Profiles in Power offers concise biographies of fourteen twentieth-century Texans who wielded significant political power and influence in Washington, D.C. First published in 1993 by Harlan Davidson, it has been revised and updated with new chapters on John Nance Garner and Henry Gonzalez and expanded chapters on Lyndon Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Ralph Yarborough, Jim Wright, and John Tower. Demonstrating the validity of a biographical approach to history, the book as a whole covers all the major political issues of the twentieth century, as well as the pivotal role of Texans in defining the national agenda UR - https://doi.org/10.7560/702400 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292798427 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292798427/original ER -