Author: Fred Gantt
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ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Chief Executive in Texas
Author: Fred Gantt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Chief Executive In Texas
Author: Fred Gantt
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292767684
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
"A Texas governor has only two happy days: the day he is inaugurated and the day he retires." So spoke Joseph D. Sayers at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now, in an analysis of the Texas governorship by Fred Gantt, Jr., the reader learns why Governor Sayers' remark remains true many years after it was uttered: the office has come to be so demanding that the reader may ask why anyone would want it. Price Daniel described a typical day: "The governor's job is a night-and-day job; I usually get up in the morning about seven and start answering the telephone, and then look over the mail that has come in late the day before. I sign mail before going over to the office and then have interviews most of the day. . . . In the evening at the Mansion I take calls and messages until late in the night." The Chief Executive in Texas is much more than a book full of interesting facts: It is a discerning political commentary built on a broad historical foundation that places events and persons in a perspective perhaps not previously considered by the reader. The office of chief executive in other states also is explored, as well as the decline and rise of executive power as it has been limited in various constitutions in Texas and as it has developed through custom. The account of the governor's relationship with the Legislature is historically valuable. Especially interesting to many readers will be the discussions of the political roles of individual Texas governors, whose ranks include "Ma" and "Pa" Ferguson and "Pappy" O'Daniel. These studies are personally revealing, and they attest that polities in Texas apparently can never be dull.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292767684
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
"A Texas governor has only two happy days: the day he is inaugurated and the day he retires." So spoke Joseph D. Sayers at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now, in an analysis of the Texas governorship by Fred Gantt, Jr., the reader learns why Governor Sayers' remark remains true many years after it was uttered: the office has come to be so demanding that the reader may ask why anyone would want it. Price Daniel described a typical day: "The governor's job is a night-and-day job; I usually get up in the morning about seven and start answering the telephone, and then look over the mail that has come in late the day before. I sign mail before going over to the office and then have interviews most of the day. . . . In the evening at the Mansion I take calls and messages until late in the night." The Chief Executive in Texas is much more than a book full of interesting facts: It is a discerning political commentary built on a broad historical foundation that places events and persons in a perspective perhaps not previously considered by the reader. The office of chief executive in other states also is explored, as well as the decline and rise of executive power as it has been limited in various constitutions in Texas and as it has developed through custom. The account of the governor's relationship with the Legislature is historically valuable. Especially interesting to many readers will be the discussions of the political roles of individual Texas governors, whose ranks include "Ma" and "Pa" Ferguson and "Pappy" O'Daniel. These studies are personally revealing, and they attest that polities in Texas apparently can never be dull.
The Chief Executive of Texas
Author: Fred Gantt
Publisher:
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Category : Executive power
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive power
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Chief Executive in Texas
The Governmental Powers of the Chief Executive of Texas
Author: Robert Lloyd Neelley
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Legislative Messages of the Chief Executives of Texas
Author: Texas. Governor
Publisher:
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Chief Executives of Texas
Author: Kenneth E. Hendrickson
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"In this thorough and colorful study of the leaders of the Lone Star State, Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., holds up a Texas-sized magnifying glass to take a candid look at the lives and accomplishments of the now deceased forty-two men and one woman who held the office of governor, or president of the Republic." "Each governor's administration, from Houston to Connally, is arranged within twelve historical periods, from the early days of colonization, revolution, and early statehood through the Great Depression, two world wars, and, finally, midcentury. The author includes contextual information about each period's major political, social, and economic influences."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"In this thorough and colorful study of the leaders of the Lone Star State, Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., holds up a Texas-sized magnifying glass to take a candid look at the lives and accomplishments of the now deceased forty-two men and one woman who held the office of governor, or president of the Republic." "Each governor's administration, from Houston to Connally, is arranged within twelve historical periods, from the early days of colonization, revolution, and early statehood through the Great Depression, two world wars, and, finally, midcentury. The author includes contextual information about each period's major political, social, and economic influences."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
They Sat in High Places
Author: James T. DeShields
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Government Code
Author: Texas
Publisher:
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Publisher:
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
They Sat in High Places
Author: James T. DeShields
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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