The institutional origins of the Republican Party: Spatial voting and the house speakership election of 1855-56

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-127

  Jenkins, Jeffery A ^a   Nokken, Timothy P ^a  

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EID: 0040566649     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/440395     Document Type: Article

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