The behavior of state legislative parties in the Jacksonian era, New Jersey, 1829-1844 - Hardcover

Peter D. Levine

 
9780838618004: The behavior of state legislative parties in the Jacksonian era, New Jersey, 1829-1844

Synopsis

The author concentrates on party activists in the New Jersey legislature from 1829 to 1844, incorporating the degree to which their behavior correlated to their partisan identities, the specific links between legislative parties and the larger parties that encompassed them, the ability of party legislators to satisfy the needs of party organizations, and the effect of party competition for elective office on partisan activity in the legislature.

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