Dates: June 16-17, 2016
Location: University of Oklahoma
Organizers: Keith Gaddie
The original papers may be viewed and downloaded from the Attachments section below.
9:00 – 10:20 a.m. | PANEL ONE: THE PATH FROM BILL TO LAW
Keith Gaddie, Chair (University of Oklahoma)
The Politics of Conciliation: Resolving Inter-Cameral Differences in the U.S. Congress
Authors: Hong Min Park (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Steven Smith (Washington University in St. Louis)
Ryan Vander Wielen (Temple University)
Discussant: Bruce Oppenheimer (Vanderbilt)
Quantitative Modeling Strategies for Analysis of Path Dependence
Authors: Ira Katznelson (Columbia University)
Gregory Wawro (Columbia University)
Discussant: Sam Workman (University of Oklahoma)
10:30 – 11:50 a.m. | PANEL TWO: THE ELECTORAL CONNECTION
Scott Frisch, Chair (Cal State Channel Islands)
Your Obd't Servant: War Pensions and Constituency Service in the Jacksonian-Era Congress
Author: John Baughman (Bates College)
Discussant: Kate Krimmel (Boston University)
The Rise of the Personal Vote in Congress: A Theory of Institutional Development
Author: Charles Finocchiaro (University of South Carolina)
Discussant: Richard Bensel (Cornell)
1:10 – 2:30 p.m. | PANEL THREE: CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY
Colleen Shogan, Chair (Library of Congress)
Socializing as Lobbying during the Jeffersonian Era
Authors: Greg Caldeira (Ohio State University)
William Massengill (Ohio State University)
William Minozzi (Ohio State University)
Discussant: John Henderson (Yale)
An Inter-Branch Arms Race: Presidential Activism and the Evolution of Professional Staff in Congress
Authors: Anthony Madonna (University of Georgia)
Ian Ostrander (Michigan State University)
Discussant: Craig Goodman (University of Houston-Victoria)
2:45 – 4:05 p.m. | PANEL FOUR: THE U.S. SENATE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Maxwell Palmer, Chair (Boston University)
Tabling Motions and Voting Coalitions in the Antebellum House
Author: Chris Den Hartog (CalPoly)
Discussant: Tony Madonna (University of Georgia)
Unprecedented: Informal Rules and Leader Power in the United States Senate
Author: James Wallner (United States Senate)
Discussant: Jason Roberts (North Carolina)
4:20 – 5:40 p.m. | ROUNDTABLE: THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
Ron Peters, Chair (University of Oklahoma)
Panelists: Jeff Jenkins (University of Virginia)
John Lawrence (University of California Washington Center)
Frances Lee (University of Maryland)
Charles Stewart (MIT)
9:00 – 10:20 a.m. | PANEL FIVE: THE HOUSE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Cindy Simon Rosenthal, Chair (University of Oklahoma)
The Deinstitutionalization of the House of Representatives
Authors: Charles Stewart (MIT)
Jeff Jenkins (University of Virginia)
Discussant: William Ewell (Stonehill College)
Was Gillett the Best Man the House Could Get?
Authors: Brian Gaines (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)
Gisela Sin (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)
Discussant: Joel Sievert (Duke)
10:30 – 11:50 a.m. | PANEL SIX: CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
David Karol, Chair (University of Maryland)
Candidates, Money, and Polarization in U.S. House Elections, 1872-2014
Authors: Jamie Carson (University of Georgia)
Mark Owens (APSA Congressional Fellow and UT-Tyler)
Joel Sievert (Duke)
Ryan Williamson (University of Georgia)
Discussant: Patrick Tucker (Washington University in St. Louis)
Congressional Incumbents and Newspaper Coverage
Authors: Pamela Ban (Harvard)
James Snyder (Harvard)
Andrew Hall (Stanford)
Discussant: Robert Erikson (Columbia)