``Last of the Romans'': Rufus King vs. James Monroe (1789-1820)
17
(16)
II. The National Forum (1820-1870)
33
(64)
``Samson and the Temple of Slavery'': Thomas Hart Benton vs. John C. Calhoun (1820-1850)
37
(21)
Lincoln's Prime Minister: William Pitt Fessenden vs. Charles Summer (1850-1865)
58
(19)
``Worthy of Plutarch'': Fessenden vs. Sumner (1865-1870)
77
(20)
III. The Rise and Fall of the Senate Oligarchy (1870-1940)
97
(64)
``Try Justice'': George Frisbie Hoar vs. John Sherman (1870-1900)
101
(18)
The ``Lamp of Experience'' and ``Bungalow Minds'': Henry Cabot Lodge vs. Thomas J. Walsh (1900-1920)
119
(21)
``Senator-at-Large of the Whole American People'': William E. Borah vs. George W. Norris (1920-1940)
140
(21)
IV. The Imperial Presidency and the Supine Senate (1940-1990)
161
(54)
Shaping Pax Americana: Robert A. Taft vs. Arthur H. Vandenberg (1940-1950)
165
(17)
The ``Politics of Joy'' and ``Uncle Strom's Cabin'': Hubert H. Humphrey vs. Strom Thurmond (1950-1990)
182
(33)
Epilogue
Virtue Misapplied: Modern Heroes in an Age of Hubris
201
(14)
Afterword
215
(4)
A Note on Sources
219
(2)
Notes
221
(18)
Index
239
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