FROM THE PREFACE: "On the eve of the Senate's 150th anniversary in 1939, George H. Haynes published his classic two-volume The Senate of the United States. Regrettably, Haynes' study is now out of date and out of print. Although the present volume differs from that of Haynes in scope and focus, it shares a common purpose. It is designed to make the Senate's rich history more accessible to a broad audience." -- This book was produced for the Senate's bicentennial.
