2016 Congress and History Conference

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) (Comments)

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)