The Republican Party of Texas : a political history /

The Republican Party has dominated Texas politics in recent decades, but for a long time after Reconstruction ended the Texas GOP was little more than a vehicle for federal patronage (i.e., getting appointed to a Washington job as a reward for serving the party in a Republican backwater like Texas)....

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Thorburn, Wayne J. (Wayne Jacob), 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021].
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture.
Subjects:	Republican Party (Tex.) > History. Texas > Politics and government.