The U.S. Senate

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(cid:3) (cid:3) TABLE OF CONTENTS (cid:144)(cid:3)(cid:144)(cid:3)(cid:144) 4 INTRODUCTION Legend has it that Daniel Webster of Massachusetts once won an ar gument in court with the devil 7 CHAPTER NO_ 1 17 CHAPTER NO_ 2 THE UPPER HOUSE The U S Senate is often called the greatest deliberative body in the world But it certainly wasn’t the first of its kind SENATE STANDOUTS The period from the late 1830s through the 1850s is often re garded as the Golden Era of the U S Senate 27 CHAPTER NO_ 3 37 CHAPTER NO_ 4 WORKING THE LEVERS OF POWER The Civil War was the product of tensions that had been building since the nation’s founding more than 70 years before EVERYBODY DISAGREES Throughout the 19th century peo ple across the U S recognized the mounting problems with the way senators were elected