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First published 2021

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wirls, Daniel, author.

Title: The Senate : from white supremacy to governmental gridlock / Daniel Wirls.

Description: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021. | Series: Constitutionalism and democracy | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021014324 (print) | LCCN 2021014325 (ebook) | ISBN 9780813946894 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780813946900 (paperback) | ISBN 9780813946917 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: United States. Congress. Senate—History. | United States—Race relations—Political aspects—History. | White supremacy movements—Political aspects—United States—History. | Representative government and representation—United States. | Democracy—United States.

Classification: LCC JK1161 .W573 2021 (print) | LCC JK1161 (ebook) | DDC 328.73/071—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014324

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014325

Cover art: Nathaniel Roy/Notch Design