Lone Star by Fehrenbach Reading Assignment #8 (p.g. 640) "Politics in the 20th Century and Joseph Bailey"

Fehrenbach talks about politics in the Early 20th Century in Texas and the United States. A new neo- Populist, Joseph Bailey, was the leader of the House and was forced into retiring from previous affairs.

• Texas was becoming the largest habitually Democratic state.
• The new conservative, Bailey, had many personal affairs, forcing him to retire.
• Texas gained great seniority in Congress
• Joseph Bailey was the minority leader of the house before his elevation to the Senate.
• Bailey's "affairs" became the hallmarks of the Texan neo-Populist in national politics