Presidential Appointments, Party Patronage and the U.S. Senate in an Era of Territorial Incorporation

• In Event: Congress and the Presidency

Brief Overview

We use new data from the Senate Executive Journal on more than 65,000 nominations to Senate confirmed positions in U.S. territories and states between 1871 and 1913 to evaluate the impact of Senate representation on appointment outcomes.

Authors

• Fang-Yi Chiou, Academia Sinica

• David Lewis, Vanderbilt University