U.S. representative bibliography (congressional memoirs) explained

This is a bibliography of U.S. congressional memoirs by former and current U.S. representatives.^{[1] [2]} The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.

The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution. The major power of the House is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country, although its bills must also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the president before becoming law (unless both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber). Each state receives representation in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one representative. The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435.^[3] Each representative serves for a two-year term. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, traditionally the leader of the majority party, is the presiding officer of the chamber, elected by the members of the House.

Congressional memoirs

• Book: Abzug, Bella . Bella Abzug . Bella! Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington . New York . Saturday Review Press . 1972. 978-0-8415-0154-6 . ^[2]
• Book: Albert, Carl . Carl Albert . Danney Goble . Little Giant: The Life and Times of Speaker Carl Albert . Norman . University of Oklahoma Press . 1990. 978-0-8061-2250-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Anderson, John B. . John B. Anderson . A Congressman's Choice: Between Two Worlds. 1970 . Grand Rapids, MI . Zondervan Publishing House . 1972. ^[2]
• Book: Armey, Richard K.. Richard K. Armey . Armey's Axioms: 40 Hard-earned Truths from Politics, Faith, and Life . registration . Hoboken, NJ . Wiley . 2003. 978-0-471-46913-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Bauman, Robert E. . Robert E. Bauman . The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a Gay Conservative . registration . New York . Arbor House . 1986. 0-87795-686-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Bell, Alphonzo . Alphonzo Bell . Marc L. Weber . The Bel Air Kid . Victoria, British Columbia . Trafford Publishing . 2002 . 978-1-55369-378-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Biggs, Jeffrey R.. Thomas S. Foley . Honor in the House: Speaker Tom Foley. Foreword by Mike Mansfield . Pullman . Washington State University Press . 1999 . 978-0-87422-173-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Boggs, Lindy . Lindy Boggs . Washington through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Woman . New York . Harcourt Brace & Co. . 1994 . 978-0-15-193106-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Bolling, Richard W. . Richard W. Bolling . Power in the House: A History of the Leadership of the House of Representatives . registration . New York . E.P. Dutton and Company . 1968 . ^[2]
• Book: Bolling, Richard W. . House Out of Order . registration . New York . E.P. Dutton and Company . 1965 . ^[2]
• Book: Bolling, Richard W. . John Bowles . America's Competitive Edge: How to Get Our Country Moving Again . registration . New York . McGraw-Hill . 1982 . ^[2]
• Book: Brademas, John . John Brademas. Lynne P. Brown . The Politics of Education: Conflict and Consensus on Capitol Hill. 1987 . registration . Norman . University of Oklahoma Press . 2002 . 978-0-8061-2058-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Brown, Sherrod . Sherrod Brown . Congress from the Inside: Observations from the Majority and the Minority . Kent, OH . Kent State University Press . 1999 . 978-0-87338-676-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Celler, Emanuel . Emanuel Celler . You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler . New York . John Day Co. . 1953 . ^[2]
• Book: Chisholm, Shirley . Shirley Chisholm . The Good Fight . New York . Harper & Row . 1973 . 0-06-010764-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Chisholm, Shirley . Unbought and Unbossed . registration . Boston . Houghton Mifflin . 1970 . 0-395-10932-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Clay, William L. . Bill Clay . Bill Clay: A Political Voice at the Grass Roots . St. Louis. Missouri Historical Society Press . 2004 . 978-1-883982-52-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Clay, William L. . Just Permanent Interests: Black Americans in Congress 1870-1991. New York . Amistad Press, Inc. . 1992 . 978-1-56743-000-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Coburn, Tom . Tom Coburn . John Hart . Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders . Nashville . WND Books . 2003 . 0-7852-6220-2. ^[2]
• Book: Dellums, Ronald V. . Ronald V. Dellums . H. Lee Halterman . Lying Down with the Lions: A Public Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls of Power . registration . Boston . Beacon Press . 2000 . 978-0-8070-4319-6 . ^[2]
• Book: Douglas, Helen Gahagan Douglas. Helen Douglas . A Full Life . registration . Garden City, NY. Doubleday . 1982 . 978-0-385-11045-7 . ^[2]
• Book: Edwards, Mickey . Mickey Edwards . Behind Enemy Lines: A Rebel in Congress Proposes a Bold New Politics for the 1980s . Chicago . Regnery Gateway . 1983 . 0-89526-621-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Elliott, Carl Sr. . Carl Elliott . Michael D'Orso . The Cost of Courage: The Journey of an American Congressman . New York . Doubleday . 1992 . 978-0-8173-1105-6 . ^[2]
• Book: Ferraro, Geraldine A . Geraldine Ferraro . Linda Bird Francke . Ferraro: My Story . registration . New York . Bantam. 1985 . 978-0-553-05110-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Ferraro, Geraldine A . Catherine Whitney . Framing a Life: A Family Memoir . registration . New York . Scribner . 1998 . 978-0-684-85404-5 . ^[2]
• Book: Fino, Paul A . Paul A. Fino . My Life in Politics and Public Service . Great Neck, NY . Todd & Honeywell, Inc. . 1986 . 978-0-89962-539-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Fish, Hamilton . Hamilton Fish III. Memoir of an American Patriot. Washington . Regnery Gateway . 1991 . 0-89526-531-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Ford, Gerald R . Gerald R. Ford . A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford . New York . Harper and Row . 1979 . 978-0-06-011297-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Frank, Barney . Barney Frank . Speaking Frankly: What's Wrong with the Democrats and How to Fix It . registration . New York . Times Books . 1992 . 978-0-8129-2010-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Franks, Gary . Gary Franks . Searching for the Promised Land: An African American's Optimistic Odyssey . New York . Regan Books . 1996 . 978-0-06-039156-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Funderburk, David . David Funderburk . Pinstripes and Reds: An American Ambassador Caught Between the State Department & the Romanian Communists 1981-1985 . Washington D.C. . Selous Foundation Press . 1987 . 0-944273-01-7 . ^[2]
• Book: Gephardt, Richard . Richard Gephardt . Michael Wessel . An Even Better Place: America in the 21st Century . New York . Public Affairs . 1999 . 978-1-891620-16-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Gingrich, Newt . Newt Gingrich . Lessons Learned the Hard Way, A Personal Report . New York . HarperCollins . 1998 . 978-0-06-019106-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Gingrich, Newt . Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History and Future . Nashville . Integrity Publishers . 2006 . 1-59145-482-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Gingrich, Newt . To Renew America . registration . New York . HarperCollins Publishers . 1995 . 978-0-06-109539-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Gingrich, Newt . Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America . Washington:D.C. . Regnery Publishing, Inc. . 2005 . 0-89526-042-5 . ^[2]
• Book: Gunderson, Steve . Steve Gunderson . Rob Morris . Bruce Bawer . House and Home . registration . New York . Dutton . 1996 . 0-525-94197-5 . ^[2]
• Book: Harris, Katherine . Katherine Harris . Center of the Storm: Practicing Principled Leadership in Times of Crisis . registration . Nashville, TN . WND Books . 2002 . 978-0-7852-6443-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Hastert, Dennis . Dennis Hastert . Speaker: Lessons From 30 Years in Coaching and Politics . Washington D.C. . Regnery Publishing, Inc. . 2004 . 978-0-89526-126-7 . ^[2]
• Book: Hays, Brooks . Brooks Hays . Hotbed of Tranquility; My Life in Five Worlds . registration . New York . Macmillan . 1968 . 978-1-299-12341-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Hays, Brooks . Politics Is My Parish: An Autobiography. registration . Baton Rouge . Louisiana State University Press . 1981 . 978-0-8071-0798-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Hayworth, J. D. . J. D. Hayworth . Whatever It Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security, and the War on Terror . registration . Washington: D.C. . Regnery Publishing, Inc. . 2006 . 978-0-89526-028-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Hébert, Felix Edward . Felix Edward Hébert. John McMillan. . "Last of the Titans": The Life and Times of Congressman F. Edward Hébert of Louisiana . Glenn R. Conrad . Lafayette . University of Southwestern Louisiana . 1976 . ^[2]
• Book: Holtzman, Elizabeth . Elizabeth Holtzman . Cynthia L. Cooper . "Who Said It Would be Easy?" One Woman's Life in the Political Arena . New York . Arcade Publishers . 1996 . 978-1-55970-302-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Johnson, Sam . Sam Johnson . Captive Warrior: A Vietnam POW'S Story . College Station . Texas A&M University Press . 1992 . 0-89096-496-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Jordan, Barbara . Barbara Jordan . Shelby Hearon. . Barbara Jordan: A Self-Portrait . registration . Garden City, NY . Doubleday . 1979 . 978-0-385-13599-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Kaptur, Marcy . Marcy Kaptur . Women of Congress: A Twentieth Century Odyssey . Washington D.C. . Congressional Quarterly . 1996 . 0-87187-989-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Kasich, John . John Kasich . Courage is Contagious: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the Face of America . registration . New York . Doubleday . 1998 . 978-0-385-49148-8 . ^[2]
• Book: Koch, Edward I. . Edward I. Koch . Politics . registration . New York . Simon & Schuster . 1985 . 1-4165-8519-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Koch, Edward I. . William Rauch . Mayor: An Autobiography . New York . Simon & Schuster . 1984 . ^[2]
• Book: Lehman, William . William Lehman (Florida politician). Mr. Chairman: The Journal of a Congressional Appropriator . Lanham . University Press of America . 2000 . 978-0-7618-1559-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Lewis, John . John Lewis . Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement . registration . New York . Simon & Schuster . 1998 . 978-0-15-600708-5 . ^[2]
• Book: Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie . Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky . Barbara Feinman . A Woman's Place: The Freshman Women Who Changed the Face of Congress . registration . New York . Crown Publishers . 1994 . 978-0-517-59713-2. ^[2]
• Book: Martin, Joseph William . Joseph William Martin Jr.. My First Fifty Years in Politics . registration . Robert J. Donovon . New York . McGraw-Hill . 1960 . ^[2]
• Book: Mezvinsky, Edward M. . Edward Mezvinsky. Kevin McCormally . John Greenya . A Term to Remember . registration . New York . Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, Inc. . 1977 . 978-0-698-10751-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Miller, Clem . Clem Miller . Member of the House: Letters of a Congressman . registration . New York . Charles Scribner's Sons . 1962 . ^[2]
• Book: Molinari, Susan . Susan Molinari . Elinor Burkett . Representative Mom: Balancing Budgets, Bill, and Baby in the U.S. Congress . Garden City, New York . Doubleday . 1998 . 978-0-385-49220-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Mfume, Kweisi . Kweisi Mfume . Ron Stodghill II . No Free Ride: From the Mean Streets to the Mainstream . New York . One World . 1996 . 978-0-679-45591-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Montgomery, Gillespie V. ("Sonny") . Gillespie V. Montgomery . Michael B. Ballard . Craig S. Piper . Sonny Montgomery: The Veterans' Champion . Jackson . Mississippi State University Libraries . 2003 . 1-57806-554-2 . ^[2]
• Book: Murtha, John P. . John Murtha. John Plashal . From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security . University Park, PA . Pennsylvania State University Press . 2003 . 978-0-271-02239-0 . ^[2]
• Book: O'Neill, Thomas P. Jr., ("Tip") . Tip O'Neill. Gary Hymel . All Politics Is Local, and Other Rules of the Game . New York . Times Books . 1993 . 978-1-55850-470-7 . ^[2]
• Book: O'Neill, Thomas P. Jr., ("Tip") . William Novak . William Novak . Man of the House; The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill . registration . New York . Random House . 1987 . 978-0-394-55201-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Pettengill, Samuel Barrett . Samuel B. Pettengill. My Story . Helen M. Pettengill . Grafton, VT . H.M. Pettengill . 1979 . 978-0-9602392-1-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Pickle, J. J. . J. J. Pickle. Jake:Jake Pickle & Peggy Pickle . Austin . University of Texas Press . 1997 . 0-292-76572-X . ^[2]
• Book: Pierce, Walter M. . Walter M. Pierce . Oregon Cattleman-Governor-Congressman: Memoirs and Times of Walter M. Pierce . Arthur H. Bone . Portland . Oregon Historical Society . 1981 . 978-0-87595-098-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Poage, W.R. . William R. Poage. My First 85 Years . Waco, TX . Baylor University . 1985 . ^[2]
• Book: Powell, Adam Clayton Jr. . Adam Clayton Powell Jr.. Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. . New York . Dial Press . 1971 . 978-0-7582-0195-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Price, David . David Price (U.S. politician). The Congressional Experience: A View From the Hill . registration . Boulder, Colo . Westview Press . 2004 . 978-0-8133-1157-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Reuss, Henry S. . Henry S. Reuss . When Government Was Good: Memories of a Life in Politics . Madison . University of Wisconsin Press . 1999 . 978-0-299-16190-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Rhodes, John J. . John Jacob Rhodes. The Futile System: How to Unchain Congress and Make the System Work Again . Garden City, NY . EPM Publications, Inc. . 1976 . 978-0-914440-11-6 . ^[2]
• Book: Rhodes, John J. . Dean Edwards Smith . I Was There . Salt Lake City . Northwest Publishing, Inc. . 1995 . 0-7610-0435-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Richardson, Bill . Bill Richardson . Between Worlds: The Making of an American Life . registration . New York . Putnam Adult . 2005 . 0-399-15324-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Riegle, Donald . Donald W. Riegle Jr.. Trevor Armbrister . O Congress . Garden City, NY . Doubleday & Co. . 1972 . 978-0-385-05402-7 . ^[2]
• Book: Rogan, James E. . James E. Rogan . Rough Edges: My Unlikely Road from Welfare to Washington . registration . New York . Regan Books . 2004 . 978-0-06-058059-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Sanders, Bernie . Bernie Sanders. Absolutely Absurd: The Life & Times of Bernie Sanders . Tarrytown, NY . Sleepy Hollow Press . 2002 . 978-1-891928-18-5 . ^[2]
• Book: Sanders, Bernie . Huck Gutman . Outsider in the House . registration . London and New York . Verso . 1997 . 978-1-85984-177-8 . ^[2]
• Book: Sanford, Mark . Mark Sanford . The Trust Committed to Me. Washington, D.C. . U.S. Term Limits Foundation . 2000 . 978-0-9638615-1-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Saund, D.S. . Dalip Singh Saund. Congressman from India . New York . E.P. Dutton and Company . 1960 . 81-87526-05-X . ^[2]
• Book: Scarborough, Joe . Joe Scarborough . Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America . registration . Scranton . HarperCollins . 2004 . 0-06-074985-7 . ^[2]
• Book: Schroeder, Patricia Scott . Patricia Schroeder . 24 Years of House Work – And the Place Is Still a Mess: My Life in Politics . registration . Kansas City, MO . Andrews McMeel Pub. . 1998 . 978-0-8362-3707-8 . ^[2]
• Book: Shuster, Bud . Bud Shuster . Believing in America . New York . William Morrow and Company, Inc. . 1983 . 978-0-688-02494-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Shuster, Bud . Making the Most of Your Life! A Love Letter to My Grandchildren . Shippensburg, PA . Ragged Edge Press . 2005 . 978-1-57249-371-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Sikes, Bob . Robert L. F. Sikes. He-Coon, the Bob Sikes Story . registration . Pensacola, FL. Perdido Bay Press . 1984 . 978-0-933776-18-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Sisk, B. F. . Bernice F. Sisk. A Congressional Record: The Memoir of Bernie Sisk . Fresno, CA . Panorama West . 1980 . 978-0-914330-36-3 . ^[2]
• Book: Smith, Frank Ellis . Frank E. Smith . Congressman from Mississippi . registration . New York . Pantheon Books . 1964 . ^[2]
• Book: Smith, Neal . Neal Edward Smith . Mr. Smith Went to Washington: From Eisenhower to Clinton . Ames . Iowa State University Press . 1996 . 978-0-8138-2479-6 . ^[2]
• Book: Stockman, David A. . David Stockman . The Triumph of Politics: How the Reagan Revolution Failed . registration . New York . Harper and Row . 1986 . 0-06-015560-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Tancredo, Tom . Tom Tancredo . In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security . registration . Nashville . WND Books . 2006 . 978-1-58182-527-5 . ^[2]
• Book: Udall, Mo . Mo Udall . Too Funny to be President . New York . H. Holt . 1987 . 0-8165-2175-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Vucanovich, Barbara F. . Barbara Vucanovich . Patricia D. Cafferata . From Nevada to Congress, and Back Again . registration . Reno . University of Nevada Press . 2005 . 978-0-87417-623-0 . ^[2]
• Book: Watts, J.C. Jr. . J. C. Watts . Chriss Winston . What Color is a Conservative?: My Life and My Politics . New York . Harper Collins . 2002 . 978-0-06-093240-4 . ^[2]
• Book: Whitehurst, G. William . G. William Whitehurst . Diary of a Congressman . Norfolk . The Donning Company . 1983 . 978-0-89865-335-9 . ^[2]
• Book: Wright, Jim . Jim Wright . Reflections of a Public Man . Fort Worth . Madison Publishing Company . 1984 . ^[2]
• Book: Wright, Jim . Worth It All: My War for Peace . registration . Washington D.C. . Brassey's . 1993 . 978-0-02-881075-1 . ^[2]
• Book: Young, Andrew . Andrew Young . A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young . registration . Nashville . Thomas Nelson Publishers . 1994 . 978-0-7852-7508-4 . ^[2]

See also

• U.S. senator bibliography (congressional memoirs)
• List of American political memoirs

Notes and References

1. Book: Egerton, Charles W. . Political Memoir-essays on the politics of memory . Psychology Press . 1994.
2. Web site: Bibliography of Congressional Memoirs-U.S. Congressmen. University of South Carolina . Dorothy Hazelrigg . 2011-11-28.
3. See Public Law 62-5 of 1911, though Congress has the authority to change that number. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 capped the size of the House at 435.