vcczar Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Speaker Carl Albert (D-OK) was, I think, the shortest Speaker. He was 5'4"--same as James Madison. One thing that I find hard to grasp is that by 1973, he's really butting heads with the newer crop of Democrats who are defined as more liberal, but Albert was a major mover on LBJ's Great Society. My assumption is that these differences had more to do with prosecuting Nixon's administration and on military-industrial differences, perhaps. Anyway, here are his actions: Albert, Carl 1956 Southerner who did not sign Southern Manifesto Albert, Carl 1964 Helped to change of House rules to push through LBJ's Great Society Albert, Carl 1964 Southerner who signed Civil Rights Act and later Voting Rights Act Albert, Carl 1965 Major role in getting Medicare and Medicaid passed Albert, Carl 1968 chairs contentious Dem presidential convention Albert, Carl 1971 Elected Speaker of the US House Albert, Carl 1973 Serves as Speaker during Watergate chaos Albert, Carl 1973 For seven weeks, next in line for president w/ VP vacant Albert, Carl 1973 Squashes the impeachment resolution against VP Agnew Albert, Carl 1973 Speaker seen out of line with new liberal members Albert, Carl 1974 Again next in line for president w/ VP vacant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 I’m kind of surprised by @WVProgressive’s vote here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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