| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.1

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.1 | The History Cooperative

Lewis L. Gould. The Most Exclusive Club: A History of the Modern United States Senate. New York: Basic Books. 2005. Pp. xiv, 402. $27.50.
This is an instructive book filled with interesting anecdotes and colorful personalities. Unlike most books about the U.S. Senate, which provide biographies of specific senators or hone in on pivotal eras, Lewis L. Gould's study guides readers through Senate history from the early nineteenth century to the current period. The book thus offers readers a clearer understanding of the full sweep of Senate history.	1
The book makes several contributions. One of the most important is to recover key senators who have been ignored by most historians. For instance, Gould devotes a chapter to Indiana's John Worth Kern, chair of the Democratic Caucus from 1913 to 1917. While textbooks recount the experience of President Woodrow Wilson, and sometimes highlight a legislator such as Robert La Follette or Claude Kitchen, Gould makes the convincing argument that Kern was essential to the expansion of the federal government in these years. At the same time, Gould reveals how well-known senators, such as Idaho Republican William Borah, often were filled more with hot air than legislative skill.	. . .

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