Martin Sabo: The Making of the Modern Legislature

Kirjan Martin Sabo: The Making of the Modern Legislature (2025) on kirjoittanut Lori Sturdevant. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Minnesota Historical Society Press. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 288 sivua ja se on nidottu.

USCongressman Martin Sabo's early work in Minnesota state government set the moldfor how state legislatures across the country have operated since, andcontinues to wield influence today. Known best as the former USRepresentative of Minnesota's Fifth District, with twenty-eight years ofservice including leadership roles on key committees, Martin Sabo also madesignificant contributions to American political life earlier in his career, while serving in the Minnesota state legislature. Minnesota has longbeen acknowledged as the state that works. Its government has been celebrated, if occasionally contested, and has been emulated by other states for decades. But today's modern, professional state legislature was not inevitable. In thelate 1960s-early 1970s Minnesota took a giant step toward a state governmentthat fairly represents all the state's regions and populations, one thatoperates in public view. It was a government that shouldered increasedresponsibility for the education and well-being of its citizens. And it servedas an operational model for legislatures around the country. At the center ofthose changes was a modest young man from tiny Alkabo, North Dakota, MartinOlav Sabo. Sabo demonstrated an understanding of representative democracy and aquality of leadership that made him a highly effective catalyst for positivechange. He spent his entire adult life in public service, but it was during hisyears as DFL minority leader and as speaker of the Minnesota House that he didhis most transformative and enduring work--remaking legislatures for the better. In Martin Sabo, award-winner author Lori Sturdevant transports readersto the farm and the city, to the campaign trail and the capitol, and to therooms where so many things happened. Enhancing Sabo's richlegacy, this volume focuses attention on his early career and the systemic, foundational contributions to governance his efforts accomplished.