Richard Fenno
Richard Francis Fenno Jr. (December 12, 1926 – April 21, 2020) was an American
Biography
Fenno grew up in Boston and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he graduated from
Fenno's books Congressmen in Committees (1973) and Home Style: House Members in Their Districts (1978) (for which he won the first
Fenno's trademark style of political science research is sometimes referred to as "Soak and Poke" (see Fenno 1986).[7][1] Rather than relying primarily on data sets or rational choice theory, Fenno undertook empirical observation of the movements of political actors on the stage of politics. His most famous book Home Style is written in this fashion.[citation needed]
Fenno won the
Fenno served as
Fenno's archival collection is housed at the University of Rochester's River Campus Libraries Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation. Research interviews and oral history notes are also housed at the National Archives and Records Administration's Center for Legislative Activities.[citation needed]
According to Norman J. Ornstein:
- Fenno was hands down the most significant student of Congress of the last half of the 20th century. He was the first to note that voters loved their congressman while hating Congress, he wrote the definitive study of the appropriations process (“The Power of the Purse”) and a series of books where he explored the relationship between legislators at home and in Washington.[6]
Fenno died in Mount Kisco, New York on April 21, 2020, from the effects of COVID-19.[11]
Selected publications
- The President's Cabinet: An Analysis in the Period from Wilson to Eisenhower. 1959. Harvard University Press. online no charge to borrow
- The Power of the Purse: Appropriations Politics in Congress. 1966. Little, Brown. online
- Congressmen in Committees. 1973. Little, Brown.
- Home Style: House Members in their Districts. 1978. Little, Brown. online
- The United States Senate: a bicameral perspective (1982) online
- "Observation, Context, and Sequence in the Study of Politics." 1986. American Political Science Review 80(1): 3–15. online
- The making of a senator: Dan Quayle (1989) online
- The presidential odyssey of John Glenn (1990) online
- Learning to legislate : the Senate education of Arlen Specter (1991) online
- The emergence of a Senate leader: Pete Domenici and the Reagan budget (1991) online
- "Strategy and Sophisticated Voting in the Senate." 1994. Journal of Politics 56(2): 349–376. (with Randall L. Calvert). DOI: 10.2307/2132143 online
- Senators on the Campaign Trail: The Politics of Representation. 1996. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Congress at the Grassroots: Representational Change in the South, 1970–1998. 2000. University of North Carolina Press.
- Going Home: Black Representatives and their Constituents. 2003. University of Chicago Press online.
- Congressional Travels: Places, Connections, and Authenticity. 2007. Pearson/Longman.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "A giant in the field of American Politics". NewsCenter. April 24, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (April 22, 2020). "So Long to Richard Fenno, a Giant of Political Science". Bloomberg News. New York City. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^ "Faculty Directory: Department of Political Science : University of Rochester". www.sas.rochester.edu. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ Nelson Polsby, "The Contributions of President Richard F. Fenno Jr". PS – Political Science & Politics (1984). 17#4: 778–781.
- ^ Schudel, 2020.
- ^ a b Schudel, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4008-2121-1.
- ^ "Richard F. Fenno, cons_suffix". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Richard F. Fenno". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Craig, Gary (April 28, 2020). "'Giant in the field,' emeritus UR political scientist Richard 'Dick' Fenno dies at 93". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
Further reading
- S2CID 155051972.
- Schudel, Matt. "Richard F. Fenno Jr., preeminent scholar of Congress, dies at 93" Washington Post April 30, 2020
External links
- richardfenno.com
- Summary of Home Style Archived October 11, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- University of Rochester bio
- Appearances on C-SPAN