South Carolina Political Collections
University of South Carolina
Bibliography of Congressional Memoirs
U.S. Senators
Abourezk, James G. Advise & Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate. Chicago:
Lawrence Hill Books, 1989.
Aiken, George D. Senate Diary: January 1972-January 1975. Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene
Press, 1976.
Alexander, Lamar. Six Months Off: An American Family‟s Australian Adventure. New York:
Quill/William Morrow, 1988.
_____. Steps Along The Way: A Governor‟s Scrapbook. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1986.
_____. We Know What To Do: A Political Maverick Talks With America. New York:
W. Morrow and Co., 1995.
Anderson, Clinton P., with Milton Viorst. Outsider in the Senate: Senator Clinton Anderson‟s
Memoirs. New York: World Publishing Co., 1970.
Ashcroft, John. Lessons From a Father to His Son. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998.
_____. Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice. Nashville: Center Street,
2006.
_____. On My Honor: The Beliefs that Shape My Life. Nashville: Thomas Nelson
Publishers, 2001.
Baker, Howard. Howard Baker‟s Washington: An Intimate Portrait of the Nation‟s Capital City.
New York: W.W. Norton Co., 1982.
Barkley, Alben W. That Reminds Me. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1954.
Bayh, Evan. From Father to Son: A Private Life in the Public Eye. Indianapolis, IN: Guild
Press/Emmis Books, 2003.
Bellmon, Henry. The Life and Times of Henry Bellmon. Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, 1992.
Boxer, Barbara. Strangers in the Senate: Politics and the New Revolution of Women in America.
Washington, D.C.: National Press Books, 1994.
Bradley, Bill. Time Present, Time Past. New York: Knopf, 1996.
_____. The Journey from Here. New York: Artisan, 2000.
Brooke, Edward W. Bridging the Divide: My Life. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press,
2006
_____. The Challenge of Change: Crisis in Our Two-Party System. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co., 1966
Buckley, James Lane. Gleanings from an Unplanned Life: An Annotated Oral History.
Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006.
_____. If Men Were Angels: A View From the Senate. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
1975.
Bumpers, Dale. The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir. New York: Random
House, 2003.
Byrd, Robert C. Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields. Morgantown: West
Virginia University Press, 2005.
Byrnes, James F. All in One Lifetime. New York: Harper, 1958.
_____. Speaking Frankly. New York: Harper, 1947.
Carnahan, Jean. Don‟t Let the Fire Go Out! Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2004.
Clinton, Hillary Rodham. Living History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Cohen, William S. Roll Call: One Year in the United States Senate. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1981.
Cohen, William S., and George J. Mitchell. Men of Zeal: A Candid Inside Story of the IranContra Hearings. New York: Viking, 1988.
Cotton, Norris. In the Senate: Amidst the Conflict and Turmoil. New York: Dodd, Mead and
Company, 1978.
D’Amato, Alfonse. Power, Pasta, & Politics: The World According to Senator Al D‟Amato.
New York: Hyperion, 1995.
Danforth, John C. Faith and Politics: How the “Moral Values” Debate Divides America and
How to Move Forward Together. New York: Viking Books, 2006.
_____. Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas. New York: Viking, 1994.
Daschle, Tom, with Michael D’Orso. Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two
Years that Changed America Forever. New York: Crown Publishers, 2003.
Dirksen, Everett M. The Education of a Senator. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Dole, Elizabeth. Hearts Touched with Fire: My 500 Favorite Inspirational Quotations. New
York: Carroll & Graf, 2004.
Dole, Robert J. Great Political Wit: Laughing (Almost) All the Way to the White House. New
York: Nan A. Talese, 1998.
_____ and Elizabeth Dole, with Richard Norton Smith and Kerry Tymchuck. Unlimited
Partners: Our American Story. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. An expanded
version of The Doles: Unlimited Partners (1988).
Douglas, Paul H. In the Fullness of Time: The Memoirs of Paul H. Douglas. New York:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972.
Ervin, Sam. Preserving the Constitution: An Autobiography of Senator Sam Ervin.
Charlottesville, VA: Mitchie Co., 1984.
Garn, Jake. Why I Believe. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1992.
Glenn, John and Nick Taylor. John Glenn: A Memoir. New York: Bantam Books, 1999.
Goldwater, Barry M. The Conscience of a Conservative. Shepherdsville, KY: Victor Publishing
Co., 1960.
_____. Goldwater. New York: Doubleday, 1988.
_____. With No Apologies: The Personal and Political Memoirs of United States Senator
Barry M. Goldwater. New York: William Morrow Co., 1979.
Gore, Albert, Sr. (1907-1998). Let the Glory Out: My South and Its Politics. New York: Viking
Press, 1972.
Gruening, Ernest. Many Battles: The Autobiography of Ernest Gruening. New York: Liveright
Publishing Corp., 1973.
Harris, Fred R. Alarms and Hopes: A Personal Journey, a Personal View. New York: Harper &
Row, 1968.
_____. In Defense of Congress. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995.
_____. Potomac Fever. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1977.
Hart, Gary. The Good Fight: The Education of an American Reformer. New York: Random
House, 1993.
_____. The Patriot: An Exhortation to Liberate America from the Barbarians. New
York: Free Press, 1996.
_____. Right from the Start: A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign. New York:
Quadrangle, 1973.
Hatch, Orrin. Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator. New York: Basic Books, 2002.
Hatfield, Mark, and Diane N. Solomon. Against the Grain: Reflections of a Rebel Republican.
Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press, 2001.
Helms, Jesse. Here‟s Where I Stand: A Memoir. New York: Random House, 2005.
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr. (1911-1978). The Education of a Public Man: My Life and
Politics. Edited by Norman Sherman, 1976. New ed., Minneapolis: University of Minnesota
Press, 1991.
Hutchison, Kay Bailey. American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country.
New York: William Morrow, 2004.
Inouye, Daniel K., with Lawrence Elliott. Journey to Washington. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 1967.
Javits, Jacob K., with Rafael Steinberg. Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981.
Jeffords, James M. An Independent Man: Adventures of a Public Servant. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2003.
_____. My Declaration of Independence. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Kerrey, Robert. When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
Kerry, John. A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America. New York: Penguin Books,
2003.
Kincaid, Diane, ed. Silent Hattie Speaks: The Personal Journal of Senator Hattie Caraway.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979.
Laxalt, Paul. Nevada‟s Paul Laxalt: A Memoir. Reno, NV: Jack Bacon & Co., 1999.
Lieberman, Joseph. In Praise of Public Life. New York: Simon & Shuster, 2000.
Lott, Trent. Herding Cats: A Life in Politics. New York: Regan Books, 2005.
McCain, John, with Mark Salter. Faith of My Fathers. New York: Random House, 1999.
_____, with Mark Salter. Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life. New York:
Random House, 2004.
_____, with Mark Salter. Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir. New York: Random
House, 2002.
McCarthy, Eugene. Up „til Now: A Memoir. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.
McClellan, John L. Crime Without Punishment. 1962. Reprint, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
1976.
McGee, Gale. The Responsibilities of World Power. Washington: National Press, 1968.
McGovern, George S. An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George
McGovern. New York: Random House, 1974.
_____. Grassroots: The Autobiography of George McGovern. New York: Random
House, 1977.
Martin, Edward. Always Be On Time: An Autobiography. Harrisburg: Telegraph Press, 1959.
Mitchell, George. Making Peace. New York: Knopf, 1999.
Murphy, George, with Victor Lasky. ”Say . . . Didn‟t You Used to be George Murphy?” New
York: Bartholomew House, 1970.
Muskie, Edmund. Journeys. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1972.
Nelson, Bill, and Jamie Buckingham. Mission: An American Congressman‟s Voyage to Space.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
Norris, George. Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris. 1945. Reprint, New
York: Collier Books, 1961.
Obama, Barack. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. New York: Times
Books, 1995. Reprint, 2004.
Pepper, Claude D., with Hays Gorey. Pepper, Eyewitness to a Century. San Diego: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, 1987.
Pressler, Larry. U.S. Senators from the Prairie. Vermillion, SD: Dakota Press, 1982.
Quayle, Dan. Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers, 1994.
_____. Worth Fighting For. Nashville: W Publishing Group, 1999.
_____ and Diane Medved, Ph.D. The American Family: Discovering the Values That
Make Us Strong. Scranton: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996; Grand Rapids: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1996.
Riegle, Donald, with Trevor Armbrister. O Congress. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.,
1972.
Rudman, Warren B. Combat: Twelve Years in the U.S. Senate. New York: Random House,
1996.
Saltonstall, Leverett, as told to Edward Weeks. Salty: Recollections of a Yankee in Politics.
Boston: Boston Globe, 1976.
Saxbe, William B. I‟ve Seen the Elephant: An Autobiography. Kent, OH: Kent State University
Press, 2000.
Simon, Paul. Advice and Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and the Intriguing History of
the Supreme Court‟s Nomination Battles. Washington: National Press Books, 1992.
_____. P.S.: The Autobiography of Paul Simon. Chicago: Bonus Books, 1999.
Simpson, Alan K. Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press. New York:
William Morrow & Co., 1997.
Specter, Arlen. Passion for Truth: From Finding JFK‟s Single Bullet to Questioning Anita Hill
to Impeaching Clinton. New York: William Morrow, 2000.
Talmadge, Herman E., with Mark Royden Winchell. Talmadge, a Political Legacy, a
Politican‟s Life: A Memoir. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1987.
Thompson, Fred D. At That Point in Time: The Inside Story of the Senate Watergate Committee.
New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1975.
Tower, John. Consequences: A Personal and Political Memoir. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.,
1991.
Tsongas, Paul. Heading Home. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
Vinson, Carl (1883-1981). Carl Vinson: A Legacy of Public Service. Athens: Carl Vinson
Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 2002.
Weicker, Lowell P., Jr., and Barry Sussman. Maverick: A Life in Politics. Boston: Little,
Brown, & Co., 1995.
Wellstone, Paul D. The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda. New
York: Random House, 2001.
Wofford, Harris. Of Kennedys and Kings: Making Sense of the Sixties. 1980. Reprint,
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992.
Young, Stephen M. Tales Out of Congress. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1964.
List compiled by Dorothy Hazelrigg
Updated 1/18/07