House of Representatives


Authorities to be Cited in Mason's Manual - 2020 Edition

Primary Legislative Authorities

Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies-Cushing, Luther Stearns, Elements of the Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies in the United States of America-Lex Parliamentaria Americana , Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1856 (usually available in the printing of 1874).

Jefferson-Jefferson, Thomas, Jefferson’s Manual , 1781, available as a document of the U.S. Congress; e.g., House Document No. 113–181, 113th Congress, 2nd Session, published by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2015.

Hughes-Hughes, Edward Wakefield, Hughes’ American Parliamentary Guide , F. J. Heer Printing Co., revised 1932.

Reed-Reed, Thomas B., A Manual of General Parliamentary Law (Reed's Rules), 1898; reprinted: State Printing Plant, Olympia, Washington, 1937.

Tilson-Tilson, John Q., Parliamentary Law and Procedure , Ransdell Incorporated, Washington, D.C., 1935.

U.S. House Rule-U.S. Congress: House Rules and Manual of the U.S. House of Representatives , 114th Congress.

U.S. House Practice-U.S. Congress: House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents, and Procedures of the House , (2011).

Deschler-Deschler, Lewis, Deschler's Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States , Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976.

Cannon-Cannon, Clarence, Cannon’s Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States , Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936.

Hinds-Hinds, Asher, Hinds’ Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States , Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907.

Secondary Legislative Authorities

Waples-Waples, Rufus, A Handbook on Parliamentary Practice , Chicago, Callaghan, 1883.

N.Y. Manual-State of New York, Legislature, New York Manual (Clerk’s Manual), editions of 1936 and 1948-49.

Mass. Manual-State of Massachusetts, Legislature, Manual of the General Court of Massachusetts, 1947-48 .

Hatsell-Hatsell, John, Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Volume I , 4th edition, London, 1818.
Hatsell-Hatsell, John, Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Volume II , 4th edition, London, 1818.
Hatsell-Hatsell, John, Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Volume III , 4th edition, London, 1818.
Hatsell-Hatsell, John, Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Volume IV , 4th edition, London, 1818.

Non-Legislative Parliamentary Authorities

Sturgis-Sturgis, Alice Fleenor, Standard Code of Parliamentary Practice, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1950; 3rd edition revised, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1988; 4th edition revised, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001; and AIP, Standard Code of Parliamentary Practice, New York, 1st edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2012. [ISBN: 978-0071778640]

Robert’s-Robert, General Henry M., Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, 1970; 10th edition, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Perseus Publishing, 2000.; and 11th edition, Da Capo Press, 2011. [ISBN: 978-0306820205]

Cushing-Cushing, Luther Stearns, Manual of Parliamentary Practice , new edition by Albert S. Bolles, the John C. Winston Company, 1928 (text unchanged in editions from 1907 to 1947, inclusive).

Demeter-Demeter, George, Demeter’s Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure, Boston, Bostonia Press, revised 1969.

Tilson’s Manual-Tilson, John Q., A Manual of Parliamentary Procedure, Oceana Publications, 1949.

Eliot’s-Eliot’s Basic Rules of Order, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952.

Neely’s-Neely, Thomas, Neely’s Parliamentary Practice , The Abingdon Press, 1914.

Shattuck-Shattuck, Harriet R., The Woman’s Manual of Parliamentary Law , Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1896.


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