{{Short description|Former U.S. House Democrats' liberal caucus}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} The '''Democratic Study Group (DSG)''' was a caucus consisting of liberal members of the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives, which also operated as a legislative service organization (LSO). It was founded in 1959 and was active until roughly 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zelizer|first=Julian E.|date=2015-01-22|title=When Liberals Were Organized|url=https://prospect.org/api/content/26025e62-cd15-5874-b324-9e7606a50601/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The American Prospect|language=en-us}}</ref> It was founded "as a liberal counterpoint to the influence of senior conservatives and southern Democrats," and played a crucial role in passing liberal legislation in spite of the opposition of the conservative coalition during the late 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Polsby|first=Nelson W.|title=How Congress evolves : social bases of institutional change|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-516195-5|location=Oxford|oclc=51607477}}</ref> After the 1970s, its role focused on legislative service, whose "principal activity [was] to disseminate detailed written materials to members of the House about upcoming legislation and policy issues, which it [did] on a daily basis when the chamber [was] in session."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bloch Rubin|first=Ruth|title=Building the Bloc : Intraparty Organization in the US Congress|date=2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-22696-7|pages=255–256|oclc=1027206038}}</ref>
==Chairs== *Rep. Lee Metcalf (MT-1)<!-- (1959–) --> *Rep. John Brademas (IN-3) *Rep. Jim O'Hara (MI-12)<!-- (1967–1968?) --> *Rep. Frank Thompson (NJ-4)<!-- (1968?–1969?) --> *Rep. Don Fraser (MN-5)<!-- (1969–1971) --> *Rep. Phil Burton (CA-5)<!-- (1971–) --> *Rep. Tom Foley (WA-5)<!-- (1974–1975/1976?) --> *Rep. Bob Eckhardt (TX-8)<!-- (1975–) --> *Rep. Abner Mikva (IL-10)<!-- (1979) --> *Rep. Dave Obey (WI-7)<!-- (1979–) --> *Rep. Bill Brodhead (MI-17)<!-- (1981?–1983) --> *Rep. Matt McHugh (NY-28)<!-- (1983–) --> *Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN-8) *Rep. Mike Lowry (WA-7)<!-- (1987?–1989) --> *Rep. Bob Wise (WV-2)<!-- (1991–1993) --> *Rep. Mike Synar (OK-2)<!-- (1993–1995) --> *Rep. David Skaggs (CO-2)<!-- (1995–1997?) -->
==Further reading== *Polsby, Nelson W. "How Congress Evolves", New York: Oxford University Press 2004 {{ISBN|978-0-19-518296-5}} *Stevens Jr., Arthur G., Miller, Arthur H., Mann, Thomas E., "Mobilization of Liberal Strength in the House, 1955-1970: The Democratic Study Group," ''The American Political Science Review'', Vol 68. No. 2. (Jun., 1974), pp. 667–681.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1959512 At J-STOR]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://dcchs.org/AbnerJMikva/mikva_transcript_4.pdf Abner Mikva Interview No. 4] *[http://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/06/21/A-search-crew-recovered-the-body-of-Richard-Conlon/6209582868800/ A search crew recovered the body of Richard Conlon] *[http://prospect.org/article/when-liberals-were-organized When Liberals Were Organized]
==See also== *Conservative Coalition *Legislative Digest *United States Democratic Party *History of the United States Congress
Category:Political organizations based in the United States Category:Organizations established in 1959 Category:Democratic Party (United States) organizations
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