The assemblyman changed his mind; that wasn't tyranny, it was anarchy.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
One assemblyman gave in and agreed no longer to oppose the bills.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
Public sentiment within the Democratic party prevented the consummation of the deal to supplant Morrison with Tree, the death of a Democratic assemblyman enabled the Republicans to steal a march on their opponents in a by-election, and the deadlock was finally broken by Logan securing the bare 103 votes necessary to election.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson