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Albert R. Anderson

Anderson served in the Fiftieth Congress, voting with the Democratic caucus for John G. Carlisle as its choice for Speaker of the House but sitting with the Republicans.

Baron Hungerford

It was created on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he became a peer.

Brock Adams

He was chairman of the newly created Budget Committee during the 94th Congress, and was considered a strong candidate for Speaker of the House.

Capitol of Puerto Rico

The evaluation of the proposals was in charge of William F. Willoughby (president of the Executive Council), José de Diego (Speaker of the House, represented by Luis Muñoz Rivera), José S. Quiñones (President of the Supreme Court), and Laurence Grahame.

David Schweikert

In December 2012, Schweikert learned from news reports that he was going to lose his seat on the Committee on Financial Services for the 113th United States Congress; he joined Justin Amash of Michigan and Tim Huelskamp of Kansas in a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, demanding to know why they had lost their "plum" committee posts.

Government of Puerto Rico

The chambers are presided over by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively.

House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials

Representative Ezekiel C. Gathings, Democrat from Arkansas, was its chairman, appointed by Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

James Zehner

An educator from Yellow Springs, Ohio, Zehner won election to a Republican open seat in 1976, much due to a wealth of resources provided to him by Speaker of the House Vern Riffe.

John H. Bankhead

United States Senator John H. Bankhead II and Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead were his sons, and actress Tallulah Bankhead was his granddaughter.

José Luis Dalmau

From 1991 to 1992, Dalmau served as Special Aide to Speaker of the House José Ronaldo Jarabo, and then as an aide to Representative Juan Corujo Collazo.

Joseph W. Babcock

He was a candidate for Speaker of the House in 1902, but lost to Joseph Cannon.

Kansas Turnpike Authority

Two members are appointed by the Governor of Kansas for four-year terms, two members serve by reason of their legislative positions - one is Chairman of the Kansas Senate Committee on Transportation and the other is a member of the House Transportation Committee, appointed by the Speaker of the House.

Leticia Van de Putte

In 2008, Van de Putte served as a co-chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention along with Governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius and Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin, while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi served as permanent chair.

Louisiana, Missouri

The latter enters Louisiana from Illinois via the Champ Clark Bridge, named for a former US Speaker of the House from nearby Bowling Green.

Opinion polling for the next New Zealand general election


31 January 2013 – David Carter is elected Speaker of the House, after incumbent Speaker Lockwood Smith resigns from Parliament to become High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Paul Teller

Teller was involved in controversy during the 2011 U.S. debt ceiling crisis when, in July 2011, he and his subordinates reportedly emailed several conservative groups to urge the groups to lobby against a plan put forward by Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Philip Barbour High School

The school is named, as is the county it serves, for Philip Pendleton Barbour a former Speaker of the House and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961

This led to Cornelio Villareal on being elected as Speaker of the House

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1965

This led to Cornelio Villareal on being retained as Speaker of the House after retaking it from Daniel Romualdez midway during the previous Congress.

Powell v. McCormack

In January 1967, the 90th Congress convened, Speaker of the House John William McCormack asked Representative Powell to abstain from taking the oath of office.

Religion and politics in the United States

The Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, is Catholic.

Ron Barber

Touting his independence, Barber has voted the same way as Speaker of the House John Boehner on 10 out of the 16 occasions that Boehner has chosen to cast a vote - more than any other House Democrat.

Smithsonian Institution

Other members of the Board of Regents are three members of the U.S. House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House; three members of the Senate, appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate; and nine citizen members, nominated by the Board and approved by the Congress in a joint resolution signed by the President of the United States.

Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XIV

When signed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate shall present the item.

The Crests

On November 12, 2013, JT Carter was honored by the Pennsylvania State House, Speaker of the House Sam Smith, and PA State Representative Rosemary M Brown, for his lifetime in the music industry and for being the first African American to form an interracial vocal group in America.

Tina Kotek

A Democrat, she serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing a district in Portland, and as Speaker of the House for the 2013–14 sessions.

Tom Stott

Tom Cleave Stott CBE (6 June 1899-21 October 1976) spent 37 years as an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly, serving as Speaker of the House from 1962 to 1965 and 1968 to 1970.

Tongsun Park

His testimony did not have a major impact, though it led to three members of Congress getting reprimanded, and may have convinced Speaker of the House Carl Albert not to run for re-election.

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2002

Incumbent Republican Congressman Johnny Isakson, elected in a 1999 special election to replace the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, sought his third term in this highly conservative district based in the northern suburbs of Atlanta.

United States presidential election, 1840

The three leading candidates were William Henry Harrison, a war hero and the most successful of Van Buren's opponents in the 1836 election, who had been campaigning for the Whig nomination ever since; General Winfield Scott, a hero of the War of 1812 who had been active in skirmishes with the British in 1837 and 1838; and Henry Clay, the Whigs' congressional leader and former Speaker of the House.

We Can't Wait

House Speaker John Boehner stated that Obama's executive orders will be reviewed to ensure that they do not conflict with the Constitution or federal law.

Yorkville High School

United States Congressman for Illinois' 14th district and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert spent 16 years teaching at Yorkville from 1964–1980, primarily government and history classes.


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Alejandro Peña Esclusa

UnoAmerica was one of the few organizations that endorsed as constitutional the 2009 "deposing" (widely described as the 2009 Honduran coup d'état) of president Manuel Zelaya in Honduras, which involved Zelaya being arrested by the military acting on orders by the Supreme Court, removed from office and expelled from the country, and replaced by the person the constitution indicated as his successor, in this case the Speaker of the House Roberto Micheletti, as interim president.

Andrej Nikolaidis

On October 15, 2009, it was announced that Nikolaidis accepted a job as the adviser to politician Ranko Krivokapić who has been the speaker of the house in Montenegrin Parliament since 2003 and is the president of SDP CG party - ruling coalition's junior partner.

Beachwood High School

Armond Budish, Ohio House Minority Leader and former Speaker of the House.

Charles Alan Pownall

When confronted, Pownall told Guam Speaker of the House Antonio Borja Won Pat to leave the matter to him.

Charles Shaw-Lefevre

Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley (1794–1888), his son, Speaker of the House of Commons

Control fraud

With the assistance of people like Speaker of the House Jim Wright and the Keating Five, he was able to convert Lincoln Savings and Loan Association into a Ponzi scheme, making millions for himself, while suppressing the investigative and regulatory functions of the FHLBB.

Democratic vice presidential nomination of 1944

Among the possible candidates were James F. Byrnes, Roosevelt's "assisting president," who initially was the prominent alternative, Associate Justice William O. Douglas, U.S. Senators Alben W. Barkley and Harry S. Truman as well as the Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

Equitrac

In addition, Mr. Rich has done numerous press conferences with various public figures such as Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

Frank Trimble O'Hair

O'Hair was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915, defeating former Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon.

Georgetown University Student Association

In 2011, then GUSA President Mike Meaney organized a group letter to President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner from over 100 different student body presidents in the United States.

Georgia Department of Transportation

In February 2009, Governor Sonny Perdue, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, and Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson announced a plan that would remove almost all authority from GDOT and the legislature and put it under themselves in a new State Transportation Authority.

Glen D. Johnson

Johnson and his wife Imogene had a son, Glen D. Johnson, Jr. who served as Oklahoma's youngest Speaker of the House, then served in higher education—for ten years as president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, then as chancellor of Oklahoma's state system of higher education.

Horace King

Horace King, Baron Maybray-King (1901–1986), British politician, Speaker of the House of Commons

Independent Corrupt Practices Commission

Some examples are Ghali Umar Na'Abba, speaker of the House of Representatives (2002), Fabian Osuji, head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education (2006).

James Jerome

His success in this role led Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to appoint Jerome as Speaker of the House of Commons following the 1974 election.

James Lowther

James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855–1949), Conservative politician and Speaker of the House of Commons

Jenő Rácz

Jenő Rátz (1882–1949), Hungarian politician, Minister of Defence, Deputy Prime Minister, Speaker of the House of Magnates

Jim Dunnam

In the aftermath of the November 2008 elections in which House Democrats won 74 seats (just 2 shy of a majority), Dunnam played a pivotal role in ousting Tom Craddick as Speaker of the House and replacing him with Joe Straus.

Jim Reese

In 2008, Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge selected and appointed him as his Policy Advisor to the Speaker of the House.

John Alleyne

Sir John Alleyne, 1st Baronet (1724–1801), Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados

John McCormack

John William McCormack (1891–1980), politician from Massachusetts, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1962–1971

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton (abt 1373-18 Sep 1413), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.

José Aponte

José Aponte Hernández (born 1958), former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

Joseph McKay

The fort’s physician and speaker of the house, John Sebastian Helmcken, remembered him at this time as “a very active young fellow – full of vigor and intelligence,” who “knew every thing and every body.”

László Szőgyény-Marich

László Szőgyény-Marich, Sr., Hungarian Court Chancellor, Speaker of the House of Magnates

Lida E. Harkins

Harkins was appointed House Majority Whip by former Speaker of the House Thomas Finneran in 2001.

Liston B. Ramsey

In January 1989, Ramsey was ousted as Speaker of the House when Republican Governor James G. Martin secretly joined his party's forces with 20 Democratic state representatives led by Joe Mavretic.

Lorraine Miller

Pelosi is the third Democratic Speaker of the House that Miller will be working for, having worked for Tom Foley and Jim Wright in the past.

Margaret Herbison

She was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire at the 1945 general election, defeating the Conservative incumbent, future Deputy Speaker of the House William Anstruther-Gray.

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

Students and professors dine together at dinners each evening and hear lectures by world-renowned leaders such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu or former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

Mark Tedeschi

He also won convictions against Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Rakuita Vakalalabure, Ratu Viliame Volavola, Peceli Rinakama, and Viliame Savu for the same offence.

Mia Love

Nationally, Love received campaign support from Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee, his wife Ann Romney, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Committee Chairman and 2012 Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, and Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Mike Barnicle

Tapping into a rich knowledge of local and national politics, Barnicle had unique takes on the ups and downs of luminaries such as Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry, and longtime Congressional Speaker of the House Thomas Tip O'Neill, as well as Boston mayors Kevin White, Ray Flynn, and Tom Menino.

Nepalese royal massacre

A two-man committee comprising Keshav Prasad Upadhaya, the Supreme Court Chief Justice, and Taranath Ranabhat, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, carried out the week-long investigation into the massacre.

Pattonville

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Musician Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves are among the better known alumni of the school.

Richard Onslow

Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow (1654–1717), Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, grandson of the above

Samuel S. Marshall

Marshall was elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1875), and was the candidate of his party for Speaker of the House in 1867.

Sharpstown scandal

"Dirty Thirty" was the name given to thirty members of the 1971 Texas House of Representatives who grouped against Texas Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher and other Texas officials charged in the Sharpstown scandal.

Shaw-Lefevre

Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley (1794-1888), Speaker of the House of Commons, son of Charles Shaw-Lefevre (MP)

Sir Philip II Courtenay

In about 1426 Courtenay married Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons, Steward of the Household to KingsHenry V and Henry VI, and Lord High Treasurer.

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

As first Speaker of the House, Wachuku received Nigeria's Instrument of Independence, also known as Freedom Charter, on October 1, 1960, from Princess Alexandra of Kent (Alexandra was Elizabeth II's representative at the Nigerian Independence ceremonies).

The Imperial Cruise

They included Secretary of War (and future President) William Howard Taft; Roosevelt's daughter, Alice Roosevelt; her future husband, Congressman (and later Speaker of the House) Nicholas Longworth; along with 29 other members of the House and Senate, and their wives; and an array of additional high-ranking military and civilian officials.

United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013

Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner and the Senate Republican minority leader, Mitch McConnell as well as other Republicans argued that the debt ceiling should not be raised unless spending is cut by an amount equal to or greater than the debt ceiling increase.

Vernon Sykes

In the 128th General Assembly, Speaker of the House Armond Budish appointed Sykes as Chairman of the House Finance Committee.

Walter de Beauchamp

Sir Walter Beauchamp (died 1430), MP for Wiltshire 1416 and Speaker of the House of Commons 1416

Walter Hungerford

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, 1378–1449, Knight of the Garter, English nobleman and Speaker of the House of Commons