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This is a complete list of the speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates.Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Delegates specify other powers and duties of the post.
The presiding officer presides over the Parliament's debates, determining which members may speak, and maintains order during debate. [4] The presiding officer is expected to be strictly non-partisan, with some similarities in this respect to the tradition of the Speaker of the House of Commons.
List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives; Congress Term Portrait Name Party District [d] 1st: April 1, 1789 – March 4, 1791 Frederick Muhlenberg: Pro-Administration: Pennsylvania at-large: 2nd: October 24, 1791 – March 4, 1793 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Connecticut at-large: 3rd: December 2, 1793 [e] – March 4, 1795 ...
For example, Rep. Abigail Spanberger is running for governor in Virginia, Rep. Dan Bishop is running for attorney general in North Carolina, and about a dozen are running for a Senate seat.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Republicans retained their slim majority in the House of Representatives, despite losing a seat, during the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. [17] With a two seat larger majority, in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, a faction of the Republican majority, mostly represented by the Freedom Caucus, refused to support Republican ...
Aird plans a primary campaign for a state Senate seat and ruled out a bid for Congress. Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan at an event in Alexandria on May 2, 2022. (Shannon Finney / Getty ...
Status: Presiding officer: Seat: United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.: Nominator: Party caucus / conference (primarily): Appointer: House of Representatives: Term length: At the House's pleasure; elected at the beginning of the new Congress by a majority of the representatives-elect, and upon a vacancy during a Congress.