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Additionally, the speaker is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the president pro tempore of the Senate. [2] The House elects a new speaker by roll call vote when it first convenes after a general election for its two-year term, or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position ...
The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, first at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia.
The first-ever election for speaker of the House took place on April 1, 1789, at the start of the 1st Congress, following the 1788–89 elections in which candidates who supported the new Constitution won a majority of the seats.
The first speaker of the House, Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania, was elected to office on April 1, 1789, the day the House organized itself at the start of the 1st Congress. He served two non-consecutive terms in the speaker's chair, 1789–1791 (1st Congress) and 1793–1795 (3rd Congress). [41]
This chart shows the historical composition of the United States House of Representatives, from the 1st Congress to the present day. United States House of Representatives, 1789 to present AA
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is tentatively set to make his first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term on Tuesday, March 4. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday ...
PHOTO: Rep. Mike Johnson leaves the floor after the House failed to elect a Speaker of the House in the first vote on the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol, Jan ...
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is inviting President Donald Trump to address a joint session of Congress on March 4. In a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital, Johnson wrote to the new ...