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The official seal depicts the House side of the Capitol building, but is not used as a visual symbol. See also the Seal of the United States Senate . Español: El sello de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos , la cámara baja del Congreso de los Estados Unidos .
Edmund Randolph's Virginia Plan called for a bicameral Congress: the lower house would be "of the people", elected directly by the people of the United States and representing public opinion, and a more deliberative upper house, elected by the lower house, that would represent the individual states, and would be less susceptible to variations ...
In 1880, as the House met to discuss a funding bill as the Committee of the Whole, James B. Weaver of Iowa and William A.J. Sparks of Illinois became involved in a heated discussion, with members attempting to keep them apart. The Speaker ordered the Sergeant at Arms to walk about the floor of the House with the Mace, and order was restored.
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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 ...
All but one of South Carolina’s U.S. House representatives voted in unison supporting Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan as speaker of the House Tuesday, but their efforts failed.
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.
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