Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

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legislative leadership position parliamentary speaker presiding officer public office state government office

The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives is the presiding officer and most powerful leader of the state’s lower legislative chamber, controlling its agenda, committee assignments, and legislative priorities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives canonical	11
Massachusetts House of Representatives leadership	1
Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative leadership position ⓘ parliamentary speaker ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ public office ⓘ state government office ⓘ
appoints	committee chairs of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ members of House committees in Massachusetts ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
canDelegate	duties to other House officers ⓘ
category	Massachusetts politics ⓘ Speakers of lower houses of state legislatures in the United States ⓘ
chamberType	lower house ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Constitution
controls	committee assignments in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ flow of legislation in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ legislative agenda of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electedBy	members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
governmentLevel	state ⓘ
hasStyle	Madam Speaker ⓘ Mister Speaker ⓘ
heads	Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
historicalContinuitySince	18th century ⓘ
influences	state budget legislation in Massachusetts ⓘ state legislative priorities in Massachusetts ⓘ
jurisdiction	Massachusetts ⓘ
languageOfOffice	English ⓘ
legislativeChamber	Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
locationOfOffice	Massachusetts State House ⓘ
mustBe	member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
oversees	House administrative operations in Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf	leadership of the Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
powerComparedTo	most powerful member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
presidesOver	Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
residenceRequirement	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
responsibleFor	enforcing rules of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ maintaining order in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ recognizing members to speak in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ referring bills to committees in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
seatCity	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by House members ⓘ
termType	no fixed term limit in statute ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ President of the Massachusetts Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts General Court → hasSpeaker → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

President of the Massachusetts Senate → hasLowerHouseCounterpart → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

Joseph W. Martin Jr. → positionHeld → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

Majority Leader → reportsTo → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

subject surface form: Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Majority Leader → worksWith → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

subject surface form: Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Majority Leader → subordinateTo → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

subject surface form: Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

John Leverett → positionHeld → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court

Josiah Quincy III → positionHeld → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

Office of the Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → worksWith → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

Office of the Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → subordinateTo → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts House of Representatives leadership

Majority Floor Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → reportsTo → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

Majority Floor Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → appointedBy → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

James Warren → positionHeld → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ