Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

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United States federal government office leadership position parliamentary office presiding officer

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer and top political leader of the House, responsible for guiding legislation, managing House proceedings, and often serving as a key figure in national political leadership and presidential succession.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives canonical 81
Speaker of the House 4
Speaker of the House of Representatives (United States) 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government office ⓘ
leadership position ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding United States Capitol ⓘ
surface form: House Chamber of the United States Capitol
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy majority vote of the House ⓘ
chamber lower house of the United States Congress ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalCitation Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdOn 1789 ⓘ
electedBy members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
firstHolder Frederick Muhlenberg ⓘ
followedInSuccessionBy President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOf United States House leadership ⓘ
officeLocation United States Capitol ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf United States Congress ⓘ
politicalRole leader of the House majority party in practice ⓘ
national political figure ⓘ
party strategist for House majority ⓘ
positionIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives
power can rule on points of order ⓘ
can schedule or delay floor consideration of legislation ⓘ
influences committee assignments ⓘ
precededInSuccessionBy Vice President of the United States ⓘ
rankInPresidentialSuccession second ⓘ
reappointment may be reelected without term limits ⓘ
removalMechanism motion to vacate the chair ⓘ
reportsTo collective membership of the House ⓘ
residenceRequirement must be a member of the House by practice ⓘ
responsibility administers the oath of office to House members ⓘ
appoints members to select and conference committees ⓘ
maintains order in the House chamber ⓘ
may administer the presidential oath of office in some circumstances ⓘ
oversees administrative functions of the House ⓘ
presides over sessions of the House ⓘ
recognizes members to speak on the House floor ⓘ
refers bills to committees ⓘ
represents the House in its relations with the President ⓘ
represents the House in its relations with the Senate ⓘ
sets the House legislative agenda ⓘ
selectionMethod election by House majority ⓘ
style Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mister Speaker ⓘ
symbol mace of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength two years ⓘ
termLinkedTo term of a United States Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

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

United States Congress → hasLeader → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
President of the United States Senate → differsFrom → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Congressional Gold Medal → conferredBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
United States House of Representatives → hasSpeaker → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Mister Speaker → appliesToOffice → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Mister Speaker → relatedTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
United States House leadership → hasRole → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
United States House leadership → relatedTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
mace of the United States House of Representatives → usedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: Mace of the United States House of Representatives
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives → appointedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives → appointedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Madam Speaker → appliesToOffice → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate Majority Leader → hasCounterpart → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Cactus Jack → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: John Nance Garner
Rules of the House of Representatives → implementedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives → enforcedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Minority Leader → worksWith → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Majority Leader → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Majority Leader → subordinateTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Majority Whip → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Joseph W. Byrns → position held → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Chief Administrative Officer of the House → appointedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Chief Administrative Officer of the House → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
William B. Bankhead → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Office of the Legislative Counsel → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
OLRC → appointedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Architect of the Capitol → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Assistant Speaker of the House → supportsOffice → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Assistant Speaker of the House → reportsTo → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Republican Conference Chair → worksWith → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Republican Policy Committee Chair → worksWith → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Frederick Muhlenberg → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives → worksWith → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Ettie R. Garner → spouseOccupation → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Sam Rayburn → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
President of the Continental Congress → replacedBy → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Nathaniel Macon → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Joseph W. Martin Jr. → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
John W. McCormack → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
John W. McCormack → category → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speakers of the United States House of Representatives
Henry Clay → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Dennis Hastert → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Dennis Hastert → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House Republican Conference
John → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: John Nance Garner
James K. Polk → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Jim Wright → positionHeld → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ