The Speaker does not usually personally preside over debates, instead delegating the duty to freshman members of the House from the majority party.

This was a singular achievement for a 34-year-old House freshman.

* Henry Burns is a freshman Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 9 ( Bossier Parish ).

Lott's strong showing in the polls landed him on the powerful House Judiciary Committee as a freshman, where he voted against all three articles of impeachment drawn up against Nixon during the committee's debate.

His next movie role was as freshman student Lawrence " Pinto " Kroger in the classic comedy National Lampoon's Animal House ( 1978 ).

Shortly thereafter, a freshman member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Leopold Caspari of Natchitoches, offered the convent site as a campus for the school with the anticipated approval of the citizens of Natchitoches.

* National Journal described Blackburn as a " freshman to watch " and a " top House conservative " in 2003 and 2004.

Under Hall of Fame coach Clarence " Big House " Gaines, Monroe averaged 7. 1 points his freshman year, 23. 2 points as a sophomore, 29. 8 points as a junior and an amazing 41. 5 points his senior year.

As a freshman, Beauprez served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Veterans Affairs Committee, and the Small Business Committee.

Hyde was a member of the House Judiciary Committee from his freshman term, and its chairman from 1995 until 2001, during which time he served as the lead House " manager " during the President Clinton impeachment trial.

Ruppersberger was the first Democratic freshman ever to be appointed to the House Select Committee on Intelligence.

He enrolled at George Washington University ( GW ) in 1981, and as a freshman he worked as an intern for House Republican Tom Bliley of Virginia and was Bliley's driver in the 1982 campaign.

In January, 1969, after the NPP's electoral triumph and his own election as a state representative, in spite of being a freshman, he was selected as House Majority Leader for the 1969-1972 term.

He was the only freshman member to serve on the House Appropriations Committee.

As a freshman, Chisholm was assigned to the House Agricultural Committee.

In her first term in the U. S. House, Hooley was elected House Democratic freshman class president.

Because of the scandal, 77 of the 150 House members were freshman that year.

Kay Bailey Hutchison and her husband Ray were both members of that freshman class as well as Democratic State Representative Senfronia Thompson, Democratic State Senator John Whitmire, former House Speaker Pete Laney, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Congressman Gene Green.

Armey was first elected to the House in 1984 in the 26th District of Texas, defeating freshman congressman Tom Vandergriff in what is still considered a huge upset ( Vandergriff is well known in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, most notably for bringing Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers to the area ).

There were nine dissenting votes in the Senate and a handful of opponents in the House, the most vigorous of whom was freshman Brooklyn Representative Emanuel Celler.

As one of the " true believers " in the Republican freshman class of 1995, Chenoweth was considered one of the most conservative members of the House, staunchly opposing regulation, and supporting school prayer.

Forbes got a seat on the powerful Appropriations committee, unusual for a freshman representative, due to his ties with new House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Thomas Brackett Reed, ( October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902 ), occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U. S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1889 – 1891 and from 1895 – 1899.

Reed served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891 and then from 1895 to 1899, as well as being Chairman of the powerful Rules Committee.

During his time as Speaker, Reed assiduously and dramatically increased the power of the Speaker over the House ; although the power of the Speaker had always waxed ( most notably during Henry Clay's tenure ) and waned, the position had previously commanded influence rather than outright power.

Reed set out to put into practical effect his dictum that " The best system is to have one party govern and the other party watch "; this was accomplished by carefully studying the existing procedures of the U. S. House, most dating to the original designs written by Thomas Jefferson.

In particular, Reed sought to circumscribe the ability of the minority party to block business by way of its members refusing to answer a quorum call — which, under the rules, prevented a member from being counted as present even if they were physically in the chamber — thus forcing the House to suspend business.

Though Democrats reinstated the disappearing quorum when they took control of the House the following year, Reed as minority leader proved so adroit at using the tactic against them that Democrats reinstated Reed Rules in 1894.

There is a Reed House at Bowdoin College.

* Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Image: TBReed. jpg | Speaker of the House Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine

Cattaraugus County is entirely within the boundaries of the 149th New York State Assembly District ( served currently by Joseph Giglio ), the 57th New York State Senate District ( served currently by Catharine Young ), and the U. S. House of Representatives 29th district ( served currently by Tom Reed ).

Willis C. Hawley ( left ) and Reed Smoot in April 1929, shortly before the Smoot – Hawley Tariff Act passed the House of Representatives.

William McKinley, of Ohio, was defeated by Thomas B. Reed to be Speaker of the House after the 1888 elections.

* Joshua Reed Giddings ( 1795 – 1864 ), member of the U. S. House of Representatives and prominent opponent of slavery.

* Pleasant Reed House

The Pietro and Maria Botto House, located on the side of a hill surrounded by open spaces, provided a natural amphitheater for labor leaders of the day to address thousands of people who gathered to hear Big Bill Haywood, Carlo Tresca, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and John Reed.

Today, the Opera House hosts a variety of events, including school plays, small concerts, speaking events, and the annual Reed Organ Festival.

* Stuart F. Reed: politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives

With each new day, both the number and day sign would be incremented: 1 Crocodile is followed by 2 Wind, 3 House, 4 Lizard, and so forth up to 13 Reed, after which the cycle of numbers would restart ( though the twenty day signs had not yet been exhausted ) giving 1 Jaguar.

Originally featuring classic sitcoms such as The Donna Reed Show, Mr. Ed and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, programming changed to repeats of popular sitcoms from the 1980s and 1990s such as Full House, Home Improvement, The Cosby Show and Roseanne.

Following in the footsteps of President Pierce and House Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed, class of 1860, several 20th century Bowdoin graduates have assumed prominent positions in national government while representing the Pine Tree State.

* Thomas Brackett Reed ( 1860 ), U. S. Speaker of the House

Franklin Pierce ( 1826 ) was America's fourteenth President ; Melville Weston Fuller ( 1853 ) served as Chief Justice of the United States ; Thomas Brackett Reed ( 1860 ) was twice elected Speaker of the House of Representatives ; and Wallace H. White, Jr. ( 1899 ) and George J. Mitchell ( 1954 ) both served as Majority Leader of the United States Senate.