The House was his habitat and there he flourished, first as a young representative, then as a forceful committee chairman, and finally in the post for which he seemed intended from birth, Speaker of the House, and second most powerful man in Washington.

So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God bless you and keep you for many years not only for this body but for the United States of America and the free world.

It is notably significant that so many Members from both sides of the aisle express their respect and admiration for our beloved Speaker, the Honorable Sam Rayburn.

May the Divine Speaker in Heaven bless this country with Sam Rayburn's continued service here for years to come.

It is a matter of deep personal satisfaction for me to add my voice to the great and distinguished chorus of my colleagues in this paean of praise, respect, and affection for Speaker Sam Rayburn.

On September 16, Sam Rayburn will have served as Speaker twice as long as any predecessor and I am proud to join with others in marking this date, and in expressing my esteem for that notable American, Sam Rayburn.

Manager Lee Fohl, who had taken over in early 1915, acquired two minor league pitchers, Stan Coveleski and Jim Bagby and traded for center fielder Tris Speaker, who was engaged in a salary dispute with the Red Sox.

In view of the meaning of the Hebrew root (" gather, assemble, convene ") one might opt for the translation " Speaker ".

The Republicans convened in Chicago and nominated former Speaker of the House James G. Blaine of Maine for president on the fourth ballot.

Some countries have alternative provisions for senior appointments: In Sweden, under the Instrument of Government of 1974, the Speaker of the Riksdag has the role of formally appointing the Prime Minister, following a vote in the Riksdag, and the Prime Minister in turn appoints and dismisses cabinet ministers at his / her sole discretion.

In June 1834, Speaker of the House Andrew Stevenson resigned, leaving the spot for speaker open.

Polk ran against fellow Tennessean John Bell for Speaker, and, after ten ballots, Bell won.

However, in 1835, Polk ran against Bell for Speaker again and won.

With many of Cannon's most powerful allies absent from the Chamber, but enough Members on hand for a quorum, Norris introduced a resolution that would remove the Speaker from the Rules Committee and strip him of his power to assign committees.

A former savings bank named for him was merged in the 1990s with Industrial Bank of Washington, D. C. A namesake, John Hanson Briscoe, was a circuit judge and Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates.

" Mr. Speaker, among all the people of the universe, I know none who have shown so much zeal for the liberty of their country, as the English, at this time, have done.

Mary Tyler Moore presents the JDRF's Hero's Award to U. S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, for his role in securing federal funding for type 1 diabetes research, 2003

The new Speaker calls for nominations for premier ; the candidate with the most votes from the 20 members is elected.

Salii's personal assistant had been imprisoned several months earlier after being convicted of firing shots into the home of the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Then in 1952 the Barbados Advocate newspaper polled several prominent Barbadian politicians, lawyers, businessmen, the Speaker of the Barbados House of Assembly and later as first President of the Senate, Sir Theodore Branker, Q. C.

In 1910, however, Democrats and several dissatisfied Republicans joined together to strip the Speaker of many of his powers, including the ability to name committee members and chairmanship of the Rules Committee.

Gingrich's hold on the leadership was weakened significantly by that and several other controversies, as he faced a caucus revolt in 1997, and after the Republicans lost House seats in 1998 ( although retaining a majority ) he did not stand for a third term as Speaker.

In 1997, several Republican Congressional leaders tried to force Speaker Newt Gingrich to resign ; however Gingrich refused since that would have required a new election for Speaker, which could led to the possibility that Democrats — along with dissenting Republicans — would vote for the Democrat Dick Gephardt ( then Minority Leader ) as Speaker.

During the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, several people holding offices in the line of succession ( among them Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate President pro tempore Robert Byrd ) were taken to " secure locations " in order to guarantee that at least one officer in the line of succession would survive the attacks.

I can now authoritatively inform the House that Brutopia is a fictional country which appears in several Donald Duck stories ... Labor drawing inspiration for its economic analysis from a Donald Duck magazine, Mr Speaker!

Cecilia is the birthplace of several Louisiana political figures: state Representative and House Speaker Robert Joseph " Bob " Angelle ( 1896 – 1979 ), former Secretary of State of Louisiana and Lieutenant Governor Paul J. Hardy ( born 1942 ), and former state Representative Jesse J. Guidry, who became the director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

However, several maps, including those published by the USGS depict the northern boundary as including part of the lake, including Speaker Heck Island and Happy Family Islands.

McAlester is known in political circles for having been the home base of several noted American politicians-U. S. Speaker of the House Carl Albert, who was once a heartbeat from the presidency, and longtime Oklahoma State Senator Gene Stipe, whose career ended in a series of legal problems.

As a barrister he took part in several notable cases, including Slade's Case, before earning enough political favour to be returned to Parliament, where he served first as Solicitor General and then as Speaker of the House of Commons.

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.

After the rebellion of the small human colony on Lusitania in Speaker for the Dead to protect the future of the intelligent alien species, Starways Congress sends a fleet to Lusitania to regain control, which will take several decades to reach its destination.

( He would be elected to additional terms at various times up until 1803, and served as Speaker of the Assembly in several terms.

With all his faults Fell was a great man, " the greatest governor ," according to Speaker Onslow, " that has ever been since his time in either of the universities ," and of his own college, to which he left several exhibitions for the maintenance of poor scholars, he was a second founder.

His son, Colonel Elias W. Rector, ran for Governor of Arkansas twice and served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for several terms, served as Speaker of the House, and married the daughter of Senator James Lusk Alcorn of Mississippi.

After several months of talks between two teams of " emissaries ", consisting of Don Mazankowski, Bill Davis and Loyola Hearn on behalf of the PCs and Ray Speaker Senator Gerry St. Germain and Scott Reid on behalf of the Alliance, the deal came to be.

Though the election of a Speaker is normally non-partisan, there have been several controversial elections in history.

In addition to his or her role as presiding officer, the Speaker performs several other functions on the behalf of the House of Commons.

As the public advocate's role has changed with several city charter revisions, a post of Council Speaker was created.

With fellow Conservative John Bercow-later elected Speaker of the House of Commons-he ran an Advanced Speaking and Campaigning course for more than ten years, which trained over 600 Conservatives ( including several current MPs ) in campaigning and communication techniques.

The Speaker of the Commons in this parliament was March's steward, Peter de la Mare, who firmly withstood John of Gaunt in stating the grievances of the Commons, in supporting the impeachment of several high court officials, and in procuring the banishment of the king's mistress, Alice Perrers.

Thus in March 1979 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who kept absolute power ( until his overthrow in 2011 referred to as " Guide of the Revolution "), after ten years as combined Head of State and Head of government of the Libyan Jamahiriya (" state of the masses "), styled Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, formally transferred both qualities to the General secretaries of the General People's Congress ( comparable to a Speaker ) respectively to a Prime Minister, in political reality both were his creatures.

However, due to relativistic space travel Ender himself ( who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin or by his title " Speaker for the Dead ") is only about 35 years old.

In 1919, for instance, Republicans bypassed James R. Mann, R-IL, who had been minority leader for eight years, and elected Frederick Gillett, R-MA, to be Speaker.

Fifteen years later, Speaker Nicholas Longworth restored much — but not all — of the lost influence of the position.

The first five bills, proposed in the years 1901, 1902, and 1908, met with defeat because of opposition from Speaker Joe Cannon.

Elections are held every four years, with a unicameral parliament of 18 members ( 17 members elected by popular vote and a member, the " Speaker ", appointed by Parliament ).

Alice Chaucer was a daughter of Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the Commons on three occasions, Chief Butler of England for almost thirty years, and granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

T. K. Wetherell served for many years in the Florida Legislature and was Speaker of the House from 1990-1992.

During the eleven years that Corydon served as a capital it was the center of politics in the state, and its residents included Davis Floyd, Governors of Indiana Jonathan Jennings and Ratliff Boon ( the first and second, respectively ), first Speaker of the Senate Dennis Pennington, and William Hendricks, who was the first Congressman, third governor and Senator.

* Gib Lewis, a Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, spent his formative years in Cleveland.

Two years later he succeeded Selwyn Lloyd as Speaker of the House of Commons.

For example, from literature: Shirley Ann Grau, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, and Andrew Breitbart, conservative journalist ; from business: David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo !, and Neil Bush, economist and brother of President George W. Bush ; from entertainment: Lauren Hutton, film actor and supermodel, and Paul Michael Glaser, TV actor of " Starsky and Hutch "; from music: conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez, who was the first woman to conduct at a BBC Proms concert in London ; from government: Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House who famously coordinated the first Congressional Republican majority in 40 years, and Luther Terry, former U. S. Surgeon General who issued the first official health hazard warning for tobacco ; from medicine: Michael DeBakey, inventor of the roller pump, and Dr. Regina Benjamin, President Obama's Surgeon General ; from science A. Baldwin Wood, inventor of the wood screw pump and Lisa P. Jackson, United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) Administrator under President Obama ; from sports: Bobby Brown, former New York Yankees third baseman and former president of the American League.

Speaker hit over. 350 in ten of his eleven years with Cleveland, in ending Ty Cobb's run of nine consecutive AL batting titles by batting. 386 to Cobb ’ s. 371.

In Speaker replaced Walter Johnson as the manager of the Newark Bears of the International League, a post he held for two years.

* Struck out only 220 times in 10, 195 at-bats ( although his page at Tris Speaker statistics shows that records of strikeouts were not kept for the first six years of his career.

Facing the second major attempt in as many years by House Republicans, including DeLay, to oust him as Speaker, Gingrich announced he would resign from Congress.

From a prominent Rhode Island family, Hopkins was a grandson of William Hopkins who served the colony for 40 years as Deputy, Assistant, Speaker of the House of Deputies, and Major.

His grandfather, also named William Hopkins, was very prominent in colonial affairs, having served for more than 40 years as a Deputy from Providence, Assistant, Speaker of the House of Deputies, and Major.

In 1744 he was elected as a Deputy from Providence, which position he held for seven years, also being the Speaker of the House of Deputies during two of those years.

McCormack's nine years as Speaker saw landmark legislation in the fields of civil rights ( for which he fought early on ), education, health care for the elderly and welfare – it was he who presided over the Great Society Congress.

Matthews was a presidential speechwriter during the Carter administration and later worked for six years as a top aide to longtime Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O ' Neill, playing a direct role in many key political battles with the Reagan administration.