House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will wield a gavel as a symbol of her …
WEBJan 3, 2019 · After Nancy Pelosi was elected House speaker Thursday, she was given a wooden mallet with a colorful history of being shattered.
Boehner's Large Gavel: Why Is New Speaker's Gavel So Big? - TIME
WEBJan 6, 2011 · As outgoing Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi officially handed over her job to John Boehner on Wednesday. In doing so, she gave him the House's symbol of power: the Speaker's gavel.
This Historic Gavel Hammers Home the ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBMar 7, 2018 · This morning, a gavel of special significance entered the Smithsonian collections: the maple gavel with which former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the first woman ever to hold that...
List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives
WEBOf the 56 people who have served as speaker of the House over the past 235 years, 32 served multiple terms; seven of them served nonconsecutive terms: Frederick Muhlenberg, Henry Clay, John W. Taylor, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph W. Martin Jr., Sam Rayburn, and Nancy Pelosi.
Gavel - Wikipedia
WEBA gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle. It can be used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations and is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a presiding officer. [1]
John Boehner chokes up at Nancy Pelosi's official portrait …
WEBDec 14, 2022 · House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's official portrait was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, marking the first time a madame speaker joined the faces of the men who preceded her. It prompted an emotional tribute from the man who first handed her the gavel, Republican John Boehner.
Boehner Takes Gavel to Become Speaker of the House
WEBJan 5, 2011 · After two decades in Congress and a midterm election that saw his party regain control of the House, Ohio Republican John Boehner is now the 61st Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Passing One Of Many, Many Gavels - NPR
WEBJan 5, 2011 · The oldest gavel in the House collection was once used by former speaker Nicholas Longworth.
The U.S. Senate Has Been Using the Same Ivory Gavels for Over …
WEBOct 26, 2017 · While the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives generally uses a traditional mallet-style gavel, often comically over-sized and prone to breaking, the leaders of the Senate floor...
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
WEBThe speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House Speaker, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established …