UnitedStatesSenate The UnitedStatesSenate Curator is an employee of the UnitedStatesSenate who is responsible for developing and implementing the museum and preservation programs for the UnitedStatesSenate Commission on Art Senate Commission on Art . The Curator Office Collection museum collects , Art conservation and restoration preserves , and interpret s the Senate s Fine art fine and decorative arts , historic objects, and architectural features. Through exhibits, publications , and other programs, the Office educates the public about the Senate and its collections. The current curator is Diane K. Skvarla . External links http www.senate.gov pagelayout art one item and teasers Explore Senate Art.htm Office of Senate Curator Website USCongress Category Employees of the UnitedStatesSenate US Congress stub ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate The Historian of the UnitedStatesSenate heads the UnitedStatesSenate Historical Office, which was created in 1975 to record and preserve historical information about the UnitedStatesSenate . The current Historian of the Senate is Donald A. Ritchie . Purpose Serving as the Senate s institutional memory, the Historical Office collects and provides information on important events, precedents, dates, statistics, and historical comparisons of current and past Senate activities for use by members and staff, the media, scholars, and the general public. The office advises senators and committees on cost effective disposition of their non current office files, assists researchers seeking access to Senate records, and maintains automated information databases detailing locations of former members papers. It conducts oral history interviews with retired senior Senate staff and keeps extensive biographical and bibliographical information on former senators. Many of these interviews are available on the Senate website. A collection of more than thirty thousand Senate related photographs and other illustrations is available for research and publication use. The Historical Office and its staff has also produced numerous publications through the years, covering all aspects of Senate history. External links Include USGov agency US Senate article The Senate Historical Office url http www.senate.gov artandhistory history common generic Senate Historical Office.htm http www.senate.gov pagelayout reference a three sections with teasers biblio.htm http www.senate.gov artandhistory history common generic Senate Historical Office.htm USCongress Category 1975 establishments Category Employees of the UnitedStatesSenate US Congress stub ... more details
File 111th US Senate class photo.jpg thumb right Class photo of the 111th UnitedStates Congress 111th UnitedStatesSenate inside the chamber, 2010. The UnitedStatesSenate chamber is a room in the north wing of the UnitedStates Capitol that serves as the Legislature legislative chamber of the UnitedStatesSenate , since January 4, 1859. ref name chamberone cite web title The Senate Chamber 1859 ... UnitedStatesSenate accessdate 18 October 2011 ref The Senate first convened in its current ... UnitedStatesSenate The Senate convened, beginning in 1790, in a second floor chamber in Congress ... artandhistory history minute Constructing A Senate Theater.htm publisher UnitedStatesSenate ... War reconstruction, before enacting a Standing Rules of the UnitedStatesSenate, Rule XXXIII rule dictating that the chamber would not be used for any purpose other than that of the UnitedStatesSenate ... history minute Senators Vote To Knock Out Walls.htm publisher UnitedStatesSenate accessdate 22 ... Rules of the UnitedStatesSenate, Rule IV Rule IV of the Senate prohibits the taking of photographs ... SPAN 2 network. ref name chamberone See also UnitedStatesSenateUnitedStates Capitol Old Senate Chamber References reflist External links Commons category UnitedStates Capitol Senate Chamber UnitedStatesSenate Chamber http www.senate.gov UnitedStatesSenate official website http www.senate.gov ... Desks default.cfm Senate Chamber Desks History of Senate desks Category UnitedStates Capitol rooms Category UnitedStatesSenate Category Article Feedback 5 .... ref name chamberone During this time, the Senate nearly doubled in size as new states were admitted ... added on to the UnitedStates Capitol. Beginning in 1851, the Capitol underwent several expansions including the new wings and their respective chambers, was well as a UnitedStates Capitol dome new dome ... of the UnitedStates, Abraham Lincoln , who had actually pardoned the sentinel months earlier ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate The UnitedStatesSenate Librarian is the chief librarian of the UnitedStatesSenate Library . The Senate Librarian reports to the Secretary of the UnitedStatesSenate . Expand list date August 2008 George S. Wagner , 1871 1875 George F. Dawson , 1875 1879 P. J. Pierce , 1879 1884 George M. Weston , 1884 1887 Alonzo W. Church , 1887 1901 James Baker disambiguation James M. Baker , 1898 1901 Acting Librarian Cliff Warden , 1901 1904 Acting Librarian James Baker disambiguation James M. Baker , 1904 Acting Librarian Edward C. Goodwin , 1904 1906 Acting Librarian Edward C. Goodwin , 1906 1921 Walter P. Scott , 1921 1923 Edward C. Goodwin , 1923 1930 James D. Preston , 1931 1935 Ruskin McArdle , 1935 1947 George W. Straubinger , 1947 1951 Richard D. Hupman , 1951 1953 Sterling Dean , 1953 1954 Richard D. Hupman , 1954 Acting Librarian Gus J. Miller , 1954 1955 Richard D. Hupman , 1955 1973 Roger K. Haley , 1973 1997 Greg Harness , 1997 2008 Mary E. Cornaby , 2008 2009 Leona I. Faust , 2009 Present References reflist http thomas.loc.gov cgi bin query z?r104 S19SE6 518 THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SENATE LIBRARY Senate September 19, 1996 , Congressional Record, Library of Congress http www.senate.gov artandhistory history common briefing secretary senate.htm U.S. Senate Website USCongress Category Lists of librarians UnitedStatesSenate Category Lists of UnitedStates office holders Librarians of the UnitedStatesSenate Category American librarians Senate, UnitedStates Category Employees of the UnitedStatesSenate Librarian ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenate Journal is a written record of proceedings within the UnitedStatesSenate in accordance with Article One of the UnitedStates Citation needed date September 2009 Constitution Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution . Quote Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. Citation needed date September 2009 According to the Library of Congress , The Journal should be seen as the minutes of floor action. It notes the matters considered by the Senate and the votes and other actions taken. It does not record the actual debates, which can be consulted through the Link to date related documents in the full text transcription of the Journal. Citation needed date September 2009 Sources http lcweb2.loc.gov ammem amlaw lwsj.html Library of Congress UnitedStatesSenate Journal Category UnitedStatesSenate ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenate Library is the library of the UnitedStatesSenate . The UnitedStatesSenate Librarian manages the Senate Library, which is under the supervision of the Secretary of the UnitedStatesSenate Office of the Secretary of the UnitedStatesSenate . Leona I. Faust has been the Senate Librarian since 2009. The Library is located in the Russell Senate Office Building in SR B15. History The Senate Library was founded during the 2nd UnitedStates Congress 2nd Congress 1791 1792 after ... UnitedStatesSenate Library, S. Pub. 109 21. Leona Faust personal communication, December 2006 ... which included printed Bill proposed law bills and resolutions, UnitedStates congressional committee committee reports and other Senate documents. William Hickey, Chief Clerk of the Senate 1855 1866 , had been collecting 10 copies of every Senate document since 1824. Starting to accumulate ... 19th century. Many were signed by the author or previous owner. The Senate Library receives the United ... Category Archives in the UnitedStates Category Agencies of the UnitedStates Congress Category National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Category UnitedStates Capitol grounds ... law laws of several states for use by Senators. In the early years leading to the library officially ... of Congress collection. The damage to the Library of Congress collections prompted the Senate to preserve its records by designating space in the UnitedStates Capitol Capitol for the Senate Library. The Senate decided to procure and install steel shelving to replace wooden shelving to Fireproofing ... for use by the Senate. Despite various attempts to establish a library, it was not until February 11, 1870 that the Senate designated three rooms S 331, S 332, and S 333 in the Library of Congress for the Senate Library. In 1871, George S. Wagner was appointed the first Senate Librarian. Wagner has ... space was housed in the Senate attic S 410 and S 419 . In 1999, the Senate Library moved from ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Model UnitedStatesSenate MUSS is a student event intended to simulate the legislative process of the UnitedStatesSenate. Various educational bodies organize MUSS events. DoDDS Europe MUSS A conference held in Heidelberg , Germany every April for 4 days for high school students from all over DODDS Europe participate to simulate the UnitedStatesSenate , lobby, pass bills, and generally learn about the legislative process that takes place in the UnitedStatesSenate. Image Seal of the UnitedStates Senate.svg thumb US Senate Seal DoDDS Europe MUSS was formerly held in various locations other than the Pavilion in Patrick Henry Village . MUSS was regularly conducted off base with students attending from non DODDS schools, but after 2001, after the 9 11 attacks, the conference ... to push for a specific act or bill. Floyd M. Riddick Model UnitedStatesSenate at Stetson University Stetson University hosts the UnitedStates first and oldest college level Model UnitedStatesSenate program every year in March. Each year, students from colleges and universities around the nation gather at Stetson University for this three day event. The F.M.R. Model U.S. Senate reproduces the actual procedures and activities of the UnitedStatesSenate in an effort to provide experience ... modelsenate ref Other MUSS events Bridgewater State College Model UnitedStatesSenate for High ... UnitedStatesSenate ... amendments. In addition, the Model Senate attracts national speakers and lecturers, including former and sitting UnitedStates Senators. ref http www2.stetson.edu modelsenate ref Goucher College Model UnitedStatesSenate A group of political science majors at Goucher College created the U.S. Model Senate program as an educational tool to improve high school students understanding of the legislative ... to play the role of a real U.S. Senator and will participate in a two day model senate ... more details
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UnitedStatesSenate The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the UnitedStatesSenate . The Secretary ... of the UnitedStatesSenate Page Senate pages and the maintenance of public record s. Today, the secretary coordinates two of the largest technology initiatives in Senate history, both designed to bring ... documents , the UnitedStatesSenate Library , the Curator of the UnitedStatesSenate Office of Senate Curator , and the Historian of the UnitedStatesSenateSenate Historical Office . The secretary ... senate.htm U.S. Senate Secretary of the Senate USCongress Category Secretaries of the UnitedStates ... of that body. The office is somewhat analogous to that of the Clerk of the UnitedStates House of Representatives . The first secretary was chosen on April 8, 1789, two days after the Senate achieved its first quorum for business at the beginning of the 1st UnitedStates Congress . From the start, the secretary was responsible for keeping the minutes and records of the Senate, including the records ... of the UnitedStates President and the UnitedStates House of Representatives House of Representatives , as well as for purchasing supplies. As the Senate grew to become a major national institution ... parties, the Majority Leader selects the Secretary of the Senate, and the election is merely ceremonial. The current secretary for the 111th UnitedStates Congress is Nancy Erickson . Legislative functions The secretary regularly accompanies the Chaplain of the UnitedStatesSenate chaplain into the Senate chamber for the opening of the day s session and a seat beside the President of the UnitedStatesSenate presiding officer is reserved for the secretary. Every act passed by the Senate ... also preside over the Senate. The most recent occurrence was on 28 June 2010, after Senator Robert Byrd ... Biden was absent. On that occasion, Secretary of the Senate Nancy Erickson took the chair briefly until the Senate adopted a resolution to elect Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii as the new President Pro ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate Refimprove date June 2010 The Parliamentarian consultant Parliamentarian of the UnitedStatesSenate is the official advisor to the UnitedStatesSenate on the interpretation of Standing Rules of the UnitedStatesSenate and parliamentary procedure . As the Presiding Officer of the UnitedStatesSenate Presiding Officer of the Senate may not be fully aware of the parliamentary situation currently facing the Senate, staff from the Senate Parliamentarian s office sit on the Senate dais to advise the Presiding Officer on how to respond to inquiries and motions from Senators. The role of the parliamentary staff is strictly advisory the Presiding Officer is in no way required to follow their advice, though they almost always do so. The office also refers bills to the appropriate committees on behalf of the Senate s Presiding Officer. If facing the dais, the Parliamentarian is the second from the left. The current parliamentarian is Elizabeth MacDonough . MacDonough is the first female parliamentarian and was preceded by Alan Frumin and Robert Dove , who was Parliamentarian in the mid to late 1990s. Frumin also preceded him in the late 1980s as Parliamentarian, insofar as they switched positions as the Parliamentarian and the second most senior parliamentarian due to changes in partisan control over the Senate. The first female assistant parliamentarian of the UnitedStatesSenate was Gail M. Cowper in the early 1980s. There are two Senior Assistant Parliamentarians Leigh Hildebrand and Michael Beaver. They have one Assistant Parliamentarian Gregory Sampson. They also have a Parliamentary Assistant Melissa Carmichael . Parliamentarians Six people have served as Senate Parliamentarian ref cite book last Gold first Martin title Senate procedure and practice ... Category Employees of the UnitedStatesSenate US Congress stub ... Data accessdate 2009 08 21 ref See also Parliamentarian of the UnitedStates House of Representatives ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate The UnitedStatesSenate observes a number of tradition s, some formal and some ..., it is traditional for the Senate to adjourn for a day and for Flag of the UnitedStates U.S. ... and finally cracked during the 1954 Senate session when then Vice President of the UnitedStates Vice ... in a mahogany box that is carried to the senate floor by a UnitedStatesSenate Page page at the adjournment of a senate session the gavels are taken to the Sergeant at Arms of the UnitedStates ... item bean soup.htm Senate Bean Soup , UnitedStatesSenate. ref There are two Senate soup recipes ... Traditions index.htm U.S. Senate Reference Home > Traditions USCongress Category UnitedStatesSenate Category Traditions UnitedStatesSenate ... that appointments of UnitedStates federal judge s, UnitedStates Attorney s, and UnitedStates Marshals Service UnitedStates Marshals will not be confirmed if any senator from the judicial district ... From the Senate s earliest days new members have observed a ritual of remaining silent during floor ... to several years. Today, this obsolescent Senate tradition survives only in part the special attention ... ref Daily rituals The procedural activities of the Senate are guided by the Standing Rules of the Senate . Tradition states that each day is begun with the Chaplain s Daily Prayer , which can be given by the Senate chaplain, or a representative of any faith. Departing senators At the end of a session ... senator to pay their respects. Washington s Farewell Address No Senate tradition has been ... Civil War , began on February 22, 1862. Senate chamber A number of items located around the Senate chamber are steeped in tradition. Senate desks In 1819 new desks were ordered for the senators ... to have it improved. In keeping with a 1974 Senate resolution, this desk is assigned to the senior Senator ... previously used by the Confederate States of America Confederate leader and former Senator from Mississippi ... more details
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UnitedStatesSenate The Dean of the UnitedStatesSenate is an informal term used to refer to the UnitedStatesSenate Senator with the longest continuous service. The current Dean is Daniel Inouye of Hawaii . This is not an official position within the Senate however, the President pro tempore of the UnitedStatesSenate President pro tempore is customarily the longest serving member of the majority ... Baby of the UnitedStatesSenate Oldest living UnitedStates president List of oldest surviving members ... of the UnitedStates USCongress Category Leaders of the UnitedStatesSenate Dean Category Senior legislators simple Dean of the UnitedStatesSenate ... Gunn Anti Administration Party UnitedStates Anti Admin , br Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of UnitedStates Senators from Georgia Georgia rowspan 3 1789 1797 rowspan 5 1789 John Langdon politician John Langdon Pro Administration Party UnitedStates Pro Admin , br Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of UnitedStates Senators ... senator James Gunn Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of United ... politician John Langdon Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of UnitedStates Senators from New Hampshire New Hampshire party shading Democratic Republican Theodore Foster Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of UnitedStates Senators ... John Brown Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of UnitedStates ... Party UnitedStates Federalist List of UnitedStates Senators from Connecticut Connecticut 1805 1810 1796 party shading Democratic Republican Joseph Anderson Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic Republican List of UnitedStates Senators from Tennessee Tennessee 1810 1815 1797 party shading Democratic Republican John Gaillard Democratic Republican Party UnitedStates Democratic ... more details
Use mdy dates date January 2011 UnitedStatesSenate Seniority in the UnitedStatesSenate is valuable ... the two UnitedStatesSenate senators representing a particular U.S. state state . Benefits of seniority The UnitedStates Constitution does not mandate differences in rights or power, but Senate ... enables a senator to choose a desk closer to the front of the UnitedStates Capitol Senate Chamber ... website of the UnitedStatesSenate ref Former U.S. senator Former UnitedStates House of Representatives ... of the UnitedStatesSenate president pro tempore of the Senate is traditionally the most senior ... D HI nowrap January 3, 1963 rowspan 2 rowspan 15 Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Appropriations Appropriations br Dean of the UnitedStatesSenate Dean of the Senate br President pro tempore of the UnitedStatesSenate President pro tempore 2 Party shading Democratic Patrick Leahy D VT nowrap January 3, 1975 Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee on the Judiciary Judiciary 3 Party shading ... States Census 1970 Ranking Member UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Foreign Relations Foreign ... 1970 Ranking Member UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Finance Finance 5 Party shading Democratic Max Baucus D MT nowrap December 15, 1978 rowspan 6 Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Finance ... nowrap January 3, 1979 Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Armed Services Armed Services 8 Party shading Republican Chuck Grassley R IA nowrap January 3, 1981 Ranking Member UnitedStatesSenate Committee ... Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Energy 10 Party shading Democratic John Kerry D MA nowrap January 2, 1985 Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Foreign Relations ... UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions H.E.L.P. 12 Party shading Republican Mitch McConnell R KY rowspan 2 Party leaders of the UnitedStatesSenate Minority Leader 13 Party shading Democratic Jay Rockefeller D WV January 15, 1985 Chair UnitedStatesSenate Committee ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate File Henry Clay Senate3.jpg thumb right Debate over Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber . Digitally restored. The UnitedStatesSenate has a history of approximately 220 years as the upper house of the UnitedStates Congress , being described in the UnitedStates Constitution in 1787 and first convened in 1789. For the current Senate see UnitedStatesSenate . Constitutional creation The UnitedStatesSenate , named after the ancient Roman Senate , was designed as a more deliberative body than the UnitedStates House of Representatives House of Representatives . Edmund ... of the early Senate was what role the Vice President of the UnitedStates vice president , the President ... few decades the Senate rose in reputation in the UnitedStates and the world. John C. Calhoun , Daniel .... McFarland, Ernest W. The Ernest W. McFarland Papers The UnitedStatesSenate Years, 1940 1952. Prescott ... of the UnitedStatesSenate Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2004. Julian E. Zelizer. On Capitol ... Almanac of the UnitedStatesSenate . stock number 052 071 00857 8 . http www.booknotes.org Watch .... Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office. Vice Presidents of the UnitedStates, 1789 1993 . stock ... essays reprinted online USCongress DEFAULTSORT History Of The UnitedStatesSenate Category History ... UnitedStatesSenate Link GA de de Geschichte des Senats der Vereinigten Staaten ... the British government. At the Constitutional Convention UnitedStates Constitutional Convention ... The Senate was also intended to give states with smaller populations equal standing with larger states ... of the Senate, today it would take 17 . Today, there are seven states with only one congressman ... has there been as high a proportion of one congressmen states. Early years The Senate originally ... States Bank of the UnitedStates and Assumption Bill he was then Treasury Secretary , both of which ... Jefferson, in 1804 , the House voted to impeach UnitedStates Supreme Court Supreme Court Justice ... more details
refimprove date October 2010 tone date October 2010 UnitedStatesSenate Image Vice Pres. Marshall will entertain the pages.jpg thumb A group of Senate pages with Vice President Thomas R. Marshall on the steps of the Capitol, c. 1913 1921 A UnitedStatesSenate Page Senate Page or simply Page is a non partisan federal employee serving the UnitedStatesSenate in Washington, DC . Despite the non partisan ... etc. Nancy Erickson , The Secretary of the Senate, is responsible for the UnitedStatesSenate Page ... the party of his her their appointing Senator. Pages are employed by the UnitedStatesSenate Sergeant ... Address . The opportunity to make use of the Library of Congress , UnitedStatesSenate Library , and other ... Q&A about Pages USCongress Category Employees of the UnitedStatesSenate Page ... in front of the UnitedStates Capitol Capitol , ca. 1925 The UnitedStates Capitol Police maintains ... level of Webster Hall. The US Senate Page School is accredited by the Middle States Association ... areas and states have to offer. Notable Former Senate Pages Amy Carter ref http news.google.com ... States House of Representatives Page Canadian Senate Page Program Canadian House of Commons Page ... 758.pdf CRS Report for Congress Pages of the UnitedStates Congress Selection, Duties, and Program ... to become a US Senate Page, one must first be nominated by a Senator, generally from his or her ..., while the minority appoints up to 14. Uniform and appearance Because US Senate Pages are required to wear uniforms while on the job, they are some of the most recognized employees of the Senate. The uniform ... insignia lapel pin, and a plain, navy tie males only . As expected of most Senate employees, Pages ... the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence Senate Page Residence US Senate Pages currently reside at the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence . This facility was previously a funeral home and was reconfigured ..., a bathroom, and a single telephone. The Senate Page School, laundry facilities and a kitchen are located ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2011 UnitedStatesSenate A filibuster in the UnitedStatesSenate usually refers ... Rules of the UnitedStatesSenate rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long ... of motions Rule XXII work Rules of the Senate publisher UnitedStatesSenate accessdate January 21 ... Rules of the UnitedStatesSenate, Rule XXII Senate Rule XXII . According to the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates Supreme Court ruling in UnitedStates v. Ballin 1892 , changes to Senate rules could ... of debate ending a filibuster was adopted by the Democratic Party UnitedStates Democratic Senate ref ... title Party Division in the Senate, 1789 present publisher UnitedStatesSenate accessdate February ... and Cloture publisher UnitedStatesSenate accessdate March 5, 2010 ref after a group of 12 anti war ... Ended work Art & History Historical Minutes publisher UnitedStatesSenate accessdate March 1, 2010 ... 1970s under the leadership of Party leaders of the UnitedStatesSenateSenate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Byrd, who was at that time serving as Assistant party leaders of the UnitedStatesSenate ... 1789 2008 date April 22, 2010 page 5 publisher http rules.senate.gov public UnitedStatesSenate Committee ... used in the UnitedStatesSenateSenate , the post cloture filibuster using Point of Order points ... public UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Rules & Administration accessdate July 1, 2010 ... of use of cloture votes. Cloture Voting, UnitedStatesSenate, 1947 to 2008. ref name clotureCounts ... Motions publisher UnitedStatesSenate accessdate March 1, 2010 ref By the first decade of the 21st ... reference cloture motions 110.htm title Cloture Motions 110th Congress publisher UnitedStatesSenate ... history In 2005, a group of Republican Party UnitedStates Republican senators led by Senate Majority ... From April to June 2010, the UnitedStatesSenate Committee on Rules and Administration Senate Committee ... public index.cfm?p InNews In The News publisher http rules.senate.gov public UnitedStatesSenate ... more details
Chaplain ZeBarney Thorne Phillips , 1939 UnitedStatesSenate The Chaplain of the UnitedStatesSenate opens each session of the UnitedStatesSenate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious ... in Washington, the Chaplain of the Senate as well as the Chaplain of the UnitedStates House ... Provoost, first Chaplain of the UnitedStatesSenate Shortly after the Senate first convened in April ... A. The New Members Guide to Traditions of the UnitedStatesSenate. Washington, GPO, 2006. S. Pub ..., the 62nd Chaplain of the UnitedStatesSenate, ref name first Barry C. Black, is the first African ... Chaplain, ref name military the Rev. Edward L. R. Elson , the 59th Chaplain of the UnitedStatesSenate ... Chaplains of the UnitedStatesSenate Category Chaplains Category UnitedStatesSenate Category ... and the first Seventh Day Adventist to hold the position. Duties The Chaplain of the UnitedStates ..., D.C. community in the UnitedStates Capitol House Chamber House Chamber on an alternating ... StatesSenate became a full time position in the middle of the 20th century. ref name history Selection Unlike the Chaplain of the UnitedStates House of Representatives , who must be elected to a two ... who wrote the UnitedStates Constitution and its Bill of Rights , from which the position of non ... for the position lies in the Constitution which states that the House and Senate may each choose ... of secular humanism, sued the government in a case that reached the UnitedStates Supreme Court ... of the UnitedStates Navy , holding the rank of Rear admiral UnitedStates Rear Admiral . ref name ... Church USA.jpg 50px Episcopal Church in the UnitedStates of America Episcopal April 25, 1789 ... 1795.jpg 50px Episcopal Church in the UnitedStates of America Episcopal December 9, 1790 3. Thomas John Claggett File Thomas john claggett.jpg 50px Episcopal Church in the UnitedStates of America Episcopal November 27, 1800 4. Edward Gantt Episcopal Church in the UnitedStates of America Episcopal ... more details
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Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Founded June 2, 1890 as a Select or special committee UnitedStates Select Committee , the Committee to Establish a University of the UnitedStates was an initiative of the UnitedStatesSenate which became a Standing Committee US Standing Committee on March 19, 1896. During this time there was also a National University Committee outside of the Senate. On 1897 the committee tried to pass a bill to create a University of the UnitedStates , and three years later it presented a bill to allow the Smithsonian Institution to give out academic degree degree s. Neither bill was successful. The committee was disbanded in 1921 as part of a housecleaning that got rid of several largely inactive or defunct committees which still officially existed. Chairmen of the Select Committee George F. Edmunds 1890 1891 Redfield Proctor 1891 1893 Eppa Hunton 1893 1895 James H. Kyle James Kyle 1895 1897 Chairmen of the Standing Committee George L. Wellington 1897 1901 William Joseph Deboe 1901 1903 Chester Long 1903 1905 James A. Hemenway 1905 1909 Simon Guggenheim 1909 1911 Joseph F. Johnston 1911 1913 William Paul Dillingham 1913 1919 John Sharp Williams 1919 1921 USCongressCommittees DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenate Committee To Establish A University Of The UnitedStates Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Establish a University of the UnitedStates Category 1890 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments Category Smithsonian Institution US hist stub US Congress stub ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate Assistant Secretary of the UnitedStatesSenate represents the position of Secretary of the UnitedStatesSenate within the UnitedStatesSenate during the absence of the Secretary. The Secretary of the UnitedStatesSenate was authorized to hire one principal clerk in 1789 . This principal clerk, or chief clerk, for many years served primarily as a reading clerk on the Senate floor. During the 1960s , in response to the secretary s growing administrative duties, principal clerk or clerk became Assistant Secretary of the Senate. The assistant secretary oversees the administration of the 26 departments within the Office of the Secretary. and performs the functions of the secretary in his or her absence. The Assistant Secretary performs all duties of Secretary of the Senate as well as that of President pro tempore of the UnitedStatesSenate Acting President pro tempore if absent and as outlined in Standing Rules of the UnitedStatesSenate, Rule I . http www.senate.gov reference office secretary of senate.htm Office of Secretary of the Senate DEFAULTSORT Assistant Secretary Of The UnitedStatesSenate Category UnitedStatesSenate ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 The UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on Disarmament was a committee organized in the U.S. Senate . It has since been disbanded. USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Disarmament Category Arms control US Congress stub ... more details
Infobox Election election name UnitedStatesSenate election in Arkansas, 1992 country Arkansas type presidential ongoing no previous election UnitedStatesSenate election in Arkansas, 1986 previous year 1986 next election UnitedStatesSenate election in Arkansas, 1998 next year 1998 election date November 3, 1992 image1 File Dale Bumpers.jpg 125px nominee1 Dale Bumpers party1 Democratic Party UnitedStates popular vote1 553,635 percentage1 60.2 image2 File Huckabee SF CC 024.jpg 110px nominee2 Mike Huckabee party2 Republican Party UnitedStates popular vote2 366,373 percentage2 39.2 map image 1992bumpers.png map size 200px map caption County Results title U.S. Senator before election Dale Bumpers before party Democratic Party UnitedStates after election Dale Bumpers after party Democratic Party UnitedStates ElectionsAR The 1992 UnitedStatesSenate election in Arkansas was held November 3, 1992. Incumbent Dale Bumpers won re election to a fourth term. Major candidates Democratic Dale Bumpers , incumbent U.S. Senator and former Governor Republican Mike Huckabee , pastor Results Election box begin no change title Arkansas Senate election 1992 ref http www.ourcampaigns.com RaceDetail.html?RaceID 3413 ref Election box winning candidate with party link no change candidate Dale Bumpers party Democratic Party UnitedStates votes 553,635 percentage 60.2 Election box candidate with party link no change candidate Mike Huckabee party Republican Party UnitedStates votes 366,373 percentage 39.2 Election box end See also UnitedStatesSenate election in Arkansas, 2002 UnitedStatesSenate election in Arkansas, 2008 References Reflist UnitedStates elections, 1992 DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenate Election In Arkansas, 1992 Category UnitedStatesSenate elections in Arkansas 1992 Category Arkansas elections, 1992 Category UnitedStatesSenate elections, 1992 Arkansas US election stub ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate The party leadership of the UnitedStatesSenate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the Senate. Each party is led by a floor leader who directs the legislative agenda of his caucus in the Senate, and who is augmented by an Assistant Floor Leader Assistant Leader or Whip politics ... in the UnitedStatesSenate Since January 3, 2007, the Democratic Party UnitedStates Democratic Party has constituted a majority in the UnitedStatesSenate . cn date December 2011 class wikitable ... and communicating leadership strategy with Senate Democrats Vice President of the UnitedStates President of the Senate Joe Biden Delaware Not a Senator see Vice President of the UnitedStates President ... Republican Conference John Barrasso Wyoming References Reflist Category Leaders of the UnitedStatesSenate Category Lists of UnitedStates Senators ... December 2011 The titular, non partisan leaders of the Senate itself are the Vice President of the UnitedStates , who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore , the seniormost ... 3, 2007, the Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Party has constituted a minority in the UnitedStatesSenate . onlyinclude class wikitable Position Name State Notes ref http republican.senate.gov ... The Senate Majority Leader , who serves as leader of the Senate Democratic Conference and manages the legislative business of the Senate Assistant Floor Leader Dick Durbin Illinois The Senate Majority ... to the agenda and policy goals of the Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairperson of the Democratic ... Senate Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray Washington U.S. state Washington Responsible for managing the policy agenda for the Senate Democratic Conference Chairperson of the Democratic ... efforts to elect Democrats to the Senate Chairperson of the Democratic Policy Committee Debbie ... more details
Ohio . Ohio is entitled to elect two senators to the UnitedStatesSenate for six year terms. These elections ... class wikitable Year Democrat Republican Other UnitedStatesSenate election, 1922 1922 Atlee Pomerene 744,558 Simeon D. Fess 794,159 Virginia D. Green 21,514 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1928 1928 .... Wetherell Hutton 1,003 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1934 1934 A. Victor Donahey 1,276,206 Simeon D. Fess 839,068 W.C. Sandberg UnitedStates Communist Party C 13,546 UnitedStatesSenate election ... UnitedStates Socialist Labor Party SL 13,885 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1946 1946 Special election Sp Henry P. Webber 929,584 Kingsley A. Taft 1,193,852 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1952 1952 Michael V. DiSalle 1,563,330 John W. Bricker 1,878,961 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1958 ... Labor Party SL UnitedStatesSenate election, 1964 1964 Stephen M. Young 1,923,608 Robert Taft, Jr. Robert Taft Jr. 1,906,781 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1970 1970 Howard Metzenbaum Howard M ... UnitedStatesSenate election, 1982 1982 Howard Metzenbaum Howard M. Metzenbaum 1,923,767 Paul Pfeifer ... 38,803 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1988 1988 Howard Metzenbaum Howard M. Metzenbaum 2,480,038 George Voinovich George V. Voinovich 1,872,716 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1994 1994 Joel ... br John McAlister UnitedStates Libertarian Party L 116,724 UnitedStatesSenate election, 2006 2006 ... Other UnitedStatesSenate election, 1920 1920 W. A. Julian 782,650 Frank B. Willis 1,134,953 Henry B. Strong 2,647 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1926 1926 Atlee Pomerene 623,221 Frank B. Willis 711,359 ? Goerke UnitedStates Socialist Labor Party SL 2,846 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1928 1928 .... Storck 1,389 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1930 1930 Special election Sp Robert J. Bulkley 1,046,561 Roscoe C. McCulloch 863,944 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1932 1932 Robert J. Bulkley 1,293,175 .... Ford UnitedStates Communist Party C 7,227 UnitedStatesSenate election, 1938 1938 Robert J. Bulkley ... more details
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