Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives is the presiding officer and leading legislative authority of the state's lower legislative chamber.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of New Hampshire ⓘ
linked to: New Hampshire
category Speakers of state lower houses in the United States ⓘ
chamberType lower house ⓘ
comparedTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electedBy members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
electionMethod internal vote of House members ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of New Hampshire ⓘ
hasJurisdiction New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPower control over recognition of members on the floor ⓘ
influence over committee assignments ⓘ
influence over legislative calendar ⓘ
historicalOrigin modeled on the Speaker of the British House of Commons ⓘ
isHighestRankingMemberOf New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeChamber New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
legislature New Hampshire General Court ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
location Concord, New Hampshire ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
officeType presiding officer of lower house ⓘ
state legislative speaker ⓘ
oversees House Sergeant-at-Arms ⓘ
House clerical staff ⓘ
partOf New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
positionHeldIn New Hampshire state government ⓘ
positionInLineOfSuccession part of New Hampshire gubernatorial line of succession ⓘ
reappointment may be re-elected by the House for subsequent terms ⓘ
responsibleFor appointing certain House committees ⓘ
appointing committee chairs in the House ⓘ
ensuring adherence to House parliamentary procedure ⓘ
interpreting and enforcing House rules ⓘ
maintaining order during House debates ⓘ
managing floor proceedings in the House ⓘ
overseeing legislative agenda in the House ⓘ
presiding over sessions of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
recognizing members to speak ⓘ
referring bills to committees ⓘ
representing the House in official capacities ⓘ
signing bills and resolutions passed by the House ⓘ
roleIn lawmaking process in New Hampshire ⓘ
seatOfOffice New Hampshire State House ⓘ
styleOfAddress Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mister Speaker ⓘ
supervises administrative operations of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
symbolicRole ceremonial head of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength two-year legislative term (customary, tied to House term) ⓘ

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John Sullivan → positionHeld → Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
John Sullivan → positionHeld → Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Major General John Sullivan
John Sullivan → positionHeld → Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor John Sullivan