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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Speaker of Congress, the
In the following historical review of the office of speaker of the national House of Representatives, Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, U. S. A., considers the vast powers vested in the incumbent and the various media through which they are executed:
The United States has been most fortunate in the selection of the official chiefs of its' co-ordinate branches of government —the executive, judicial, and legislative.
Rarely has it occurred that a man filling any of these exalted offices has fallen short of the high standard that America demands, and of a few it may be even said that the man has been, if anything, greater than his office.
The power of the speaker of the House of Representatives has steadily increased from the First Congress to the present, and in its influence on national legislation is believed by many even to exceed that exerted by the President.
Samuel J. Randall, through whom the influence of the speaker was increased more largely than
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)