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nt committees were elected by ballot, a fact that is generally unknown. Committeeships were limited both in power and in tenure of office, service being, as a rule, for a few days only, and never beyond one session. The first rules for the House of Representatives, April 7, 1789, were reported by Elias Boudinot on behalf of his fellowcommitteemen, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, Thomas Hartley, Richard Bland Lee, James Madison, Roger Sherman, William Smith, Thomas T. Tucker, and Jeremiah Wadsworth. Among the most important of them were those setting forth the speaker's relation to the committees, as follows: The speaker shall appoint committees unless it be determined by the House that the committee shall consist of more than three members, in which case the appointment shall be by ballot of the House. Committees consisting of more than three members shall be balloted for by the House; if upon such ballot the number required shall not be elected by a majority of the vo