Subjects – Clark, James Beauchamp (Champ)
Speaker of the House James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark of Missouri
March 07, 1850
James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark of Missouri, the 39th Speaker of the House (1911–1919), was born in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
The Speaker’s broken gavels
June 23, 1906
On this date, Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon of Illinois broke a gavel while putting the House into the Committee of the Whole for further consideration of a bill.
Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives Joe Sinnott
April 02, 1911
On this date, Joe Sinnott was elected Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
President Woodrow Wilson’s Joint Session message appealing for the avoidance of a national railroad strike
August 29, 1916
On this date during the 64th Congress (1915–1917), President Woodrow Wilson addressed a Joint Session to discuss a looming national railroad crisis.
The reception of Japanese Ambassador Viscount Kikujiro Ishii
September 05, 1917
On this date, Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, an ambassador from Japan addressed the House of Representatives in a House Reception.
“American’s Creed” by Clerk of the House William Tyler Page
April 03, 1918
On this date, the House of Representatives honored William Tyler Page, a longtime congressional employee and Clerk of the House, for his authorship of the “American’s Creed.”
The House’s decision to conduct business during the 1918 influenza pandemic
October 15, 1918
Absent a quorum, the House conducted business in the midst of the 1918 “Spanish” influenza pandemic.