Subjects – House Page
The first House Office Building room selection
January 09, 1908
In an elaborate ceremony, the Members of the House of Representatives selected office assignments for the first time.
The original House Office Building opened for occupation
December 12, 1908
On this date in 1908, the original House Office Building opened for occupation.
“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 career of House Doorkeeper Bert W. Kennedy
December 06, 1921
Doorkeeper of the House Bert W. Kennedy introduced President Warren G. Harding to an audience of international diplomats and both houses of Congress.
The annual House Page banquet at the Mayflower Hotel
July 25, 1937
On this date, the House Pages met at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a banquet sponsored by Representative Joseph B. Shannon of Missouri.
The first meeting of the House in its temporary quarters in the Ways and Means Committee room
July 05, 1949
On this date, the House of Representatives called to order its first meeting in its temporary quarters in the Ways and Means Committee room.
Four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire onto the House Floor
March 01, 1954
Four Puerto Rican nationalists, armed with handguns, opened fire onto the House Floor from the back row of the south gallery.
A visitor asks the Speaker for a moment to lecture the House
January 13, 1955
Grace Jackson Clark, an unemployed stenographer from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, walked uninvited onto the House Floor to ask Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas for time to address the chamber.
Frank Mitchell, the first African-American Page
April 14, 1965
On this date, Frank Mitchell became the first African-American Page in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Felda Looper, the first female Page
May 21, 1973
On this date, Felda Looper became the first woman to serve as a Page for the U.S. House of Representatives.