Leadership & Officers
- Speaker of the House:
- James K. Polk
(D-Tennessee)
- Clerk of the House:
- Walter S. Franklin
- Doorkeeper:
- Overton Carr
- Sergeant at Arms:
- Thomas B. Randolph
- Roderick Dorsey
- Chaplain of the House:
- Rev. Edward Dunlap Smith - Presbyterian
- Rev. Thomas H. Stockton - Methodist
- Rev. Oliver C. Comstock - Baptist
To view complete lists of individuals who have served in these leadership and official positions since the 1st Congress, return to
House History.