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We hear first about the house speakers role from raymond smock. The constitution requires the house of representatives to choose a speaker. What is the speakers job . Speaker has a big job and its evolved over a long period of time, over 200 years. It started out as a Constitutional Office because the constitution says the house will choose the speaker and other officers and there were no other duties mentioned. And it was assumed, since the founders knew all about speakers from colonial legislatures and from the British Parliament going back to the 13th century what a speaker was. A speaker w...

Chuse. They even spelled it 18th century style. Choose its speaker and other offices. There were no other duties mentioned. It was assumed since the founders knew all about speakers from colonial ledge islators that what the speaker was. A presiding officer, but in our congress the speaker was not only a presiding officer, he quickly became the powerful person because he appointed committees. And that evolved as Party Systems evolved, First Congress didnt have organized parties the twoparty system developed the speaker became the leader of the majority party. And took on political ramification...

Choose the speaker. What is the speakers job . The speaker has a big job. It started out as a constitutional office. The constitution says the house will choose its speakers. There were no other duties mentioned. It was assumed, since the founders knew all about speakers, that what the speaker wires was a presiding officer. In our congress, the speaker was not only presiding officer, he quickly became a powerful person because he appointed committees. That evolved into as Party Systems of all, First Congress did not have organized parties. As the two party system evolved, the speaker became th...

Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond her...

And how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair, and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with that, i will turn give the biography for mr. Emond. He retired in 2011 at the 30 years in government. Most of it in c...