Who was the first female, the first Californian and the first Italian-American to hold the post of Speaker of the US House of Representatives?
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives won a majority in the House. Nancy Pelosi became Speaker when the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007, making her the first woman to hold the office. With the election of Barack Obama as President and Democratic gains in both houses of Congress, Pelosi became the first Speaker since Tom Foley to hold the office during single-party Democratic leadership in Washington. During the 111th Congress, Pelosi was the driving force behind several of Obama's major initiatives that proved controversial, and the Republicans campaigned against the Democrats' legislation by staging a "Fire Pelosi" bus tour and regained control of the
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives in a variation from the lace jabot or bands. For example, he wore a wing collar with white bow tie and bands on the occasion of his first formal procession into parliament. The first speaker of the Abbott Government from 2013, Bronwyn Bishop, the first non-Labor woman to hold the post, continued wearing business attire with no gown, a practice continued by her successor, Tony Smith. The following is a list of Speakers of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of