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William L. O'Brien
William Lawrence O'Brien (born July 20, 1951) is a lawyer and Republican legislator from Mont Vernon, New Hampshire who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives beginning in 2004, representing district Hillsborough-4. He was elected the Speaker of the House on December 1, 2010, when Republicans took control of the House. When Democrats regained control of the House in the 2012 election, O'Brien did not run for a leadership position. In 2014, after Republicans regained the majority in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, O'Brien ran for Speaker again, but lost to fellow Republican Shawn Jasper. Biography O'Brien obtained his bachelor's degree in history in 1974, a Juris Doctor degree in 1977, and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property in 2003. He has served as the chair of the NH Republican Party Platform Committee, Vice-Chair of the Granite State Taxpayers, and Co-Chair of the House Republican Alliance. He was member of the Mont Vernon School Board and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Hampshire House Of Representatives
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents, which is the smallest lower house representative-to-population ratio in the country. New Hampshire has by far the largest lower house of any American state; the second-largest, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has 203 members. The House is the fourth-largest lower house in the English-speaking world (behind the 435-member United States House of Representatives, 543-member Lok Sabha of India, and 650-member House of Commons of the United Kingdom). Districts vary in number of seats based on their populations, with the least-populous districts electing only one member and the most populous electing 11. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |