Matthew A. Wasniewski is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

who has served as the fourth Historian of the United States House of Representatives since 2010. Wasniewski had served as a historian within the House Clerk's Office of History and Preservation prior to his appointment. Wasniewski received a

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from the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

, in 2004 and received his undergraduate and master's degrees from

James Madison University James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...

. Wasniewski's predecessor, Dr.

Robert Remini Robert Vincent Remini (July 17, 1921 – March 28, 2013) was an American historian and a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He wrote numerous books about President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian era, most notably a th ...

, announced his retirement in 2010 after five years in office. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Wasniewski's appointment as Remini's successor on October 20, 2010. Wasniewski had been unanimously chosen for the position by a House Historian Search Committee consisting of five historians appointed by Pelosi with the input of

House Minority Leader Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are el ...

John Boehner.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wasniewski, Matthew Historians of the United States Historians of the United States House of Representatives University of Maryland, College Park alumni