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Speaker Of The Senate (other)
Speaker of the Senate is a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate in a small number of jurisdictions and mainly amongst English-speaking countries. *The Speaker of the Senate of Canada presides over the Senate of Canada. * Kenya's Senate is also presided over by a Speaker. * The U.S. Senate has no speaker. * The U.S. state of Tennessee has a Speaker of the Senate who presides over the upper house of the State Legislature. The Speaker of the Senate also serves as the Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee due to the Speaker of the Senate being the first in line of succession to the Governor under the Tennessee Constitution. * The U.S. state of Kentucky formerly had a Speaker of the Senate under a prior constitution; the office was briefly of significant importance during the Civil War due to the death of Linn Boyd who was then Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. *The U.S. state of Illinois also had a Speaker of the Senate under its first two constitutions; it now has a Preside ...
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Speaker (politics)
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England.Lee Vol 28, pp. 257,258. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the chamber or house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations. By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as 'Mister Speaker', if a man, or 'Madam Speaker', if a woman. In other cultures, other styles are used, mainly being equivalents of English "chairman" or " president". Many bodies also have a speaker '' pro tempore'' (or deputy speaker), designated to fill ...
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