Excerpt from The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, 1936, Vol. 17
Historical Tradition Of The Speakership
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Iowa is a direct descendant of the Speaker of the English House of Commons. Along with the Common Law, America inherited also the English system of parliamentary law. Thus it is to England that one must look for the origin of the speakership.
While the earlier English assemblies must have had a presiding officer of some kind, it was not until 1377 that the term "Speaker" was used. In that year Sir Thomas Hungerford was formally assigned the title and position of Speaker of the House of Commons. At first the minion of the crown, the Speaker gradually advanced until in the eighteenth century he attained his present impartial character.
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