- Arkansas House of Representatives
The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the
Arkansas General Assembly , the state legislature of theU.S. state ofArkansas . The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 26,734 according to the 2000 federal census. Members are elected to two-year terms and, since the 1993 Amendment 73 to theArkansas Constitution , limited to three terms (six years). There are 11 African American Representatives.The Arkansas House of Representatives meets regularly every two years at the State Capitol in Little Rock.
Leadership of the House
The
Speaker of the House presides over the body and is elected by the membership every two years. His or her duties include the supervision and directing the daily order of business, recognizing members to speak, preserving order in the House, deciding all questions of order and germaneness, certifying all measures passed, assigning committee leadership, and naming members to select committees. In the Speaker's absence, theSpeaker Pro Tempore presides.Leadership information
History
John Wilson, the speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, stabbed Representative J. J. Anthony to death during a legislative debate on the floor of the chamber in 1837. Wilson was later acquitted. The Old State House is said to be haunted to this day. [ [http://www.oldstatehouse.com/educational_programs/classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=945&issue_id=30&page=5 Blacksmith Black Made Deadly Knife for Bowie » The Arkansas News ] ]
ee also
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Arkansas State Capitol
*Arkansas General Assembly
*Arkansas Senate References
External links
* [http://www.arkansas.gov/house/index.html Arkansas House of Representatives website]
* [http://www.arkansas.gov/house/reps.php Arkansas House Districts]
* [http://www.oldstatehouse.com/educational_programs/classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=945&issue_id=30&page=5]
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