Lex Anteinternet: Mid Week At Work: The Reading Clerk.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Mid Week At Work: The Reading Clerk.

A. E. Cheffee, House of Representatives Reading Clerk, November 12, 1937.

The read bills, pronouncements and occasionally Presidential addresses. There is one each for the majority and minority party.

The position still exists, having come into existence in 1865. A. E. Cheffee, pictured above, was a Republican appointee who occupied his position from 1919 to 1957. The current Democratic appointee, Joe Novotny, has occupied his position since 2010. The current Republican appointee, Susan Cole, has occupied her position since 2007.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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