New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
Your one-stop-shop for information about national parliaments
New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
Your one-stop-shop for information about national parliaments
United States of America
-House of Representatives
This is a bicameral parliament. Switch to theSenate
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Congress
Chamber name
House of Representatives
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
2
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1889-01 to 2003-10
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaker
Nancy
Pelosi
(Female)
Year of birth
1940
Term
03.01.2019
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Clerk of the House
Secretary general
Cheryl
Johnson
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Sworn in on 25 Feb. 2019.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Compare data of this field.
Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
435
Note on the statutory number of members
In addition, there are six non-voting members: Five delegates (one each from the District of Columbia, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) and one Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Average age of all members
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 43 | 144 | 137 | 41 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total <= 45: 62 | Total >= 46: 373 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 37 | 121 | 108 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 355 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
Members for whom data is available
435
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.