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DESCHLER, Lewis

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
1905–1976

Office

Parliamentarian

State/Territory

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Party

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Congress(es)

70th (1927–1929), 71st (1929–1931), 72nd (1931–1933), 73rd (1933–1935), 74th (1935–1937), 75th (1937–1939), 76th (1939–1941), 77th (1941–1943), 78th (1943–1945), 79th (1945–1947), 80th (1947–1949), 81st (1949–1951), 82nd (1951–1953), 83rd (1953–1955), 84th (1955–1957), 85th (1957–1959), 86th (1959–1961), 87th (1961–1963), 88th (1963–1965), 89th (1965–1967), 90th (1967–1969), 91st (1969–1971), 92nd (1971–1973), 93rd (1973–1975)

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Biography

DESCHLER, Lewis, a Parliamentarian; born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, March 3, 1905; graduated from Chillicothe High School, Chillicothe, Ohio; attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1925; J.D., Master of Patent Law, National University, Washington, D.C., 1932; timekeeper and messenger at the Speaker’s desk, 1925; assistant parliamentarian, 1927; appointed Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives for the Seventieth and and served in the twenty-three succeeding Congresses (1927–1975); author; died July 12, 1976, in Bethesda, Md.

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Bibliography / Further Reading

Deschler, Lewis. “Deschler’s Rules of Order.” Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1976. “Precedents of the House of Representatives”

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Related Media

"Judge Deschler"

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Joseph Hillings remembers Parliamentarian Lew Deschler.

Joseph Hillings, Assistant Journal Clerk for the Minority
Interview recorded September 20, 2015 – Deed of Gift
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December 3, 2020

The Parliamentarian’s Scrapbook

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