Speaker of the House of Representatives

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives, and is simultaneously the House's presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions. Given these several roles and responsibilities, the speaker usually does not personally preside over debates. That duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party. Neither does the speaker regularly participate in floor debates.

The Constitution does not require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been. The speaker is also granted the right to temporarily pass the duties of the speakership to another representative. The speaker is second in the United States presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the president pro tempore of the Senate.

Since the creation of ACS, there have been eleven speakers in total. One speaker has become president upon the resignation of the president due to a vacancy in the vice presidency. Five speakers have served in the executive branch. Six speakers have gone on to serve in the Senate. Two speakers have received a presidential nomination, and two speakers have received a vice presidential nomination. Because of this, the speakership is seen as a very sought-after job and is used by many people as a stepping stone to larger positions within the simulation.

As of 2020, four out of the ten individuals who have served as Speaker of the House since the creation of ACS have been freshman representatives, despite the common agreement that the speakership should be held by more experienced individuals.

The 60th and current speaker is Tristan Banks, who assumed office on January 3, 2019.