The United States House of Representatives (Lower Chamber) together with the United States Senate (Upper Chamber) compose the United States Congress. The hierarchy at the House of Representatives is composed as follows:
The hierarchy in the structure of the house includes: The Speaker is at the top, and the members are at the bottom.
The seat of the speaker is the only seat at the top tier of the dais. The speaker controls the affairs of the House and if the normal speaker is not presiding, the speaker appoints a speaker pro temple to carry out the duties of the normal speaker.
If the house meets as the committee of the whole, a member of the majority party in the house is announced by the speaker as the chairman of the committee of the whole and if there is a joint meeting of the house and senate, there must be a second seat that will be occupied by the Vice president.
Also, standing close to the seat of the presiding officers is the parliamentarian and their role is to assists the presiding officer in carrying out their duties
The Sargent at arm is close to the mace being its custodian, whenever, the house is meeting, the mace, which is the symbol of authority, is placed close to the speaker.
The clerk of the house certify the passage of the bills.
The US House of Representatives is regarded as the "people’s house" and states representation in the house depends on the population of the states. However, California has the most members in the states because it is the most populous state.
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