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Photo From the Attic: House Rules

[IMGCAP(1)]The demographics were a little different back then. In this 1963 photo, then-Speaker John McCormack (center top), a Democrat from Massachusetts, poses with the House officers of the 88th Congress. From left: the Sergeant-at-Arms, the Parliamentarian, the Clerk, the Chaplain, the Doorkeeper, an unidentified page and the Postmaster.

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