Alney E. Chaffee (born in 1867 or 1868) was an American government official who served as Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1957.
Personal life
Alney Chaffee was born in Vermont in 1867 or 1868. He was married Fannie Chaffee.[1]
Career
Chaffee was hired as the Republican Reading Clerk in 1919 by then Speaker of the House of Representatives Frederick H. Gillett, where he served in this capacity until 1957, when he retired and was replaced by Joe Bartlett.[citation needed]
Notably, during Chaffee's tenure as one of two House Reading Clerks, he was responsible for reading the United States declaration of war on Japan and the United States declaration of war on Italy to the House of Representatives.[2][3]
References
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- ^ League for International Food Education (1941). War comes to the U.S.--Dec. 7, 1941; the first 30 hours as reported to the Time-Life-Fortune news bureau from the U.S. and abroad. Columbia University Libraries. [New York?].