Sergeant-at-arms

Sergeant-at-arms in the United States

Sergeant-at-arms (in Politics)

Related to political science, the following is a definition of Sergeant-at-arms in the U.S. practice of politics: The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate each have a sergeant-at-arms, whose job it is to maintain order in the legislative chamber.

In the Senate, the sergeant-at-arms can also be instructed to request the presence of senators if not enough senators are present to meet a quorum. If the motion to instruct the sergeant-at-arms does not bring in enough senators, the sergeant-at-arms can be instructed to write arrest warrants for all absent senators and is then required to hunt them down and bring them to the floor.

Sergeant at Arms

In Legislation

Sergeant at Arms in the U.S. Code: Title 2, Chapter 55, Subchapter VIII

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating sergeant at arms are compiled in the United States Code under Title 2, Chapter 55, Subchapter VIII. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Congress (including sergeant at arms) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, House of Representatives and Arms of the US Code, including sergeant at arms) by chapter and subchapter.


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