One of the most arduous and responsible duties of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the selection of committees and filling their chairmanships.
"History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States"
Wiliam H. Barnes
He maintained that New England had too great a preponderance of power in the Senate, both, as to membership and the chairmanships of committees, While, said he, the population of the East is less than one-seventh of the population of the States represented in the Senate, she has the chairmanships of one-third of the committees.
"History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States"
Wiliam H. Barnes
Prussia holds all chairmanships, save that of the committee on foreign affairs, which belongs to Bavaria.
"The Governments of Europe"
Frederic Austin Ogg