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The Honorable Kevin F. McCumber

Acting Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Overview & contact

Along with the other House officers, the Clerk is elected every two years when the House organizes for a new Congress. The majority and minority caucuses nominate candidates for the House officer positions after the election of the Speaker. The full House adopts a resolution to elect the officers, who will begin serving the House membership after they have taken the oath of office.

Background of the Clerk

Kevin F. McCumber was sworn in as Acting Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives by Speaker Kevin McCarthy on June 22, 2023, effective July 1, 2023.

Mr. McCumber began his long tenure with the Office of the Clerk in 1996 as a House Page. He rejoined the Clerk’s office in 2000 and worked in a variety of roles until 2006, when he left to study political science at the University of Colorado and work for the Lakewood Police Department. He returned to the Clerk’s office in 2012 and since then has performed nearly every role in the legislative process in some capacity. He was appointed Deputy Clerk in 2021 after serving as Chief of the Office of Legislative Operations.

Mr. McCumber grew up in Germantown Hills, Illinois, a small farming community east of Peoria, where he worked as a 911 dispatcher for the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.