Speaker of the House

I figured he would want to remain Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee - but it seems his colleagues twisted his arm.

Paul Ryan is an ambitious lad but I sure hope he has been reminded that the last Speaker of the House to become President was James K. Polk who served as Speaker between 1835 and 1839, leaving to become Governor of Tennessee.  He was subsequently elected as the 11th President of the United States - from 1845 to 1849 - the last strong President until the Civil War.

Here's the new Speaker of the House.  Not me - the guy on the left...