Parliamentarian of the United States Senate

The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate is the official advisor to the United States Senate. Their job is to talk about and protect the original meaning of the Standing Rules of the United States Senate and parliamentary procedure.

Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
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File:Elizabethmacdonough.png Incumbent Elizabeth MacDonough since 2012
United States Senate
Type	Parliamentarian
Member of	Senate Dais
Appointer	Senate Majority Leader
Term length	Serves at the pleasure of the Majority Leader
Constituting instrument	Standing Rules of the United States Senate
Formation	1935
First holder	Charles Watkins
Salary	$172,500

List of Parliamentarians

The following have served as Senate Parliamentarian:

No.	Years	Parliamentarian
1	1935–1964	Charles L. Watkins
2	1964–1974	Floyd Riddick
3	1974–1981	Murray Zweben
4a	1981–1987	Robert Dove
5a	1987–1995	Alan Frumin
4b	1995–2001	Robert Dove
5b	2001–2012	Alan Frumin
6	2012–present	Elizabeth MacDonough

Parliamentarian Of The United States Senate Media

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  Will run senate machine while Vice President Garner is absent. Washington, D.C. June 14. While Vice President Garner is vacationing in Texas during the next few weeks, Senator Key Pittman, LCCN2016871837 (Watkins cropped)

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• Robert Dove 106th Congress

• Alan Frumin, Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate, in a picture from the Congressional Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress

• Robert Dove 106th Congress

• Alan Frumin, Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate, in a picture from the Congressional Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress

• Elizabeth MacDonough official portrait