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TomSlick

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5. I'm curious whether any Congressman has ever attempted to wear a kippah.

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 10:42 PM

Nov 2018

Said another way, has there ever been a Congressman who usually wore a kippah but did not on the House floor?

As best I can tell, the purpose of the rule was to prevent male Congressman from wearing hats in the chamber. From internet research, wearing hats in the chamber was thought to be a British parliamentary tradition when the rule passed in 1837.

https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1800-1850/The-debate-over-the-rule-to-ban-hats-on-the-House-Floor/

You would think that in the years since 1837, surely some Congressman would have worn a kippah in the chamber.

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