Pages have been serving the House of Representatives for nearly two hundred years. The program currently selects 66 of the top high school students in the nation per year to come to Washington, D.C. to live, attend school, and work directly with legislators as personal assistants on the House floor. Working as a team, Pages assist Members with their legislative duties, deliver correspondence and small packages within the congressional complex, answer phones in the Member cloakrooms, and prepare the House Floor for sessions.  Several incumbent and former members of Congress as well as other prominent Americans have been Congressional pages. 

How to Become a Page

Eligibility for the Page Program during the academic year is limited to high school juniors with a 3.0 GPA or higher in the core academic subjects. Applicants for the summer program may include rising juniors or rising seniors. All applicants must be at least sixteen years old by the date they begin their Page term. A student who is related to a sitting Member of Congress may not serve as a Page.

The Page Program is administered through the Office of the Clerk, but Pages are selected through the majority and minority leadership. Because of the limited number of Page positions, not all Members can sponsor Pages at the same time.  Because my office is currently not eligible to sponsor a page, I cannot accept applications for the Page Program.  I encourage you to check this website often for updates and to continue to look for experience in government.

The Page Experience
House Pages live, work, and study in Washington, D.C. During the academic year, Pages are required to attend the Page School in addition to their responsibilities as support staff to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Pages live in the Page Residence Hall and receive a monthly salary.

The Page School is located in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. The academic year consists of the fall semester and the spring semester.  The Page School is fully accredited through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is based on a year-long curriculum, in which one-half credit is awarded for each semester of work in a course. Classes begin at 6:45 a.m. and include math, English, social studies, science, French/Spanish, and computer technology. The Page School also sponsors Washington Seminars, featuring field trips and speakers. Seminars are usually held on Saturdays, and attendance is mandatory.

As House staff, Pages are supervised by adult full-time House employees and work as a team on the House Floor, not for individual Members. Their primary duties are delivering correspondence, legislative materials, and small packages within the congressional complex; answering phones in the Members’ Cloakrooms; taking messages for Members; and calling Members in the Chamber to the phone. Pages sometimes prepare the House Floor for sessions.

While working for the House, Pages live in the House Page Residence Hall, a few blocks from the Capitol and the Library of Congress. The Page Residence Hall is staffed by a director and five assistants, all of whom are adults and reside in the Page Residence Hall.  For more information on the Page Experience, visit the U.S. House of Representatives Page Program.