does the speaker of the house have to be in congress
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected House Representative, though every Speaker so far has been an elected Member of the House.[3] The Speaker is second in the United States presidential line of succession, after the Vice President and ahead of the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate.[4]
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The current House Speaker is Congressman Paul Ryan from Wisconsin. He was elected to the office on October 29, 2015, and is the 54th person to serve as Speaker. On April 11, 2018, Ryan announced he will not seek re-election in the 2018 mid-terms,[5][6][7] and thus a new Speaker will take office in 2019.