If a vacancy occurs in a diocesan delegation, the diocese determines how a new deputy is chosen.
The president appoints an advisory council and a chancellor educated in secular and ecclesiastical law for advice and consultation.
The first laywoman to be elected House of Deputies president was Pamela P. Chinnis of the Diocese of Washington (D.C.) (1991–2000).
The first layman to be elected to the office of President of the House of Deputies was former Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts who served in that capacity in 1946.
[6] The secretary of the House of Deputies is elected every three years by majority vote at the start of each General Convention.
[9] Gregory S. Straub was elected secretary of the House of Deputies and the General Convention in 2006.