Timothy Blodgett

Timothy Paul Blodgett is an American law enforcement officer who served as the Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives from January to April 2021.

Blodgett was sworn in as the Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives on January 12, 2021, following the resignation of Paul D. Irving after the storming of the United States Capitol five days prior.

He resigned on April 21, 2021, and was succeeded by William J. Walker.

Blodgett began his career on Capitol Hill as a senior attorney and Administrative Counsel for the Chief Administrative Officer of the House from 2002-2009. He began with the Office of the Sergeant at Arms as Counsel and served as Deputy from 2009 to 2021.

Blodgett was admitted to the bars of the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the Western District of New York, and the Supreme Court. Blodgett clerked for Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge G. Marvin Bober and the Department of Labor and worked primarily on compensation issues involving Black Lung and Asbestosis from 1991-1993. Blodgett was then hired as an associate for Harris, Chesworth, and O’Brien concentrating on labor and employment and municipal issues involving law enforcement agencies from 1994-2000. Blodgett then worked as an associate for Krukowski and Costello in Washington, D.C. concentrating on labor and employment matters from 2000-2002.

Blodgett was born in Rochester, New York on June 16, 1966. Blodgett attended Buffalo State College earning a B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Political Science and Philosophy 1988 and attended the Washington College of Law at American University earning a J.D. degree in 1992.