List of speakers for the United States House of Representatives

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This list of speakers for the United States House of Representatives is sorted chronologically.

# speaker image Political party State congress Beginning of the term of office Term expires
1. Frederick Muhlenberg
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non-party / pro-administration Pennsylvania 1. April 1, 1789 March 4, 1791
2. Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
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non-party / pro-administration Connecticut 2. October 24, 1791 March 4, 1793
3. Frederick Muhlenberg
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nonpartisan / anti-administration Pennsylvania 3. December 2, 1793 March 4, 1795
4th Jonathan Dayton
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federalist New Jersey 4th December 7, 1795 March 4, 1797
5. May 15, 1797 March 4, 1799
5. Theodore Sedgwick
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federalist Massachusetts 6th December 2, 1799 March 4, 1801
6th Nathaniel Macon
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Democratic-Republican North Carolina 7th December 7, 1801 March 4, 1803
8th. October 17, 1803 March 4, 1805
9. December 2, 1805 March 4, 1807
7th Joseph Bradley Varnum
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Democratic-Republican Massachusetts 10. October 26, 1807 March 4, 1809
11. May 22, 1809 March 4, 1811
8th. Henry Clay
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Democratic-Republican Kentucky 12. November 4, 1811 March 4, 1813
13. May 24, 1813 January 19, 1814
9. Langdon Cheves
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Democratic-Republican South carolina January 19, 1814 March 4, 1815
10. Henry Clay
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Democratic-Republican Kentucky 14th December 4, 1815 March 4, 1817
15th December 1, 1817 March 4, 1819
16. December 6, 1819 October 28, 1820
11. John W. Taylor
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Democratic-Republican new York November 15, 1820 March 4, 1821
12. Philip Pendleton Barbour
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Democratic-Republican Virginia 17th December 4, 1821 March 4, 1823
13. Henry Clay
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Democratic-Republican Kentucky 18th December 1, 1823 March 6, 1825
14th John W. Taylor
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Adams Republicans new York 19th December 5, 1825 March 4, 1827
15th Andrew Stevenson
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Jacksonier Virginia 20th December 3, 1827 March 4, 1829
21st December 7, 1829 March 4, 1831
22nd December 5, 1831 March 4, 1833
23. December 2, 1833 June 2, 1834
16. John Bell
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Jacksonier Tennessee June 2, 1834 March 4, 1835
17th James K. Polk
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Jacksonian / Democrat Tennessee 24. December 7, 1835 March 4, 1837
25th September 4, 1837 March 4, 1839
18th Robert MT Hunter
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Whig Virginia 26th December 16, 1839 March 4, 1841
19th John White
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Whig Kentucky 27. May 31, 1841 March 4, 1843
20th John Winston Jones
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democrat Virginia 28. December 4, 1843 March 4, 1845
21st John Wesley Davis
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democrat Indiana 29 December 1, 1845 March 4, 1847
22nd Robert Charles Winthrop
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Whig Massachusetts 30th December 6, 1847 March 4, 1849
23. Howell Cobb
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democrat Georgia 31. December 22, 1849 March 4, 1851
24. Linn Boyd
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democrat Kentucky 32. December 1, 1851 March 4, 1853
33. December 5, 1853 March 4, 1855
25th Nathaniel Prentiss Banks
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American Massachusetts 34. February 2, 1856 March 4, 1857
26th James Lawrence Orr
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democrat South carolina 35. December 7, 1857 March 4, 1859
27. William Pennington
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republican New Jersey 36. February 1, 1860 March 4, 1861
28. Galusha A. Grow
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republican Pennsylvania 37. 4th July 1861 March 4, 1863
29 Schuyler Colfax
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republican Indiana 38. December 7, 1863 March 4, 1865
39. 4th December 1865 March 4, 1867
40. March 4, 1867 March 3, 1869
30th Theodore Medad Pomeroy
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republican new York March 3, 1869 March 4, 1869
31. James G. Blaine
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republican Maine 41. March 4, 1869 March 4, 1871
42. March 4, 1871 March 4, 1873
43. March 4, 1873 March 4, 1875
32. Michael C. Kerr
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democrat Indiana 44. December 6, 1875 August 19, 1876
33. Samuel J. Randall
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democrat Pennsylvania 4th December 1876 March 4, 1877
45. October 15, 1877 March 4, 1879
46. March 18, 1879 March 4, 1881
34. J. Warren Keifer
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republican Ohio 47. December 5, 1881 March 4, 1883
35. John Griffin Carlisle
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democrat Kentucky 48. December 3, 1883 March 4, 1885
49. December 7, 1885 March 4, 1887
50. December 5, 1887 March 4, 1889
36. Thomas Brackett Reed
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republican Maine 51. December 2, 1889 March 4, 1891
37. Charles Frederick Crisp
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democrat Georgia 52. December 8, 1891 March 4, 1893
53. August 7, 1893 March 4, 1895
38. Thomas Brackett Reed
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republican Maine 54. December 2, 1895 March 4, 1897
55. March 15, 1897 March 4, 1899
39. David B. Henderson
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republican Iowa 56. 4th December 1899 March 4, 1901
57. December 2, 1901 March 4, 1903
40. Joseph Gurney Cannon
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republican Illinois 58. November 9, 1903 March 3, 1905
59. 4th December 1905 March 4, 1907
60. December 2, 1907 March 4, 1909
61. March 15, 1909 March 4, 1911
41. Champ Clark
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democrat Missouri 62. April 4, 1911 March 4, 1913
63. April 7, 1913 March 4, 1915
64. December 6, 1915 March 4, 1917
65. April 2, 1917 March 4, 1919
42. Frederick H. Gillett
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republican Massachusetts 66. May 19, 1919 March 4, 1923
67. April 11, 1921 March 4, 1923
68. December 5, 1923 March 4, 1925
43. Nicholas Longworth
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republican Ohio 69. December 7, 1925 March 4, 1927
70. December 5, 1927 March 4, 1929
71. April 15, 1929 March 4, 1931
44. John Nance Garner
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democrat Texas 72. December 7, 1931 March 4, 1933
45. Henry T. Rainey
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democrat Illinois 73. March 9, 1933 August 19, 1934
46. Joseph W. Byrns
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democrat Tennessee 74. January 3, 1935 June 4, 1936
47. William B. Bankhead
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democrat Alabama June 4, 1936 January 3, 1937
75. January 5, 1937 January 3, 1939
76. January 3, 1939 September 15, 1940
48. Sam Rayburn
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democrat Texas September 16, 1940 January 3, 1941
77. January 3, 1941 January 3, 1943
78. January 6, 1943 January 3, 1945
79. January 3, 1945 January 3, 1947
49. Joseph William Martin
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republican Massachusetts 80. January 3, 1947 January 3, 1949
50. Sam Rayburn
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democrat Texas 81. January 3, 1949 January 3, 1951
82. January 3, 1951 January 3, 1953
51. Joseph William Martin
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republican Massachusetts 83. January 3, 1953 January 3, 1955
52. Sam Rayburn
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democrat Texas 84. January 3, 1955 January 3, 1957
85. January 3, 1957 3rd January 1959
86. January 7, 1959 January 3, 1961
87. January 3, 1961 November 16, 1961
53. John W. McCormack
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democrat Massachusetts January 10, 1962 January 3, 1963
88 January 9, 1963 January 3, 1965
89. 4th January 1965 3rd January 1967
90. January 10, 1967 3rd January 1969
91. 3rd January 1969 3rd January 1971
54. Carl Albert
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democrat Oklahoma 92. January 21, 1971 3rd January 1973
93. 3rd January 1973 3rd January 1975
94. January 14, 1975 3rd January 1977
55. Tip O'Neill
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democrat Massachusetts 95. 4th January 1977 3rd January 1979
96. 15th January 1979 3rd January 1981
97. 5th January 1981 January 3, 1983
98 January 3, 1983 3rd January 1985
99 3rd January 1985 3rd January 1987
56. Jim Wright
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democrat Texas 100. January 6, 1987 January 3, 1989
101. January 3, 1989 June 6, 1989
57. Tom Foley
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democrat Washington June 6, 1989 January 3, 1991
102. January 3, 1991 5th January 1993
103. 5th January 1993 January 3, 1995
58. Newt Gingrich
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republican Georgia 104. 4th January 1995 January 3, 1997
105. January 7, 1997 January 3, 1999
59. Dennis Hastert
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republican Illinois 106. January 6, 1999 January 3, 2001
107. January 3, 2001 January 3, 2003
108. January 7, 2003 January 3, 2005
109. January 3, 2005 January 4, 2007
60. Nancy Pelosi
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Democrat California 110. January 4, 2007 January 3, 2009
111. January 6, 2009 January 5, 2011
61. John Boehner
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republican Ohio 112. January 5, 2011 January 3, 2013
113. January 3, 2013 January 3, 2015
114. January 6, 2015 October 29, 2015
62. Paul Ryan
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republican Wisconsin October 29, 2015 January 3, 2017
115. January 3, 2017 3rd January 2019
63. Nancy Pelosi
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Democrat California 116. 3rd January 2019