List of speakers for the United States House of Representatives
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 |
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1. | Frederick Muhlenberg | non-party / pro-administration | Pennsylvania | 1. | April 1, 1789 | March 4, 1791 | |
2. | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | non-party / pro-administration | Connecticut | 2. | October 24, 1791 | March 4, 1793 | |
3. | Frederick Muhlenberg | nonpartisan / anti-administration | Pennsylvania | 3. | December 2, 1793 | March 4, 1795 | |
4th | Jonathan Dayton | federalist | New Jersey | 4th | December 7, 1795 | March 4, 1797 | |
5. | May 15, 1797 | March 4, 1799 | |||||
5. | Theodore Sedgwick | federalist | Massachusetts | 6th | December 2, 1799 | March 4, 1801 | |
6th | Nathaniel Macon | 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 | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | 10. | October 26, 1807 | March 4, 1809 | |
11. | May 22, 1809 | March 4, 1811 | |||||
8th. | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 12. | November 4, 1811 | March 4, 1813 | |
13. | May 24, 1813 | January 19, 1814 | |||||
9. | Langdon Cheves | Democratic-Republican | South carolina | January 19, 1814 | March 4, 1815 | ||
10. | Henry Clay | 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 | Democratic-Republican | new York | November 15, 1820 | March 4, 1821 | ||
12. | Philip Pendleton Barbour | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | 17th | December 4, 1821 | March 4, 1823 | |
13. | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 18th | December 1, 1823 | March 6, 1825 | |
14th | John W. Taylor | Adams Republicans | new York | 19th | December 5, 1825 | March 4, 1827 | |
15th | Andrew Stevenson | 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 | Jacksonier | Tennessee | June 2, 1834 | March 4, 1835 | ||
17th | James K. Polk | Jacksonian / Democrat | Tennessee | 24. | December 7, 1835 | March 4, 1837 | |
25th | September 4, 1837 | March 4, 1839 | |||||
18th | Robert MT Hunter | Whig | Virginia | 26th | December 16, 1839 | March 4, 1841 | |
19th | John White | Whig | Kentucky | 27. | May 31, 1841 | March 4, 1843 | |
20th | John Winston Jones | democrat | Virginia | 28. | December 4, 1843 | March 4, 1845 | |
21st | John Wesley Davis | democrat | Indiana | 29 | December 1, 1845 | March 4, 1847 | |
22nd | Robert Charles Winthrop | Whig | Massachusetts | 30th | December 6, 1847 | March 4, 1849 | |
23. | Howell Cobb | democrat | Georgia | 31. | December 22, 1849 | March 4, 1851 | |
24. | Linn Boyd | democrat | Kentucky | 32. | December 1, 1851 | March 4, 1853 | |
33. | December 5, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | |||||
25th | Nathaniel Prentiss Banks | American | Massachusetts | 34. | February 2, 1856 | March 4, 1857 | |
26th | James Lawrence Orr | democrat | South carolina | 35. | December 7, 1857 | March 4, 1859 | |
27. | William Pennington | republican | New Jersey | 36. | February 1, 1860 | March 4, 1861 | |
28. | Galusha A. Grow | republican | Pennsylvania | 37. | 4th July 1861 | March 4, 1863 | |
29 | Schuyler Colfax | 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 | republican | new York | March 3, 1869 | March 4, 1869 | ||
31. | James G. Blaine | 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 | democrat | Indiana | 44. | December 6, 1875 | August 19, 1876 | |
33. | Samuel J. Randall | 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 | republican | Ohio | 47. | December 5, 1881 | March 4, 1883 | |
35. | John Griffin Carlisle | 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 | republican | Maine | 51. | December 2, 1889 | March 4, 1891 | |
37. | Charles Frederick Crisp | democrat | Georgia | 52. | December 8, 1891 | March 4, 1893 | |
53. | August 7, 1893 | March 4, 1895 | |||||
38. | Thomas Brackett Reed | republican | Maine | 54. | December 2, 1895 | March 4, 1897 | |
55. | March 15, 1897 | March 4, 1899 | |||||
39. | David B. Henderson | republican | Iowa | 56. | 4th December 1899 | March 4, 1901 | |
57. | December 2, 1901 | March 4, 1903 | |||||
40. | Joseph Gurney Cannon | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | democrat | Texas | 72. | December 7, 1931 | March 4, 1933 | |
45. | Henry T. Rainey | democrat | Illinois | 73. | March 9, 1933 | August 19, 1934 | |
46. | Joseph W. Byrns | democrat | Tennessee | 74. | January 3, 1935 | June 4, 1936 | |
47. | William B. Bankhead | 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 | 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 | republican | Massachusetts | 80. | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1949 | |
50. | Sam Rayburn | democrat | Texas | 81. | January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1951 | |
82. | January 3, 1951 | January 3, 1953 | |||||
51. | Joseph William Martin | republican | Massachusetts | 83. | January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1955 | |
52. | Sam Rayburn | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | democrat | Texas | 100. | January 6, 1987 | January 3, 1989 | |
101. | January 3, 1989 | June 6, 1989 | |||||
57. | Tom Foley | 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 | republican | Georgia | 104. | 4th January 1995 | January 3, 1997 | |
105. | January 7, 1997 | January 3, 1999 | |||||
59. | Dennis Hastert | 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 | Democrat | California | 110. | January 4, 2007 | January 3, 2009 | |
111. | January 6, 2009 | January 5, 2011 | |||||
61. | John Boehner | 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 | republican | Wisconsin | October 29, 2015 | January 3, 2017 | ||
115. | January 3, 2017 | 3rd January 2019 | |||||
63. | Nancy Pelosi | Democrat | California | 116. | 3rd January 2019 |