List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives

This is a complete list of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives as of 2009^[update]. Each was chosen since the First United States Congress session in 1789. It includes the congressional district of each speaker as well as the time they spent in the position.

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each speaker.

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

* Note: Banks, a former Democrat originally elected as a Know Nothing, had come to be associated with the Republicans by the time the 34th Congress convened. Because the Republicans did not command a majority in Congress, and Banks did not receive any votes from Democrats or southern Know Nothings, Banks, after two months of deadlocked balloting, could only be elected after a motion was passed allowing the election of a speaker by plurality vote.

List of Speakers by State

Living former Speakers

As of December 2009, there are four living former Speakers. The most recent Speaker to die was Carl Albert (1971–1977), on February 4, 2000. The most recently serving Speaker to die was Tip O'Neill (1977–1987), on January 5, 1994.

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External links

• "Capitol Questions." C-SPAN (2003). Notable elections and role.
• Speaker of the House of Representatives. (2005). Official Website. Information about role as party leader, powers as presiding officer.