Who was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 1885?

Answer 1

Howell Cobb (born Thomas Howell Cobb on September 7, 1815 in Jefferson County, Georgia; died October 9, 1868 in New York City, New York) succeeded Robert Charles Winthrop as the twenty-third Speaker of the United States, serving between December 22, 1849 and March 4, 1851, including the whole of 1850.

Answer 2

John G. Carlisle (born September 5, 1834 in Kenton County, Kentucky; died July 31, 1910 in New York, New York) succeeded J. Warren Keifer as the thirty-fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 3, 1883 and March 4, 1889, including the whole of 1885.

Answer 3

Champ Clark (born James Beauchamp Clark on March 7, 1850 in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; died March 2, 1921 in Washington DC) succeeded Joseph Gurney Cannon as the forty-first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between April 4, 1911 and March 4, 1919, including the whole of 1915.

Answer 4

Sam Rayburn (born January 6, 1882 in Kingston, Tennessee; died November 16, 1961 in Bonham, Texas) succeeded Joseph William Martin as the fifty-second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 3, 1955 and November 17, 1961, including the whole of 1958.

Answer 5

Carl Albert (born May 10, 1908 in McAlester, Oklahoma; died February 4, 2000 in McAlester, Oklahoma) succeeded John W. McCormack as the fifty-fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 21, 1971 and January 3, 1977, including the whole of 1975.