Politics

List of all speakers of the United States House of Representatives

The office of the speaker of the United States House of Representatives was created in 1789 by Article I of the U.S. Constitution. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg became the first speaker of the house.

The speaker is elected by the majority members and presides over issues in the house.

After the vice president, the speaker is next in the line of succession.

Here is a chronological list of all speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

S/NSpeakerPartyStateTerm
1Frederick Augustus MuhlenbergPro-AdministrationPennsylvania1789–91
2Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.FederalistConnecticut1791–93
3Frederick Augustus MuhlenbergAnti-AdministrationPennsylvania1793–95
4Jonathan DaytonFederalistNew Jersey1795–99
5Theodore SedgwickFederalistMassachusetts1799–1801
6Nathaniel MaconDemocratic-RepublicanNorth Carolina1801–07
7Joseph Bradley VarnumDemocratic-RepublicanMassachusetts1807–11
8Henry ClayDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky1811–14
9Langdon ChevesRepublicanSouth Carolina1814–15
10Henry ClayDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky1815–20
11John W. TaylorRepublicanNew York1820–21
12Philip P. BarbourRepublicanVirginia1821–23
13Henry ClayDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky1823–25
14John W. TaylorRepublicanNew York1825–27
15Andrew StevensonJacksonianVirginia1827–34
16John BellDemocraticTennessee1834–35
17James K. PolkJacksonian/DemocraticTennessee1835–39
18Robert M.T. HunterDemocraticVirginia1839–41
19John WhiteWhigKentucky1841–43
20John Winston JonesDemocraticVirginia1843–45
21John Wesley DavisDemocraticIndiana1845–47
22Robert Charles WinthropWhigMassachusetts1847–49
23Howell CobbDemocraticGeorgia1849–51
24Linn BoydDemocraticKentucky1851–55
25Nathaniel P. BanksAmericanMassachusetts1855–57
26James Lawrence OrrDemocraticSouth Carolina1857–59
27William PenningtonRepublicanNew Jersey1859–61
28Galusha A. GrowRepublicanPennsylvania1861–63
29Schuyler ColfaxRepublicanIndiana1863–69
30Theodore Medad PomeroyRepublicanNew York1869
31James G. BlaineRepublicanMaine1869–75
32Michael Crawford KerrDemocraticIndiana1875–76
33Samuel J. RandallDemocraticPennsylvania1876–81
34Joseph Warren KeiferRepublicanOhio1881–83
35John G. CarlisleDemocraticKentucky1883–89
36Thomas B. ReedRepublicanMaine1889–91
37Charles Frederick CrispDemocraticGeorgia1891–95
38Thomas B. ReedRepublicanMaine1895–99
39David B. HendersonRepublicanIowa1899–1903
40Joseph Gurney CannonRepublicanIllinois1903–11
41Champ ClarkDemocraticMissouri1911–19
42Frederick GillettRepublicanMassachusetts1919–25
43Nicholas LongworthRepublicanOhio1925–31
44John Nance GarnerDemocraticTexas1931–33
45Henry T. RaineyDemocraticIllinois1933–35
46Joseph Wellington ByrnsDemocraticTennessee1935–36
47William Brockman BankheadDemocraticAlabama1936–40
48Sam RayburnDemocraticTexas1940–47
49Joseph William Martin, Jr.RepublicanMassachusetts1947–49
50Sam RayburnDemocraticTexas1949–53
51Joseph William Martin, Jr.RepublicanMassachusetts1953–55
52Sam RayburnDemocraticTexas1955–61
53John W. McCormackDemocraticMassachusetts1962–71
54Carl AlbertDemocraticOklahoma1971–77
55Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr.DemocraticMassachusetts1977–87
56James C. Wright, Jr.DemocraticTexas1987–89
57Thomas S. FoleyDemocraticWashington1989–95
58Newt GingrichRepublicanGeorgia1995–99
59Dennis HastertRepublicanIllinois1999–2007
60Nancy PelosiDemocraticCalifornia2007–2011
61John BoehnerRepublicanOhio2011–15
62Paul RyanRepublicanWisconsin2015–19
63Nancy PelosiDemocraticCalifornia2019–23
64Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCalifornia2023
65Mike JohnsonRepublicanLouisiana2023–

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