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Speakers of the House of Representatives of the United States
Congress Speaker State Party Date Elected
1st Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg Pennsylvania none April 1, 1789
2nd Jonathan Trumbull Connecticut none Oct. 24, 1791
3rd Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg Pennsylvania none Dec. 2, 1793
4th Jonathan Dayton New Jersey none Dec. 7, 1795
5th Jonathan Dayton New Jersey none May 15, 1797
6th Theodore Sedgwick Massachusetts None Dec. 2, 1799
7th Nathaniel Macon North Carolina none Dec. 7, 1801
8th Nathaniel Macon North Carolina none Oct. 17, 1803
9th Nathaniel Macon North Carolina none Dec. 2, 1805
10th Joseph B. Varnum Massachusetts none Oct. 26, 1807
11th Joseph B. Varnum Massachusetts none May 22, 1809
12th Henry Clay Kentucky Republican Nov. 4, 1811
13th Henry Clay Kentucky Republican May 24, 1813
13th Langdon Cheves South Carolina Republican Jan. 19, 1814
14th Henry Clay Kentucky Republican Dec. 4, 1815
15th Henry Clay Kentucky Republican Dec. 1, 1817
16th Henry Clay Kentucky Republican Dec. 6, 1819
16th John W. Taylor New York Republican Nov. 15, 1820
17th Philip P. Barbour Virginia Republican Dec. 4, 1821
18th Henry Clay Kentucky Republican Dec. 1, 1823
19th John W. Taylor New York Republican Dec. 5, 1825
20th Andrew Stevenson Virginia none Dec. 3, 1827
21st Andrew Stevenson Virginia Jacksonian Dec. 7, 1829
22nd Andrew Stevenson Virginia Jacksonian Dec. 5, 1831
23rd Andrew Stevenson Virginia Jacksonian Dec. 2, 1833
23rd John Bell Tennessee none June 2, 1834
24th James K. Polk Tennessee Jacksonian Dec. 7, 1835
25th James K. Polk Tennessee Jacksonian Sept. 4, 1837
26th Robert M.T. Hunter Virginia Whig Dec. 16, 1839
27th John White Kentucky Whig May 31, 1841
28th John W. Jones Virginia Democrat Dec. 4, 1843
29th John W. Davis Indiana Democrat Dec. 1, 1845
30th Robert C. Winthrop Massachusetts Whig Dec. 6, 1847
31st Howell Cobb Georgia Democrat Dec. 22, 1849
32nd Linn Boyd Kentucky Democrat Dec. 1, 1851
33rd Linn Boyd Kentucky Democrat Dec. 5, 1853
34th Nathaniel P. Banks Massachusetts American Party Feb. 2, 1856
35th James L. Orr South Carolina Democrat Dec. 7, 1857
36th William Pennington New Jersey Republican Feb. 1, 1860
37th Galusha A. Grow Pennsylvania Republican July 4, 1861
38th Schuyler Colfax Indiana Republican Dec. 7, 1863
39th Schuyler Colfax Indiana Republican Dec. 4, 1865
40th Schuyler Colfax Indiana Republican Mar. 4, 1867
40th Theodore M. Pomeroy New York Republican Mar. 3, 1869 1
41st James G. Blaine Maine Republican Mar. 4, 1869
42nd James G. Blaine Maine Republican Mar. 4, 1871
43rd James G. Blaine Maine Republican Dec. 1, 1873
44th Michael C. Kerr Indiana Democrat Dec. 6, 1875 2
44th Samuel J. Randall Pennsylvania Democrat Dec. 4, 1876
45th Samuel J. Randall Pennsylvania Democrat Oct. 15, 1877
46th Samuel J. Randall Pennsylvania Democrat Mar. 18, 1879
47th J. Warren Keifer Ohio Republican Dec. 5, 1881
48th John G. Carlisle Kentucky Democrat Dec. 3, 1883
49th John G. Carlisle Kentucky Democrat Dec. 7, 1885
50th John G. Carlisle Kentucky Democrat Dec. 5, 1887
51st Thomas B. Reed Maine Republican Dec. 2, 1889
52nd Charles F. Crisp Georgia Democrat Dec. 8, 1891
53rd Charles F. Crisp Georgia Democrat Aug. 7, 1893
54th Thomas B. Reed Maine Republican Dec. 2, 1895
55th Thomas B. Reed Maine Republican Mar. 15, 1897
56th David B. Henderson Iowa Republican Dec. 4, 1899
57th David B. Henderson Iowa Republican Dec. 2, 1901
58th Joseph G. Cannon Illinois Republican Nov. 9, 1903
59th Joseph G. Cannon Illinois Republican Dec. 4, 1905
60th Joseph G. Cannon Illinois Republican Dec. 2, 1907
61st Joseph G. Cannon Illinois Republican Mar. 15, 1909
62nd Champ Clark Missouri Democrat Apr. 4, 1911
63rd Champ Clark Missouri Democrat Apr. 7, 1913
64th Champ Clark Missouri Democrat Dec. 6, 1915
65th Champ Clark Missouri Democrat Apr. 2, 1917
66th Frederick H. Gillett Massachusetts Republican May 19, 1919
67th Frederick H. Gillett Massachusetts Republican Apr. 11, 1921
68th Frederick H. Gillett Massachusetts Republican Dec. 3, 1923
69th Nicholas Longworth Ohio Republican Dec. 7, 1925
70th Nicholas Longworth Ohio Republican Dec. 5, 1927
71st Nicholas Longworth Ohio Republican Apr. 15, 1929
72nd John N. Garner Texas Democrat Dec. 7, 1931
73rd Henry T. Rainey Illinois Democrat Mar. 9, 1933 3
74th Joseph W. Byrns Tennessee Democrat Jan. 3, 1935 4
74th William B. Bankhead Alabama Democrat June 4, 1936
75th William B. Bankhead Alabama Democrat Jan. 5, 1937
76th William B. Bankhead Alabama Democrat Jan. 3, 1939 5
76th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Sept. 16, 1940
77th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1941
78th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 6, 1943
79th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1945
80th Joseph W. Martin Massachusetts Republican Jan. 3, 1947
81st Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1949
82nd Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1951
83rd Joseph W. Martin Massachusetts Republican Jan. 3, 1953
84th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 5, 1955
85th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1957
86th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 7, 1959
87th Sam T. Rayburn Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1961
88th John W. McCormack Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 9, 1963
89th John W. McCormack Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 4, 1965
90th John W. McCormack Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 10, 1967
91st John W. McCormack Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 3, 1969
92nd Carl Albert Oklahoma Democrat Jan. 21, 1971
93rd Carl Albert Oklahoma Democrat Jan. 3, 1973
94th Carl Albert Oklahoma Democrat Jan. 14, 1975
95th Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 4, 1977
96th Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 15, 1979
97th Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 5, 1981
98th Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 3, 1983
99th Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Massachusetts Democrat Jan. 3, 1985
100th James C. Wright, Jr. Texas Democrat Jan. 6, 1987 6
101st James C. Wright, Jr. Texas Democrat Jan. 3, 1989
101st Thomas S. Foley Washington Democrat Jun. 6, 1989
102nd Thomas S. Foley Washington Democrat Jan. 3, 1991
103rd Thomas S. Foley Washington Democrat Jan. 5, 1993
104th Newt Gingrich Georgia Republican Jan. 4, 1995
105th Newt Gingrich Georgia Republican Jan. 7, 1997
106th John Dennis Hastert Illinois Republican Jan. 6, 1999
107th John Dennis Hastert Illinois Republican Jan. 3, 2001
108th John Dennis Hastert Illinois Republican Jan. 7, 2003
109th John Dennis Hastert Illinois Republican Jan. 4, 2005
110th Nancy Pelosi California Democrat Jan. 4, 2007
1) Elected Speaker March 3, 1869, and served one day.

2) Died in office August 19, 1876.

3) Died in office August 19, 1934.

4) Died in office June 4, 1936.

5) Died in office September 15, 1940.

6) Wright resigned the speakership on June 6, 1989, then resigned from the House on June 30, 1989.

Source: Office of the Clerk: U.S. House of Representatives.
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