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The following is a list of speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

List of speakers

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No. Image Speaker Congress Term Party District
1 Frederick Muhlenberg
(1750–1801)
1st April 1, 1789 – March 4, 1791   Pro-Administration PA-AL
2 Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
(1740–1809)
2nd October 24, 1791 – March 4, 1793   Pro-Administration CT-AL
(1) Frederick Muhlenberg
(1750–1801)
3rd December 2, 1793[a] – March 4, 1795   Anti-Administration PA-AL
3 Jonathan Dayton
(1760–1824)
4th December 7, 1795 – March 4, 1797   Federalist NJ-AL
5th May 15, 1797 – March 4, 1799
4 Theodore Sedgwick
(1746–1813)
6th December 2, 1799[a] – March 4, 1801   Federalist MA-1
5 Nathaniel Macon
(1757–1837)
7th December 7, 1801 – March 4, 1803   Democratic-Republican NC-5
8th October 17, 1803 – March 4, 1805 NC-6
9th December 2, 1805[a] – March 4, 1807
6 Joseph Bradley Varnum
(1750/1–1821)
10th October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1809   Democratic-Republican MA-4
11th May 22, 1809[a] – March 4, 1811
7 Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
12th November 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813   Democratic-Republican KY-5
13th May 24, 1813 – January 19, 1814[b] KY-2
8 Langdon Cheves
(1776–1857)
January 19, 1814[c] – March 4, 1815   Democratic-Republican SC-1
(7) Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
14th December 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817   Democratic-Republican KY-2
15th December 1, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th December 6, 1819 – October 28, 1820[b]
9 John W. Taylor
(1784–1854)
November 15, 1820[a][c] – March 4, 1821   Democratic-Republican NY-11
10 Philip P. Barbour
(1783–1841)
17th December 4, 1821[a] – March 4, 1823   Democratic-Republican VA-11
(7) Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
18th December 1, 1823 – March 6, 1825[b]   Democratic-Republican KY-3
(9) John W. Taylor
(1784–1854)
19th December 5, 1825[a] – March 4, 1827   National Republican
(Pro-Adams)
NY-17
11 Andrew Stevenson
(1784–1857)
20th December 3, 1827 – March 4, 1829   Jacksonian VA-9
21st December 7, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd December 5, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd December 2, 1833 – June 2, 1834[b] VA-11
12 John Bell
(1796–1869)
June 2, 1834[a][c] – March 4, 1835   Jacksonian TN-7
13 James K. Polk
(1795–1849)
24th December 7, 1835 – March 4, 1837   Jacksonian TN-9
25th September 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839   Democratic
14 Robert M. T. Hunter
(1809–1887)
26th December 16, 1839[a] – March 4, 1841   Whig VA-9
15 John White
(1802–1845)
27th May 31, 1841 – March 4, 1843   Whig KY-9
16 John Winston Jones
(1791–1848)
28th December 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845   Democratic VA-6
17 John Wesley Davis
(1799–1859)
29th December 1, 1845 – March 4, 1847   Democratic IN-6
18 Robert C. Winthrop
(1809–1894)
30th December 6, 1847[a] – March 4, 1849   Whig MA-1
19 Howell Cobb
(1815–1868)
31st December 22, 1849[a] – March 4, 1851   Democratic GA-6
20 Linn Boyd
(1800–1859)
32nd December 1, 1851 – March 4, 1853   Democratic KY-1
33rd December 5, 1853 – March 4, 1855
21 Nathaniel P. Banks
(1816–1894)
34th February 2, 1856[a] – March 4, 1857   American MA-7
22 James Lawrence Orr
(1822–1873)
35th December 7, 1857 – March 4, 1859   Democratic SC-5
23 William Pennington
(1796–1862)
36th February 1, 1860[a] – March 4, 1861   Republican NJ-5
24 Galusha A. Grow
(1823–1907)
37th July 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863   Republican PA-14
25 Schuyler Colfax
(1823–1885)
38th December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865   Republican IN-9
39th December 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869[b]
26 Theodore M. Pomeroy
(1824–1905)
March 3, 1869[c] – March 4, 1869   Republican NY-24
27 James G. Blaine
(1830–1893)
41st March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871   Republican ME-3
42nd March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873
43rd March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
28 Michael C. Kerr
(1827–1876)
44th December 6, 1875 – August 19, 1876[d]   Democratic IN-3
Vacant August 19, 1876 – December 4, 1876  
29 Samuel J. Randall
(1828–1890)
December 4, 1876[c] – March 4, 1877   Democratic PA-3
45th October 15, 1877 – March 4, 1879
46th March 18, 1879 – March 4, 1881
30 J. Warren Keifer
(1836–1932)
47th December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1883   Republican OH-8
31 John G. Carlisle
(1834–1910)
48th December 3, 1883 – March 4, 1885   Democratic KY-6
49th December 7, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th December 5, 1887 – March 4, 1889
32 Thomas Brackett Reed
(1839–1902)
51st December 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891   Republican ME-1
33 Charles F. Crisp
(1845–1896)
52nd December 8, 1891 – March 4, 1893   Democratic GA-3
53rd August 7, 1893 – March 4, 1895
(32) Thomas Brackett Reed
(1839–1902)
54th December 2, 1895 – March 4, 1897   Republican ME-1
55th March 15, 1897 – March 4, 1899
34 David B. Henderson
(1840–1906)
56th December 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901   Republican IA-3
57th December 2, 1901 – March 4, 1903
35 Joseph Gurney Cannon
(1836–1926)
58th November 9, 1903 – March 4, 1905   Republican IL-18
59th December 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
60th December 2, 1907 – March 4, 1909
61st March 15, 1909 – March 4, 1911
36 Champ Clark
(1850–1921)
62nd April 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913   Democratic MO-9
63rd April 7, 1913 – March 4, 1915
64th December 6, 1915 – March 4, 1917
65th April 2, 1917 – March 4, 1919
37 Frederick H. Gillett
(1851–1935)
66th May 19, 1919 – March 4, 1921   Republican MA-2
67th April 11, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th December 5, 1923[a] – March 4, 1925
38 Nicholas Longworth
(1869–1931)
69th December 7, 1925 – March 4, 1927   Republican OH-1
70th December 5, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st April 15, 1929 – March 4, 1931
39 John Nance Garner
(1868–1967)
72nd December 7, 1931 – March 4, 1933   Democratic TX-15
40 Henry T. Rainey
(1860–1934)
73rd March 9, 1933 – August 19, 1934[d]   Democratic IL-20
Vacant August 19, 1934 – January 3, 1935  
41 Jo Byrns
(1869–1936)
74th January 3, 1935 – June 4, 1936[d]   Democratic TN-5
42 William B. Bankhead
(1874–1940)
June 4, 1936[c] – January 3, 1937   Democratic AL-7
75th January 5, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th January 3, 1939 – September 15, 1940[d]
43 Sam Rayburn
(1882–1961)
September 16, 1940[c] – January 3, 1941   Democratic TX-4
77th January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
78th January 6, 1943 – January 3, 1945
79th January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
44 Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(1884–1968)
80th January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949   Republican MA-14
(43) Sam Rayburn
(1882–1961)
81st January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951   Democratic TX-4
82nd January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
(44) Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(1884–1968)
83rd January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955   Republican MA-14
(43) Sam Rayburn
(1882–1961)
84th January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957   Democratic TX-4
85th January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th January 7, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th January 3, 1961 – November 16, 1961[d]
Vacant November 16, 1961 – January 10, 1962  
45 John W. McCormack
(1891–1980)
January 10, 1962[c] – January 3, 1963   Democratic MA-12
88th January 9, 1963 – January 3, 1965 MA-9
89th January 4, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th January 10, 1967 – January 3, 1969
91st January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
46 Carl Albert
(1908–2000)
92nd January 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973   Democratic OK-3
93rd January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977
47 Tip O'Neill
(1912–1994)
95th January 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979   Democratic MA-8
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
48 Jim Wright
(1922–2015)
100th January 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989   Democratic TX-12
101st January 3, 1989 – June 6, 1989[b]
49 Tom Foley
(1929–2013)
June 6, 1989[c] – January 3, 1991   Democratic WA-5
102nd January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
103rd January 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995
50 Newt Gingrich
(born 1943)
104th January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997   Republican GA-6
105th January 7, 1997 – January 3, 1999[e]
51 Dennis Hastert
(born 1942)
106th January 6, 1999 – January 3, 2001   Republican IL-14
107th January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
108th January 7, 2003 – January 3, 2005
109th January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
52 Nancy Pelosi
(born 1940)
110th January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009   Democratic CA-8
111th January 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011
53 John Boehner
(born 1949)
112th January 5, 2011 – January 3, 2013   Republican OH-8
113th January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
114th January 6, 2015 – October 29, 2015[b]
54 Paul Ryan
(born 1970)
October 29, 2015[c] – January 3, 2017   Republican WI-1
115th January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
(52) Nancy Pelosi
(born 1940)
116th January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021   Democratic CA-12
117th January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
55 Kevin McCarthy
(born 1965)
118th January 7, 2023[a]October 3, 2023[f]   Republican CA-20
Patrick McHenry
(born 1975)
Pro tempore
October 3, 2023 – October 25, 2023   Republican NC-10
56 Mike Johnson
(born 1972)
October 25, 2023[a][c]present   Republican LA-4
TBA 119th TBA   Republican TBA

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Multi-ballot election
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Resigned from office and from Congress
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Intra-term special election
  4. ^ a b c d e Died in office
  5. ^ Resigned from Congress and declined re-election as speaker
  6. ^ Vacated by a vote of the House