User:RapidsLurker15/Speakers of the United States House of Representatives

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

List of speakers

No.	Speaker	Congress	Term		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
3	Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824)	5th	May 15, 1797 – March 4, 1799	Federalist	NJ-AL
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		NC-6
6	Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1–1821)	10th	October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican	MA-4
6	Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1–1821)	11th	May 22, 1809^[a] – March 4, 1811	Democratic-Republican	MA-4
7	Henry Clay (1777–1852)	12th	November 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813	Democratic-Republican	KY-5
7	Henry Clay (1777–1852)	13th	May 24, 1813 – January 19, 1814^[b]	Democratic-Republican	KY-2
8	Langdon Cheves (1776–1857)	13th	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)	16th	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)	23rd	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
13	James K. Polk (1795–1849)	25th	September 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Democratic	TN-9
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
20	Linn Boyd (1800–1859)	33rd	December 5, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	KY-1
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)	40th	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
33	Charles F. Crisp (1845–1896)	53rd	August 7, 1893 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	GA-3
(32)	Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902)	54th	December 2, 1895 – March 4, 1897	Republican	ME-1
(32)	Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902)	55th	March 15, 1897 – March 4, 1899	Republican	ME-1
34	David B. Henderson (1840–1906)	56th	December 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901	Republican	IA-3
34	David B. Henderson (1840–1906)	57th	December 2, 1901 – March 4, 1903	Republican	IA-3
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		73rd	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)	74th	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)	76th	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
(43)	Sam Rayburn (1882–1961)	82nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	Democratic	TX-4
(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
48	Jim Wright (1922–2015)	101st	January 3, 1989 – June 6, 1989^[b]	Democratic	TX-12
49	Tom Foley (1929–2013)	101st	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
50	Newt Gingrich (born 1943)	105th	January 7, 1997 – January 3, 1999^[e]	Republican	GA-6
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
52	Nancy Pelosi (born 1940)	111th	January 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	CA-8
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)	114th	October 29, 2015^[c] – January 3, 2017	Republican	WI-1
54	Paul Ryan (born 1970)	115th	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019	Republican	WI-1
(52)	Nancy Pelosi (born 1940)	116th	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021	Democratic	CA-12
(52)	Nancy Pelosi (born 1940)	117th	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023	Democratic	CA-12
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] – January 3, 2025	Republican	LA-4
56	Mike Johnson (born 1972)	119th	January 3, 2025 – present^[g]	Republican	LA-4

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Multi-ballot election
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Resigned from office and from Congress
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Intra-term special election
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Died in office
^ Resigned from Congress and declined re-election as speaker
^ Vacated by a vote of the House
^ Mike Johnson's current term as speaker will expire at the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.

Lifespan timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of speakers of the United States House of Representatives. They are listed in order of office (Muhlenberg, Clay, Taylor, Reed, Rayburn, Martin Jr., and Pelosi are shown in order of their first terms).

Living speakers

As of January 2025, there are six living speakers of the House, plus the incumbent, Mike Johnson. The most recent speaker to die was Jim Wright (served 1987–1989) on May 6, 2015. The most recently serving speaker to die was Tom Foley (served 1989–1995) on October 18, 2013. The living speakers, from oldest to youngest, are as follows:

Nancy Pelosi
(served 2007–2011, 2019–2023)
Born (1940-03-26)March 26, 1940
(age 84 years, 283 days)
Dennis Hastert
(served 1999–2007)
Born (1942-01-02)January 2, 1942
(age 83 years, 1 day)
Newt Gingrich
(served 1995–1999)
Born (1943-06-17)June 17, 1943
(age 81 years, 200 days)
John Boehner
(served 2011–2015)
Born (1949-11-17)November 17, 1949
(age 75 years, 47 days)
Kevin McCarthy
(served 2023)
Born (1965-01-26)January 26, 1965
(age 59 years, 343 days)
Paul Ryan
(served 2015–2019)
Born (1970-01-29)January 29, 1970
(age 54 years, 340 days)
Mike Johnson
(served 2023–present)
Born (1972-01-30)January 30, 1972
(age 52 years, 339 days)

Speakers and presidents compared

This table will compare when each speaker was in office and which president was in office.

No.	Speaker	Term	Congress^[a]	Term	President
1	Muhlenberg	1789–1791	1st	1789–1797	Washington	1
2	Trumbull	1791–1793	2nd
(1)	Muhlenberg	1793–1795	3rd
3	Dayton	1795–1797	4th
3	Dayton	1797–1799	5th	1797–1801	J. Adams	2
4	Sedgwick	1799–1801	6th	1797–1801	J. Adams	2
5	Macon	1801–1803	7th	1801–1809	Jefferson	3
		1803–1805	8th
		1805–1807	9th
6	Varnum	1807–1809	10th
6	Varnum	1809–1811	11th	1809–1817	Madison	4
7	Clay	1811–1813	12th
7	Clay	1813–1814	13th
8	Cheves	1814–1815	13th
(7)	Clay	1815–1817	14th
		1817–1819	15th	1817–1825	Monroe	5
		1819–1820	16th
9	Taylor	1820–1821	16th
10	Barbour	1821–1823	17th
(7)	Clay	1823–1825	18th
(9)	Taylor	1825–1827	19th	1825–1829	J. Q. Adams	6
11	Stevenson	1827–1829	20th
		1827–1829	20th
		1829–1831	21st	1829–1837	Jackson	7
		1831–1833	22nd
		1833–1834	23rd
12	Bell	1834–1835	23rd
13	Polk	1835–1837	24th
13	Polk	1837–1839	25th	1837–1841	Van Buren	8
14	Hunter	1839–1841	26th	1837–1841	Van Buren	8
15	White	1841–1843	27th	1841	W. H. Harrison	9
				1841–1845	Tyler	10

16	Jones	1843–1845	28th
17	Davis	1845–1847	29th	1845–1849	Polk	11
18	Winthrop	1847–1849	30th	1845–1849	Polk	11
19	Cobb	1849–1851	31st	1849–1850	Taylor	12
19	Cobb	1849–1851	31st	1850–1853	Fillmore	13
20	Boyd	1851–1853	32nd	1850–1853	Fillmore	13
20	Boyd	1853–1855	33rd	1853–1857	Pierce	14
21	Banks	1856–1857	34th	1853–1857	Pierce	14
22	Orr	1857–1859	35th	1857–1861	Buchanan	15
23	Pennington	1860–1861	36th	1857–1861	Buchanan	15
24	Grow	1861–1863	37th	1861–1865	Lincoln	16
25	Colfax	1863–1865	38th
		1863–1865	38th
		1865–1867	39th	1865–1869	A. Johnson	17
		1867–1869	40th
		1867–1869
26	Pomeroy	1869
27	Blaine	1869–1871	41st	1869–1877	Grant	18
		1871–1873	42nd
		1873–1875	43rd
28	Kerr	1875–1876	44th
29	Randall	1876–1877	44th
		1877–1879	45th	1877–1881	Hayes	19
		1879–1881	46th	1877–1881	Hayes	19
30	Keifer	1881–1883	47th	1881	Garfield	20
30	Keifer	1881–1883	47th	1881–1885	Arthur	21
31	Carlisle	1883–1885	48th	1881–1885	Arthur	21
		1885–1887	49th	1885–1889	Cleveland	22
		1887–1889	50th	1885–1889	Cleveland	22
32	Reed	1889–1891	51st	1889–1893	B. Harrison	23
33	Crisp	1891–1893	52nd	1889–1893	B. Harrison	23
33	Crisp	1893–1895	53rd	1893–1897	Cleveland	24
(32)	Reed	1895–1897	54th	1893–1897	Cleveland	24
(32)	Reed	1897–1899	55th	1897–1901	McKinley	25
34	Henderson	1899–1901	56th	1897–1901	McKinley	25
34	Henderson	1901–1903	57th	1901–1909	T. Roosevelt	26
35	Cannon	1903–1905	58th
		1905–1907	59th
		1907–1909	60th
		1909–1911	61st	1909–1913	Taft	27
36	Clark	1911–1913	62nd	1909–1913	Taft	27
		1913–1915	63rd	1913–1921	Wilson	28
		1915–1917	64th
		1917–1919	65th
37	Gillett	1919–1921	66th
		1921–1923	67th	1921–1923	Harding	29
		1923–1925	68th	1923–1929	Coolidge	30
38	Longworth	1925–1927	69th
		1927–1929	70th
		1929–1931	71st	1929–1933	Hoover	31
39	Garner	1931–1933	72nd	1929–1933	Hoover	31
40	Rainey	1933–1934	73rd	1933–1945	F. D. Roosevelt	32
41	Byrns	1935–1936	74th
42	Bankhead	1936–1937	74th
		1937–1939	75th
		1939–1940	76th
43	Rayburn	1940–1941	76th
		1941–1943	77th
		1943–1945	78th
		1945–1947	79th	1945–1953	Truman	33
44	Martin	1947–1949	80th
(43)	Rayburn	1949–1951	81st
(43)	Rayburn	1951–1953	82nd
(44)	Martin	1953–1955	83rd	1953–1961	Eisenhower	34
(43)	Rayburn	1955–1957	84th
		1957–1959	85th
		1959–1961	86th
		1961	87th	1961–1963	Kennedy	35
45	McCormack	1962–1963	87th	1961–1963	Kennedy	35
		1963–1965	88th	1963–1969	L. B. Johnson	36
		1965–1967	89th
		1967–1969	90th
		1969–1971	91st	1969–1974	Nixon	37
46	Albert	1971–1973	92nd
		1973–1975	93rd
		1973–1975	93rd	1974–1977	Ford	38
		1975–1977	94th	1974–1977	Ford	38
47	O'Neill	1977–1979	95th	1977–1981	Carter	39
		1979–1981	96th	1977–1981	Carter	39
		1981–1983	97th	1981–1989	Reagan	40
		1983–1985	98th
		1985–1987	99th
48	Wright	1987–1989	100th
48	Wright	1989	101st	1989–1993	G. H. W. Bush	41
49	Foley	1989–1991	101st
		1991–1993	102nd
		1993–1995	103rd	1993–2001	Clinton	42
50	Gingrich	1995–1997	104th
50	Gingrich	1997–1999	105th
51	Hastert	1999–2001	106th
		2001–2003	107th	2001–2009	G. W. Bush	43
		2003–2005	108th
		2005–2007	109th
52	Pelosi	2007–2009	110th
52	Pelosi	2009–2011	111th	2009–2017	Obama	44
53	Boehner	2011–2013	112th
		2013–2015	113th
		2015	114th
54	Ryan	2015–2017	114th
54	Ryan	2017–2019	115th	2017–2021	Trump	45
(52)	Pelosi	2019–2021	116th	2017–2021	Trump	45
(52)	Pelosi	2021–2023	117th	2021–	Biden	46
55	McCarthy	2023	118th
56	Johnson	2023–2025	118th
56	Johnson	2025–	119th	2025–	Trump	47

Notes

^ Beginning with the 74th Congress, congressional sessions and presidential terms no longer begin on the same day (March 4), with Congresses beginning on January 3 and presidential terms beginning on January 20. Presidents who served after the 74th Congress will be shown alongside the Congresses that mostly align with their presidency (e.g. Joe Biden is aligned with the 117th and 118th Congresses, but not the 119th Congress).

[multi-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Multi-ballot election

[resigned-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Resigned from office and from Congress

[intraterm-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Intra-term special election

[died-4] Died in office

[5] Resigned from Congress and declined re-election as speaker

[vacated-6] Vacated by a vote of the House

[7] Mike Johnson's current term as speaker will expire at the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.

[8] Beginning with the 74th Congress, congressional sessions and presidential terms no longer begin on the same day (March 4), with Congresses beginning on January 3 and presidential terms beginning on January 20. Presidents who served after the 74th Congress will be shown alongside the Congresses that mostly align with their presidency (e.g. Joe Biden is aligned with the 117th and 118th Congresses, but not the 119th Congress).

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