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Speakers of the House by Congress

Congress
Speaker
Years
Party
1st Congress
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg
(1789-1791)
Pro-Administration
2nd Congress
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
(1791-1793)
Federalist
3rd Congress
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg
(1793-1795)
Anti-Administration
4th Congress
Jonathan Dayton
(1795-1797)
Federalist
5th Congress
Jonathan Dayton
(1797-1799)
Federalist
6th Congress
Theodore Sedgwick
(1799-1801)
Federalist
7th Congress
Nathaniel Macon
(1801-1803)
Democratic-Republican
8th Congress
Nathaniel Macon
(1803-1805)
Democratic-Republican
9th Congress
Nathaniel Macon
(1805-1807)
Democratic-Republican
10th Congress
Joseph Bradley Varnum
(1807-1809)
Democratic-Republican
11th Congress
Joseph Bradley Varnum
(1809-1811)
Democratic-Republican
12th Congress
Henry Clay
(1811-1813)
Democratic-Republican
13th Congress
Henry Clay
(1813-1815)
Democratic-Republican
13th Congress
Langdon Cheves
(1813-1815)
Republican
14th Congress
Henry Clay
(1815-1817)
Democratic-Republican
15th Congress
Henry Clay
(1817-1819)
Democratic-Republican
16th Congress
Henry Clay
(1819-1821)
Democratic-Republican
16th Congress
John W. Taylor
(1819-1821)
Republican
17th Congress
Philip Pendleton Barbour
(1821-1823)
Republican
18th Congress
Henry Clay
(1823-1825)
Democratic-Republican
19th Congress
John W. Taylor
(1825-1827)
Republican
20th Congress
Andrew Stevenson
(1827-1829)
Jacksonian
21st Congress
Andrew Stevenson
(1829-1831)
Jacksonian
22nd Congress
Andrew Stevenson
(1831-1833)
Jacksonian
23rd Congress
Andrew Stevenson
(1833-1835)
Jacksonian
23rd Congress
John Bell
(1833-1835)
Democratic
24th Congress
James Knox Polk
(1835-1837)
Jacksonian/Democratic
25th Congress
James Knox Polk
(1837-1839)
Jacksonian/Democratic
26th Congress
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
(1839-1841)
Democratic
27th Congress
John White
(1841-1843)
Whig
28th Congress
John Winston Jones
(1843-1845)
Democratic
29th Congress
John Wesley Davis
(1845-1847)
Democratic
30th Congress
Robert Charles Winthrop
(1847-1849)
Whig
31st Congress
Howell Cobb
(1849-1851)
Democratic
32nd Congress
Linn Boyd
(1851-1853)
Democratic
33rd Congress
Linn Boyd
(1853-1855)
Democratic
34th Congress
Nathaniel Prentice Banks
(1855-1857)
American
35th Congress
James Lawrence Orr
(1857-1859)
Democratic
36th Congress
William Pennington
(1859-1861)
Republican
37th Congress
Galusha Aaron Grow
(1861-1863)
Republican
38th Congress
Schuyler Colfax
(1863-1865)
Republican
39th Congress
Schuyler Colfax
(1865-1867)
Republican
40th Congress
Schuyler Colfax
(1867-1869)
Republican
40th Congress
Theodore Medad Pomeroy
(1867-1869)
Republican
41st Congress
James Gillespie Blaine
(1869-1871)
Republican
42nd Congress
James Gillespie Blaine
(1871-1873)
Republican
43rd Congress
James Gillespie Blaine
(1873-1875)
Republican
44th Congress
Michael Crawford Kerr
(1875-1877)
Democratic
44th Congress
Samuel Jackson Randall
(1875-1877)
Democratic
45th Congress
Samuel Jackson Randall
(1877-1879)
Democratic
46th Congress
Samuel Jackson Randall
(1879-1881)
Democratic
47th Congress
Joseph Warren Keifer
(1881-1883)
Republican
48th Congress
John Griffin Carlisle
(1883-1885)
Democratic
49th Congress
John Griffin Carlisle
(1885-1887)
Democratic
50th Congress
John Griffin Carlisle
(1887-1889)
Democratic
51st Congress
Thomas Brackett Reed
(1889-1891)
Republican
52nd Congress
Charles Frederick Crisp
(1891-1893)
Democratic
53rd Congress
Charles Frederick Crisp
(1893-1895)
Democratic
54th Congress
Thomas Brackett Reed
(1895-1897)
Republican
55th Congress
Thomas Brackett Reed
(1897-1899)
Republican
56th Congress
David Bremner Henderson
(1899-1901)
Republican
57th Congress
David Bremner Henderson
(1901-1903)
Republican
58th Congress
Joseph Gurney Cannon
(1903-1905)
Republican
59th Congress
Joseph Gurney Cannon
(1905-1907)
Republican
60th Congress
Joseph Gurney Cannon
(1907-1909)
Republican
61st Congress
Joseph Gurney Cannon
(1909-1911)
Republican
62nd Congress
James Beauchamp Clark
(1911-1913)
Democratic
63rd Congress
James Beauchamp Clark
(1913-1915)
Democratic
64th Congress
James Beauchamp Clark
(1915-1917)
Democratic
65th Congress
James Beauchamp Clark
(1917-1919)
Democratic
66th Congress
Frederick Huntington Gillett
(1919-1921)
Republican
67th Congress
Frederick Huntington Gillett
(1921-1923)
Republican
68th Congress
Frederick Huntington Gillett
(1923-1925)
Republican
69th Congress
Nicholas Longworth
(1925-1927)
Republican
70th Congress
Nicholas Longworth
(1927-1929)
Republican
71st Congress
Nicholas Longworth
(1929-1931)
Republican
72nd Congress
John Nance Garner
(1931-1933)
Democratic
73rd Congress
Henry Thomas Rainey
(1933-1935)
Democratic
74th Congress
Joseph Wellington Byrns
(1935-1937)
Democratic
74th Congress
William Brockman Bankhead
(1935-1937)
Democratic
75th Congress
William Brockman Bankhead
(1937-1939)
Democratic
76th Congress
William Brockman Bankhead
(1939-1941)
Democratic
76th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1939-1941)
Democratic
77th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1941-1943)
Democratic
78th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1943-1945)
Democratic
79th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1945-1947)
Democratic
80th Congress
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
(1947-1949)
Republican
81st Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1949-1951)
Democratic
82nd Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1951-1953)
Democratic
83rd Congress
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
(1953-1955)
Republican
84th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1955-1957)
Democratic
85th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1957-1959)
Democratic
86th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1959-1961)
Democratic
87th Congress
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
(1961-1963)
Democratic
87th Congress
John William Mccormack
(1961-1963)
Democratic
88th Congress
John William Mccormack
(1963-1965)
Democratic
89th Congress
John William Mccormack
(1965-1967)
Democratic
90th Congress
John William Mccormack
(1967-1969)
Democratic
91st Congress
John William Mccormack
(1969-1971)
Democratic
92nd Congress
Carl Bert Albert
(1971-1973)
Democratic
93rd Congress
Carl Bert Albert
(1973-1975)
Democratic
94th Congress
Carl Bert Albert
(1975-1977)
Democratic
95th Congress
Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr.
(1977-1979)
Democratic
96th Congress
Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr.
(1979-1981)
Democratic
97th Congress
Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr.
(1981-1983)
Democratic
98th Congress
Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr.
(1983-1985)
Democratic
99th Congress
Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr.
(1985-1987)
Democratic
100th Congress
James Claude Wright, Jr.
(1987-1989)
Democratic
101st Congress
James Claude Wright, Jr.
(1989-1991)
Democratic
101st Congress
Thomas Stephen Foley
(1989-1991)
Democratic
102nd Congress
Thomas Stephen Foley
(1991-1993)
Democratic
103rd Congress
Thomas Stephen Foley
(1993-1995)
Democratic
104th Congress
Newton Leroy Gingrich
(1995-1997)
Republican
105th Congress
Newton Leroy Gingrich
(1997-1999)
Republican
106th Congress
John Dennis Hastert
(1999-2001)
Republican
107th Congress
John Dennis Hastert
(2001-2003)
Republican
108th Congress
John Dennis Hastert
(2003-2005)
Republican
109th Congress
John Dennis Hastert
(2005-2007)
Republican
110th Congress
Nancy Pelosi
(2007-2009)
Democratic
111th Congress
Nancy Pelosi
(2009-2011)
Democratic
112th Congress
John Andrew Boehner
(2011-2013)
Republican
113th Congress
John Andrew Boehner
(2013-2015)
Republican
114th Congress
John Andrew Boehner
(2015-2017)
Republican
114th Congress
Paul D. Ryan
(2015-2017)
Republican
115th Congress
Paul D. Ryan
(2017-2019)
Republican
116th Congress
Nancy Pelosi
(2019-2021)
Democratic
117th Congress
Nancy Pelosi
(2021-2023)
Democratic
118th Congress
Kevin McCarthy
(2023-2023)
Republican
118th Congress
Mike Johnson
(2023-present)
Republican
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