List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives

This is a complete list of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives as of 2013. Each was chosen since the First United States Congress session in 1789. It includes the congressional district and political affiliation of each speaker as well as the number of their Congress and time they spent in the position.

List of Speakers

#	Speaker	Party	District	Congress	Tenure
1	Frederick Muhlenberg	Pro-Administration	Pennsylvania-AL	1st	April 1, 1789 — March 4, 1791
2	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	Pro-Administration	Connecticut-4th	2nd	October 24, 1791 — March 4, 1793
3	Frederick Muhlenberg	Anti-Administration	Pennsylvania-AL	3rd	December 2, 1793 — March 4, 1795
4	Jonathan Dayton	Federalist	New Jersey-AL	4th	December 7, 1795 — March 4, 1797
				5th	May 15, 1797 — March 4, 1799
5	Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	Massachusetts-1	6th	December 2, 1799 — March 4, 1801
6	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	North Carolina-5	7th	December 7, 1801 — March 4, 1803
			North Carolina-6	8th	October 17, 1803 — March 4, 1805
				9th	December 2, 1805 — March 4, 1807
7	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	Massachusetts-4	10th	October 26, 1807 — March 4, 1809
				11th	May 22, 1809 — March 4, 1811
8	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky-3	12th	November 4, 1811 — March 4, 1813
			Kentucky-2	13th	May 24, 1813 — January 19, 1814
9	Langdon Cheves	Democratic-Republican	South Carolina-1		January 19, 1814 — March 4, 1815
10	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky-2	14th	December 4, 1815 — March 4, 1817
				15th	December 1, 1817 — March 4, 1819
				16th	December 6, 1819 — October 28, 1820
11	John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	New York-11		November 15, 1820 — March 4, 1821
12	Philip Pendleton Barbour	Democratic-Republican	Virginia-11	17th	December 4, 1821 — March 4, 1823
13	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky-3	18th	December 1, 1823 — March 4, 1825
14	John W. Taylor	National Republican	New York-17	19th	December 5, 1825 — March 4, 1827
15	Andrew Stevenson	Democratic	Virginia-9	20th	December 3, 1827 — March 4, 1829
				21st	December 7, 1829 — March 4, 1831
				22nd	December 5, 1831 — March 4, 1833
			Virginia-11	23rd	December 2, 1833 — June 2, 1834
16	John Bell	Whig	Tennessee-7		June 2, 1834 — March 4, 1835
17	James Polk	Democratic	Tennessee-9	24th	December 7, 1835 — March 4, 1837
				25th	September 4, 1837 — March 4, 1839
18	Robert M. T. Hunter	Whig	Virginia-9	26th	December 16, 1839 — March 4, 1841
19	John White	Whig	Kentucky-9	27th	May 31, 1841 — March 4, 1843
20	John Winston Jones	Democratic	Virginia-6	28th	December 4, 1843 — March 4, 1845
21	John Wesley Davis	Democratic	Indiana-6	29th	December 1, 1845 — March 4, 1847
22	Robert Charles Winthrop	Whig	Massachusetts-1	30th	December 6, 1847 — March 4, 1849
23	Howell Cobb	Democratic	Georgia-6	31st	December 22, 1849 — March 4, 1851
24	Linn Boyd	Democratic	Kentucky-1	32nd	December 1, 1851 — March 4, 1853
				33rd	December 5, 1853 — March 4, 1855
25	Nathaniel P. Banks	American/Republican*	Massachusetts-7	34th	February 2, 1856 — March 4, 1857
26	James Lawrence Orr	Democratic	South Carolina-5	35th	December 7, 1857 — March 4, 1859
27	William Pennington	Republican	New Jersey-5	36th	February 1, 1860 — March 4, 1861
28	Galusha A. Grow	Republican	Pennsylvania-14	37th	July 4, 1861 — March 4, 1863
29	Schuyler Colfax	Republican	Indiana-9	38th	December 7, 1863 — March 4, 1865
				39th	December 4, 1865 — March 4, 1867
				40th	March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869
30	Theodore M. Pomeroy	Republican	New York-24		March 3, 1869 — March 4, 1869
31	James G. Blaine	Republican	Maine-3	41st	March 4, 1869 — March 4, 1871
				42nd	March 4, 1871 — March 4, 1873
				43rd	March 4, 1873 — March 4, 1875
32	Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	Indiana-3	44th	December 6, 1875 — August 19, 1876
33	Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	Pennsylvania-3		December 4, 1876 — March 4, 1877
				45th	October 15, 1877 — March 4, 1879
				46th	March 18, 1879 — March 4, 1881
34	J. Warren Keifer	Republican	Ohio-8	47th	December 5, 1881 — March 4, 1883
35	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	Kentucky-6	48th	December 3, 1883 — March 4, 1885
				49th	December 7, 1885 — March 4, 1887
				50th	December 5, 1887 — March 4, 1889
36	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Maine-1	51st	December 2, 1889 — March 4, 1891
37	Charles Frederick Crisp	Democratic	Georgia-3	52nd	December 8, 1891 — March 4, 1893
				53rd	August 7, 1893 — March 4, 1895
38	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Maine-1	54th	December 2, 1895 — March 4, 1897
				55th	March 15, 1897 — March 4, 1899
39	David B. Henderson	Republican	Iowa-3	56th	December 4, 1899 — March 4, 1901
				57th	December 2, 1901 — March 4, 1903
40	Joseph Gurney Cannon	Republican	Illinois-18	58th	November 9, 1903 — March 4, 1905
				59th	December 4, 1905 — March 4, 1907
				60th	December 2, 1907 — March 4, 1909
				61st	March 15, 1909 — March 4, 1911
41	Champ Clark	Democratic	Missouri-9	62nd	April 4, 1911 — March 4, 1913
				63rd	April 7, 1913 — March 4, 1915
				64th	December 6, 1915 — March 4, 1917
				65th	April 2, 1917 — March 4, 1919
42	Frederick Gillett	Republican	Massachusetts-2	66th	May 19, 1919 — March 4, 1921
				67th	April 11, 1921 — March 4, 1923
				68th	December 3, 1923 — March 4, 1925
43	Nicholas Longworth	Republican	Ohio-1	69th	December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927
				70th	December 5, 1927 — March 4, 1929
				71st	April 15, 1929 — March 4, 1931
44	John Nance Garner	Democratic	Texas-15	72nd	December 7, 1931 — March 4, 1933
45	Henry Thomas Rainey	Democratic	Illinois-20	73rd	March 9, 1933 — August 19, 1934
46	Joseph Wellington Byrns	Democratic	Tennessee-5	74th	January 3, 1935 — June 4, 1936
47	William B. Bankhead	Democratic	Alabama-7		June 4, 1936 — January 3, 1937
				75th	January 5, 1937 — January 3, 1939
				76th	January 3, 1939 — September 15, 1940
48	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Texas-4		September 16, 1940 — January 3, 1941
				77th	January 3, 1941 — January 3, 1943
				78th	January 6, 1943 — January 3, 1945
				79th	January 3, 1945 — January 3, 1947
49	Joseph William Martin, Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts-14	80th	January 3, 1947 — January 3, 1949
50	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Texas-4	81st	January 3, 1949 — January 3, 1951
				82nd	January 3, 1951 — January 3, 1953
51	Joseph William Martin, Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts-14	83rd	January 3, 1953 — January 3, 1955
52	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Texas-4	84th	January 3, 1955 — January 3, 1957
				85th	January 3, 1957 — January 3, 1959
				86th	January 7, 1959 — January 3, 1961
				87th	January 3, 1961 — November 16, 1961
53	John William McCormack	Democratic	Massachusetts-12		January 10, 1962 — January 3, 1963
			Massachusetts-9	88th	January 9, 1963 — January 3, 1965
				89th	January 4, 1965 — January 3, 1967
				90th	January 10, 1967 — January 3, 1969
				91st	January 3, 1969 — January 3, 1971
54	Carl Albert	Democratic	Oklahoma-3	92nd	January 21, 1971 — January 3, 1973
				93rd	January 3, 1973 — January 3, 1975
				94th	January 14, 1975 — January 3, 1977
55	Tip O'Neill	Democratic	Massachusetts-8	95th	January 4, 1977 — January 3, 1979
				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
56	Jim Wright	Democratic	Texas-12	100th	January 6, 1987 — January 3, 1989
				101st	January 3, 1989 — June 6, 1989
57	Tom Foley	Democratic	Washington-5		June 6, 1989 — January 3, 1991
				102nd	January 3, 1991 — January 3, 1993
				103rd	January 5, 1993 — January 3, 1995
58	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Georgia-6	104th	January 4, 1995 — January 3, 1997
				105th	January 7, 1997 — January 3, 1999
59	Dennis Hastert	Republican	Illinois-14	106th	January 6, 1999 — January 3, 2001
				107th	January 3, 2001 — January 3, 2003
				108th	January 7, 2003 — January 3, 2005
				109th	January 3, 2005 — January 3, 2007
60	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	California-8	110th	January 4, 2007 — January 3, 2009
				111th	January 6, 2009 — January 3, 2011
61	John Boehner	Republican	Ohio-8	112th	January 5, 2011 – January 2, 2013
				113th	January 3, 2013 – Present

* Note: Banks, a former Democrat originally elected as a Know Nothing, had come to be associated with the Republicans by the time the 34th Congress convened. Because the Republicans did not command a majority in Congress, and Banks did not receive any votes from Democrats or southern Know Nothings, Banks, after two months of deadlocked balloting, could only be elected after a motion was passed allowing the election of a speaker by plurality vote.

List of Speakers by time in office

17 years, 53 days Sam Rayburn from 1940 to 1947, 1949 to 1953, and 1955 to 1961

9 years, 350 days Tip O'Neill from 1977 to 1987

8 years, 344 days John W. McCormack from 1962 to 1971

4 years Nancy Pelosi from 2007 to 2011. The first woman in United States history to serve as Speaker.

275 days John Bell from 1834 to 1835

257 days Michael C. Kerr from 1875 to 1876

1 day Theodore M. Pomeroy in 1869

This list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Time after adjournment of one Congress but before the convening of the next Congress is not counted. For example, Nathaniel Macon was Speaker in both the 8th and 9th Congresses, but the eight-month gap between the two Congresses is not counted toward his service.

Sam Rayburn is the only person to have served as Speaker of the House for more than ten years.

Theodore M. Pomeroy served as Speaker of the House for one day after Speaker Schuyler Colfax resigned to become Vice President of the United States; Pomeroy's term as a Member of Congress ended the next day.

Sam Rayburn, Henry Clay, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph William Martin, Jr., Frederick Muhlenberg, and John W. Taylor are the only Speakers of the House to have ever served in non-consecutive Congresses (i.e. another Speaker served in between each tenure).

# in office	Speaker	Time	Rank
48/50/52	Sam Rayburn	17 years, 53 days	1
55	Tip O'Neill	9 years, 350 days	2
53	John W. McCormack	8 years, 344 days	3
59	Dennis Hastert	70007000000000000007 years, 7002359000000000000359 days	4
41	Champ Clark	6 years, 357 days	5
8/10/13	Henry Clay	6 years, 231 days	6
54	Carl Albert	5 years, 337 days	7
40	Joseph Gurney Cannon	5 years, 285 days	8
57	Tom Foley	70005000000000000005 years, 7002209000000000000209 days	9
31	James G. Blaine	5 years, 93 days	10
42	Frederick H. Gillett	4 years, 341 days	11
29	Schuyler Colfax	4 years, 176 days	12
36/38	Thomas Brackett Reed	4 years, 172 days	13
43	Nicholas Longworth	4 years, 133 days	14
47	William B. Bankhead	70004000000000000004 years, 7002102000000000000102 days	15
15	Andrew Stevenson	4 years, 83 days	16
49/51	Joseph William Martin, Jr.	4 years	17
60	Nancy Pelosi	70003000000000000003 years, 7002363000000000000363 days	18
58	Newt Gingrich	70003000000000000003 years, 7002361000000000000361 days	19
6	Nathaniel Macon	3 years, 317 days	20
35	John G. Carlisle	3 years, 267 days	21
33	Samuel J. Randall	3 years, 215 days	22
1/3	Frederick Muhlenberg	3 years, 64 days	23
7	Joseph Bradley Varnum	3 years, 49 days	24
4	Jonathan Dayton	3 years, 14 days	25
37	Charles Frederick Crisp	2 years, 295 days	26
17	James K. Polk	2 years, 268 days	27
24	Linn Boyd	2 years, 182 days	28
39	David B. Henderson	2 years, 182 days	29
56	Jim Wright	70002000000000000002 years, 7002151000000000000151 days	30
61	John Boehner	70002000000000000002 years, 7002135000000000000135 days	31
19	John White	70001000000000000001 year, 7002277000000000000277 days	32
28	Galusha A. Grow	70001000000000000001 year, 7002243000000000000243 days	33
11/14	John W. Taylor	1 year, 198 days	34
45	Henry Thomas Rainey	70001000000000000001 year, 7002163000000000000163 days	35
46	Joseph W. Byrns, Sr.	70001000000000000001 year, 7002153000000000000153 days	36
2	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	70001000000000000001 year, 7002131000000000000131 days	37
21	John Wesley Davis	70001000000000000001 year, 700193000000000000093 days	38
5	Theodore Sedgwick	70001000000000000001 year, 700192000000000000092 days	39
12	Philip Pendleton Barbour	70001000000000000001 year, 700190000000000000090 days	40
20	John Winston Jones	70001000000000000001 year, 700190000000000000090 days	41
34	J. Warren Keifer	70001000000000000001 year, 700189000000000000089 days	42
22	Robert Charles Winthrop	70001000000000000001 year, 700188000000000000088 days	43
26	James Lawrence Orr	70001000000000000001 year, 700187000000000000087 days	44
44	John Nance Garner	70001000000000000001 year, 700187000000000000087 days	45
18	Robert M. T. Hunter	70001000000000000001 year, 700178000000000000078 days	46
23	Howell Cobb	70001000000000000001 year, 700172000000000000072 days	47
9	Langdon Cheves	70001000000000000001 year, 700144000000000000044 days	48
27	William Pennington	70001000000000000001 year, 700131000000000000031 days	49
25	Nathaniel P. Banks	70001000000000000001 year, 700130000000000000030 days	50
16	John Bell	275 days	51
32	Michael C. Kerr	257 days	52
30	Theodore M. Pomeroy	1 day	53

Number of Speakers per State

• Referring to individual

Number	State
8	Massachusetts
4	Kentucky
	Virginia
3	Georgia
	Illinois
	Indiana
	Ohio
	Pennsylvania
	Tennessee
	Texas
	South Carolina
2	Maine
	Connecticut
	New Jersey
	New York
1	Alabama
	California
	Iowa
	Missouri
	North Carolina
	Oklahoma
	Washington

Living former Speakers

As of January 2011, there are five living former Speakers. The most recent Speaker to die was Carl Albert (1971–1977), on February 4, 2000. The most recently serving Speaker to die was Tip O'Neill (1977–1987), on January 5, 1994.

Speaker	Years in office	Date of birth
Jim Wright	1987–1989	(1922-12-22) December 22, 1922
Tom Foley	1989–1995	(1929-03-26) March 26, 1929
Newt Gingrich	1995–1999	(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943
Dennis Hastert	1999–2007	(1942-01-02) January 2, 1942
Nancy Pelosi	2007–2011	(1940-03-26) March 26, 1940

External links

• "Capitol Questions." C-SPAN (2003). Notable elections and role.
• Speaker of the House of Representatives. (2005). Official Website. Information about role as party leader, powers as presiding officer.