User:Wugapodes/Speakers by age

List of speakers[edit]

The House has elected a speaker 126 times since 1789:^[1] at the start of each of the 116 congresses plus on 10 occasions when an unexpected vacancy arose during a Congress. Of the 54 people who have served as speaker of the House over the past 235 years, 32 served multiple terms; seven of them served nonconsecutive terms: Frederick Muhlenberg, Henry Clay, John W. Taylor, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph W. Martin Jr., Sam Rayburn, and Nancy Pelosi). Altogether, there have been 63 occasions on which a new speaker took office.

As of May 2024 there are four living former speakers of the House: Newt Gingrich, Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, and Paul Ryan. Nancy Pelosi was also among this group prior to reassuming the office in January 2019.

Cong.		Born	Party		District^[a]	Elected	Age at election
1st	Frederick Muhlenberg	(1750-01-01)January 1, 1750		Pro-Administration	Pennsylvania at-large	April 1, 1789 (1789-04-01)	39 years, 90 days
2nd	Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	(1740-03-26)March 26, 1740		Pro-Administration	Connecticut at-large	October 24, 1791 (October 24, 1791)	51 years, 212 days
3rd	Frederick Muhlenberg	(1750-01-01)January 1, 1750		Anti-Administration	Pennsylvania at-large	December 2, 1793 (1793-12-02)	43 years, 335 days
4th	Jonathan Dayton	(1760-10-16)October 16, 1760		Federalist	New Jersey at-large	December 7, 1795 (1795-12-07)	35 years, 52 days
5th	Jonathan Dayton	(1760-10-16)October 16, 1760		Federalist	New Jersey at-large	May 15, 1797 (1797-05-15)	36 years, 211 days
6th	Theodore Sedgwick	(1746-05-09)May 9, 1746		Federalist	Massachusetts 1	December 2, 1799 (1799-12-02)	53 years, 207 days
7th	Nathaniel Macon	(1757-12-17)December 17, 1757		Democratic- Republican	North Carolina 5	December 7, 1801 (December 7, 1801)	43 years, 355 days
8th					North Carolina 6	October 17, 1803 (October 17, 1803)	45 years, 304 days
9th					North Carolina 6	December 2, 1805 (December 2, 1805)	47 years, 350 days
10th	Joseph Bradley Varnum		Democratic- Republican	Massachusetts 4	October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1809
11th	Joseph Bradley Varnum		Democratic- Republican	Massachusetts 4	May 22, 1809^[b] – March 4, 1811
12th	Henry Clay		Democratic- Republican	Kentucky 5	November 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
13th	Henry Clay		Democratic- Republican	Kentucky 2	May 24, 1813 – January 19, 1814^[c]
13th^[d]	Langdon Cheves		Democratic- Republican	South Carolina 1	January 19, 1814 – March 4, 1815
14th	Henry Clay		Democratic- Republican	Kentucky 2	December 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817
15th					December 1, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th					December 6, 1819 – October 28, 1820^[c]
16th^[d]	John W. Taylor		Democratic- Republican	New York 11	November 15, 1820^[b] – March 4, 1821
17th	Philip Pendleton Barbour		Democratic- Republican	Virginia 11	December 4, 1821^[b] – March 4, 1823
18th	Henry Clay		Democratic- Republican	Kentucky 3	December 1, 1823 – March 6, 1825^[c]
19th	John W. Taylor		Adams Republican	New York 17	December 5, 1825^[b] – March 4, 1827
20th	Andrew Stevenson		Jacksonian	Virginia 9	December 3, 1827 – March 4, 1829
21st					December 7, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd					December 5, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd				Virginia 11	December 2, 1833 – June 2, 1834^[c]
23rd^[d]	John Bell		Jacksonian	Tennessee 7	June 2, 1834^[b] – March 4, 1835
24th	James K. Polk		Jacksonian	Tennessee 9	December 7, 1835 – March 4, 1837
25th	James K. Polk		Democratic	Tennessee 9	September 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
26th	Robert M. T. Hunter		Whig	Virginia 9	December 16, 1839^[b] – March 4, 1841
27th	John White		Whig	Kentucky 9	May 31, 1841 – March 4, 1843
28th	John Winston Jones		Democratic	Virginia 6	December 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845
29th	John Wesley Davis		Democratic	Indiana 6	December 1, 1845 – March 4, 1847
30th	Robert Charles Winthrop		Whig	Massachusetts 1	December 6, 1847^[b] – March 4, 1849
31st	Howell Cobb		Democratic	Georgia 6	December 22, 1849^[b] – March 4, 1851
32nd	Linn Boyd		Democratic	Kentucky 1	December 1, 1851 – March 4, 1853
33rd	Linn Boyd		Democratic	Kentucky 1	December 5, 1853 – March 4, 1855
34th	Nathaniel P. Banks		Know Nothing	Massachusetts 7	February 2, 1856^[b] – March 4, 1857
35th	James Lawrence Orr		Democratic	South Carolina 5	December 7, 1857 – March 4, 1859
36th	William Pennington		Republican	New Jersey 5	February 1, 1860^[b] – March 4, 1861
37th	Galusha A. Grow		Republican	Pennsylvania 14	July 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863
38th	Schuyler Colfax		Republican	Indiana 9	December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865
39th					December 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th					March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869^[c]
40th^[d]	Theodore M. Pomeroy		Republican	New York 24	March 3–4, 1869
41st	James G. Blaine		Republican	Maine 3	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
42nd					March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873
43rd					March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
44th	Michael C. Kerr		Democratic	Indiana 3	December 6, 1875 – August 19, 1876^[e]
44th^[d]	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
47th	J. Warren Keifer		Republican	Ohio 8	December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1883
48th	John G. Carlisle		Democratic	Kentucky 6	December 3, 1883 – March 4, 1885
49th					December 7, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th					December 5, 1887 – March 4, 1889
51st	Thomas Brackett Reed		Republican	Maine 1	December 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891
52nd	Charles Frederick Crisp		Democratic	Georgia 3	December 8, 1891 – March 4, 1893
53rd	Charles Frederick Crisp		Democratic	Georgia 3	August 7, 1893 – March 4, 1895
54th	Thomas Brackett Reed		Republican	Maine 1	December 2, 1895 – March 4, 1897
55th	Thomas Brackett Reed		Republican	Maine 1	March 15, 1897 – March 4, 1899
56th	David B. Henderson		Republican	Iowa 3	December 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901
57th	David B. Henderson		Republican	Iowa 3	December 2, 1901 – March 4, 1903
58th	Joseph Gurney Cannon		Republican	Illinois 18	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
62nd	Champ Clark		Democratic	Missouri 9	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
66th	Frederick H. Gillett		Republican	Massachusetts 2	May 19, 1919 – March 4, 1921
67th					April 11, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th					December 5, 1923^[b] – March 4, 1925
69th	Nicholas Longworth		Republican	Ohio 1	December 7, 1925 – March 4, 1927
70th					December 5, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st					April 15, 1929 – March 4, 1931
72nd	John Nance Garner		Democratic	Texas 15	December 7, 1931 – March 4, 1933
73rd	Henry Thomas Rainey		Democratic	Illinois 20	March 9, 1933 – August 19, 1934^[e]
74th	Joseph W. Byrns Sr.		Democratic	Tennessee 5	January 3, 1935 – June 4, 1936^[e]
74th^[d]	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^[e]
76th^[d]	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
80th	Joseph W. Martin Jr.		Republican	Massachusetts 14	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
81st	Sam Rayburn		Democratic	Texas 4	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
82nd	Sam Rayburn		Democratic	Texas 4	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
83rd	Joseph W. Martin Jr.		Republican	Massachusetts 14	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
84th	Sam Rayburn		Democratic	Texas 4	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^[e]
87th^[d]	John W. McCormack		Democratic	Massachusetts 12	January 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963
88th				Massachusetts 9	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
92nd	Carl Albert		Democratic	Oklahoma 3	January 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973
93rd					January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th					January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977
95th	Tip O'Neill		Democratic	Massachusetts 8	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
100th	Jim Wright		Democratic	Texas 12	January 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
101st	Jim Wright		Democratic	Texas 12	January 3, 1989 – June 6, 1989^[c]
101st^[d]	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
104th	Newt Gingrich		Republican	Georgia 6	January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th	Newt Gingrich		Republican	Georgia 6	January 7, 1997 – January 3, 1999^[c]
106th	Dennis Hastert		Republican	Illinois 14	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
110th	Nancy Pelosi		Democratic	California 8	January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009
111th	Nancy Pelosi		Democratic	California 8	January 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011
112th	John Boehner		Republican	Ohio 8	January 5, 2011 – January 3, 2013
113th					January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
114th					January 6, 2015 – October 29, 2015^[c]
114th^[d]	Paul Ryan		Republican	Wisconsin 1	October 29, 2015 – January 3, 2017
115th	Paul Ryan		Republican	Wisconsin 1	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
116th	Nancy Pelosi		Democratic	California 12	January 3, 2019 – present
Pro-Administration (2)^[f] • Anti-Administration (1)^[f] • Federalist (2) • Democratic-Republican (6)^[g] • Adams Republican (1)^[g] • Jacksonian (3)^[h] • Democratic (22)^[h] • Whig (3) • Know Nothing (1) • Republican (16)

Notes[edit]

^ The district listed is the district the speaker represented at the time they were in office, which may be different in different Congresses due to redistricting.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Cite error: The named reference multi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Resigned from office and from Congress.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Intra-term special election.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Died in office.
^ ^a ^b Frederick Muhlenberg served as speaker twice in the 1790s, before political factions coalesced into formal parties; initially he identified with the pro–administration faction, but later he aligned himself with the anti–administration faction.
^ ^a ^b John Taylor served as speaker twice in the 1820s; initially he was as a member of the Democratic–Republican Party, and later, when the party began to fracture, he sided with its pro–Adams faction.
^ ^a ^b During James K. Polk's tenure as speaker the Jacksonian bloc amalgamated into the modern Democratic Party.

Timeline[edit]

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[distnumb-2] The district listed is the district the speaker represented at the time they were in office, which may be different in different Congresses due to redistricting.

[multi-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Cite error: The named reference multi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[resigned-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Resigned from office and from Congress.

[intraterm-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Intra-term special election.

[died-6] Died in office.

[Muhlenberg-7] Frederick Muhlenberg served as speaker twice in the 1790s, before political factions coalesced into formal parties; initially he identified with the pro–administration faction, but later he aligned himself with the anti–administration faction.

[Taylor-8] John Taylor served as speaker twice in the 1820s; initially he was as a member of the Democratic–Republican Party, and later, when the party began to fracture, he sided with its pro–Adams faction.

[Jacksonians-9] During James K. Polk's tenure as speaker the Jacksonian bloc amalgamated into the modern Democratic Party.

[HouseHAA-1] Cite error: The named reference HouseHAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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