List of Speakers
| # | Speaker | Party | District | Congress | Tenure |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 9th | December 2, 1805 — March 4, 1807 |
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| 7 | Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts-4 | 10th | October 26, 1807 — March 4, 1809 |
| 11th | May 22, 1809 — March 4, 1811 |
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| 8 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky-3 | 12th | November 4, 1811 — March 4, 1813 |
| Kentucky-2 | 13th | May 24, 1813 — January 19, 1814 |
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| 9 | Langdon Cheves | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina-1 | January 19, 1814 — March 4, 1815 |
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| 10 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky-2 | 14th | December 4, 1815 — March 4, 1817 |
| 15th | December 1, 1817 — March 4, 1819 |
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| 16th | December 6, 1819 — October 28, 1820 |
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| 11 | John W. Taylor | Democratic-Republican | New York-11 | November 15, 1820 — March 4, 1821 |
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| 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 |
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| 22nd | December 5, 1831 — March 4, 1833 |
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| Virginia-11 | 23rd | December 2, 1833 — June 2, 1834 |
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| 16 | John Bell | Whig | Tennessee-7 | 23rd | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 40th | March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869 |
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| 30 | Theodore M. Pomeroy | Republican | New York-24 | March 3, 1869 — March 4, 1869 |
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| 31 | James G. Blaine | Republican | Maine-3 | 41st | March 4, 1869 — March 4, 1871 |
| 42nd | March 4, 1871 — March 4, 1873 |
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| 43rd | March 4, 1873 — March 4, 1875 |
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| 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 |
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| 45th | October 15, 1877 — March 4, 1879 |
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| 46th | March 18, 1879 — March 4, 1881 |
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| 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 |
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| 50th | December 5, 1887 — March 4, 1889 |
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| 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 |
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| 38 | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | Maine-1 | 54th | December 2, 1895 — March 4, 1897 |
| 55th | March 15, 1897 — March 4, 1899 |
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| 39 | David B. Henderson | Republican | Iowa-3 | 56th | December 4, 1899 — March 4, 1901 |
| 57th | December 2, 1901 — March 4, 1903 |
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| 40 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois-18 | 58th | November 9, 1903 — March 4, 1905 |
| 59th | December 4, 1905 — March 4, 1907 |
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| 60th | December 2, 1907 — March 4, 1909 |
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| 61st | March 15, 1909 — March 4, 1911 |
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| 41 | Champ Clark | Democratic | Missouri-9 | 62nd | April 4, 1911 — March 4, 1913 |
| 63rd | April 7, 1913 — March 4, 1915 |
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| 64th | December 6, 1915 — March 4, 1917 |
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| 65th | April 2, 1917 — March 4, 1919 |
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| 42 | Frederick Gillett | Republican | Massachusetts-2 | 66th | May 19, 1919 — March 4, 1921 |
| 67th | April 11, 1921 — March 4, 1923 |
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| 68th | December 3, 1923 — March 4, 1925 |
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| 43 | Nicholas Longworth | Republican | Ohio-1 | 69th | December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927 |
| 70th | December 5, 1927 — March 4, 1929 |
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| 71st | April 15, 1929 — March 4, 1931 |
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| 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 |
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| 75th | January 5, 1937 — January 3, 1939 |
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| 76th | January 3, 1939 — September 15, 1940 |
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| 48 | Sam Rayburn | Democratic | Texas-4 | September 16, 1940 — January 3, 1941 |
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| 77th | January 3, 1941 — January 3, 1943 |
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| 78th | January 6, 1943 — January 3, 1945 |
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| 79th | January 3, 1945 — January 3, 1947 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 86th | January 7, 1959 — January 3, 1961 |
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| 87th | January 3, 1961 — November 16, 1961 |
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| 53 | John William McCormack | Democratic | Massachusetts-12 | January 10, 1962 — January 3, 1963 |
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| Massachusetts-9 | 88th | January 9, 1963 — January 3, 1965 |
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| 89th | January 4, 1965 — January 3, 1967 |
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| 90th | January 10, 1967 — January 3, 1969 |
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| 91st | January 3, 1969 — January 3, 1971 |
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| 54 | Carl Albert | Democratic | Oklahoma-3 | 92nd | January 21, 1971 — January 3, 1973 |
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 — January 3, 1975 |
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| 94th | January 14, 1975 — January 3, 1977 |
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| 55 | Tip O'Neill | Democratic | Massachusetts-8 | 95th | January 4, 1977 — January 3, 1979 |
| 96th | January 15, 1979 — January 3, 1981 |
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| 97th | January 5, 1981 — January 3, 1983 |
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| 98th | January 3, 1983 — January 3, 1985 |
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| 99th | January 3, 1985 — January 3, 1987 |
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| 56 | Jim Wright | Democratic | Texas-12 | 100th | January 6, 1987 — January 3, 1989 |
| 101st | January 3, 1989 — June 6, 1989 |
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| 57 | Tom Foley | Democratic | Washington-5 | June 6, 1989 — January 3, 1991 |
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| 102nd | January 3, 1991 — January 3, 1993 |
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| 103rd | January 5, 1993 — January 3, 1995 |
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| 58 | Newt Gingrich | Republican | Georgia-6 | 104th | January 4, 1995 — January 3, 1997 |
| 105th | January 7, 1997 — January 3, 1999 |
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| 59 | Dennis Hastert | Republican | Illinois-14 | 106th | January 6, 1999 — January 3, 2001 |
| 107th | January 3, 2001 — January 3, 2003 |
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| 108th | January 7, 2003 — January 3, 2005 |
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| 109th | January 3, 2005 — January 3, 2007 |
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| 60 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | California-8 | 110th | January 4, 2007 — January 3, 2009 |
| 111th | January 6, 2009 — January 3, 2011 |
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| 61 | John Boehner | Republican | Ohio-8 | 112th | January 5, 2011 – 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.
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