List of Speakers of The United States House of Representatives - List of Speakers By Time in Office

List of Speakers By Time in Office

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 70001000000000000001 year, 7002341000000000000341 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

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