Speakers of the House of Representatives

Name. State. Congress. Term of Service.

F. A Muhlenberg Pennsylvania 1st Congress. April 1, 1789, to March 4, 1791

Jonathan Trumbull Connecticut 2d „ Oct. 24, 1791, to March 4, 1793

F. A. Muhlenberg Pennsylvania 3d „ Dec. 2, 1793, to March 4, 1795

Jonathan Dayton New Jersey 4th „ Dec. 7, 1795, to March 4, 1797

„ „ „ 5th „ May 15, 1797, to March 3, 1799

Theodore Sedgwick Massachusetts 6th „ Dec. 2, 1799, to March 4, 1801

Nathaniel Macon North Carolina 7th „ Dec. 7, 1801, to March 4, 1803

„ „ „ 8th „ Oct. 17, 1803, to March 4, 1805

„ „ „ 9th „ Dec. 2, 1805, to March 4, 1807

Joseph B. Varnum Massachusetts 10th „ Oct. 26, 1807, to March 4, 1809

„ „ „ 11th „ May 22, 1809, to March 4, 1811

Henry Clay Kentucky 12th „ Nov. 4, 1811, to March 4, 1813

„ „ „ 13th „ May 24, 1813, to Jan. 19, 1814

Langdon Cheves S C., 2d Sess. 13th „ Jan. 19, 1814, to March 4, 1815

Henry Clay Kentucky 14th „ Dec. 4, 1815, to March 4, 1817

„ „ „ 15th „ Dec. 1, 1817, to March 4, 1819

„ „ „ 16th „ Dec. 6, 1819, to May 15, 1820

John W. Taylor New York, 2d Sess. 16th „ Nov. 15, 1820, to March 4, 1821

Philip P. Barbour Virginia 17th „ Dec. 4, 1821, to March 4, 1823

Henry Clay Kentucky 18th „ Dec. 1, 1823, to March 4, 1825

John W. Taylor New York 19th „ Dec. 5, 1825, to March 4, 1827

Andrew Stephenson Virginia 20th „ Dec. 3, 1827, to March 4, 1829

„ „ „ 21st „ Dec. 7, 1829, to March 4, 1831

„ „ „ 22d „ Dec. 5, 1831, to March 4, 1833

„ „ „ 23d „ Dec. 2, 1833, to June 2, 1834

John Bell Tennessee, 2d Sess. 23d „ June 2, 1834, to March 4, 1835

James K. Polk „ „ 24th „ Dec. 7, 1835, to March 4, 1837

„ „ „ „ 25th „ Sept. 5, 1837, to March 4, 1839

Robert M. T. Hunter Virginia 26th „ Dec. 16, 1839, to March 4, 1841

John White Kentucky 27th „ May 31, 1841, to March 4, 1843

John W. Jones Virginia 28th „ Dec. 4, 1843, to March 4, 1845

John W. Davis Indiana 29th „ Dec. 1, 1845, to March 4, 1847

Robert C. Winthrop Massachusetts 30th „ Dec. 6, 1847, to March 4, 1849

Howell Cobb Georgia 31st „ Dec. 22, 1849, to March 4, 1851

Linn Boyd Kentucky 32d „ Dec. 1, 1851, to March 4, 1853

„ „ „ 33d „ Dec. 5, 1853, to March 4, 1855

Nathaniel P. Banks Massachusetts 34th „ Feb. 2, 1856, to March 4, 1857

James L. Orr South Carolina 35th „ Dec. 7, 1857, to March 4, 1859

William Pennington New Jersey 36th „ Feb. 1, 1860, to March 4, 1861

Galusha A. Grow Pennsylvania 37th „ July 4, 1861, to March 4, 1863

Schuyler Colfax Indiana 38th „ Dec. 7, 1863, to March 4, 1865

„ „ „ 39th „ Dec. 4, 1865, to March 4, 1867

„ „ „ 40th „ March 4, 1867, to March 4, 1869

James G. Blaine Maine 41st „ March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1871

„ „ „ 42d „ March 4, 1871, to March 4, 1873

„ „ „ 43d „ Dec. 1, 1873, to March 4, 1875

Michael C. Kerr Indiana 44th „ Dec. 6, 1875, to Aug. 20, 1876

Samuel J. Randall Penna., 2d Sess. 44th „ Dec. 4, 1876, to March 4, 1877

„ „ „ „ 45th „ Oct. 15, 1877, to March 4, 1879

„ „ „ „ 46th „ March 18, 1879, to March 4, 1881

Warren B. Keifer Ohio 47th „ Dec. 5, 1881, to March 4, 1883

John G. Carlisle Kentucky 48th „ Dec. 3, 1883, to March 4, 1885

„ „ „ 49th „ Dec. 7, 1885, to March 4, 1887

„ „ „ 50th „ Dec. 5, 1888, to March 4, 1889

Thomas B. Reed Maine 51st „ Dec. 2, 1889, to March 4, 1891