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The following is a list of speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

List of speakers

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No. Image Speaker Congress Term Party District
1 Frederick Muhlenberg
(1750–1801)
1st April 1, 1789 – March 4, 1791   Pro-Administration PA-AL
2 Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
(1740–1809)
2nd October 24, 1791 – March 4, 1793   Pro-Administration CT-AL
(1) Frederick Muhlenberg
(1750–1801)
3rd December 2, 1793[a] – March 4, 1795   Anti-Administration PA-AL
3 Jonathan Dayton
(1760–1824)
4th December 7, 1795 – March 4, 1797   Federalist NJ-AL
5th May 15, 1797 – March 4, 1799
4 Theodore Sedgwick
(1746–1813)
6th December 2, 1799[a] – March 4, 1801   Federalist MA-1
5 Nathaniel Macon
(1757–1837)
7th December 7, 1801 – March 4, 1803   Democratic-Republican NC-5
8th October 17, 1803 – March 4, 1805 NC-6
9th December 2, 1805[a] – March 4, 1807
6 Joseph Bradley Varnum
(1750/1–1821)
10th October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1809   Democratic-Republican MA-4
11th May 22, 1809[a] – March 4, 1811
7 Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
12th November 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813   Democratic-Republican KY-5
13th May 24, 1813 – January 19, 1814[b] KY-2
8 Langdon Cheves
(1776–1857)
January 19, 1814[c] – March 4, 1815   Democratic-Republican SC-1
(7) Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
14th December 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817   Democratic-Republican KY-2
15th December 1, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th December 6, 1819 – October 28, 1820[b]
9 John W. Taylor
(1784–1854)
November 15, 1820[a][c] – March 4, 1821   Democratic-Republican NY-11
10 Philip P. Barbour
(1783–1841)
17th December 4, 1821[a] – March 4, 1823   Democratic-Republican VA-11
(7) Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
18th December 1, 1823 – March 6, 1825[b]   Democratic-Republican KY-3
(9) John W. Taylor
(1784–1854)
19th December 5, 1825[a] – March 4, 1827   National Republican
(Pro-Adams)
NY-17
11 Andrew Stevenson
(1784–1857)
20th December 3, 1827 – March 4, 1829   Jacksonian VA-9
21st December 7, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd December 5, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd December 2, 1833 – June 2, 1834[b] VA-11
12 John Bell
(1796–1869)
June 2, 1834[a][c] – March 4, 1835   Jacksonian TN-7
13 James K. Polk
(1795–1849)
24th December 7, 1835 – March 4, 1837   Jacksonian TN-9
25th September 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839   Democratic
14 Robert M. T. Hunter
(1809–1887)
26th December 16, 1839[a] – March 4, 1841   Whig VA-9
15 John White
(1802–1845)
27th May 31, 1841 – March 4, 1843   Whig KY-9
16 John Winston Jones
(1791–1848)
28th December 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845   Democratic VA-6
17 John Wesley Davis
(1799–1859)
29th December 1, 1845 – March 4, 1847   Democratic IN-6
18 Robert C. Winthrop
(1809–1894)
30th December 6, 1847[a] – March 4, 1849   Whig MA-1
19 Howell Cobb
(1815–1868)
31st December 22, 1849[a] – March 4, 1851   Democratic GA-6
20 Linn Boyd
(1800–1859)
32nd December 1, 1851 – March 4, 1853   Democratic KY-1
33rd December 5, 1853 – March 4, 1855
21 Nathaniel P. Banks
(1816–1894)
34th February 2, 1856[a] – March 4, 1857   American MA-7
22 James Lawrence Orr
(1822–1873)
35th December 7, 1857 – March 4, 1859   Democratic SC-5
23 William Pennington
(1796–1862)
36th February 1, 1860[a] – March 4, 1861   Republican NJ-5
24 Galusha A. Grow
(1823–1907)
37th July 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863   Republican PA-14
25 Schuyler Colfax
(1823–1885)
38th December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865   Republican IN-9
39th December 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869[b]
26 Theodore M. Pomeroy
(1824–1905)
March 3, 1869[c] – March 4, 1869   Republican NY-24
(to be filled in later)
55 Kevin McCarthy
(born 1965)
118th January 7, 2023 – October 3, 2023   Republican CA-20
Patrick McHenry
(born 1975)
Pro tempore
October 3, 2023 – October 25, 2023   Republican NC-10
56 Mike Johnson
(born 1972)
October 25, 2023 – present   Republican LA-4

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Multi-ballot election
  2. ^ a b c d e Resigned from office and from Congress
  3. ^ a b c d Intra-term special election