Speakers of the House in Numerical Order
| Speaker Name | Date Elected | Congress (Years) | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg | Apr 1, 1789 Dec 2, 1793 | 1st (1789–1791) 3rd (1793–1795) | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | Jonathan Trumbull | Oct 24, 1791 | 2nd (1791–1793) | Connecticut |
| 3 | Jonathan Dayton | Dec 7, 1795 May 15, 1797 | 4th (1795–1797) 5th (1797–1799) | New Jersey |
| 4 | Theodore Sedgwick | Dec 2, 1799 | 6th (1799–1801) | Massachusetts |
| 5 | Nathaniel Macon | Dec 7, 1801 Oct 17, 1803 Dec 2, 1805 | 7th (1801–1803) 8th (1803–1805) 9th (1805–1807) | North Carolina |
| 6 | Joseph B. Varnum | Oct 26, 1807 May 22, 1809 | 10th (1807–1809) 11th (1809–1811) | Massachusetts |
| 7 | Henry Clay | Nov 4, 1811 May 24, 18131 Dec 4, 1815 Dec 1, 1817 Dec 6, 18192 Dec 1, 1823 | 12th (1811–1813) 13th (1813–1815) 14th (1815–1817) 15th (1817–1819) 16th (1819–1821) 18th (1823–1825) | Kentucky |
| 8 | Langdon Cheves | Jan 19, 18143 | 13th (1813–1815) | South Carolina |
| 9 | John W. Taylor | Nov 15, 18204 Dec 5, 1825 | 16th (1819–1821) 19th (1825–1827) | New York |
| 10 | Philip P. Barbour | Dec 4, 1821 | 17th (1821–1823) | Virginia |
| 11 | Andrew Stevenson | Dec 3, 1827 Dec 7, 1829 Dec 5, 1831 Dec 2, 18335 | 20th (1827–1829) 21st (1829–1831) 22nd (1831–1833) 23rd (1833–1835) | Virginia |
| 12 | John Bell | Jun 2, 18346 | 23rd (1833–1835) | Tennessee |
| 13 | James K. Polk | Dec 7, 1835 Sep 4, 1837 | 24th (1835–1837) 25th (1837–1839) | Tennessee |
| 14 | Robert M.T. Hunter | Dec 16, 1839 | 26th (1839–1841) | Virginia |
| 15 | John White | May 31, 1841 | 27th (1841–1843) | Kentucky |
| 16 | John W. Jones | Dec 4, 1843 | 28th (1843–1845) | Virginia |
| 17 | John W. Davis | Dec 1, 1845 | 29th (1845–1847) | Indiana |
| 18 | Robert C. Winthrop | Dec 6, 1847 | 30th (1847–1849) | Massachusetts |
| 19 | Howell Cobb | Dec 22, 1849 | 31st (1849–1851) | Georgia |
| 20 | Linn Boyd | Dec 1, 1851 Dec 5, 1853 | 32nd (1851–1853) 33rd (1853–1855) | Kentucky |
| 21 | Nathaniel P. Banks | Feb 2, 1856 | 34th (1855–1857) | Massachusetts |
| 22 | James L. Orr | Dec 7, 1857 | 35th (1857–1859) | South Carolina |
| 23 | William Pennington | Feb 1, 1860 | 36th (1859–1861) | New Jersey |
| 24 | Galusha Grow | July 4, 1861 | 37th (1861–1863) | Pennsylvania |
| 25 | Schuyler Colfax | Dec 7, 1863 Dec 4, 1865 Mar 4, 18677 | 38th (1863–1865) 39th (1865–1867) 40th (1867–1869) | Indiana |
| 26 | Theodore M. Pomeroy | Mar 3, 18698 | 40th (1867–1869) | New York |
| 27 | James G. Blaine | Mar 4, 1869 Mar 4, 1871 Dec 1, 1873 | 41st (1869–1871) 42nd (1871–1873) 43rd (1873–1875) | Maine |
| 28 | Michael C. Kerr | Dec 6, 18759 | 44th (1875–1877) | Indiana |
| 29 | Samuel J. Randall | Dec 4, 187610 Oct 15, 1877 Mar 18, 1879 | 44th (1875–1877) 45th (1877–1879) 46th (1879–1881) | Pennsylvania |
| 30 | J. Warren Keifer | Dec 5, 1881 | 47th (1881–1883) | Ohio |
| 31 | John G. Carlisle | Dec 3, 1883 Dec 7, 1885 Dec 5, 1887 | 48th (1883–1885) 49th (1885–1887) 50th (1887–1889) | Kentucky |
| 32 | Thomas Brackett Reed | Dec 2, 1889 Dec 2, 1895 Mar 15, 1897 | 51st (1889–1891) 54th (1895–1897) 55th (1897–1899) | Maine |
| 33 | Charles F. Crisp | Dec 8, 1891 Aug 7, 1893 | 52nd (1891–1893) 53rd (1893–1895) | Georgia |
| 34 | David B. Henderson | Dec 4, 1899 Dec 2, 1901 | 56th (1899–1901) 57th (1901–1903) | Iowa |
| 35 | Joseph G. Cannon | Nov 9, 1903 Dec 4, 1905 Dec 2, 1907 Mar 15, 1909 | 58th (1903–1905) 59th (1905–1907) 60th (1907–1909) 61st (1909–1911) | Illinois |
| 36 | Champ Clark | Apr 4, 1911 Apr 7, 1913 Dec 6, 1915 Apr 2, 1917 | 62nd (1911–1913) 63rd (1913–1915) 64th (1915–1917) 65th (1917–1919) | Missouri |
| 37 | Frederick H. Gillett | May 19, 1919 Apr 11, 1921 Dec 5, 1923 | 66th (1919–1921) 67th (1921–1923) 68th (1923–1925) | Massachusetts |
| 38 | Nicholas Longworth | Dec 7, 1925 Dec 5, 1927 Apr 15, 1929 | 69th (1925–1927) 70th (1927–1929) 71st (1929–1931) | Ohio |
| 39 | John N. Garner | Dec 7, 1931 | 72nd (1931–1933) | Texas |
| 40 | Henry T. Rainey | Mar 9, 193311 | 73rd (1933–1935) | Illinois |
| 41 | Joseph W. Byrns | Jan 3, 193512 | 74th (1935–1937) | Tennessee |
| 42 | William B. Bankhead | Jun 4, 193613 Jan 5, 1937 Jan 3, 193914 | 74th (1935–1937) 75th (1937–1939) 76th (1939–1941) | Alabama |
| 43 | Sam Rayburn | Sep 16, 194015
Jan 3, 1941 Jan 6, 1943 Jan 3, 1945 Jan 3, 1949 Jan 3, 1951 Jan 5, 1955 Jan 3, 1957 Jan 7, 1959 Jan 3, 196116 | 76th (1939–1941) 77th (1941–1943) 78th (1943–1945) 79th (1945–1947) 81st (1949–1951) 82nd (1951–1953) 84th (1955–1957) 85th (1957–1959) 86th (1959–1961) 87th (1961–1963) | Texas |
| 44 | Joseph W. Martin | Jan 3, 1947 Jan 3, 1953 | 80th (1947–1949) 83rd (1953–1955) | Massachusetts |
| 45 | John W. McCormack | Jan 10, 196217 Jan 9, 1963 Jan 4, 1965 Jan 10, 1967 Jan 3, 1969 | 87th (1961–1963) 88th (1963–1965) 89th (1965–1967) 90th (1967–1969) 91st (1969–1971) | Massachusetts |
| 46 | Carl B. Albert | Jan 21, 1971 Jan 3, 1973 Jan 14, 1975 | 92nd (1971–1973) 93rd (1973–1975) 94th (1975–1977) | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Jr. | Jan 4, 1977 Jan 15, 1979 Jan 5, 1981 Jan 3, 1983 Jan 3, 1985 | 95th (1977–1979) 96th (1979–1981) 97th (1981–1983) 98th (1983–1985) 99th (1985–1987) | Massachusetts |
| 48 | Jim Wright | Jan 6, 1987 Jan 3, 198918 | 100th (1987–1989) 101st (1989–1991) | Texas |
| 49 | Thomas S. Foley | Jun 6, 198919 Jan 3, 1991 Jan 5, 1993 | 101st (1989–1991) 102nd (1991–1993) 103rd (1993–1995) | Washington |
| 50 | Newt Gingrich | Jan 4, 1995 Jan 7, 1997 | 104th (1995–1997) 105th (1997–1999) | Georgia |
| 51 | J. Dennis Hastert | Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 Jan 7, 2003 Jan 4, 2005 | 106th (1999–2001) 107th (2001–2003) 108th (2003–2005) 109th (2005–2007) | Illinois |
| 52 | Nancy Pelosi | Jan 4, 2007 Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 | 110th (2007–2009) 111th (2009–2011) 116th (2019–2021) 117th (2021–2023) | California |
| 53 | John A. Boehner | Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 Jan 6, 201520 | 112th (2011–2013) 113th (2013–2015) 114th (2015–2017) | Ohio |
| 54 | Paul D. Ryan | Oct 29, 201521 Jan 3, 2017 | 114th (2015–2017) 115th (2017–2019) | Wisconsin |
| 55 | Kevin McCarthy | Jan 7, 202322 | 118th (2023–2025) | California |
Footnotes
1Henry Clay resigned from the House of Representatives on January 19, 1814.
2Henry Clay resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives on October 28, 1820.
3Langdon Cheves was elected Speaker on January 19, 1814, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Speaker Clay.
4John W. Taylor was elected Speaker on November 15, 1820, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Speaker Clay.
5Andrew Stevenson resigned from the House of Representatives on June 2, 1834.
6John Bell was elected Speaker on June 2, 1834, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Speaker Stevenson.
7Schuyler Colfax was not a candidate for renomination to the House of Representatives in 1868, having become the Republican nominee for Vice President and was successfully elected to that office. He resigned from the House one day before the end of the 40th Congress.
8Theodore Pomeroy was elected Speaker on March 3, 1869, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Speaker Colfax, and served one day.
9Michael Kerr died in office, August 19, 1876.
10Samuel Randall was elected Speaker on December 4, 1876, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Speaker Kerr.
11Henry Rainey died in office, August 19, 1934.
12Joseph Byrns died in office, June 4, 1936.
13William Bankhead was elected Speaker on June 4, 1936, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Speaker Byrns.
14William Bankhead died in office, September 15, 1940.
15Sam Rayburn was elected Speaker on September 16, 1940, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Speaker Bankhead.
16Sam Rayburn died in office, November 16, 1961.
17John McCormack was elected Speaker on January 10, 1962, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Speaker Rayburn.
18Jim Wright resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives on June 6, 1989.
19Tom Foley was elected Speaker on June 6, 1989, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Speaker Wright.
20John Boehner resigned as Speaker of the House on October 29, 2015.
21Paul Ryan was elected Speaker on October 29, 2015, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Speaker Boehner.
22Elected Speaker on calendar day January 7, 2023, and legislative day January 6, 2023.