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THE SPEAKER, in the hierarchical order of political leadership, is the fourth highest official in the Philippine government. He presides over the session; decides on all questions of order, subject to appeal by any member; signs all acts, resolutions, memorials, writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by or upon order of the House; appoints, suspends, dismisses or disciplines House personnel; and exercise administrative functions.
The Speaker is elected by a majority vote of all the Members at the commencement of each Congress.
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who is elected by the majority party to lead the House. The speaker presides over debate, appoints members of select and
conference committees, establishes the legislative agenda, maintains order within the House, and administers the oath of office to House members. The individual in this office is second in the line of presidential succession, following the vice
president. The table provides a complete list of speakers of the House of Representatives.
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Speakers of the United States House of Representatives
1 | Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 1st | 1789–91 |
2 | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Federalist | Connecticut | 2nd | 1791–93 |
3 | Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | 3rd | 1793–95 |
4 | Jonathan Dayton | Federalist | New Jersey | 4th and 5th | 1795–99 |
5 | Theodore Sedgwick | Federalist | Massachusetts | 6th | 1799–1801 |
6 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | 7th, 8th, and 9th | 1801–07 |
7 | Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | 10th and 11th | 1807–11 |
8 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 12th and 13th | 1811–14 |
9 | Langdon Cheves | Republican | South Carolina | 13th | 1814–15 |
10 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 14th, 15th, and 16th | 1815–20 |
11 | John W. Taylor | Republican | New York | 16th | 1820–21 |
12 | Philip Pendleton Barbour | Republican | Virginia | 17th | 1821–23 |
13 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 18th | 1823–25 |
14 | John W. Taylor | Republican | New York | 19th | 1825–27 |
15 | Andrew Stevenson | Jacksonian | Virginia | 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd | 1827–34 |
16 | John Bell | Democratic | Tennessee | 23rd | 1834–35 |
17 | James Polk | Jacksonian/Democratic | Tennessee | 24th and 25th | 1835–39 |
18 | Robert M.T. Hunter | Democratic | Virginia | 26th | 1839–41 |
19 | John White | Whig | Kentucky | 27th | 1841–43 |
20 | John Winston Jones | Democratic | Virginia | 28th | 1843–45 |
21 | John Wesley Davis | Democratic | Indiana | 29th | 1845–47 |
22 | Robert Charles Winthrop | Whig | Massachusetts | 30th | 1847–49 |
23 | Howell Cobb | Democratic | Georgia | 31st | 1849–51 |
24 | Linn Boyd | Democratic | Kentucky | 32nd and 33rd | 1851–55 |
25 | Nathaniel Prentice Banks | American | Massachusetts | 34th | 1855–57 |
26 | James Lawrence Orr | Democratic | South Carolina | 35th | 1857–59 |
27 | William Pennington | Republican | New Jersey | 36th | 1859–61 |
28 | Galusha A. Grow | Republican | Pennsylvania | 37th | 1861–63 |
29 | Schuyler Colfax | Republican | Indiana | 38th, 39th, and 40th | 1863–69 |
30 | Theodore Medad Pomeroy | Republican | New York | 40th | 1869 |
31 | James G. Blaine | Republican | Maine | 41st, 42nd, and 43rd | 1869–75 |
32 | Michael Crawford Kerr | Democratic | Indiana | 44th | 1875–76 |
33 | Samuel Jackson Randall | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 44th, 45th, and 46th | 1876–81 |
34 | Joseph Warren Keifer | Republican | Ohio | 47th | 1881–83 |
35 | John Griffin Carlisle | Democratic | Kentucky | 48th, 49th, and 50th | 1883–89 |
36 | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | Maine | 51st | 1889–91 |
37 | Charles Frederick Crisp | Democratic | Georgia | 52nd and 53rd | 1891–95 |
38 | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | Maine | 54th and 55th | 1895–99 |
39 | David B. Henderson | Republican | Iowa | 56th and 57th | 1899–1903 |
40 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois | 58th, 59th, 60th, and 61st | 1903–11 |
41 | James Beauchamp Clark | Democratic | Missouri | 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th | 1911–19 |
42 | Frederick Gillett | Republican | Massachusetts | 66th, 67th, and 68th | 1919–25 |
43 | Nicholas Longworth | Republican | Ohio | 69th, 70th, and 71st | 1925–31 |
44 | John Nance Garner | Democratic | Texas | 72nd | 1931–33 |
45 | Henry T. Rainey | Democratic | Illinois | 73rd | 1933–35 |
46 | Joseph Wellington Byrns | Democratic | Tennessee | 74th | 1935–36 |
47 | William Brockman Bankhead | Democratic | Alabama | 74th, 75th, and 76th | 1936–40 |
48 | Samuel T. Rayburn | Democratic | Texas | 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th | 1940–47 |
49 | Joseph W. Martin, Jr. | Republican | Massachusetts | 80th | 1947–49 |
50 | Samuel T. Rayburn | Democratic | Texas | 81st and 82nd | 1949–53 |
51 | Joseph W. Martin, Jr. | Republican | Massachusetts | 83rd | 1953–55 |
52 | Samuel T. Rayburn | Democratic | Texas | 84th, 85th, 86th, and 87th | 1955–61 |
53 | John W. McCormack | Democratic | Massachusetts | 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st | 1962–71 |
54 | Carl B. Albert | Democratic | Oklahoma | 92nd, 93rd, and 94th | 1971–77 |
55 | Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. | Democratic | Massachusetts | 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th | 1977–87 |
56 | James C. Wright, Jr. | Democratic | Texas | 100th and 101st | 1987–89 |
57 | Thomas S. Foley | Democratic | Washington | 101st, 102nd, 103rd | 1989–95 |
58 | Newt Gingrich | Republican | Georgia | 104th and 105th | 1995–99 |
59 | J. Dennis Hastert | Republican | Illinois | 106th, 107th, 108th, and 109th | 1999–2007 |
60 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | California | 110th and 111th | 2007–2011 |
61 | John Boehner | Republican | Ohio | 112th, 113th, and 114th | 2011–15 |
62 | Paul Ryan | Republican | Wisconsin | 114th and 115th | 2015–19 |
63 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | California | 116th and 117th | 2019– |
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.