Biography house of representatives majority leader

Congress Term Portrait Name Party District^[d]1stApril 1, 1789
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March 4, 1791 Frederick MuhlenbergPro-AdministrationPennsylvania at-large2ndOctober 24, 1791
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March 4, 1793 Jonathan Trumbull Jr.Connecticut at-large3rdDecember 2, 1793^[e]
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March 4, 1795 Frederick MuhlenbergAnti-AdministrationPennsylvania at-large4thDecember 7, 1795
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March 4, 1797 Jonathan DaytonFederalistNew Jersey at-large

5th

May 15, 1797
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March 4, 1799 6thDecember 2, 1799^[e]
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March 4, 1801 Theodore SedgwickMassachusetts 17thDecember 7, 1801
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March 4, 1803 Nathaniel MaconDemocratic-
RepublicanNorth Carolina 58thOctober 17, 1803
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March 4, 1805 North Carolina 69thDecember 2, 1805^[e]
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March 4, 1807 10thOctober 26, 1807
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March 4, 1809 Joseph Bradley VarnumMassachusetts 411thMay 22, 1809^[e]
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March 4, 1811 12thNovember 4, 1811
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March 4, 1813 Henry ClayKentucky 513thMay 24, 1813
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January 19, 1814^[f]Kentucky 2January 19, 1814^[g]
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March 4, 1815 Langdon ChevesSouth Carolina 114thDecember 4, 1815
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March 4, 1817 Henry ClayKentucky 215thDecember 1, 1817
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March 4, 1819 16thDecember 6, 1819
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October 28, 1820^[f]November 15, 1820^[e][g]
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March 4, 1821 John W.

TaylorNew York 1117thDecember 4, 1821^[e]
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March 4, 1823 Philip P. BarbourVirginia 1118thDecember 1, 1823
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March 6, 1825^[f]Henry ClayKentucky 319thDecember 5, 1825^[e]
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March 4, 1827 John W.

TaylorNational Republican
(Pro-Adams) New York 1720thDecember 3, 1827
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March 4, 1829 Andrew StevensonJacksonianVirginia 921stDecember 7, 1829
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March 4, 1831 22ndDecember 5, 1831
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March 4, 1833 23rdDecember 2, 1833
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June 2, 1834^[f]Virginia 11June 2, 1834^[e][g]
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March 4, 1835 John BellTennessee 724thDecember 7, 1835
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March 4, 1837 James K.

PolkTennessee 925thSeptember 4, 1837
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March 4, 1839 Democratic26thDecember 16, 1839^[e]
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March 4, 1841 Robert Set. T. HunterWhigVirginia 927thMay 31, 1841
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March 4, 1843 John WhiteKentucky 928thDecember 4, 1843
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March 4, 1845 John Winston JonesDemocraticVirginia 629thDecember 1, 1845
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March 4, 1847 John Wesley DavisIndiana 630thDecember 6, 1847^[e]
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March 4, 1849 Robert River WinthropWhigMassachusetts 131stDecember 22, 1849^[e]
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March 4, 1851 Howell CobbDemocraticGeorgia 632ndDecember 1, 1851
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March 4, 1853 Linn BoydKentucky 133rdDecember 5, 1853
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March 4, 1855 34thFebruary 2, 1856^[e]
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March 4, 1857 Nathaniel P.

BanksAmericanMassachusetts 735thDecember 7, 1857
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March 4, 1859 James Laurentius OrrDemocraticSouth Carolina 536thFebruary 1, 1860^[e]
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March 4, 1861 William PenningtonRepublicanNew Jersey 537thJuly 4, 1861
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March 4, 1863 Galusha A.

GrowPennsylvania 1438thDecember 7, 1863
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March 4, 1865 Schuyler ColfaxIndiana 939thDecember 4, 1865
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March 4, 1867 40thMarch 4, 1867
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March 3, 1869^[f]March 3, 1869^[g]
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March 4, 1869 Theodore M.

PomeroyNew York 2441stMarch 4, 1869
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March 4, 1871 James G. BlaineMaine 342ndMarch 4, 1871
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March 4, 1873 43rdMarch 4, 1873
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March 4, 1875 44thDecember 6, 1875
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August 19, 1876^[h]Michael Proverbial saying.

KerrDemocraticIndiana 3December 4, 1876^[g]
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March 4, 1877 Samuel Detail. RandallPennsylvania 345thOctober 15, 1877
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March 4, 1879 46thMarch 18, 1879
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March 4, 1881 47thDecember 5, 1881
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March 4, 1883 J.

Warren KeiferRepublicanOhio 848thDecember 3, 1883
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March 4, 1885 John G. CarlisleDemocraticKentucky 649thDecember 7, 1885
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March 4, 1887 50thDecember 5, 1887
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March 4, 1889 51stDecember 2, 1889
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March 4, 1891 Thomas Brackett ReedRepublicanMaine 152ndDecember 8, 1891
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March 4, 1893 Charles Town CrispDemocraticGeorgia 353rdAugust 7, 1893
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March 4, 1895 54thDecember 2, 1895
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March 4, 1897 Thomas Brackett ReedRepublicanMaine 155thMarch 15, 1897
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March 4, 1899 56thDecember 4, 1899
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March 4, 1901 David B.

HendersonIowa 357thDecember 2, 1901
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March 4, 1903 58thNovember 9, 1903
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March 4, 1905 Joseph Gurney CannonIllinois 1859thDecember 4, 1905
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March 4, 1907 60thDecember 2, 1907
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March 4, 1909 61stMarch 15, 1909
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March 4, 1911 62ndApril 4, 1911
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March 4, 1913 Champ ClarkDemocraticMissouri 963rdApril 7, 1913
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March 4, 1915 64thDecember 6, 1915
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March 4, 1917 65thApril 2, 1917
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March 4, 1919 66thMay 19, 1919
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March 4, 1921 Frederick H.

GillettRepublicanMassachusetts 267thApril 11, 1921
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March 4, 1923 68thDecember 5, 1923^[e]
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March 4, 1925 69thDecember 7, 1925
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March 4, 1927 Nicholas LongworthOhio 170thDecember 5, 1927
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March 4, 1929 71stApril 15, 1929
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March 4, 1931 72ndDecember 7, 1931
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March 4, 1933 John Homosexual GarnerDemocraticTexas 1573rdMarch 9, 1933
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August 19, 1934^[h]Henry Thomas RaineyIllinois 2074thJanuary 3, 1935
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June 4, 1936^[h]Jo ByrnsTennessee 5June 4, 1936^[g]
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January 3, 1937 William B.

BankheadAlabama 775thJanuary 5, 1937
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January 3, 1939 76thJanuary 3, 1939
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September 15, 1940^[h]September 16, 1940^[g]
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January 3, 1941 Sam RayburnTexas 477thJanuary 3, 1941
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January 3, 1943 78thJanuary 6, 1943
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January 3, 1945 79thJanuary 3, 1945
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January 3, 1947 80thJanuary 3, 1947
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January 3, 1949 Joseph W.

Comic Jr.RepublicanMassachusetts 1481stJanuary 3, 1949
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January 3, 1951 Sam RayburnDemocraticTexas 482ndJanuary 3, 1951
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January 3, 1953 83rdJanuary 3, 1953
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January 3, 1955 Joseph W.

Martin Jr.RepublicanMassachusetts 1484thJanuary 3, 1955
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January 3, 1957 Sam RayburnDemocraticTexas 485thJanuary 3, 1957
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January 3, 1959 86thJanuary 7, 1959
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January 3, 1961 87thJanuary 3, 1961
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November 16, 1961^[h]January 10, 1962^[g]
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January 3, 1963 John W.

McCormackMassachusetts 1288thJanuary 9, 1963
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January 3, 1965 Massachusetts 989thJanuary 4, 1965
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January 3, 1967 90thJanuary 10, 1967
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January 3, 1969 91stJanuary 3, 1969
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January 3, 1971 92ndJanuary 21, 1971
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January 3, 1973 Carl AlbertOklahoma 393rdJanuary 3, 1973
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January 3, 1975 94thJanuary 14, 1975
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January 3, 1977 95thJanuary 4, 1977
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January 3, 1979 Tip O'NeillMassachusetts 896thJanuary 15, 1979
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January 3, 1981 97thJanuary 5, 1981
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January 3, 1983 98thJanuary 3, 1983
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January 3, 1985 99thJanuary 3, 1985
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January 3, 1987 100thJanuary 6, 1987
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January 3, 1989 Jim WrightTexas 12101stJanuary 3, 1989
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June 6, 1989^[f]June 6, 1989^[g]
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January 3, 1991 Tom FoleyWashington 5102ndJanuary 3, 1991
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January 3, 1993 103rdJanuary 5, 1993
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January 3, 1995 104thJanuary 4, 1995
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January 3, 1997 Newt GingrichRepublicanGeorgia 6105thJanuary 7, 1997
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January 3, 1999^[i]106thJanuary 6, 1999
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January 3, 2001 Dennis HastertIllinois 14107thJanuary 3, 2001
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January 3, 2003 108thJanuary 7, 2003
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January 3, 2005 109thJanuary 3, 2005
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January 3, 2007 110thJanuary 4, 2007
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January 3, 2009 Nancy PelosiDemocraticCalifornia 8111thJanuary 6, 2009
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January 3, 2011 112thJanuary 5, 2011
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January 3, 2013 John BoehnerRepublicanOhio 8113thJanuary 3, 2013
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January 3, 2015 114thJanuary 6, 2015
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October 29, 2015^[f]October 29, 2015^[g]
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January 3, 2017 Paul RyanWisconsin 1115thJanuary 3, 2017
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January 3, 2019 116thJanuary 3, 2019
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January 3, 2021 Nancy PelosiDemocraticCalifornia 12117thJanuary 3, 2021
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January 3, 2023 118thJanuary 7, 2023^[e]
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October 3, 2023^[j]Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCalifornia 20October 25, 2023^[g][e]
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January 3, 2025

Mike JohnsonLouisiana 4119thJanuary 3, 2025
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