Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives (Sortable)
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# |
Office Holder |
Party |
Entered Office | Age |
Left Office | Age |
Tenure (y|m|d) |
Died | Age |
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14 |
Robert M. T. Hunter |
Whig |
Dec 16, 1839 | 30 |
Mar 4, 1841 | 31 | 1y | 2m | 16d | Jul 18, 1887 | 78 | |
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7 |
Henry Clay |
Democratic-Republican |
Mar 4, 1811 | 33 |
Jan 19, 1814 | 36 | 2y | 10m | 15d | Jun 29, 1852 | 75 | |
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19 |
Howell Cobb |
Democratic |
Dec 22, 1849 | 34 |
Mar 4, 1851 | 35 | 1y | 2m | 10d | Oct 9, 1868 | 53 | |
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3 |
Jonathan Dayton |
Federalist |
Dec 7, 1795 | 35 |
Mar 4, 1799 | 38 | 3y | 2m | 25d | Oct 9, 1824 | 63 | |
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22 |
James Lawrence Orr |
Democratic |
Dec 7, 1857 | 35 |
Mar 3, 1859 | 36 | 1y | 2m | 24d | May 5, 1873 | 50 | |
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9 |
John W. Taylor |
Democratic-Republican |
Nov 15, 1820 | 36 |
Mar 4, 1821 | 36 | 0y | 3m | 17d | Sep 18, 1854 | 70 | |
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8 |
Langdon Cheves |
Democratic-Republican |
Jan 19, 1814 | 37 |
Mar 4, 1815 | 38 | 1y | 1m | 13d | Jun 26, 1857 | 80 | |
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24 |
Galusha A. Grow |
Republican |
Jul 4, 1861 | 37 |
Mar 4, 1863 | 39 | 1y | 8m | 0d | Mar 31, 1907 | 83 | |
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7 |
Henry Clay |
Democratic-Republican |
Mar 4, 1815 | 37 |
Oct 28, 1820 | 43 | 5y | 7m | 24d | Jun 29, 1852 | 75 | |
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12 |
John Bell |
Whig |
Jun 2, 1834 | 38 |
Mar 4, 1835 | 39 | 0y | 9m | 2d | Sep 10, 1869 | 73 | |
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10 |
Philip Pendleton Barbour |
Democratic-Republican |
Dec 4, 1821 | 38 |
Mar 4, 1823 | 39 | 1y | 3m | 0d | Feb 25, 1841 | 57 | |
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27 |
James G. Blaine |
Republican |
Mar 4, 1869 | 39 |
Mar 4, 1875 | 45 | 6y | 0m | 0d | Jan 27, 1893 | 62 | |
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1 |
Frederick Muhlenberg |
Pro-Administration |
Apr 1, 1789 | 39 |
Mar 4, 1791 | 41 | 1y | 11m | 3d | Jun 4, 1801 | 51 | |
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15 |
John White |
Whig |
May 31, 1841 | 39 |
Mar 4, 1843 | 41 | 1y | 9m | 1d | Sep 22, 1845 | 43 | |
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21 |
Nathaniel P. Banks |
Republican |
Feb 2, 1856 | 40 |
Mar 4, 1857 | 41 | 1y | 1m | 2d | Sep 1, 1894 | 78 | |
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13 |
James K. Polk |
Democratic |
Dec 7, 1835 | 40 |
Mar 4, 1839 | 43 | 3y | 2m | 25d | Jun 15, 1849 | 53 | |
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25 |
Schuyler Colfax |
Republican |
Dec 7, 1863 | 40 |
Mar 3, 1869 | 45 | 5y | 2m | 24d | Jan 13, 1885 | 61 | |
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9 |
John W. Taylor |
Democratic-Republican |
Dec 5, 1825 | 41 |
Mar 4, 1827 | 42 | 1y | 2m | 27d | Sep 18, 1854 | 70 | |
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11 |
Andrew Stevenson |
Democratic |
Dec 3, 1827 | 43 |
Jun 2, 1834 | 50 | 6y | 5m | 30d | Jan 25, 1857 | 73 | |
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1 |
Frederick Muhlenberg |
Anti-Administration |
Dec 2, 1793 | 43 |
Mar 4, 1795 | 45 | 1y | 3m | 2d | Jun 4, 1801 | 51 | |
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5 |
Nathaniel Macon |
Democratic-Republican |
Dec 7, 1801 | 43 |
Mar 4, 1807 | 49 | 5y | 2m | 25d | Jun 29, 1837 | 79 | |
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26 |
Theodore M. Pomeroy |
Republican |
Mar 3, 1869 | 44 |
Mar 4, 1869 | 44 | 0y | 0m | 1d | Mar 23, 1905 | 80 | |
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54 |
Paul Ryan |
Republican |
Oct 29, 2015 | 45 |
Jan 2, 2019 | 48 | 3y | 2m | 4d | Living | 51 | |
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30 |
J. Warren Keifer |
Republican |
Dec 5, 1881 | 45 |
Mar 3, 1883 | 47 | 1y | 2m | 26d | Apr 22, 1932 | 96 | |
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7 |
Henry Clay |
Democratic-Republican |
Mar 4, 1823 | 45 |
Mar 4, 1825 | 47 | 2y | 0m | 0d | Jun 29, 1852 | 75 | |
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17 |
John Wesley Davis |
Democratic |
Dec 1, 1845 | 46 |
Mar 4, 1847 | 47 | 1y | 3m | 3d | Aug 22, 1859 | 60 | |
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33 |
Charles Frederick Crisp |
Democratic |
Dec 8, 1891 | 46 |
Mar 4, 1895 | 50 | 3y | 2m | 24d | Oct 23, 1896 | 51 | |
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29 |
Samuel J. Randall |
Democratic |
Dec 4, 1876 | 48 |
Mar 4, 1881 | 52 | 4y | 3m | 0d | Apr 13, 1890 | 61 | |
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28 |
Michael C. Kerr |
Democratic |
Dec 6, 1875 | 48 |
Aug 19, 1876 | 49 | 0y | 8m | 13d | Aug 19, 1876 | 49 | |
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31 |
John G. Carlisle |
Democratic |
Dec 3, 1883 | 49 |
Mar 4, 1889 | 54 | 5y | 3m | 1d | Jul 31, 1910 | 75 | |
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32 |
Thomas Brackett Reed |
Republican |
Dec 4, 1889 | 50 |
Mar 3, 1891 | 51 | 1y | 2m | 27d | Dec 7, 1902 | 63 | |
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20 |
Linn Boyd |
Democratic |
Dec 1, 1851 | 51 |
Mar 3, 1855 | 54 | 3y | 3m | 2d | Dec 17, 1859 | 59 | |
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50 |
Newt Gingrich |
Republican |
Jan 4, 1995 | 51 |
Jan 3, 1999 | 55 | 3y | 11m | 30d | Living | 77 | |
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2 |
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. |
Pro-Administration |
Oct 24, 1791 | 51 |
Mar 4, 1793 | 52 | 1y | 4m | 8d | Aug 7, 1809 | 69 | |
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16 |
John Winston Jones |
Democratic |
Dec 4, 1843 | 52 |
Mar 4, 1845 | 53 | 1y | 3m | 0d | Jan 29, 1848 | 56 | |
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4 |
Theodore Sedgwick |
Federalist |
Dec 2, 1799 | 53 |
Mar 4, 1801 | 54 | 1y | 3m | 2d | Jan 24, 1813 | 66 | |
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38 |
Nicholas Longworth |
Republican |
Dec 7, 1925 | 56 |
Mar 4, 1931 | 61 | 5y | 2m | 25d | Apr 9, 1931 | 61 | |
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32 |
Thomas Brackett Reed |
Republican |
Dec 2, 1895 | 56 |
Mar 3, 1899 | 59 | 3y | 3m | 1d | Dec 7, 1902 | 63 | |
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6 |
Joseph Bradley Varnum |
Democratic-Republican |
Oct 26, 1807 | 56 |
Mar 4, 1811 | 60 | 3y | 4m | 6d | Sep 21, 1821 | 70 | |
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51 |
Dennis Hastert |
Republican |
Jan 6, 1999 | 57 |
Jan 3, 2007 | 65 | 7y | 11m | 28d | Living | 79 | |
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43 |
Sam Rayburn |
Democratic |
Sep 16, 1940 | 58 |
Jan 3, 1947 | 64 | 6y | 3m | 18d | Nov 16, 1961 | 79 | |
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34 |
David B. Henderson |
Republican |
Dec 4, 1899 | 59 |
Mar 4, 1903 | 62 | 3y | 3m | 0d | Feb 25, 1906 | 65 | |
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49 |
Tom Foley |
Democratic |
Jun 6, 1989 | 60 |
Jan 3, 1995 | 65 | 5y | 6m | 28d | Oct 18, 2013 | 84 | |
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36 |
Champ Clark |
Democratic |
Apr 4, 1911 | 61 |
Mar 4, 1919 | 68 | 7y | 11m | 0d | Mar 2, 1921 | 70 | |
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53 |
John Boehner |
Republican |
Jan 5, 2011 | 61 |
Oct 29, 2015 | 65 | 4y | 9m | 24d | Living | 71 | |
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42 |
William B. Bankhead |
Democratic |
Jun 4, 1936 | 62 |
Sep 15, 1940 | 66 | 4y | 3m | 11d | Sep 15, 1940 | 66 | |
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44 |
Joseph William Martin Jr. |
Republican |
Jan 3, 1947 | 62 |
Jan 3, 1949 | 64 | 2y | 0m | 0d | Mar 6, 1968 | 83 | |
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46 |
Carl Albert |
Democratic |
Jan 21, 1971 | 62 |
Jan 3, 1977 | 68 | 5y | 11m | 13d | Feb 4, 2000 | 91 | |
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39 |
John N. Garner |
Democratic |
Dec 7, 1931 | 63 |
Mar 4, 1933 | 64 | 1y | 2m | 25d | Nov 7, 1967 | 98 | |
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23 |
William Pennington |
Republican |
Feb 1, 1860 | 63 |
Mar 4, 1861 | 64 | 1y | 1m | 3d | Feb 16, 1862 | 65 | |
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48 |
Jim Wright |
Democratic |
Jan 6, 1987 | 64 |
Jun 6, 1989 | 66 | 2y | 5m | 0d | May 6, 2015 | 92 | |
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47 |
Tip O'Neill |
Democratic |
Jan 4, 1977 | 64 |
Jan 3, 1987 | 74 | 9y | 11m | 30d | Jan 5, 1994 | 81 | |
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41 |
Joseph W. Byrns Sr. |
Democratic |
Jan 3, 1935 | 65 |
Jun 4, 1936 | 66 | 1y | 5m | 1d | Jun 4, 1936 | 66 | |
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52 |
Nancy Pelosi |
Democratic |
Jan 4, 2007 | 66 |
Jan 3, 2011 | 70 | 3y | 11m | 30d | Living | 80 | |
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43 |
Sam Rayburn |
Democratic |
Jan 3, 1949 | 66 |
Jan 3, 1953 | 70 | 4y | 0m | 0d | Nov 16, 1961 | 79 | |
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35 |
Joseph Gurney Cannon |
Republican |
Nov 9, 1903 | 67 |
Mar 4, 1911 | 74 | 7y | 3m | 23d | Nov 12, 1926 | 90 | |
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37 |
Frederick H. Gillett |
Republican |
May 19, 1919 | 67 |
Mar 3, 1925 | 73 | 5y | 9m | 12d | Jul 31, 1935 | 83 | |
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44 |
Joseph William Martin Jr. |
Republican |
Jan 3, 1953 | 68 |
Jan 3, 1955 | 70 | 2y | 0m | 0d | Mar 6, 1968 | 83 | |
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45 |
John William McCormack |
Democratic |
Jan 10, 1962 | 70 |
Jan 3, 1971 | 79 | 8y | 11m | 24d | Nov 22, 1980 | 88 | |
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40 |
Henry Thomas Rainey |
Democratic |
Mar 9, 1933 | 72 |
Aug 19, 1934 | 73 | 1y | 5m | 10d | Aug 19, 1934 | 73 | |
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43 |
Sam Rayburn |
Democratic |
Jan 3, 1955 | 72 |
Nov 16, 1961 | 79 | 6y | 10m | 13d | Nov 16, 1961 | 79 | |
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52 |
Nancy Pelosi |
Democratic |
Jan 3, 2019 | 78 |
Incumbent | 80 | 2y | 1m | 23d | Living | 80 | |
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18 |
Robert Charles Winthrop |
Whig |
Dec 6, 1847 | 87 |
Mar 4, 1849 | 88 | 1y | 2m | 26d | Feb 22, 1841 | 80 | |