Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives (Sortable)


#	Office Holder	Party	Entered Office \| Age	Left Office \| Age	Tenure (y\|m\|d)	Died \| Age
14	Robert M. T. Hunter	Whig	Dec 16, 1839 \| 30	Mar 4, 1841 \| 31	1y \| 2m \| 16d	Jul 18, 1887 \| 78
7	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Mar 4, 1811 \| 33	Jan 19, 1814 \| 36	2y \| 10m \| 15d	Jun 29, 1852 \| 75
19	Howell Cobb	Democratic	Dec 22, 1849 \| 34	Mar 4, 1851 \| 35	1y \| 2m \| 10d	Oct 9, 1868 \| 53
3	Jonathan Dayton	Federalist	Dec 7, 1795 \| 35	Mar 4, 1799 \| 38	3y \| 2m \| 25d	Oct 9, 1824 \| 63
22	James Lawrence Orr	Democratic	Dec 7, 1857 \| 35	Mar 3, 1859 \| 36	1y \| 2m \| 24d	May 5, 1873 \| 50
9	John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	Nov 15, 1820 \| 36	Mar 4, 1821 \| 36	0y \| 3m \| 17d	Sep 18, 1854 \| 70
8	Langdon Cheves	Democratic-Republican	Jan 19, 1814 \| 37	Mar 4, 1815 \| 38	1y \| 1m \| 13d	Jun 26, 1857 \| 80
24	Galusha A. Grow	Republican	Jul 4, 1861 \| 37	Mar 4, 1863 \| 39	1y \| 8m \| 0d	Mar 31, 1907 \| 83
7	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Mar 4, 1815 \| 37	Oct 28, 1820 \| 43	5y \| 7m \| 24d	Jun 29, 1852 \| 75
12	John Bell	Whig	Jun 2, 1834 \| 38	Mar 4, 1835 \| 39	0y \| 9m \| 2d	Sep 10, 1869 \| 73
10	Philip Pendleton Barbour	Democratic-Republican	Dec 4, 1821 \| 38	Mar 4, 1823 \| 39	1y \| 3m \| 0d	Feb 25, 1841 \| 57
27	James G. Blaine	Republican	Mar 4, 1869 \| 39	Mar 4, 1875 \| 45	6y \| 0m \| 0d	Jan 27, 1893 \| 62
1	Frederick Muhlenberg	Pro-Administration	Apr 1, 1789 \| 39	Mar 4, 1791 \| 41	1y \| 11m \| 3d	Jun 4, 1801 \| 51
15	John White	Whig	May 31, 1841 \| 39	Mar 4, 1843 \| 41	1y \| 9m \| 1d	Sep 22, 1845 \| 43
21	Nathaniel P. Banks	Republican	Feb 2, 1856 \| 40	Mar 4, 1857 \| 41	1y \| 1m \| 2d	Sep 1, 1894 \| 78
13	James K. Polk	Democratic	Dec 7, 1835 \| 40	Mar 4, 1839 \| 43	3y \| 2m \| 25d	Jun 15, 1849 \| 53
25	Schuyler Colfax	Republican	Dec 7, 1863 \| 40	Mar 3, 1869 \| 45	5y \| 2m \| 24d	Jan 13, 1885 \| 61
9	John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	Dec 5, 1825 \| 41	Mar 4, 1827 \| 42	1y \| 2m \| 27d	Sep 18, 1854 \| 70
11	Andrew Stevenson	Democratic	Dec 3, 1827 \| 43	Jun 2, 1834 \| 50	6y \| 5m \| 30d	Jan 25, 1857 \| 73
1	Frederick Muhlenberg	Anti-Administration	Dec 2, 1793 \| 43	Mar 4, 1795 \| 45	1y \| 3m \| 2d	Jun 4, 1801 \| 51
5	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	Dec 7, 1801 \| 43	Mar 4, 1807 \| 49	5y \| 2m \| 25d	Jun 29, 1837 \| 79
26	Theodore M. Pomeroy	Republican	Mar 3, 1869 \| 44	Mar 4, 1869 \| 44	0y \| 0m \| 1d	Mar 23, 1905 \| 80
54	Paul Ryan	Republican	Oct 29, 2015 \| 45	Jan 2, 2019 \| 48	3y \| 2m \| 4d	Living \| 49
30	J. Warren Keifer	Republican	Dec 5, 1881 \| 45	Mar 3, 1883 \| 47	1y \| 2m \| 26d	Apr 22, 1932 \| 96
7	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Mar 4, 1823 \| 45	Mar 4, 1825 \| 47	2y \| 0m \| 0d	Jun 29, 1852 \| 75
17	John Wesley Davis	Democratic	Dec 1, 1845 \| 46	Mar 4, 1847 \| 47	1y \| 3m \| 3d	Aug 22, 1859 \| 60
33	Charles Frederick Crisp	Democratic	Dec 8, 1891 \| 46	Mar 4, 1895 \| 50	3y \| 2m \| 24d	Oct 23, 1896 \| 51
29	Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	Dec 4, 1876 \| 48	Mar 4, 1881 \| 52	4y \| 3m \| 0d	Apr 13, 1890 \| 61
28	Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	Dec 6, 1875 \| 48	Aug 19, 1876 \| 49	0y \| 8m \| 13d	Aug 19, 1876 \| 49
31	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	Dec 3, 1883 \| 49	Mar 4, 1889 \| 54	5y \| 3m \| 1d	Jul 31, 1910 \| 75
32	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Dec 4, 1889 \| 50	Mar 3, 1891 \| 51	1y \| 2m \| 27d	Dec 7, 1902 \| 63
20	Linn Boyd	Democratic	Dec 1, 1851 \| 51	Mar 3, 1855 \| 54	3y \| 3m \| 2d	Dec 17, 1859 \| 59
50	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Jan 4, 1995 \| 51	Jan 3, 1999 \| 55	3y \| 11m \| 30d	Living \| 76
2	Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	Pro-Administration	Oct 24, 1791 \| 51	Mar 4, 1793 \| 52	1y \| 4m \| 8d	Aug 7, 1809 \| 69
16	John Winston Jones	Democratic	Dec 4, 1843 \| 52	Mar 4, 1845 \| 53	1y \| 3m \| 0d	Jan 29, 1848 \| 56
4	Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	Dec 2, 1799 \| 53	Mar 4, 1801 \| 54	1y \| 3m \| 2d	Jan 24, 1813 \| 66
38	Nicholas Longworth	Republican	Dec 7, 1925 \| 56	Mar 4, 1931 \| 61	5y \| 2m \| 25d	Apr 9, 1931 \| 61
32	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Dec 2, 1895 \| 56	Mar 3, 1899 \| 59	3y \| 3m \| 1d	Dec 7, 1902 \| 63
6	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	Oct 26, 1807 \| 56	Mar 4, 1811 \| 60	3y \| 4m \| 6d	Sep 21, 1821 \| 70
51	Dennis Hastert	Republican	Jan 6, 1999 \| 57	Jan 3, 2007 \| 65	7y \| 11m \| 28d	Living \| 77
43	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Sep 16, 1940 \| 58	Jan 3, 1947 \| 64	6y \| 3m \| 18d	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79
34	David B. Henderson	Republican	Dec 4, 1899 \| 59	Mar 4, 1903 \| 62	3y \| 3m \| 0d	Feb 25, 1906 \| 65
49	Tom Foley	Democratic	Jun 6, 1989 \| 60	Jan 3, 1995 \| 65	5y \| 6m \| 28d	Oct 18, 2013 \| 84
36	Champ Clark	Democratic	Apr 4, 1911 \| 61	Mar 4, 1919 \| 68	7y \| 11m \| 0d	Mar 2, 1921 \| 70
53	John Boehner	Republican	Jan 5, 2011 \| 61	Oct 29, 2015 \| 65	4y \| 9m \| 24d	Living \| 69
42	William B. Bankhead	Democratic	Jun 4, 1936 \| 62	Sep 15, 1940 \| 66	4y \| 3m \| 11d	Sep 15, 1940 \| 66
44	Joseph William Martin Jr.	Republican	Jan 3, 1947 \| 62	Jan 3, 1949 \| 64	2y \| 0m \| 0d	Mar 6, 1968 \| 83
46	Carl Albert	Democratic	Jan 21, 1971 \| 62	Jan 3, 1977 \| 68	5y \| 11m \| 13d	Feb 4, 2000 \| 91
39	John N. Garner	Democratic	Dec 7, 1931 \| 63	Mar 4, 1933 \| 64	1y \| 2m \| 25d	Nov 7, 1967 \| 98
23	William Pennington	Republican	Feb 1, 1860 \| 63	Mar 4, 1861 \| 64	1y \| 1m \| 3d	Feb 16, 1862 \| 65
48	Jim Wright	Democratic	Jan 6, 1987 \| 64	Jun 6, 1989 \| 66	2y \| 5m \| 0d	May 6, 2015 \| 92
47	Tip O'Neill	Democratic	Jan 4, 1977 \| 64	Jan 3, 1987 \| 74	9y \| 11m \| 30d	Jan 5, 1994 \| 81
41	Joseph W. Byrns Sr.	Democratic	Jan 3, 1935 \| 65	Jun 4, 1936 \| 66	1y \| 5m \| 1d	Jun 4, 1936 \| 66
52	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007 \| 66	Jan 3, 2011 \| 70	3y \| 11m \| 30d	Living \| 79
43	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Jan 3, 1949 \| 66	Jan 3, 1953 \| 70	4y \| 0m \| 0d	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79
35	Joseph Gurney Cannon	Republican	Nov 9, 1903 \| 67	Mar 4, 1911 \| 74	7y \| 3m \| 23d	Nov 12, 1926 \| 90
37	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	May 19, 1919 \| 67	Mar 3, 1925 \| 73	5y \| 9m \| 12d	Jul 31, 1935 \| 83
44	Joseph William Martin Jr.	Republican	Jan 3, 1953 \| 68	Jan 3, 1955 \| 70	2y \| 0m \| 0d	Mar 6, 1968 \| 83
45	John William McCormack	Democratic	Jan 10, 1962 \| 70	Jan 3, 1971 \| 79	8y \| 11m \| 24d	Nov 22, 1980 \| 88
40	Henry Thomas Rainey	Democratic	Mar 9, 1933 \| 72	Aug 19, 1934 \| 73	1y \| 5m \| 10d	Aug 19, 1934 \| 73
43	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Jan 3, 1955 \| 72	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79	6y \| 10m \| 13d	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79
52	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019 \| 78	Incumbent \| 79	0y \| 9m \| 10d	Living \| 79
18	Robert Charles Winthrop	Whig	Dec 6, 1847 \| 87	Mar 4, 1849 \| 88	1y \| 2m \| 26d	Feb 22, 1841 \| 80


#	Office Holder	Party	Entered Office \| Age	Left Office \| Age	Tenure (y\|m\|d)	Died \| Age
14	Robert M. T. Hunter	Whig	Dec 16, 1839 \| 30	Mar 4, 1841 \| 31	1y \| 2m \| 16d	Jul 18, 1887 \| 78
7	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Mar 4, 1811 \| 33	Jan 19, 1814 \| 36	2y \| 10m \| 15d	Jun 29, 1852 \| 75
19	Howell Cobb	Democratic	Dec 22, 1849 \| 34	Mar 4, 1851 \| 35	1y \| 2m \| 10d	Oct 9, 1868 \| 53
3	Jonathan Dayton	Federalist	Dec 7, 1795 \| 35	Mar 4, 1799 \| 38	3y \| 2m \| 25d	Oct 9, 1824 \| 63
22	James Lawrence Orr	Democratic	Dec 7, 1857 \| 35	Mar 3, 1859 \| 36	1y \| 2m \| 24d	May 5, 1873 \| 50
9	John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	Nov 15, 1820 \| 36	Mar 4, 1821 \| 36	0y \| 3m \| 17d	Sep 18, 1854 \| 70
8	Langdon Cheves	Democratic-Republican	Jan 19, 1814 \| 37	Mar 4, 1815 \| 38	1y \| 1m \| 13d	Jun 26, 1857 \| 80
24	Galusha A. Grow	Republican	Jul 4, 1861 \| 37	Mar 4, 1863 \| 39	1y \| 8m \| 0d	Mar 31, 1907 \| 83
7	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Mar 4, 1815 \| 37	Oct 28, 1820 \| 43	5y \| 7m \| 24d	Jun 29, 1852 \| 75
12	John Bell	Whig	Jun 2, 1834 \| 38	Mar 4, 1835 \| 39	0y \| 9m \| 2d	Sep 10, 1869 \| 73
10	Philip Pendleton Barbour	Democratic-Republican	Dec 4, 1821 \| 38	Mar 4, 1823 \| 39	1y \| 3m \| 0d	Feb 25, 1841 \| 57
27	James G. Blaine	Republican	Mar 4, 1869 \| 39	Mar 4, 1875 \| 45	6y \| 0m \| 0d	Jan 27, 1893 \| 62
1	Frederick Muhlenberg	Pro-Administration	Apr 1, 1789 \| 39	Mar 4, 1791 \| 41	1y \| 11m \| 3d	Jun 4, 1801 \| 51
15	John White	Whig	May 31, 1841 \| 39	Mar 4, 1843 \| 41	1y \| 9m \| 1d	Sep 22, 1845 \| 43
21	Nathaniel P. Banks	Republican	Feb 2, 1856 \| 40	Mar 4, 1857 \| 41	1y \| 1m \| 2d	Sep 1, 1894 \| 78
13	James K. Polk	Democratic	Dec 7, 1835 \| 40	Mar 4, 1839 \| 43	3y \| 2m \| 25d	Jun 15, 1849 \| 53
25	Schuyler Colfax	Republican	Dec 7, 1863 \| 40	Mar 3, 1869 \| 45	5y \| 2m \| 24d	Jan 13, 1885 \| 61
9	John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	Dec 5, 1825 \| 41	Mar 4, 1827 \| 42	1y \| 2m \| 27d	Sep 18, 1854 \| 70
11	Andrew Stevenson	Democratic	Dec 3, 1827 \| 43	Jun 2, 1834 \| 50	6y \| 5m \| 30d	Jan 25, 1857 \| 73
1	Frederick Muhlenberg	Anti-Administration	Dec 2, 1793 \| 43	Mar 4, 1795 \| 45	1y \| 3m \| 2d	Jun 4, 1801 \| 51
5	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	Dec 7, 1801 \| 43	Mar 4, 1807 \| 49	5y \| 2m \| 25d	Jun 29, 1837 \| 79
26	Theodore M. Pomeroy	Republican	Mar 3, 1869 \| 44	Mar 4, 1869 \| 44	0y \| 0m \| 1d	Mar 23, 1905 \| 80
54	Paul Ryan	Republican	Oct 29, 2015 \| 45	Jan 2, 2019 \| 48	3y \| 2m \| 4d	Living \| 49
30	J. Warren Keifer	Republican	Dec 5, 1881 \| 45	Mar 3, 1883 \| 47	1y \| 2m \| 26d	Apr 22, 1932 \| 96
7	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Mar 4, 1823 \| 45	Mar 4, 1825 \| 47	2y \| 0m \| 0d	Jun 29, 1852 \| 75
17	John Wesley Davis	Democratic	Dec 1, 1845 \| 46	Mar 4, 1847 \| 47	1y \| 3m \| 3d	Aug 22, 1859 \| 60
33	Charles Frederick Crisp	Democratic	Dec 8, 1891 \| 46	Mar 4, 1895 \| 50	3y \| 2m \| 24d	Oct 23, 1896 \| 51
29	Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	Dec 4, 1876 \| 48	Mar 4, 1881 \| 52	4y \| 3m \| 0d	Apr 13, 1890 \| 61
28	Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	Dec 6, 1875 \| 48	Aug 19, 1876 \| 49	0y \| 8m \| 13d	Aug 19, 1876 \| 49
31	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	Dec 3, 1883 \| 49	Mar 4, 1889 \| 54	5y \| 3m \| 1d	Jul 31, 1910 \| 75
32	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Dec 4, 1889 \| 50	Mar 3, 1891 \| 51	1y \| 2m \| 27d	Dec 7, 1902 \| 63
20	Linn Boyd	Democratic	Dec 1, 1851 \| 51	Mar 3, 1855 \| 54	3y \| 3m \| 2d	Dec 17, 1859 \| 59
50	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Jan 4, 1995 \| 51	Jan 3, 1999 \| 55	3y \| 11m \| 30d	Living \| 76
2	Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	Pro-Administration	Oct 24, 1791 \| 51	Mar 4, 1793 \| 52	1y \| 4m \| 8d	Aug 7, 1809 \| 69
16	John Winston Jones	Democratic	Dec 4, 1843 \| 52	Mar 4, 1845 \| 53	1y \| 3m \| 0d	Jan 29, 1848 \| 56
4	Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	Dec 2, 1799 \| 53	Mar 4, 1801 \| 54	1y \| 3m \| 2d	Jan 24, 1813 \| 66
38	Nicholas Longworth	Republican	Dec 7, 1925 \| 56	Mar 4, 1931 \| 61	5y \| 2m \| 25d	Apr 9, 1931 \| 61
32	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Dec 2, 1895 \| 56	Mar 3, 1899 \| 59	3y \| 3m \| 1d	Dec 7, 1902 \| 63
6	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	Oct 26, 1807 \| 56	Mar 4, 1811 \| 60	3y \| 4m \| 6d	Sep 21, 1821 \| 70
51	Dennis Hastert	Republican	Jan 6, 1999 \| 57	Jan 3, 2007 \| 65	7y \| 11m \| 28d	Living \| 77
43	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Sep 16, 1940 \| 58	Jan 3, 1947 \| 64	6y \| 3m \| 18d	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79
34	David B. Henderson	Republican	Dec 4, 1899 \| 59	Mar 4, 1903 \| 62	3y \| 3m \| 0d	Feb 25, 1906 \| 65
49	Tom Foley	Democratic	Jun 6, 1989 \| 60	Jan 3, 1995 \| 65	5y \| 6m \| 28d	Oct 18, 2013 \| 84
36	Champ Clark	Democratic	Apr 4, 1911 \| 61	Mar 4, 1919 \| 68	7y \| 11m \| 0d	Mar 2, 1921 \| 70
53	John Boehner	Republican	Jan 5, 2011 \| 61	Oct 29, 2015 \| 65	4y \| 9m \| 24d	Living \| 69
42	William B. Bankhead	Democratic	Jun 4, 1936 \| 62	Sep 15, 1940 \| 66	4y \| 3m \| 11d	Sep 15, 1940 \| 66
44	Joseph William Martin Jr.	Republican	Jan 3, 1947 \| 62	Jan 3, 1949 \| 64	2y \| 0m \| 0d	Mar 6, 1968 \| 83
46	Carl Albert	Democratic	Jan 21, 1971 \| 62	Jan 3, 1977 \| 68	5y \| 11m \| 13d	Feb 4, 2000 \| 91
39	John N. Garner	Democratic	Dec 7, 1931 \| 63	Mar 4, 1933 \| 64	1y \| 2m \| 25d	Nov 7, 1967 \| 98
23	William Pennington	Republican	Feb 1, 1860 \| 63	Mar 4, 1861 \| 64	1y \| 1m \| 3d	Feb 16, 1862 \| 65
48	Jim Wright	Democratic	Jan 6, 1987 \| 64	Jun 6, 1989 \| 66	2y \| 5m \| 0d	May 6, 2015 \| 92
47	Tip O'Neill	Democratic	Jan 4, 1977 \| 64	Jan 3, 1987 \| 74	9y \| 11m \| 30d	Jan 5, 1994 \| 81
41	Joseph W. Byrns Sr.	Democratic	Jan 3, 1935 \| 65	Jun 4, 1936 \| 66	1y \| 5m \| 1d	Jun 4, 1936 \| 66
52	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007 \| 66	Jan 3, 2011 \| 70	3y \| 11m \| 30d	Living \| 79
43	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Jan 3, 1949 \| 66	Jan 3, 1953 \| 70	4y \| 0m \| 0d	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79
35	Joseph Gurney Cannon	Republican	Nov 9, 1903 \| 67	Mar 4, 1911 \| 74	7y \| 3m \| 23d	Nov 12, 1926 \| 90
37	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	May 19, 1919 \| 67	Mar 3, 1925 \| 73	5y \| 9m \| 12d	Jul 31, 1935 \| 83
44	Joseph William Martin Jr.	Republican	Jan 3, 1953 \| 68	Jan 3, 1955 \| 70	2y \| 0m \| 0d	Mar 6, 1968 \| 83
45	John William McCormack	Democratic	Jan 10, 1962 \| 70	Jan 3, 1971 \| 79	8y \| 11m \| 24d	Nov 22, 1980 \| 88
40	Henry Thomas Rainey	Democratic	Mar 9, 1933 \| 72	Aug 19, 1934 \| 73	1y \| 5m \| 10d	Aug 19, 1934 \| 73
43	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Jan 3, 1955 \| 72	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79	6y \| 10m \| 13d	Nov 16, 1961 \| 79
52	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019 \| 78	Incumbent \| 79	0y \| 9m \| 10d	Living \| 79
18	Robert Charles Winthrop	Whig	Dec 6, 1847 \| 87	Mar 4, 1849 \| 88	1y \| 2m \| 26d	Feb 22, 1841 \| 80