What Is the United States House of Representatives

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Seal of the Speaker
Incumbent Nancy Pelosi since January 3, 2019
Style	Mister or Madam Speaker (Breezy and within the House) The Honorable (Formal)
Appointer	Elected by the U.Southward. Firm of Representatives
Countdown holder	Frederick Muhlenberg April i, 1789
Formation	U.Southward. Constitution March iv, 1789
Succession	2nd
Website	Speaker of the House

The Speaker of the United states of america House of Representatives is the head of the United States House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the current members of the House. The person with the most votes becomes Speaker. The current Speaker is Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.

Duties [change | change source]

The Speaker has always been a member of the majority political party (the political party with the most members) but does not have to be an elected member of the House (this has not happened yet). The chore of the Speaker is to keep the House in society and to assign committee memberships and chairmanships. It is an of import and powerful position in government.

Background [change | change source]

Sam Rayburn is the only person to take served every bit Speaker of the Firm for more than ten years.

Theodore Chiliad. Pomeroy served equally Speaker of the House for one day afterward Speaker Schuyler Colfax resigned to become Vice President of the United States; Pomeroy'due south term as a Member of Congress ended the next day.

Sam Rayburn, Henry Clay, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph William Martin, Jr., Frederick Muhlenberg, John Westward. Taylor, and Nancy Pelosi are the but Speakers of the House to have ever served in non-consecutive Congresses (i.e. another Speaker served in betwixt each tenure).

Order of succession [change | alter source]

The Speaker of the House is third in line for the Presidency of the Us. If the President of the U.s. dies or steps down, the Vice President of the United States becomes President. If there is no vice president, the Speaker of the House automatically becomes acting president.

Listing of speakers of the United States Firm of Representatives [change | change source]

It includes the congressional district and political amalgamation of each speaker besides as the number of their Congress and time they spent in the position.

#	Speaker	Party	District	Congress	Tenure
1	Frederick Muhlenberg	Pro-Assistants	Pennsylvania-AL	1st	April i, 1789 — March 4, 1791
2	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	Pro-Assistants	Connecticut-quaternary	second	October 24, 1791 — March 4, 1793
3	Frederick Muhlenberg	Anti-Assistants	Pennsylvania-AL	3rd	Dec ii, 1793 — March four, 1795
4	Jonathan Dayton	Federalist	New Jersey-AL	4th	December seven, 1795 — March iv, 1797
				fifth	May 15, 1797 — March 4, 1799
5	Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	Massachusetts-one	sixth	December 2, 1799 — March 4, 1801
6	Nathaniel Macon	Autonomous-Republican	North Carolina-v	seventh	December 7, 1801 — March 4, 1803
			North Carolina-6	eighth	October 17, 1803 — March 4, 1805
				9th	December 2, 1805 — March 4, 1807
7	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Autonomous-Republican	Massachusetts-4	10th	October 26, 1807 — March 4, 1809
				11th	May 22, 1809 — March 4, 1811
8	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky-3	12th	November 4, 1811 — March 4, 1813
			Kentucky-two	13th	May 24, 1813 — Jan 19, 1814
9	Langdon Cheves	Democratic-Republican	Southward Carolina-1		January xix, 1814 — March 4, 1815
10	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky-2	14th	December four, 1815 — March 4, 1817
				15th	December 1, 1817 — March 4, 1819
				16th	December half-dozen, 1819 — October 28, 1820
11	John W. Taylor	Autonomous-Republican	New York-xi		November 15, 1820 — March 4, 1821
12	Philip Pendleton Barbour	Democratic-Republican	Virginia-xi	17th	December iv, 1821 — March iv, 1823
thirteen	Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky-3	18th	Dec one, 1823 — March four, 1825
14	John West. Taylor	National Republican	New York-17	19th	December v, 1825 — March 4, 1827
15	Andrew Stevenson	Democratic	Virginia-9	20th	December 3, 1827 — March 4, 1829
				21st	December 7, 1829 — March 4, 1831
				22nd	Dec 5, 1831 — March 4, 1833
			Virginia-eleven	23rd	December 2, 1833 — June 2, 1834
sixteen	John Bong	Whig	Tennessee-seven	23rd	June 2, 1834 — March 4, 1835
17	James Polk	Democratic	Tennessee-ix	24th	December 7, 1835 — March iv, 1837
				25th	September 4, 1837 — March 4, 1839
18	Robert K. T. Hunter	Whig	Virginia-ix	26th	December 16, 1839 — March four, 1841
xix	John White	Whig	Kentucky-9	27th	May 31, 1841 — March 4, 1843
xx	John Winston Jones	Democratic	Virginia-six	28th	December four, 1843 — March four, 1845
21	John Wesley Davis	Democratic	Indiana-six	29th	Dec i, 1845 — March iv, 1847
22	Robert Charles Winthrop	Whig	Massachusetts-1	30th	December 6, 1847 — March 4, 1849
23	Howell Cobb	Democratic	Georgia-6	31st	December 22, 1849 — March four, 1851
24	Linn Boyd	Democratic	Kentucky-one	32nd	December ane, 1851 — March iv, 1853
				33rd	Dec 5, 1853 — March 4, 1855
25	Nathaniel Prentice Banks	American/Republican*	Massachusetts-7	34th	Feb ii, 1856 — March 4, 1857
26	James Lawrence Orr	Democratic	Southward Carolina-5	35th	December 7, 1857 — March 4, 1859
27	William Pennington	Republican	New Jersey-5	36th	Feb one, 1860 — March 4, 1861
28	Galusha A. Abound	Republican	Pennsylvania-14	37th	July 4, 1861 — March 4, 1863
29	Schuyler Colfax	Republican	Indiana-9	38th	December seven, 1863 — March 4, 1865
				39th	December four, 1865 — March iv, 1867
				40th	March iv, 1867 — March iii, 1869
30	Theodore Medad Pomeroy	Republican	New York-24		March 3, 1869 — March four, 1869
31	James Yard. Blaine	Republican	Maine-3	41st	March 4, 1869 — March 4, 1871
				42nd	March 4, 1871 — March 4, 1873
				43rd	March four, 1873 — May xiii, 1874
31.ane [1] [2]	Joseph H. Rainey	Republican	S Carolina-1		May 13, 1874
31	James G. Blaine	Republican	Maine-iii		May 14, 1874 — March 4, 1875
32	Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	Indiana-3	44th	December 6, 1875 — August 19, 1876
33	Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	Pennsylvania-three		December 4, 1876 — March four, 1877
				45th	October xv, 1877 — March 4, 1879
				46th	March xviii, 1879 — March 4, 1881
34	J. Warren Keifer	Republican	Ohio-viii	47th	December 5, 1881 — March 4, 1883
35	John Griffin Carlisle	Autonomous	Kentucky-6	48th	December 3, 1883 — March 4, 1885
				49th	December 7, 1885 — March iv, 1887
				50th	December five, 1887 — March 4, 1889
36	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Maine-1	51st	Dec 2, 1889 — March 4, 1891
37	Charles Frederick Crisp	Democratic	Georgia-three	52nd	December eight, 1891 — March 4, 1893
				53rd	August vii, 1893 — March four, 1895
38	Thomas Brackett Reed	Republican	Maine-1	54th	December 2, 1895 — March 4, 1897
				55th	March 15, 1897 — March iv, 1899
39	David B. Henderson	Republican	Iowa-three	56th	December four, 1899 — March 4, 1901
				57th	December 2, 1901 — March 4, 1903
forty	Joseph Gurney Cannon	Republican	Illinois-xviii	58th	November ix, 1903 — March iv, 1905
				59th	Dec 4, 1905 — March 4, 1907
				60th	December 2, 1907 — March 4, 1909
				61st	March fifteen, 1909 — March 4, 1911
41	Champ Clark	Democratic	Missouri-ix	62nd	April 4, 1911 — March iv, 1913
				63rd	April 7, 1913 — March iv, 1915
				64th	December half-dozen, 1915 — March 4, 1917
				65th	April 2, 1917 — March 4, 1919
42	Frederick Gillett	Republican	Massachusetts-two	66th	May 19, 1919 — March 4, 1921
				67th	April 11, 1921 — March 4, 1923
				68th	December 3, 1923 — March iv, 1925
43	Nicholas Longworth	Republican	Ohio-1	69th	December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927
				70th	December 5, 1927 — March 4, 1929
				71st	Apr 15, 1929 — March 4, 1931
44	John Nance Garner	Democratic	Texas-fifteen	72nd	December 7, 1931 — March iv, 1933
45	Henry T. Rainey	Autonomous	Illinois-20	73rd	March 9, 1933 — August 19, 1934
46	Joseph Wellington Byrns	Democratic	Tennessee-5	74th	January 3, 1935 — June four, 1936
47	William B. Bankhead	Autonomous	Alabama-vii		June 4, 1936 — January 3, 1937
				75th	January v, 1937 — January iii, 1939
				76th	Jan 3, 1939 — September 15, 1940
48	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Texas-4		September 16, 1940 — Jan three, 1941
				77th	January three, 1941 — January 3, 1943
				78th	January vi, 1943 — January 3, 1945
				79th	Jan 3, 1945 — January 3, 1947
49	Joseph West. Martin, Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts-14	80th	January 3, 1947 — January 3, 1949
l	Sam Rayburn	Autonomous	Texas-iv	81st	Jan three, 1949 — January three, 1951
				82nd	January 3, 1951 — January 3, 1953
51	Joseph W. Martin, Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts-14	83rd	January iii, 1953 — January 3, 1955
52	Sam Rayburn	Democratic	Texas-4	84th	January three, 1955 — Jan 3, 1957
				85th	January 3, 1957 — Jan 3, 1959
				86th	January vii, 1959 — Jan 3, 1961
				87th	January 3, 1961 — November 16, 1961
53	John West. McCormack	Democratic	Massachusetts-12		January ten, 1962 — Jan 3, 1963
			Massachusetts-9	88th	January ix, 1963 — January three, 1965
				89th	January 4, 1965 — January 3, 1967
				90th	January 10, 1967 — January iii, 1969
				91st	January three, 1969 — January 3, 1971
54	Carl Albert	Democratic	Oklahoma-3	92nd	January 21, 1971 — January iii, 1973
				93rd	January 3, 1973 — January iii, 1975
				94th	January 14, 1975 — January three, 1977
55	Tip O'Neill	Autonomous	Massachusetts-8	95th	January 4, 1977 — Jan 3, 1979
				96th	Jan 15, 1979 — January 3, 1981
				97th	January 5, 1981 — January iii, 1983
				98th	January 3, 1983 — Jan iii, 1985
				99th	January 3, 1985 — January 3, 1987
56	Jim Wright	Democratic	Texas-12	100th	Jan 6, 1987 — January 3, 1989
				101st	January 3, 1989 — June 6, 1989
57	Tom Foley	Democratic	Washington-five		June half dozen, 1989 — January iii, 1991
				102nd	January 3, 1991 — January 3, 1993
				103rd	January 5, 1993 — January three, 1995
58	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Georgia-6	104th	January 4, 1995 — January 3, 1997
				105th	January vii, 1997 — January 3, 1999
59	Dennis Hastert	Republican	Illinois-14	106th	Jan 6, 1999 — January three, 2001
				107th	January 3, 2001 — January 3, 2003
				108th	January vii, 2003 — Jan 3, 2005
				109th	January three, 2005 — January iii, 2007
60	Nancy Pelosi	Autonomous	California-eight	110th	January four, 2007 — January 3, 2009
				111th	Jan 6, 2009 — January three, 2011
61	John Boehner	Republican	Ohio-eight	112th	Jan 5, 2011 — January 3, 2013
				113th	January three, 2013 — January three, 2015
				114th	Jan 6, 2022 — October 29, 2015
62	Paul Ryan	Republican	Wisconsin-i	114th	Oct 29, 2022 — January 3, 2017
				115th	Jan 3, 2022 — January 3, 2019
63	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	California-12[3]	116th	January 3, 2022 — Present

List of living former speakers [modify | change source]

Since Nancy Pelosi became Speaker on January 3, 2022 in that location are four quondam living speakers.

Speaker	Years in office	Date of nativity (and age)
Newt Gingrich	1995–1999	(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 78)
Dennis Hastert	1999–2007	(1942-01-02) January 2, 1942 (age eighty)
John Boehner	2011–2015	(1949-11-17) November 17, 1949 (age 72)
Paul Ryan	2015–2019	(1970-01-29) January 29, 1970 (age 52)

References [modify | change source]

1. ↑ eleven.Congressional Globe, Business firm, 42nd Cong., 2nd sess. (13 May 1872): 3383.
2. ↑ 12.The engagement Joseph Rainey was Speaker pro tempore is not known. Most sources claim Representative Rainey presided over the House during an Indian appropriations debate in May 1874. Encounter, for instance, an early secondary work, Samuel Denny Smith, The Negro in Congress: 1870–1901 (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1940): 47–48. Near subsequent sources cite Smith. Yet the New York Herald published an article reporting that Rainey served as Speaker pro tempore on Apr 29; see "A Liberated Slave in the Speaker's Chair," 30 April 1874, New York Herald: ix. Similar accounts exist in the Baltimore Sun, the Charleston News and Courier, and the African-American newspaper The New National Era, though these reports cite April 29 and April thirty. In that location is no mention of Rainey's presiding in the Congressional Record or the House Journal for either engagement: Congressional Record, House, 43rd Cong., 1st sess. (29–30 April 1874): 3457–3476, 3490–3507; House Journal, 43rd Cong., 1st sess. (29–30 April 1874): 877–885.
3. ↑ Pelosi, Nancy. "Nancy Pelosi". www.congress.gov . Retrieved 2020-01-18 .

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