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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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U.S. History Highlights: Part One

Speakers of the United States House of Representativesno.nameparty or factionstateCongressterm of service1Frederick Augustus MuhlenbergPro-AdministrationPennsylvania1st1789–912Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.FederalistConnecticut2nd1791–933Frederick Augustus MuhlenbergAnti-AdministrationPennsylvania3rd1793–954Jonathan DaytonFederalistNew Jersey4th and 5th1795–995Theodore SedgwickFederalistMassachusetts6th1799–18016Nathaniel MaconDemocratic-RepublicanNorth Carolina7th, 8th, and 9th1801–077Joseph Bradley VarnumDemocratic-RepublicanMassachusetts10th and 11th1807–118Henry ClayDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky12th and 13th1811–149Langdon ChevesRepublicanSouth Carolina13th1814–1510Henry ClayDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky14th, 15th, and 16th1815–2011John W. TaylorRepublicanNew York16th1820–2112Philip Pendleton BarbourRepublicanVirginia17th1821–2313Henry ClayDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky18th1823–2514John W. TaylorRepublicanNew York19th1825–2715Andrew StevensonJacksonianVirginia20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd1827–3416John BellDemocraticTennessee23rd1834–3517James PolkJacksonian/DemocraticTennessee24th and 25th1835–3918Robert M.T. HunterDemocraticVirginia26th1839–4119John WhiteWhigKentucky27th1841–4320John Winston JonesDemocraticVirginia28th1843–4521John Wesley DavisDemocraticIndiana29th1845–4722Robert Charles WinthropWhigMassachusetts30th1847–4923Howell CobbDemocraticGeorgia31st1849–5124Linn BoydDemocraticKentucky32nd and 33rd1851–5525Nathaniel Prentice BanksAmericanMassachusetts34th1855–5726James Lawrence OrrDemocraticSouth Carolina35th1857–5927William PenningtonRepublicanNew Jersey36th1859–6128Galusha A. GrowRepublicanPennsylvania37th1861–6329Schuyler ColfaxRepublicanIndiana38th, 39th, and 40th1863–6930Theodore Medad PomeroyRepublicanNew York40th186931James G. BlaineRepublicanMaine41st, 42nd, and 43rd1869–7532Michael Crawford KerrDemocraticIndiana44th1875–7633Samuel Jackson RandallDemocraticPennsylvania44th, 45th, and 46th1876–8134Joseph Warren KeiferRepublicanOhio47th1881–8335John Griffin CarlisleDemocraticKentucky48th, 49th, and 50th1883–8936Thomas Brackett ReedRepublicanMaine51st1889–9137Charles Frederick CrispDemocraticGeorgia52nd and 53rd1891–9538Thomas Brackett ReedRepublicanMaine54th and 55th1895–9939David B. HendersonRepublicanIowa56th and 57th1899–190340Joseph Gurney CannonRepublicanIllinois58th, 59th, 60th, and 61st1903–1141James Beauchamp ClarkDemocraticMissouri62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th1911–1942Frederick GillettRepublicanMassachusetts66th, 67th, and 68th1919–2543Nicholas LongworthRepublicanOhio69th, 70th, and 71st1925–3144John Nance GarnerDemocraticTexas72nd1931–3345Henry T. RaineyDemocraticIllinois73rd1933–3546Joseph Wellington ByrnsDemocraticTennessee74th1935–3647William Brockman BankheadDemocraticAlabama74th, 75th, and 76th1936–4048Samuel T. RayburnDemocraticTexas76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th1940–4749Joseph W. Martin, Jr.RepublicanMassachusetts80th1947–4950Samuel T. RayburnDemocraticTexas81st and 82nd1949–5351Joseph W. Martin, Jr.RepublicanMassachusetts83rd1953–5552Samuel T. RayburnDemocraticTexas84th, 85th, 86th, and 87th1955–6153John W. McCormackDemocraticMassachusetts87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st1962–7154Carl B. AlbertDemocraticOklahoma92nd, 93rd, and 94th1971–7755Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.DemocraticMassachusetts95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th1977–8756James C. Wright, Jr.DemocraticTexas100th and 101st1987–8957Thomas S. FoleyDemocraticWashington101st, 102nd, 103rd1989–9558Newt GingrichRepublicanGeorgia104th and 105th1995–9959J. Dennis HastertRepublicanIllinois106th, 107th, 108th, and 109th1999–200760Nancy PelosiDemocraticCalifornia110th and 111th2007–201161John BoehnerRepublicanOhio112th, 113th, and 114th2011–1562Paul RyanRepublicanWisconsin114th and 115th2015–1963Nancy PelosiDemocraticCalifornia116th and 117th2019–

Who is the Speaker of the House and what is their role?

Role of Speaker The Speaker is the presiding officer of the House and is charged with numerous duties and responsibilities by law and by the House rules. As the presiding officer of the House, the Speaker maintains order, manages its proceedings, and governs the administration of its business.

Who is the leader of Speaker of the House?

Rep. Nancy Pelosi The Speaker of the House is second in line to succeed the President, after the Vice President.

Who are the House Speakers in the Philippines?

Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent Martin Romualdez since July 25, 2022
Style
Mr. Speaker (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Type
Speaker of the lower house
Member of
House of Representatives of the Philippines
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