The Political Graveyard: Leaders of Congress

Leaders of Congress

Speakers of the House, 1789-1849 (may be Incomplete!)
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg 1789-91 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. 1791-93 Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg 1793-95 Jonathan Dayton 1795-99 Theodore Sedgwick 1799-1801 Nathaniel Macon 1801-05 Joseph B. Varnum 1807-11 Henry Clay 1811-14 Langdon Cheves 1814-15 Henry Clay 1815-20 John W. Taylor 1820-21 Philip Pendleton Barbour 1821-23 Henry Clay 1823-25 John W. Taylor 1825-27 Andrew Stevenson 1827-34 John Bell 1834-35 James K. Polk 1835-39 Robert M. T. Hunter 1839-41 John White 1841-43 John Winston Jones 1843-45 John W. Davis 1845-47 Robert C. Winthrop 1847-49 Howell Cobb 1849-51

Speakers of the House, 1850-1899 (may be Incomplete!)
Howell Cobb 1849-51 Linn Boyd 1851-55 Nathaniel P. Banks 1856-57 James L. Orr 1857-59 William Pennington 1860-61 Galusha A. Grow 1861-63 Schuyler Colfax 1863-69 James G. Blaine 1869-75 Theodore M. Pomeroy 1869 Michael C. Kerr 1875-76 Samuel J. Randall 1876-81 J. Warren Keifer 1881-83 John G. Carlisle 1883-89 Thomas B. Reed 1889-91 Charles F. Crisp 1891-95 Thomas B. Reed 1895-99 David B. Henderson 1899-1903

Speakers of the House, 1900-1949 (may be Incomplete!)
David B. Henderson 1899-1903 Joseph G. Cannon 1903-11 Champ Clark 1911-19 Frederick H. Gillett 1919-25 Nicholas Longworth 1925-31 John Nance Garner 1931-33 Henry T. Rainey 1933-34 Joseph W. Byrns 1935-36 William B. Bankhead 1936-40 Sam Rayburn 1940-47 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 1947-49 Sam Rayburn 1949-53

Speakers of the House, 1950-2006 (may be Incomplete!)
Sam Rayburn 1949-53 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 1953-55 Sam Rayburn 1955-61 John W. McCormack 1963-71 Carl Albert 1971-77 Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. 1977-87 Jim Wright, Jr. 1987-89 Thomas S. Foley 1989-95 Newt Gingrich 1995-99 J. Dennis Hastert 1999-

1876 Aug 19: Michael C. Kerr, died in office.

1931 Apr 9: Nicholas Longworth, died in office.

1934 Aug 19: Henry T. Rainey, died in office.

1936 Jun 4: Joseph W. Byrns, died in office.

1940 Sep 15: William B. Bankhead, died in office.

1961 Nov 16: Sam Rayburn, died in office.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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