Table of the names of the Representatives in Congress who have been elected Speakers of the House of Representatives from the 4th March, 1789, to the termination of the first Session, 29th Congress, 10th August, 1846; shewing the commencement and termination of their service as such, and the States of which they were Representatives, respectively. Cong. Sess Names of Speakers. Election or com- Termination of States of which mencement of service. service. they were representatives. Remarks. 1 Fred. A. Muhlenberg. April 1, 1789 Mar. 3, 1791 Pennsylvania. 1 Jonathan Trumbull... Oct. 24, 1791 Mar. 2, 1793 Connecticut. 1 Fred. A. Muhlenberg. Dec. 2, 1793 Mar. 3, 1795 Pennsylvania. Jonathan Dayton.....Dec. 7, 1795 Mar. 3, 1797 New Jersey. 1 Jonathan Dayton... May 15, 1797 Mar. 3, 1799 Ditto. George Dent... Apl. 20, 1798 Apl. 23, 1798 Maryland. George Dent......... May 28, 1798 May 29, 1798 Ditto Theodore Sedgwick.. Dec. 2, 1799 Mar. 3, 1801 Massachusetts. Nathaniel Macon.... Dec. 7, 1801 Mar. 3, 1803 North Carolina. Oct. 17, 1803 Mar. 3, 1805 Dec. 2, 1805 Mar. 3, 1807 Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Oct. 26, 1807 Mar. 3, 1809 Massachusetts. May 22, 1809 Mar. 3, 1811 Nov. 4, 1811 Mar. 3, 1813 Kentucky.. ... 18 2 John W. Taylor.. Philip P. Barbour. Henry Clay.... Nov. 15, 1820 Mar. Henry Clay. 1 Henry Clay. May 24, 1813 Jan. 19, 1814 Kentucky. Jan. 19, 1814 Mar. 2, 1815 South Carolina. Dec. 4, 1815 Mar. 3, 1817 Kentucky... Dec. 1, 1817 Mar. 3, 1819 Dec. 6, 1819 Nov. 13, 1820 Ditto. Ditto.. ...... Absent Dec. 27, 1813, House adjourned. Resigned 19th Jan'y, 1814. Absent Dec. 10, 1816, House adjourned. Resigned, by letter, 20th Oct., 1820. Asked permission to vote, 22d 3, 1821 New York. 20 John W. Taylor... Dec. .... 22 5, 1831 Mar. 2, 1833 23 Andrew Stevenson.. Dec. 1 Andrew Stevenson.. Dec. 2, 1833 June 2, 1834 Henry Hubbard... May 19, 1834 May 19, 1834 N. Resigned 2d June, 1834. Hampshire. The Speaker having withdrawn, Henry Hubbard was John Bell... James K. Polk. John White.. John W. Jones.. June 2, 1834 Mar. 3, 1835 Tennessee. ... Dec. 7, 1835 Mar. 3, 1837 Sept. 4, 1837 Mar. 3, 1839 Ditto. Ditto. Robert M. T. Hunter Dec. 16, 1839 Mar. 3, 1841 Virginia. May 31, 1841 Mar. 3, 1843 Kentucky. Ditto.. 29 John W. Davis.. Dec. 1, 1845 Mar. 3, 1847 Indiana. NOTE. It is the intention of the Compiler, should this work be patronized by Congress, to insert in a future edition, among other matters of interest, a complete list of the Representatives and Delegates in Congress, from the several States and Territories, from the commencement of the Government. |