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Congress |
Term |
Speaker |
Party |
# |
President |
Party |
Chief Justice |
1 |
1789-91 |
F.A. Muhlenberg |
Pro-Admin. |
1 |
Washington |
Federalist |
John Jay (1789-1795) |
2 |
1791-93 |
J. Trumbull |
(n/a) |
|
Washington |
Federalist |
|
3 |
1793-95 |
F.A. Muhlenberg |
Anti-Admin. |
|
Washington |
Federalist |
|
4 |
1795-97 |
J. Dayton |
Federalist |
|
Washington |
Federalist |
John Rutledge (1795) Oliver Ellsworth (1796-1800) |
5 |
1797-99 |
J. Dayton |
Federalist |
2 |
J. Adams |
Federalist |
|
6 |
1799-1801 |
T. Sedgwick |
Federalist |
|
J. Adams |
Democratic |
John Marshall (1801-1835) |
7 |
1801-03 |
N. Macon |
Jacksonian |
3 |
Jefferson |
Democratic-Republican |
|
8 |
1803-05 |
N. Macon |
Jacksonian |
|
Jefferson |
Democratic-Republican |
|
9 |
1805-07 |
N. Macon |
Jacksonian |
|
Jefferson |
Democratic-Republican |
|
10 |
1807-09 |
J. Varnum |
(n/a) |
4 |
Madison |
Democratic |
|
11 |
1809-11 |
J. Varnum |
(n/a) |
|
Madison |
Democratic |
|
12 |
1811-13 |
H. Clay |
Republican |
|
Madison |
Democratic |
|
13 |
1813-15 |
H. Clay (1813-14) L. Cheves (1814-15) |
Republican Republican |
|
Madison |
Democratic |
|
14 |
1815-17 |
H. Clay |
Republican |
|
Madison |
Democratic |
|
15 |
1817-19 |
H. Clay |
Republican |
5 |
Monroe |
Democratic |
|
16 |
1819-21 |
H. Clay (1819-20 J. W. Taylor (1820-21) |
Republican Republican |
|
Monroe |
Democratic |
|
17 |
1821-23 |
P. Barbour |
Jacksonian |
|
Monroe |
Democratic |
|
18 |
1823-25 |
H. Clay |
Republican |
|
Monroe |
Democratic |
|
19 |
1825-27 |
J.W. Taylor |
Republican |
6 |
J. Q. Adams |
(n/a) |
|
20 |
1827-29 |
A. Stevenson |
Jacksonian |
|
J. Q. Adams |
(n/a) |
|
21 |
1829-31 |
A. Stevenson |
Jacksonian |
7 |
Jackson |
Democratic |
|
22 |
1831-33 |
A. Stevenson |
Jacksonian |
|
Jackson |
Democratic |
|
23 |
1833-35 |
A. Stevenson (1833-34) J. Bell (1834-35) |
Jacksonian American/Know-Nothing |
|
Jackson |
Democratic |
|
24 |
1835-37 |
J. Polk |
Democratic |
|
Jackson |
Democratic |
Roger Taney (1836-1864) |
25 |
1837-39 |
J. Polk |
Democratic |
8 |
Van Buren |
Democratic |
|
26 |
1839-41 |
R.M.T. Hunter |
Democratic |
|
Van Buren |
Democratic |
|
27 |
1841-43 |
J. White |
Whig |
9 10 |
Harrison (1841) Tyler (1841-1843) |
Whig Whig |
|
28 |
1843-45 |
J.W. Jones |
Democratic |
|
Tyler |
Whig |
|
29 |
1845-47 |
J.W. Davis |
Democratic |
11 |
Polk |
Democratic |
|
30 |
1847-49 |
R.C. Winthrop |
Whig |
|
Polk |
Democratic |
|
31 |
1849-51 |
H. Cobb |
Democratic |
12 13 |
Taylor (1849-1850) Fillmore (1850-1851) |
Whig Whig |
|
32 |
1851-53 |
L. Boyd |
Democratic |
|
Fillmore |
Whig |
|
33 |
1853-55 |
L. Boyd |
Democratic |
14 |
Pierce |
Democratic |
|
34 |
1855-57 |
N.P. Banks |
Republican |
|
Pierce |
Democratic |
|
35 |
1857-59 |
J.L. Orr |
Democratic |
15 |
Buchanan |
Democratic |
|
36 |
1859-61 |
W. Pennington |
Republican |
|
Buchanan |
Democratic |
|
37 |
1861-63 |
G.A. Grow |
Republican |
16 |
Lincoln |
Republican |
|
38 |
1863-65 |
S. Colfax |
Republican |
|
Lincoln |
Republican |
Salmon Chase (1864-1873) |
39 |
1865-67 |
S. Colfax |
Republican |
17 |
Lincoln (1865) A. Johnson (1865-67) |
Republican Democratic |
|
40 |
1867-69 |
S. Colfax |
Republican |
|
A. Johnson |
Democratic |

