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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