Menurut Undang-undang Dasar Amerika Serikat, ketua Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (bahasa Inggris: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) dijabat oleh Senator yang paling senior.
Daftar Ketua Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
| Cong. | Name | Party | District | Term of service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frederick Muhlenberg | style="background:Templat:Pro-Administration Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Pro-Administration | X | April 1, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | |
| 2nd | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | style="background:Templat:Pro-Administration Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Pro-Administration | X | October 24, 1791 – March 4, 1793 | |
| 3rd | Frederick Muhlenberg | style="background:Templat:Anti-Administration Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Anti-Administration | X | December 2, 1793 – March 4, 1795 | |
| 4th | Jonathan Dayton | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Templat:Federalist Party/meta/color" | | Federalist | X | December 7, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | |
| 5th | May 15, 1797 – March 4, 1799 | |||||
| 6th | Theodore Sedgwick | style="background-color:Templat:Federalist Party/meta/color" | | Federalist | X | December 2, 1799 – March 4, 1801 | |
| 7th | Nathaniel Macon | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | December 7, 1801 – March 4, 1803 | |
| 8th | X | October 17, 1803 – March 4, 1805 | ||||
| 9th | December 2, 1805 – March 4, 1807 | |||||
| 10th | Joseph Bradley Varnum | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |
| 11th | May 22, 1809 – March 4, 1811 | |||||
| 12th | Henry Clay | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | November 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | |
| 13th | X | May 24, 1813 – January 19, 1814 (Resigned) | ||||
| Langdon Cheves | style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | January 19, 1814 – March 4, 1815 | ||
| 14th | Henry Clay | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | December 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 | |
| 15th | December 1, 1817 – March 4, 1819 | |||||
| 16th | December 6, 1819 – October 28, 1820 (Resigned) | |||||
| John W. Taylor | style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | November 15, 1820 – March 4, 1821 | ||
| 17th | Philip Pendleton Barbour | style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | December 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |
| 18th | Henry Clay | style="background-color:Templat:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color" | | Democratic- Republican | X | December 1, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |
| 19th | John W. Taylor | style="background-color:Templat:National Republican Party (United States)/meta/color | | Adams Republican | X | December 5, 1825 – March 4, 1827 | |
| 20th | Andrew Stevenson | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Templat:Jacksonian Party (United States)/meta/color | | Jacksonian | X | December 3, 1827 – March 4, 1829 | |
| 21st | December 7, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||||
| 22nd | December 5, 1831 – March 4, 1833 | |||||
| 23rd | X | December 2, 1833 – June 2, 1834 (Resigned) | ||||
| John Bell | style="background-color:Templat:Jacksonian Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Jacksonian | X | June 2, 1834 – March 4, 1835 | ||
| 24th | James K. Polk | style="background-color:Templat:Jacksonian Party (United States)/meta/color | | Jacksonian | X | December 7, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | |
| 25th | Democratic | September 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | ||||
| 26th | Robert M. T. Hunter | style="background-color:Templat:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Whig | X | December 16, 1839 – March 4, 1841 | |
| 27th | John White | style="background-color:Templat:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Whig | X | May 31, 1841 – March 4, 1843 | |
| 28th | John Winston Jones | Democratic | X | December 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | ||
| 29th | John Wesley Davis | Democratic | X | December 1, 1845 – March 4, 1847 | ||
| 30th | Robert Charles Winthrop | style="background-color:Templat:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Whig | X | December 6, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |
| 31st | Howell Cobb | Democratic | X | December 22, 1849 – March 4, 1851 | ||
| 32nd | Linn Boyd | Democratic | X | December 1, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | ||
| 33rd | December 5, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | |||||
| 34th | Nathaniel P. Banks | American | X | February 2, 1856 – March 4, 1857 | ||
| 35th | James Lawrence Orr | Democratic | X | December 7, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | ||
| 36th | William Pennington | Republican | X | February 1, 1860 – March 4, 1861 | ||
| 37th | Galusha A. Grow | Republican | X | July 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 | ||
| 38th | Schuyler Colfax | Republican | X | December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | ||
| 39th | December 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||||
| 40th | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | |||||
| Theodore M. Pomeroy | Republican | X | March 3–4, 1869 | |||
| 41st | James G. Blaine | Republican | X | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | ||
| 42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||||
| 43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||||
| 44th | Michael C. Kerr | Democratic | X | December 6, 1875 – August 19, 1876 (Died) | ||
| Samuel J. Randall | Democratic | X | December 4, 1876 – March 4, 1877 | |||
| 45th | October 15, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||||
| 46th | March 18, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||||
| 47th | J. Warren Keifer | Republican | X | December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | ||
| 48th | John G. Carlisle | Democratic | X | December 3, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | ||
| 49th | December 7, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||||
| 50th | December 5, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||||
| 51st | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | X | December 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891 (Lost majority) | ||
| 52nd | Charles Frederick Crisp | Democratic | X | December 8, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | ||
| 53rd | August 7, 1893 – March 4, 1895 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 54th | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | X | December 2, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | ||
| 55th | March 15, 1897 – March 4, 1899 (Retired from speakership) | |||||
| 56th | David B. Henderson | Republican | X | December 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | ||
| 57th | December 2, 1901 – March 4, 1903 (Retired) | |||||
| 58th | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | X | November 9, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | ||
| 59th | December 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||||
| 60th | December 2, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||||
| 61st | March 15, 1909 – March 4, 1911 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 62nd | Champ Clark | Democratic | X | April 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | ||
| 63rd | April 7, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||||
| 64th | December 6, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||||
| 65th | April 2, 1917 – March 4, 1919 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 66th | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | X | May 19, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | ||
| 67th | April 11, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||||
| 68th | December 3, 1923 – March 4, 1925 (Elected to U.S. Senate) | |||||
| 69th | Nicholas Longworth | Republican | X | December 7, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | ||
| 70th | December 5, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||||
| 71st | April 15, 1929 – March 4, 1931 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 72nd | John Nance Garner | Democratic | X | December 7, 1931 – March 4, 1933 (Elected U.S. vice president) | ||
| 73rd | Henry Thomas Rainey | Democratic | X | March 9, 1933 – August 19, 1934 (Died) | ||
| 74th | Joseph W. Byrns Sr. | Democratic | X | January 3, 1935 – June 4, 1936 (Died) | ||
| William B. Bankhead | Democratic | X | June 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | |||
| 75th | January 5, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – September 15, 1940 (Died) | |||||
| Sam Rayburn | Democratic | X | September 16, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | |||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||||
| 78th | January 6, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 80th | Joseph W. Martin Jr. | Republican | X | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 (Lost majority) | ||
| 81st | Sam Rayburn | Democratic | X | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | ||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 83rd | Joseph W. Martin Jr. | Republican | X | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 (Lost majority) | ||
| 84th | Sam Rayburn | Democratic | X | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | ||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||||
| 86th | January 7, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – November 16, 1961 (Died) | |||||
| John W. McCormack | Democratic | X | January 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 88th | X | January 9, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | ||||
| 89th | January 4, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||||
| 90th | January 10, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 (Retired) | |||||
| 92nd | Carl Albert | Democratic | X | January 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | ||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||||
| 94th | January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977 (Retired) | |||||
| 95th | Tip O'Neill | Democratic | X | January 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | ||
| 96th | January 15, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||||
| 97th | January 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||||
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 (Retired) | |||||
| 100th | Jim Wright | Democratic | X | January 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | ||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – June 6, 1989 (Resigned) | |||||
| Tom Foley | Democratic | X | June 6, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||||
| 103rd | January 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995 (Lost seat and majority) | |||||
| 104th | Newt Gingrich | Republican | X | January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | ||
| 105th | January 7, 1997 – January 3, 1999 (Resigned) | |||||
| 106th | Dennis Hastert | Republican | X | January 6, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | ||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||||
| 108th | January 7, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 110th | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | X | January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | ||
| 111th | January 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011 (Lost majority) | |||||
| 112th | John Boehner | Republican | X | January 5, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | ||
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||||
| 114th | January 6, 2015 – October 29, 2015 (Resigned) | |||||
| Paul Ryan | Republican | X | October 29, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 (Retired and lost majority) | |||||
| 116th | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | X | January 3, 2019 – January 7, 2023 | ||
| 118th | Kevin McCarthy | Republican | X | January 7, 2023 – (Incumbent) | ||
| Pro-Administration (2) • Anti-Administration (1) • Federalist (2) • Democratic-Republican (6) • Adams Republican (1) • Jacksonian (3) • Democratic (22) • Whig (3) • American (1) • Republican (16) |
Table notes:
- The district listed is the district the speaker represented at the time they were in office, which may be different in different Congresses due to redistricting.
- ^ Elected on 3rd ballot
- ^ Elected on 2nd ballot
- Elected on 22nd ballot
- Elected on 12th ballot
- Elected on 10th ballot
- Elected on 11th ballot
- Elected on 63rd ballot
- Elected on 133rd ballot
- Elected on 44th ballot
- Elected on 9th ballot
- ^ Frederick Muhlenberg served as speaker twice in the 1790s, before political factions coalesced into formal parties; initially he identified with the pro–administration faction, but later he aligned himself with the anti–administration faction.
- ^ John Taylor served as speaker twice in the 1820s; initially he was as a member of the Democratic–Republican Party, and later, when the party began to fracture, he sided with its pro–Adams faction.
- ^ During James K. Polk's tenure as speaker the Jacksonian bloc amalgamated into the modern Democratic Party.