<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="8"> <P> Pro-Administration ( 2 ) Anti-Administration ( 1 ) Federalist ( 2 ) Democratic - Republican ( 6 ) Adams Republican ( 1 ) Jacksonian ( 3 ) Democratic ( 22 ) Whig ( 3 ) American ( 1 ) Republican ( 16 ) </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="3"> Speaker </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Party </Th> <Th> State and district </Th> <Th> Term of service </Th> <Th> Congress </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frederick Muhlenberg </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pro-Administration </Td> <Td> Pennsylvania At - large </Td> <Td> April 1 , 1789 -- March 4 , 1791 </Td> <Td> 1st </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jonathan Trumbull Jr . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pro-Administration </Td> <Td> Connecticut At - large </Td> <Td> October 24 , 1791 -- March 4 , 1793 </Td> <Td> 2nd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frederick Muhlenberg </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anti-Administration </Td> <Td> Pennsylvania At - large </Td> <Td> December 2 , 1793 -- March 4 , 1795 </Td> <Td> 3rd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jonathan Dayton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> New Jersey At - large </Td> <Td> December 7 , 1795 -- March 4 , 1797 </Td> <Td> 4th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 15 , 1797 -- March 4 , 1799 </Td> <Td> 5th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Theodore Sedgwick </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> Massachusetts 1st </Td> <Td> December 2 , 1799 -- March 4 , 1801 </Td> <Td> 6th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nathaniel Macon </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> North Carolina 5th </Td> <Td> December 7 , 1801 -- March 4 , 1803 </Td> <Td> 7th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina 6th </Td> <Td> October 17 , 1803 -- March 4 , 1805 </Td> <Td> 8th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 2 , 1805 -- March 4 , 1807 </Td> <Td> 9th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Bradley Varnum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Massachusetts 4th </Td> <Td> October 26 , 1807 -- March 4 , 1809 </Td> <Td> 10th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 22 , 1809 -- March 4 , 1811 </Td> <Td> 11th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Clay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Kentucky 5th </Td> <Td> November 4 , 1811 -- March 4 , 1813 </Td> <Td> 12th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kentucky 2nd </Td> <Td> May 24 , 1813 -- January 19 , 1814 </Td> <Td> 13th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Langdon Cheves </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> South Carolina 1st </Td> <Td> January 19 , 1814 -- March 4 , 1815 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Clay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Kentucky 2nd </Td> <Td> December 4 , 1815 -- March 4 , 1817 </Td> <Td> 14th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 1 , 1817 -- March 4 , 1819 </Td> <Td> 15th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 6 , 1819 -- October 28 , 1820 </Td> <Td> 16th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John W. Taylor </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> New York 11th </Td> <Td> November 15 , 1820 -- March 4 , 1821 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philip Pendleton Barbour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Virginia 11th </Td> <Td> December 4 , 1821 -- March 4 , 1823 </Td> <Td> 17th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Clay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Kentucky 3rd </Td> <Td> December 1 , 1823 -- March 4 , 1825 </Td> <Td> 18th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John W. Taylor </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Adams Republican </Td> <Td> New York 17th </Td> <Td> December 5 , 1825 -- March 4 , 1827 </Td> <Td> 19th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew Stevenson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jacksonian </Td> <Td> Virginia 9th </Td> <Td> December 3 , 1827 -- March 4 , 1829 </Td> <Td> 20th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 7 , 1829 -- March 4 , 1831 </Td> <Td> 21st </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 5 , 1831 -- March 4 , 1833 </Td> <Td> 22nd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virginia 11th </Td> <Td> December 2 , 1833 -- June 2 , 1834 </Td> <Td> 23rd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Bell </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jacksonian </Td> <Td> Tennessee 7th
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="8"> <P> Pro-Administration ( 2 ) Anti-Administration ( 1 ) Federalist ( 2 ) Democratic - Republican ( 6 ) Adams Republican ( 1 ) Jacksonian ( 3 ) Democratic ( 22 ) Whig ( 3 ) American ( 1 ) Republican ( 16 ) </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="3"> Speaker </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Party </Th> <Th> State and district </Th> <Th> Term of service </Th> <Th> Congress </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frederick Muhlenberg </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pro-Administration </Td> <Td> Pennsylvania At - large </Td> <Td> April 1 , 1789 -- March 4 , 1791 </Td> <Td> 1st </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jonathan Trumbull Jr . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pro-Administration </Td> <Td> Connecticut At - large </Td> <Td> October 24 , 1791 -- March 4 , 1793 </Td> <Td> 2nd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frederick Muhlenberg </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anti-Administration </Td> <Td> Pennsylvania At - large </Td> <Td> December 2 , 1793 -- March 4 , 1795 </Td> <Td> 3rd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jonathan Dayton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> New Jersey At - large </Td> <Td> December 7 , 1795 -- March 4 , 1797 </Td> <Td> 4th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 15 , 1797 -- March 4 , 1799 </Td> <Td> 5th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Theodore Sedgwick </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> Massachusetts 1st </Td> <Td> December 2 , 1799 -- March 4 , 1801 </Td> <Td> 6th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nathaniel Macon </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> North Carolina 5th </Td> <Td> December 7 , 1801 -- March 4 , 1803 </Td> <Td> 7th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina 6th </Td> <Td> October 17 , 1803 -- March 4 , 1805 </Td> <Td> 8th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 2 , 1805 -- March 4 , 1807 </Td> <Td> 9th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Bradley Varnum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Massachusetts 4th </Td> <Td> October 26 , 1807 -- March 4 , 1809 </Td> <Td> 10th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 22 , 1809 -- March 4 , 1811 </Td> <Td> 11th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Clay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Kentucky 5th </Td> <Td> November 4 , 1811 -- March 4 , 1813 </Td> <Td> 12th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kentucky 2nd </Td> <Td> May 24 , 1813 -- January 19 , 1814 </Td> <Td> 13th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Langdon Cheves </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> South Carolina 1st </Td> <Td> January 19 , 1814 -- March 4 , 1815 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Clay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Kentucky 2nd </Td> <Td> December 4 , 1815 -- March 4 , 1817 </Td> <Td> 14th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 1 , 1817 -- March 4 , 1819 </Td> <Td> 15th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 6 , 1819 -- October 28 , 1820 </Td> <Td> 16th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John W. Taylor </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> New York 11th </Td> <Td> November 15 , 1820 -- March 4 , 1821 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philip Pendleton Barbour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Virginia 11th </Td> <Td> December 4 , 1821 -- March 4 , 1823 </Td> <Td> 17th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Clay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic -- Republican </Td> <Td> Kentucky 3rd </Td> <Td> December 1 , 1823 -- March 4 , 1825 </Td> <Td> 18th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John W. Taylor </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Adams Republican </Td> <Td> New York 17th </Td> <Td> December 5 , 1825 -- March 4 , 1827 </Td> <Td> 19th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew Stevenson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jacksonian </Td> <Td> Virginia 9th </Td> <Td> December 3 , 1827 -- March 4 , 1829 </Td> <Td> 20th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 7 , 1829 -- March 4 , 1831 </Td> <Td> 21st </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 5 , 1831 -- March 4 , 1833 </Td> <Td> 22nd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virginia 11th </Td> <Td> December 2 , 1833 -- June 2 , 1834 </Td> <Td> 23rd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Bell </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jacksonian </Td> <Td> Tennessee 7th
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Frederick Muhlenberg
Frederick Muhlenberg