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Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S.)

Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States. Following is a list of her and her predecessors in this office.

Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Jonathan Dayton Theodore Sedgwick Nathaniel Macon Joseph Bradley Varnum Henry Clay Langdon Cheves John W. Taylor Philip Pendleton Barbour Henry Clay Andrew Stevenson John Bell James Polk Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter John White John Winston Jones John Wesley Davis Robert Charles Winthrop Howell Cobb Linn Boyd Nathaniel Prentice Banks James Lawrence Orr William Pennington Galusha A. Grow Schuyler Colfax Theodore Medad Pomeroy James G. Blaine Michael C. Kerr Samuel J. Randall J. Warren Keifer John Griffin Carlisle Thomas Brackett Reed Charles Frederick Crisp David B. Henderson Joseph Gurney Cannon Champ Clark Frederick Gillett Nicholas Longworth John Nance Garner Henry T. Rainey Joseph Wellington Byrns William Brockman Bankhead Sam Rayburn Joseph William Martin, Jr. John McCormack Carl Albert Tip O'Neill Jim Wright Tom Foley Newt Gingrich Dennis Hastert Nancy Pelosi

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