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Speakers of the House of Representatives of the United States, from 1789 to 1876.

First Congress-Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, April 1, 1789, and served to March 3, 1791.

Second Congress.-Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut, elected Speaker, and served from October 24, 1791, to March 3, 1793. Third Congress-Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, elected Speaker, and served from December 2, 1793, to March 3, 1795.

Fourth and Fifth Congresses-Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey, elected Speaker, and served from December 7, 17.5, to March 3, 1799.

Sixth Congress-Theodore Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, elected Speaker, and served from December 2, 1799, to March 3, 1801. Seventh, Eighth. and Ninth Congresses-Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, elected Speaker, and served from December 7, 1801, to March 3, 1807.

Tenth and Eleventh Congresses-Joseph B. Varnum, of Massachusetts, elected Speaker, and served from October 25, 1807, to March 3, 1811.

Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Congresses-Henry Clay, of Kentucky, elected Speaker, and served from Noveinber 4, 181, to March 3, 1821.

Seventeenth Congress-Philip P. Barbour, of Virginia, elected Speaker, and served from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823. Eighteenth Congress-Henry Clay, of Kentucky, elected Speaker, and served from December 1, 1823, to March 1, 1825. Nineteenth Congress-John W. Taylor, of New York, elected Speaker, and served from December 5, 1825, to March 3, 1827. Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses-Andrew Stephenson, of Virginia, elected Speaker, and served from December 3, 1827, to June 3, 1834; and John Bell, of Tennessee, elected on 4th June, to serve out balance of Twenty-third Congress, which ended March 3, 1835.

Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses-James K. Polk, of Tennessee, elected Speaker, and served from December 7, 1835, to March 3, 139.

Twenty-sixth Congress-Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, elected Speaker, and served from December 16, 1859, to March 3, 1841.

Twenty-seventh Congress-John White, of Kentucky. elected Speaker, and served from May 31, 1841, to March 3, 1843.

Twenty-eighth Congress-John W. Jones, of Virginia, elected Speaker, and served from December 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845. Twenty-ninth Congress-John W. Davis, of Indiana, elected Speaker, and served from December 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. Thirtieth Congress-Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, elected Speaker, and served from December 16, 1847, to March 3, 1849.

Thirty-first Congress-Howell Cobb, of Georgia, elected Speaker, and served from December 24, 1849, to March 3, 1851. Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses-Lynn Boyd, of Kentucky, elected Speaker, and served from December 4, 1851, to March 3, 1855.

Thirty-fourth Congress-Nathaniel P. Banks, junior, of Massachusetts, elected Speaker, and served from February 2, 1856, to March 3. 1857.

Thirty-fifth Congress-James L. Orr, of South Carolina, elected Speaker, and served from December 7, 1857, to March 3, 185).

Thirty-sixth Congress-William Pennington, of New Jersey, elected Speaker, and served from February 1, 1860, to March 3, 1851. Thirty-seventh Congress-Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, elected Speaker, and served from July 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863.

Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses-Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, elected Speaker, and served from December 7, 1863, to March 2, 1869; and Theodore M. Pomeroy, of New York, elected March 2. to serve out balance of Fortieth Congress, which ended March 3, 186.

Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses-James G. Blaine, of Maine. elected March 4. 1839; re-elected March 4, 1871, and March 3, 1873, and served to March 3, 1875.

Forty-fourth Congress-Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana, elected December 6, 1875, and died in office. 1876. Samuel J. Randall. of Pennsylvania, elected December 4, 1876, to serve out balance of Forty-fourth Congress.

Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses.-Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, elected March 5, 1877; re-elected March 4, 1879.

Members of the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-1789.

ELECTED BY THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY, JULY 22, 1774. [All members of the Assembly.)

Joseph Galloway, Bucks county.....
Samuel Rhoads, Philadelphia city.
Thomas Milin, Philadelphia city.
Charles Humphreys, Chester county
John Morton, Chester county..
George Ross, Lancaster county.
Edward Biddle, Berks county.

Sept. 5, 1774.

Sept. 5, 1774.

Sept. 5, 1774.

Sept. 5, 1774.

Sept. 5, 1774.

Sept. 5, 1774.

Sept. 5, 1774.

[Added to the Deputies, October 15, 1774.]

John Dickinson, Philadelphia county..

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, DECEMBER

Edward Biddle..
John Dickinson..
Thomas Milin

Oct. 16, 1774. 15, 1774.

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Charles Humphreys.

May 10, 1775,

John Morton..

May 10, 1775.

[Added to the Deputies, May 6, 1775.]

Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia county
Thomas Willing, Philadelphia.

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James Wilson, Carlisle.

May 10, 1775.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 4, 1775.

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ELECTED BY CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,

Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia.

Robert Morris, Esquire, Philadelphia

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

Colonel James Smith.

George Taylor, Esquire..

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, MARCH 10, 1777.

Benjamin Franklin

Robert Morris.......
Daniel Roberdeau.
Jonathan B. Smith

George Clymer
James Wilson

July 20, 1776.

July 20, 1776.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1777.

Joseph Reed, vice Smith, resigned..

William Clingan, vice Clymer

Samuel Duffield, vice Wilson

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 20, 1778.

Daniel Roberdeau

Sept. 15, 1777.

Sept. 15, 1777.

Sept. 15, 1777.

Nov. 25, 1778.

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Nov. 25, 1778.

Nov. 25, 1778.

Nov. 25, 1778.

Nov. 25, 1778.

Nov. 25, 1778.

Nov. 25, 1778.

William Shippen, senior..

Samuel J. Atlee.

James Searle.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, MARCH 2, 1779. Frederick Muhlenberg, vice Roberdeau

March 3, 1779.

Henry Wynkoop, vice Biddle.......... ........... March 3, 1779. James McClean, vice Clingan.................. ..... March 3, 1779.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 12, 1779.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, MAY 31, 1780.

Jared Ingersoll, vice Shippen.

Timothy Matlack.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 23, 1780.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 21, 1781.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 12, 1782.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 12, 1783.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 16, 1784.

Joseph Reed, [died March. 1785, ]...
Cadwalader Morris. [resigned February 7, 1785, ]
William Montgomery, [resigned Feb. 7, 1785, ]...
Joseph Gardner..

William Henry, Lancaster.....

Nov. 29, 1784.
Nov. 29, 1784.
Nov. 29, 1784.
Nov. 29, 1784.

Nov. 29, 1784.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, FEBRUARY 19, 1785. Matthew Clarkson, vice Morris, declined........ Mar. 26, 1785. David Jackson, vice Montgomery.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, APRIL 7, 1785.

Charles Pettit, vice Reed...

James Wilson, vice Clarkson

Apl. 21, 1785.

May 27, 1785.
A pl. 26, 1785.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 11, 1785.

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ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, OCTOBER 31, 1786.

Arthur St. Clair
Charles l'ettit....
William Irvine.

Samuel Meredith

William Bingham

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, MARCH 24, 1787.

John Armstrong, vice Pettit.........

Nov. 22, 1785.

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Apl. 18, 1787.

ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 13, 1787.

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