Speakers of the House: Background

Updated: January 7, 2011 | 3:30 p.m.
January 7, 2011 | 6:58 a.m.

For more than 220 years, the Speaker has been the top officer of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Boehner being only the latest. Below is a list of all Speakers by the Congress in which they presided, the state where they were from and the date they were elected to the position, based on information from the Clerk of the House's website.

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