Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives

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The Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives acts as the leader of the party that has a majority control of the seats in the house (currently at least 218 of the 435 seats). The Majority Leader works with the Speaker of the House and the Majority Whip to coordinate ideas and supporting votes for legislation. The office of Majority Leader was created in 1899 by Speaker David B. Henderson who saw a need for a party leader on the House floor separate from the Speaker himself.

List of Majority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

Years	Congress(es)	Majority Leader	Party	Congressional district
1899-1911	56th-61st	Sereno E. Payne	Republican	New York
1911-1915	62nd-63rd	Oscar W. Underwood	Democratic	Alabama
1915-1919	64th-65th	Claude Kitchin		North Carolina
1919-1923	66th-67th	Frank W. Mondell	Republican	Wyoming
1923-1925	68th	Nicholas Longworth		Ohio
1925-1931	69th-71st	John Q. Tilson		Connecticut
1931-1933	72nd	Henry T. Rainey	Democratic	Illinois
1933-1935	73rd	Joseph W. Byrns		Tennessee
1935-1937	74th	William B. Bankhead		Alabama
1937-1940	75th-76th	Sam Rayburn		Texas
1940-1947	77th-79th	John W. McCormack		Massachusetts
1947-1949	80th	Charles A. Halleck	Republican	Indiana
1949-1953	81st-82nd	John W. McCormack	Democratic	Massachusetts
1953-1955	83rd	Charles A. Halleck	Republican	Indiana
1955-1961	84th-87th	John W. McCormack	Democratic	Massachusetts
1961-1971	87th-91st	Carl Albert		Hale Boggs || |-style="background:#DDEEFF" | 1972-1977 || 93rd-94th || Tip O'Neill || |-style="background:#DDEEFF" | 1977-1987 || 95th-99th || Jim Wright || |-style="background:#DDEEFF" | 1987-1989 || 100th || Tom Foley|| |-style="background:#DDEEFF" | 1989-1995 || 101st-103rd || Dick Gephardt || |-style="background:#FFE8E8" | 1995-2003 || 104th-107th || Dick Armey || rowspan=4 | Republican || |-style="background:#FFE8E8" | 2003-2005 || 108th-109th || Tom DeLay || |-style="background:#FFE8E8" || 2005-2006 || 109th || Roy Blunt || |-style="background:#FFE8E8" || 2006- || 109th-present || John Boehner || |} External links [A Brief History of Congressional Leadership] United States Congress — (House of Representatives, Senate) Members House: Current, Former, Districts | Senate: Current, Former, Current & Former by state Groups African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans list, Caucuses, Committees, Demographics House: Committees  | Senate: Committees, Women list Leaders House: Speaker, Majority leader, Minority leader, Dem. leader, Rep. leader, Majority whip, Minority whip, Dem. whip, Rep. whip, Dem. caucus, Rep. conference, Dean Senate: President pro tempore (list), Majority and Minority leaders, Dem. Leader, Rep. Leader, Majority whip, Minority whip, Dem. Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Rep. Conference (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Dean Agencies & Employees Architect of the Capitol, Capitol guide service (board), Capitol police (board), Government Printing Office, Law Revision Counsel, Librarian of Congress, Poet laureate House: Chaplain, Clerk, Doorkeeper, Historian, Page, Parliamentarian, Postmaster, Reading clerk, Sergeant at Arms Senate: Chaplain, Curator, Page, Parliamentarian, Secretary, Sergeant at Arms Politics & Procedure Act of Congress (list), Caucuses, Committees, Joint session, Delegations' partisan mix House: Committees  | Senate: Committees, Filibuster, Traditions, Vice Presidents' tie-breaking votes Buildings Capitol Complex, Capitol, Botanic Garden House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, O'Neill, Rayburn | Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell Research Biographical directory, Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service, Federal depository library, Library of Congress, The Hill, Roll Call, THOMAS   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: