Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives

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The Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the minority counterpart to the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives. Generally, the minority leader is on the ballot for Speaker of the House during the convening of the Congress. The minority leader usually meets with the Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House to discuss agreements on controversial issues.

List of Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

Dates Congresses Minority Leader Party State / District
1899-1903 56th-57th James Richardson Democratic Tennessee
1903-1908 58th-60th John Sharp Williams Democratic Mississippi
1908-1911 60th-61st Champ Clark Democratic Missouri
1911-1919 62nd-65th James Mann Republican Illinois
1919-1921 66th Champ Clark Democratic Missouri
1921-1923 67th Claude Kitchin Democratic North Carolina
1923-1929 68th-70th Finis Garrett Democratic Tennessee
1929-1931 71st John Nance Garner Democratic Texas
1931-1939 72nd-75th Bertrand Snell Republican New York
1939-1947 76th-79th Joseph Martin Republican
1947-1949 80th Sam Rayburn Democratic
1949-1953 81st-82nd Joseph Martin Republican
1953-1955 83rd Sam Rayburn Democratic
1955-1959 84th-85th Joseph Martin Republican
1959-1965 86th-88th Charles Halleck Republican
1965-1973 89th-93rd Gerald Ford Republican
1973-1981 93rd-96th John Rhodes Republican
1981-1995 97th-103rd Robert Michel Republican
1995-2003 104th-107th Dick Gephardt Democratic
2003-present 108th-present Nancy Pelosi Democratic

Dates	Congresses	Minority Leader	Party	State / District
1899-1903	56th-57th	James Richardson	Democratic	Tennessee
1903-1908	58th-60th	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	Mississippi
1908-1911	60th-61st	Champ Clark	Democratic	Missouri
1911-1919	62nd-65th	James Mann	Republican	Illinois
1919-1921	66th	Champ Clark	Democratic	Missouri
1921-1923	67th	Claude Kitchin	Democratic	North Carolina
1923-1929	68th-70th	Finis Garrett	Democratic	Tennessee
1929-1931	71st	John Nance Garner	Democratic	Texas
1931-1939	72nd-75th	Bertrand Snell	Republican	New York
1939-1947	76th-79th	Joseph Martin	Republican
1947-1949	80th	Sam Rayburn	Democratic
1949-1953	81st-82nd	Joseph Martin	Republican
1953-1955	83rd	Sam Rayburn	Democratic
1955-1959	84th-85th	Joseph Martin	Republican
1959-1965	86th-88th	Charles Halleck	Republican
1965-1973	89th-93rd	Gerald Ford	Republican
1973-1981	93rd-96th	John Rhodes	Republican
1981-1995	97th-103rd	Robert Michel	Republican
1995-2003	104th-107th	Dick Gephardt	Democratic
2003-present	108th-present	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic

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