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Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives

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The Minority Whip is a member of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives who assists the Minority Leader in coordinating the party caucus in its responses to legislation and other matters.

See also: Whip, Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives (contains a list of House Whips)

Minority Whips, 1899-present

Term Name Party State
1899-1901 Oscar W. Underwood Democratic Alabama
1901-1909 James T. Lloyd Democratic Missouri
1909-1911 None
1911-1913 John W. Dwight Republican New York
1913-1915 Charles H. Burke Republican New York
1915-1919 Charles M. Hamilton Republican New York
1919-1921 None
1921-1928 William A. Oldfield Democratic Arkansas
1928-1931 John McDuffie Democratic South Carolina
1931-1933 Carl G. Bachmann Republican West Virginia
1933-1943 Harry L. Englebright Republican California
1943-1947 Leslie C. Arends Republican Illinois
1947-1949 John W. McCormack Democratic Massachusetts
1949-1953 Leslie C. Arends Republican Illinois
1953-1955 John W. McCormack Democratic Massachusetts
1955-1975 Leslie C. Arends Republican Illinois
1975-1981 Robert H. Michel Republican Illinois
1981-1989 Trent Lott Republican Mississippi
1989 Dick Cheney Republican Wyoming
1989-1995 Newt Gingrich Republican Georgia
1995-2002 David E. Bonior Democratic Michigan
2002-2003 Nancy Pelosi Democratic California
2003-present Steny Hoyer Democratic Maryland
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