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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
1971-1972 92nd Hale Boggs
1972-1977 93rd-94th Tip O'Neill
1977-1987 95th-99th Jim Wright
1987-1989 100th Tom Foley
1989-1995 101st-103rd Dick Gephardt
1995-2003 104th-107th Dick Armey Republican
2003-2005 108th-109th Tom DeLay
2005-2006 109th Roy Blunt
2006- 109th-present John Boehner

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United States House of Representatives | Majority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

 

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