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 (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:

Dates	Congresses	Name	Party	State
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	Democratic	North Carolina
1919-1923	66th-67th	Frank W. Mondell	Republican	Wyoming
1923-1925	68th	Nicholas Longworth	Republican	Ohio
1925-1931	69th-71st	John Q. Tilson	Republican	Connecticut
1931-1933	72nd	Henry T. Rainey	Democratic	Illinois
1933-1935	73rd	Joseph W. Byrns	Democratic	Tennessee
1935-1937	74th	William B. Bankhead	Democratic	Alabama
1937-1940	75th-76th	Samuel T. Rayburn	Democratic	Texas
1940-1947	77th-79th	John W. McCormack	Democratic	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 B. Albert	Democratic	Oklahoma
1971-1972	92nd	Thomas Hale Boggs Sr.	Democratic	Louisiana
1972-1977	93rd-94th	Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill	Democratic	Massachusetts
1977-1987	95th-99th	James C. Wright	Democratic	Texas
1987-1989	100th	Thomas S. Foley	Democratic	Washington
1989-1995	101st-103rd	Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt	Democratic	Missouri
1995-2003	104th-107th	Richard K. "Dick" Armey	Republican	Texas
2003-2005	108th-109th	Thomas D. DeLay	Republican	Texas
2006-2007	109th	John Boehner	Republican	Ohio
2007-present	110th-present	Steny Hoyer	Democrat	Maryland

External links

A Brief History of Congressional Leadership

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