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.

List of Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

Dates	Congresses	Name	Party	State
1899-1903	56th-57th	James D. Richardson	Democratic	Tennessee
1903-1908	58th-60th	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	Mississippi
1908-1911	60th-61st	James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark	Democratic	Missouri
1911-1919	62nd-65th	James R. Mann	Republican	Illinois
1919-1921	66th	James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark	Democratic	Missouri
1921-1923	67th	Claude Kitchin	Democratic	North Carolina
1923-1929	68th-70th	Finis J. Garrett	Democratic	Tennessee
1929-1931	71st	John Nance Garner	Democratic	Texas
1931-1939	72nd-75th	Bertrand H. Snell	Republican	New York
1939-1947	76th-79th	Joseph W. Martin Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts
1947-1949	80th	Samuel T. Rayburn	Democratic	Texas
1949-1953	81st-82nd	Joseph W. Martin Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts
1953-1955	83rd	Samuel T. Rayburn	Democratic	Texas
1955-1959	84th-85th	Joseph W. Martin Jr.	Republican	Massachusetts
1959-1965	86th-88th	Charles A. Halleck	Republican	Indiana
1965-1973	89th-93rd	Gerald R. Ford Jr.	Republican	Michigan
1973-1981	93rd-96th	John J. Rhodes	Republican	Arizona
1981-1995	97th-103rd	Robert H. Michel	Republican	Illinois
1995-2003	104th-107th	Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt	Democratic	Missouri
2003-2007	108th-109th	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	California
2007-present	110th-present	John Boehner	Republican	Ohio

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Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives

List of Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives

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