NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, From 1789 to 1855. 1st Congress.-FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBURG, of Pennsylvania, was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, April 1st 1789, and served to March 3, 1791. 2d Congress.-JONATHAN TRUMBULL, of Connecticut, was elected Speaker, and served from the 24th of October, 1791, to March 2, 1793. 3d Congress.-FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBURG, of Pennsylvania, was elected Speaker, and served from December 2, 1793, to 3d of March, 1795. 4th and 5th Congresses.-JONATHAN DAYTON, of New Jersey, was elected Speaker, and served from 7th of December, 1795, to 3d March, 1799. 6th Congress.-THEODORE SEDGWICK, of Massachusetts, was elected Speaker, and served from 2d December, 1799, to the 3d March, 1801. 7th, 8th and 9th Congresses.-NATHANIEL MACON, of North Carolina, was elected Speaker, and served from 7th December, 1801, to March 3d, 1807. 10th and 11th Congresses.-JOSEPH B. VARNUM, of Massachusetts, was elected Speaker, and served from October 26, 1807, to 3d March, 1811. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Congresses.-HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, was elected Speaker, and served from 4th November, 1811, to 3d of March, 1821. 17th Congress.-PHILIP P. BARBOUR, of Virginia, was elected Speaker, and served from 3d December, 1821, to 3d of March, 1823. 18th Congress.-HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, was elected Speaker, and served from 1st of December, 1823, to March 3d, 1825. 19th Congress.-JOHN W. Taylor, of New-York, was elected Speaker, and served from December 5, 1825, to March 3, 1827. 20th, 21st, 22d and 23d Congresses.—ANDREW STEPHENSON, of Virginia, was elected Speaker, and served from 3d December, 1827, to 3d of June, 1834; and JOHN BELL, of Tennessee, was, on the 4th of June, 1834, elected to serve out the balance of the 23d Congress, which ended on the 3d of March, 1837. 24th and 25th Congresses.-JAMES K. POLK, of Tennessee, was elected Speaker, and served from 7th December, 1835, to March 3d, 1839. 26th Congress.-ROBERT M. T. HUNTER, of Virginia, was elected Speaker, and served from the 16th of December, 1839, to March 3, 1841, 27th Congress.—JOHN WHITE, of Kentucky, was elected Speaker, and served from 31st May, 1841, to March 3, 1843. 28th Congress.-JOHN W. JONES, of Virginia, was elected Speaker, and served from 4th December, 1843, to March 3, 1845. 29th Congress.-JOHN W. DAVIS, of Indiana, was elected Speaker, and served from 1st December, 1845, to March 3, 1847. 30th Congress.-ROBERT C. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts, was elected Speaker, and served from the 6th of December, 1847, to March 3, 1849. 31st Congress.-HOWELL COBB, of Georgia, was elected Speaker, and served from 24th December, 1849, to March 3, 1851. 32d Congress.-LINN BOYD, of Kentucky, was elected Speaker, and served from 4th December, 1851, to March 3, 1853. 33d Congress.-LINN BOYD, of Kentucky, was elected Speaker, and served from 5th December, 1853, to CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, As established by Chapter 499, Laws of 1851. Passed July 10, 1851. Counties of Suffolk, Queens, Richmond and City of Brooklyn, first twelve wards. Counties of Westchester, Rockland and Put nam. Counties of Orange and Sullivan. Counties of Ulster and Greene. Counties of Dutchess and Columbia. TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, County of Rensselaer. Counties of Fulton, Montgomery, Schenec tady and Schoharie. Counties of Otsego and Delaware. County of Oneida. Counties of Cortland, Broome and Chenango. TWENTY-FIRST, Counties of Jefferson and Lewis. TWENTY-FOURTH, County of Onondaga. TWENTY-FIFTH, Counties of Cayuga and Wayne. .... TWENTY-SIXTH,.. TWENTY-SEVENTH, Counties of Ontario, Seneca and Yates. Counties of Tompkins, Chemung, Schuyler and TWENTY-EIGHTH, Counties of Steuben and Livingston. Counties of Genesee, Wyoming and Allegany. County of Erie. Counties of Chautauque and Cattaraugus. |