Speaker of the House

The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives, conducting all meetings of the chambers. The Speaker is elected at the beginning of every Congressional Session so it may swear in the other members of the House.
As of current there has been 12 Speakerships; 3 Independents, 1 People's Labour Party, 1 Party for Democracy, 1 Freedom Party, 1 Constitutional Democratic Party, 2 Democratic Party, 1 Federalist Party, 1 People's Vote Party, and 1 Democratic Union Party.
The most time served as Speaker of the House is split between the ninth Speaker Thomas White and the 6th and 10th Speaker John Berkman, who both served 3 full terms at 2,191 total days in office.
The youngest Speaker was John Berkman, who took the office at 28 years and 117 days old; conversely the oldest Speaker was Henry Whittleston, who left the office at 56 years old and 1 day.
==Speaker Firsts==
#First Speaker was Gerald Smith.
#The longest-serving Speaker was Thomas White at 2191 days.
#The shortest-serving Speaker was Jonathan Banks Jr. at 168 days.
#First Speaker removed by a vote was Jonathan Banks Jr..
==List of Speakers==
United States Speakers
Presidency	Presidency	Speaker of the House	Speaker of the House	Prior office 	Party	Party 	Term(s)
1 	April 1, 1789
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March 4, 1793	 	
===Gerald Smith=== 	Governor of New Jersey 	 	Party for Democracy 	1st
1 	April 1, 1789
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March 4, 1793	 	
===Gerald Smith=== 	Governor of New Jersey 	 	Party for Democracy 	2nd
2 	March 4, 1793
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August 19, 1793	 	
===Jonathan Banks Jr.===	Governor of North Carolina 	 	Freedom 	1st
3 	August 19, 1793
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March 4, 1795	 	
===Henry Whittleston===	Representative from Connecticut 	 	Constitutional Democratic	1st
4 	March 4, 1795
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October 19, 1795	 	
===Frederick Muhlenberg===	Representative from Pennsylvania 	 	Democratic-Republican 	1st
4 	March 4, 1795
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October 19, 1795	 	
===Frederick Muhlenberg===	Representative from Pennsylvania 	 	Democratic 	1st
5 	October 19, 1795
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March 4, 1797	 	
===Jonathan Dayton===	Representative from New Jersey 	 	Federalist 	1st
6 	March 4, 1797
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March 4, 1799	 	
===John Berkman=== 	Lawyer 	 	Independent 	1st
7 	March 4, 1799
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April 18, 1800	 	
===John Leatherman===	Representative from Vermont 	 	People's Vote 	1st
8 	July 27, 1800
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March 4, 1801	 	
===Albert Gallatin===	Representative from Pennsylvania 	 	Democratic Union 	1st
9 	March 4, 1801
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March 4, 1807	 	
===Thomas White=== 	Attorney General 	 	Independent 	1st
9 	March 4, 1801
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March 4, 1807	 	
===Thomas White=== 	Attorney General 	 	Independent 	2nd
9 	March 4, 1801
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March 4, 1807	 	
===Thomas White=== 	Attorney General 	 	Independent 	3rd
10 	March 5, 1807
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March 4, 1811	 	
=== John Berkman===	Former Speaker of the House 	 	Independent 	2nd
10 	March 5, 1807
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March 4, 1811	 	
=== John Berkman===	Former Speaker of the House 	 	Independent 	3rd
11 	March 4, 1811
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March 4, 1815	 	
===Gregory Anderson===	Lawyer 	 	People's Labour 	1st
11 	March 4, 1811
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March 4, 1815	 	
===Gregory Anderson===	Lawyer 	 	People's Labour 	2nd
12 	March 4, 1815
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August 22, 1815	 	
===John G. Benckendorf===	Representative from Pennsylvania 	 	Constitutional Democratic	1st
13 	August 22, 1815
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March 4, 1821	 	
===Henry Clay=== 	Representative from Kentucky 	 	Democratic 	1st
13 	August 22, 1815
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March 4, 1821	 	
===Henry Clay=== 	Representative from Kentucky 	 	Republican 	2nd
13 	August 22, 1815
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March 4, 1821	 	
===Henry Clay=== 	Representative from Kentucky 	 	Republican 	3rd
14 	March 4, 1821
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February 14, 1822	 	
===William Erler===	Commander of the Maine Volunteer Guard	 	Republican 	1st
15 	February 14, 1822 
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March 4, 1823	 	
===Herald Banks=== 	Representative from North Carolina 	 	Democratic 	1st
16 	March 4, 1823
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March 4, 1825	 	
===John Tremble II===	Lawyer 	 	Liberal Democratic 	1st
17 	March 4, 1825
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April 14, 1825	 	
===William Erler===	Former Speaker of the House 	 	Republican 	2nd
18 	April 14, 1825
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Present	 	
===John Quincy Adams===	Former United States President 	 	Republican 	1st