Question: who was the first speaker of the house
Answer: Pro-Administration ( 2 ) Anti-Administration ( 1 ) Federalist ( 2 ) Democratic - Republican ( 6 ) Adams Republican ( 1 ) Jacksonian ( 3 ) Democratic ( 22 ) Whig ( 3 ) American ( 1 ) Republican ( 16 ) Speaker Party State and district Term of service Congress Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration Pennsylvania At - large April 1 , 1789 -- March 4 , 1791 1st Jonathan Trumbull Jr .