Who was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 1917?

Answer 1

Galusha A. Grow (born August 31, 1822 in Ashford, Connecticut; died March 31, 1907 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) succeeded William Pennington as the twenty-eighth Speaker foof the United States House of Representatives, serving between July 4, 1861 and March 4, 1863.

Following the end of Grow's term as Speaker, Schuyler Colfax (born March 23, 1823 in New York, New York; died January 13, 1885 in Mankato, Minnesota) became the twenty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 7, 1863 and March 3, 1869.

Answer 2

Schuyler Colfax (born March 23, 1823 in New York, New York; died January 13, 1885 in Mankato, Minnesota) succeeded Galusha A. Grow as the twenty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 7, 1863 and March 3, 1869, including the whole of 1865.

Answer 3

Schuyler Colfax (born March 23, 1823 in New York, New York; died January 13, 1885 in Mankato, Minnesota) succeeded Galusha A. Grow as the twenty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 7, 1863 and March 3, 1869, including the whole of 1867.

Answer 4

Schuyler Colfax (born March 23, 1823 in New York, New York; died January 13, 1885 in Mankato, Minnesota) succeeded Galusha A. Grow as the twenty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 7, 1863 and March 3, 1869, including the whole of 1868.

Answer 5

Schuyler Colfax (born March 23, 1823 in New York, New York; died Janaury 13, 1885 in Mankato, Minnesota) succeeded Galusha A. Grow as the twenty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 7, 1863 and March 3, 1869.

Following the end of Colfax's term as speaker, Theodore Medad Pomeroy (born December 31, 1824 in Cayuga, New York; died March 23, 1905 in Auburn, New York) became the thirtieth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between March 3, 1869 and March 4, 1869.

Following the end of Pomeroy's term in office, James C. Blaine (born January 31, 1830 in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania; died January 27, 1893 in Washington DC) became the thirty-first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between March 4, 1869 and March 4, 1875.

Answer 6

Michael Crawford Kerr (born March 15, 1827 in Titusville, Pennsylvania; died August 19, 1876 in Rocksbridge County, Virginia) succeeded James G. Blaine as the thirty-second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 6, 1875 and August 19, 1876.

Following the end of Michael C. Kerr's term in office, Samuel J. Randall (born October 10, 1828 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died April 13, 1890 in Washington DC) became the thirty-third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 4, 1876 and March 4, 1881.

Answer 7

Champ Clark (born James Beauchamp Clark on March 7, 1850 in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; died March 2, 1921 in Washington DC) succeeded Joseph Gurney Cannon as the forty-first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between April 4, 1911 and March 4, 1919, including the whole of 1917.

Answer 8

Sam Rayburn (born January 6, 1882 in Kingston, Tennessee; died November 16, 1961 in Bonham, Texas) succeeded William B. Bankhead as the forty-eighth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between September 16, 1940 and January 3, 1947.

Following the end of Rayburn's term as Speaker, Joseph William Martin Jr. (born November 3, 1884 in North Attleborough, Massachusetts; died March 6, 1968 in Hollywood, Florida) became the forty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 3, 1947 and January 3, 1949.