Republican Conference Chairmen
(1863-present)
The House Republican Conference Chairman presides over conference meetings, which
are composed of all members of the Republican party. The chair is elected by the
conference, and is limited to two consecutive full terms. A list of House Republican
Conference Chairmen from 1863 to present is presented below.
The House Republican Conference serves as the organizational forum to elect party
leaders at the outset of each new Congress. The conference meets on a weekly basis
to discuss party policy, pending legislative issues, and other matters of mutual
concern. Further information on the Conference's current activity is available on
the
House Republican Conference Web site.
Congress
|
Name
|
State
|
Years of Service
|
38th-39th
|
Justin S. Morrill
|
Vermont
|
1863-18671
|
40th
|
n/a2
|
.........
|
1867-1869
|
41st
|
Robert C. Schenck
|
Ohio
|
1869-18713
|
41st
|
Nathaniel P. Banks
|
Massachusetts
|
1869-18713
|
42nd
|
Austin Blair
|
Michigan
|
1871-1873
|
43rd
|
Horace Maynard
|
Tennessee
|
1873-1875
|
44th
|
George W. McCrary
|
Iowa
|
1875-1877
|
45th
|
Eugene Hale
|
Maine
|
1877-1879
|
46th
|
William P. Frye
|
Maine
|
1879-1881
|
47th
|
George M. Robeson
|
New Jersey
|
1881-1883
|
48th-50th
|
Joseph G. Cannon
|
Illinois
|
1883-1889
|
51st-53rd
|
Thomas J. Henderson
|
Illinois
|
1889-1895
|
54th-55th
|
Charles H. Grosvenor
|
Ohio
|
1895-1899
|
56th-57th
|
Joseph G. Cannon
|
Illinois
|
1899-1903
|
58th-60th
|
William P. Hepburn
|
Iowa
|
1903-1909
|
61st-62nd
|
Frank D. Currier
|
New Hampshire
|
1909-1913
|
63rd-65th
|
William S. Greene
|
Massachusetts
|
1913-1919
|
66th-67th
|
Horace M. Towner
|
Iowa
|
1919-1923
|
68th
|
Sydney Anderson
|
Minnesota
|
1923-1925
|
69th-72nd
|
Willis C. Hawley
|
Oregon
|
1925-1933
|
73rd
|
Robert Luce
|
Massachusetts
|
1933-1935
|
74th
|
Frederick R. Lehlbach
|
New Jersey
|
1935-1937
|
75th-81st
|
Roy O. Woodruff
|
Michigan
|
1937-1951
|
82nd-84th
|
Clifford R. Hope
|
Kansas
|
1951-1957
|
85th-87th
|
Charles Hoeven
|
Iowa
|
1957-1963
|
88th
|
Gerald R. Ford
|
Michigan
|
1963-1965
|
89th-90th
|
Melvin Laird
|
Wisconsin
|
1965-1969
|
91st-95th
|
John B. Anderson
|
Illinois
|
1969-1979
|
96th
|
Samuel L. Devine
|
Ohio
|
1979-1981
|
97th-99th
|
Jack Kemp
|
New York
|
1981-19874
|
100th
|
Dick Cheney
|
Wyoming
|
1987-19894
|
101st-102nd
|
Jerry Lewis
|
California
|
1989-1993
|
103rd
|
Richard K. Armey
|
Texas
|
1993-1995
|
104th-105th
|
John A. Boehner
|
Ohio
|
1995-1999
|
106th-107th
|
J. C. Watts Jr.
|
Oklahoma
|
1999-2003
|
108th-109th
|
Deborah Pryce
|
Ohio
|
2003-2007
|
110th
|
Adam Putnam
|
Florida
|
2007-2009
|
111th
|
Mike Pence
|
Indiana
|
2009-2011
|
112th
|
Jeb Hensarling
|
Texas
|
2011-present
|