Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
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The Minority Leader of the
United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the "loyal opposition," and is the minority counterpart to the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.
List of Minority Leaders Since 1899
- James D. Richardson (D-TN) (1899-1903)
- John Sharp Williams (D-MS) (1903-1908)
- James Beauchamp Clark (D-MO) (1908-1911), (1919-1921)
- James R. Mann (R-IL) (1911-1919)
- Claude Kitchin (D-NC) (1921-1923)
- Finis J. Garrett (D-TN) (1923-1929)
- John N. Garner (D-TX) (1929-1931)
- Bertrand H. Snell (R-NY) (1931-1939)
- Joseph W. Martin, Jr (R-MA) (1939-1947), (1949-1953)
- Sam Rayburn (D-TX) (1947-1949), (1953-1955)
- Charles A. Halleck (R-IN), (1959-1965)
- Gerald R. Ford (R-MI), (1965-1973)
- John J. Rhodes (R-AZ), (1974-1981)
- Robert H. Michel (R-IL), (1981-1994)
- Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO), (1995-2002)
- Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), (2003-present)
See also: United States Senate Minority Leader
