AMPU Historical Speakers

[vcczar]

From time-to-time I'll post the historic speakers and the major bills that got through their tenure. Our first speaker, Muhlenberg, was highly successful in only 2 years, although he personally had very little power.:

Speaker	Speaker Party	Year	Pres	Pres Party	Legis
F Muhlenberg	Red	1789	Washington	Red	Judiciary Act
F Muhlenberg	Red	1789	Washington	Red	Lighthouse Act
F Muhlenberg	Red	1789	Washington	Red	Bill of Rights
F Muhlenberg	Red	1789	Washington	Red	Hamilton I Tariff
F Muhlenberg	Red	1790	Washington	Red	Create Standing Army
F Muhlenberg	Red	1790	Washington	Red	Naturalization Act
F Muhlenberg	Red	1790	Washington	Red	Crimes Act
F Muhlenberg	Red	1790	Washington	Red	Non-Intercourse Act
F Muhlenberg	Red	1790	Washington	Red	Hamilton II Tariff
F Muhlenberg	Red	1790	Washington	Red	Funding Act
F Muhlenberg TOTALS	10 Major Bills

[OrangeP47]

This will be interesting. On a whim earlier today I was going through our 1840 history tab and looking at officials such as Speakers.  Twelve years in, we've actually had quite a few speakers selected who were, historically, speaker, and sometimes even for the term they were actually speaker!  Off the top of my head I'd say it's about 50% of the time.

[vcczar]

10 minutes ago, OrangeP47 said:

Off the top of my head I'd say it's about 50% of the time

That's kind of what I'm hoping for. 

[vcczar]

Not as prolific as Muhlenberg's term as Speaker. Here's Jonathan Trumbull Jr:

J Trumbull Jr	Red	1791	Washington	Red	Vermont Statehood
J Trumbull Jr	Red	1791	Washington	Red	Hamilton III Tariff
J Trumbull Jr	Red	1792	Washington	Red	Kentucky Statehood
J Trumbull Jr	Red	1792	Washington	Red	Militia Acts
J Trumbull Jr	Red	1792	Washington	Red	US Mint
J Trumbull Jr TOTALS	5 Major Bills

[vcczar]

I left this out of Trumbull's list above:

J Trumbull Jr

Red

1791

Washington

Red

US Bank

Muhlenberg returns but at this point, he's flipped parties in reaction to the above. Only two major bills, possibly because we have two parties sharing power for the first time. 

F Muhlenberg	Blue	1793	Washington	Red	Fugitive Slave
F Muhlenberg	Blue	1794	Washington	Red	Naval Act
F Muhlenberg TOTALS	2 Major Bills

[vcczar]

Jonathan Dayton is the first Speaker to be reelected as Speaker for a consecutive term and the first to be Speaker for two presidents. 

J Dayton	Red	1795	Washington	Red	Naturalization Act
J Dayton	Red	1796	Washington	Red	Tennessee Statehood
J Dayton	Red	1798	J Adams	Red	Dept of Navy
J Dayton	Red	1798	J Adams	Red	Alien Acts
J Dayton	Red	1798	J Adams	Red	Sedition Act
J Dayton	Red	1798	J Adams	Red	Naturalization Act
J Dayton	Red	1798	J Adams	Red	Maritime Healthcare
J Dayton TOTALS	7 Major Bills

[vcczar]

Theodore Sedgwick, the last Federalists Speaker, is also our first insignificant Speaker. Only 1 major bill was passed. 

Th Sedgwick	Red	1800	J Adams	Red	Library of Congress
Th Sedgwick TOTALS	1 Major Bill

[vcczar]

Ack. Forgot Midnight Judges

Th Sedgwick	Red	1800	J Adams	Red	Library of Congress
Th Sedgwick	Red	1801	J Adams	Red	Midnight Judges
Th Sedgwick TOTALS	2 Major Bill

[vcczar]

Nathaniel Macon is the first Speaker elected to three staight terms and also the first major "Blue Party" Speaker

N Macon	Blue	1802	Jefferson	Blue	Repeal Midnight Judges
N Macon	Blue	1802	Jefferson	Blue	Repeal Some A & S Acts
N Macon	Blue	1802	Jefferson	Blue	West Point Mil Acad
N Macon	Blue	1803	Jefferson	Blue	Ohio Statehood
N Macon	Blue	1804	Jefferson	Blue	Land Act
N Macon	Blue	1806	Jefferson	Blue	National Road
N Macon	Blue	1807	Jefferson	Blue	Embargo on UK
N Macon	Blue	1807	Jefferson	Blue	Slave Trade Ban
N Macon	Blue	1807	Jefferson	Blue	Insurrection Act
N Macon	Blue	1807	Jefferson	Blue	Seventh Circuit Act
N Macon TOTALS	10 Major Bills

[vcczar]

Varnum is the 1st Speaker without a major bill. Madison was quite rudderless during his first two years as president, and it seems Congress was too. Clay passed one major bill during his first Speakership. Cheves kind of filled in during a quiet time. When Henry Clay returned, he transformed the Speakership into an office with actual powers and influence. 

J B Varnum	Blue		Jefferson/Madison	Blue	n/a
J B Varnum TOTALS	0 Major Bills
H Clay	Blue	1812	Madison	Blue	Louisiana Statehood
H Clay TOTALS	1 Major Bill
L Cheves	Blue		Madison	Blue	n/a
L Cheves TOTALS	0 Major Bills
H Clay	Blue	1816	Madison	Blue	Indiana Statehood
H Clay	Blue	1816	Madison	Blue	Dallas Tariff
H Clay	Blue	1817	Madison	Blue	Mississippi Statehood
H Clay	Blue	1818	Monroe	Blue	Extend National Road
H Clay	Blue	1818	Monroe	Blue	Illinois Statehood
H Clay	Blue	1818	Monroe	Blue	1st Mil Pension
H Clay	Blue	1819	Monroe	Blue	Alabama Statehood
H Clay	Blue	1820	Monroe	Blue	Maine Statehood
H Clay	Blue	1820	Monroe	Blue	Restrict Slavery (Missouri C)
H Clay TOTALS	9 Major Bills

[vcczar]

Here are the top 9 Speakers in presiding during major bills

1. John W. McCormick 20
   1. LBJ's Great Society, which was probably the high point of legislative production, at least rivaling FDR's 1st term. 
2. Thomas Bracket Reed 18
   1. Gilded Age Speaker
3. Sam Rayburn 15
   1. Longest-serving Speaker
4. Henry Clay 12
   1. The first powerful speaker and also speaker those most times. 
5. Frederick Muhlenberg 12
   1. The first Speaker, so benefited by presiding as the government was being created. 
6. Jim W Martin 11
   1. Easily the most producted post-WWII GOP Speaker. Was the opposition leader of Rayburn. 
7. Galusha Grow 11
   1. Speaker during most of the Civil War
8. Joseph Cannon 11
   1. Considered the most powerful Speaker ever. 
9. Nathaniel Macon 10
   1. Benefited from the Jefferson-Madison-Monroe domination of the national government