PARTY WHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

A 'whip' in the United States House of Representatives is a member of the party leadership who comes second in line after the party's floor leader, which in the house is the House Majority Leader or the House Minority Leader.
The 'Majority Whip' is an elected member of the majority party who assists the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader to coordinate ideas on and garner support for proposed legislation. This position, unlike Speaker of the House, is not mandated by the Constitution. Instead, it emerged near the beginning of the 20th century.
The 'Minority Whip' is a member of the minority party who assists the Minority Leader in coordinating the party caucus in its responses to legislation and other matters.
The Majority Whip of the 110th Congress is Democrat James E. Clyburn of South Carolina
The Minority Whip of the 110th Congress is Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri.

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List of party whips, 1897–present

List of party whips, 1897–present


('Names in Bold' indicate 'Majority')
Dates Democratic Whip District Republican Whip District
1897-1899 None 'James Albertus Tawney' Minnesota
1899-1901 Oscar W. Underwood Alabama
1901-1905 James T. Lloyd Missouri
1905-1909 'James E. Watson' Indiana
1909-1913 None 'John W. Dwight' New York
1913-1915 'Thomas M. Bell' Georgia Charles H. Burke South Dakota
1915-1919 'None' Charles M. Hamilton Wyoming
1919-1921 None 'Harold Knutson' Minnesota
1921-1923 William A. Oldfield Arkansas
1923-1931 'Albert H. Vestal' Indiana
1931-1933 'John McDuffie' Alabama Carl G. Bachmann West Virginia
1933-1935 'Arthur H. Greenwood' Indiana Harry L. Englebright California
1935-1942 'Patrick J. Boland' Pennsylvania
1942-1943 'Robert Ramspeck' Georgia
1943-1945 Leslie C. Arends Illinois
1945-1947 'John J. Sparkman' Alabama
1947-1949 John W. McCormack Massachusetts 'Leslie C. Arends' Illinois
1949-1953 'J. Percy Priest' Tennessee Leslie C. Arends Illinois
1953-1955 John W. McCormack Massachusetts 'Leslie C. Arends' Illinois
1955-1961 'Carl Albert' Oklahoma Leslie C. Arends Illinois
1961-1971 'Thomas Hale Boggs' Louisiana
1971-1973 'Tip O'Neill' Massachusetts
1973-1975 'John J. McFall' California
1975-1977 Robert H. Michel Illinois
1977-1981 'John W. Brademas' Indiana
1981-1987 'Thomas S. Foley' Washington Trent Lott Mississippi
1987-1989 'Tony Coelho' California
1989 'William H. Gray, III' Pennsylvania Dick Cheney Wyoming
1989-1991 Newt Gingrich Georgia
1991-1995 'David E. Bonior' Michigan
1995-2002 David E. Bonior Michigan 'Tom DeLay' Texas
2002-2003 Nancy Pelosi California
2003-2007 Steny Hoyer 'Roy Blunt' Missouri
2007– 'James E. Clyburn' Roy Blunt Missouri


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