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(1897 to present)
The Republican Whip assists the Republican leadership
in managing the party's legislative program on the House floor.
The Whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all
party members are present when important measures are to be
voted upon. Information on the current activities of the Republican
Whip is available at the
House Republican Whip's Web site.
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Congress |
Name |
State |
Years of Service |
55th-58th | James A. Tawney |
Minnesota | 1897-1905 | 59th-60th | James E. Watson |
Indiana | 1905-1909 | 61st-62nd | John W. Dwight |
New York | 1909-1913 | 63rd | Charles H. Burke |
South Dakota | 1913-1915 | 64th-65th | Charles M. Hamilton |
New York | 1915-1919 | 66th-67th | Harold Knutson |
Minnesota | 1919-1923 | 68th-71st | Albert H. Vestal |
Indiana | 1923-1931 | 72nd | Carl G. Bachmann |
West Virginia | 1931-1933 | 73rd-78th | Harry L. Englebright |
California | 1933-19431 | 78th-93rd | Leslie C. Arends |
Illinois | 1943-1975 | 94th-96th | Robert H. Michel |
Illinois | 1975-1981 | 97th-100th | Trent Lott |
Mississippi | 1981-1989 | 101st | Dick Cheney |
Wyoming | 19892 | 101st-103rd | Newt Gingrich |
Georgia | 1989-19952 | 104th-107th | Tom DeLay |
Texas | 1995-2003 | 108th-present | Roy Blunt |
Missouri | 2003-present |
1 Died in office,
May 13, 1943. 2
Representative Gingrich was elected Whip on March 22, 1989, following Representative
Cheney's resignation from the House on March 17, 1989 to become Secretary of Defense.
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