Republican Whips
(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.
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-72nd | Albert H. Vestal1 | Indiana | 1923-1932 |
72nd | Carl G. Bachmann | West Virginia | 1932-1933 |
73rd-78th | Harry L. Englebright | California | 1933-19432 |
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 | 19893 |
101st-103rd | Newt Gingrich | Georgia | 1989-19953 |
104th-107th | Tom DeLay | Texas | 1995-2003 |
108th-110th | Roy Blunt | Missouri | 2003-2009 |
111th | Eric Cantor | Virginia | 2009-present |