The Federal Speakers of the House during the nineteen sixties through the nineteen nineties were:
- Sam Rayburn (D-TX) - served as Speaker from 1955 to 1961, and again from 1963 until his death in 1961.
- John McCormack (D-MA) - served as Speaker from 1962 to 1971.
- Carl Albert (D-OK) - served as Speaker from 1971 to 1977.
- Tip O'Neill (D-MA) - served as Speaker from 1977 to 1987.
- Tip O'Neill (D-MA) - served as Speaker from 1977 to 1987.
- Jim Wright (D-TX) - served as Speaker from 1987 to 1989.
- Tom Foley (D-WA) - served as Speaker from 1989 to 1995.
- Tom Foley (D-WA) - served as Speaker from 1989 to 1995.
- Newt Gingrich (R-GA) - served as Speaker from 1995 to 1999.