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Since
1995, the Republican party has enjoyed the (for them) rare
status of holding the majority of seats in the U.S. House of
Representatives. The individuals listed below were the Whips
for the Republicans in the House. 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 1933-1943* 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 1989** 101st-103rd Newt
Gingrich Georgia 1989-1995** 104th-107th Tom DeLay
Texas 1995-2003 108th-present Roy
Blunt Missouri 2003-present **Newt Gingrich was elected
Whip on March 22, 1989, following Dick Cheney's resignation
from the House on March 17, 1989 to become Secretary of
Defense for the first President Bush. House
of Representatives Clerk's Office
Lee, R.
"Republican Whips in the U.S.House of
Representatives" http://www.historyguy.com/republican_whips_house_rep.html
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* Died in office on May 13,
1943.
Hillsource:
Home page for the House Republican Conference
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