List of speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives explained

Post:Speaker
Body:Kentucky House of Representatives
Insignia:Seal of Kentucky.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Incumbent:David W. Osborne
Incumbentsince:November 4, 2017
Status:Presiding officer
Appointer:Kentucky House of Representatives
Seat:Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort
Inaugural:Robert Breckinridge

The following is a list of speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives since statehood.

Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
Robert Breckinridge1792–1796Democratic-Republican
Edmund Bullock1796–1799Democratic-Republican
John Breckinridge1799–1801Democratic-Republican
John Adair1801–1803Democratic-Republican
William Logan1803–1807Democratic-Republican
Henry Clay1807–1808Democratic-Republican
William Logan1808–1810Democratic-Republican
John Simpson1810–1812Democratic-Republican
Joseph T. Hawkins1812–1814Democratic-Republican
William T. Barry1814–1815Democratic-Republican
John J. Crittenden1815–1817Democratic-Republican
Cabell Breckinridge1817–1819Democratic-Republican
Martin D. Hardin1819–1820Democratic-RepublicanMadison County
George Claiborne Thompson1820–1822Mercer County
Richard C. Anderson1822–1823Jefferson County
George Robertson1823–1824Democratic-RepublicanFayette County
Robert J. Ward1824–1825Scott County
George Robertson1825–1827Democratic-RepublicanFayette County
John Speed Smith1827–1828Democratic-RepublicanMadison County
Tunstall Quarles1828–1829Democratic-RepublicanPulaski County
John J. Crittenden1829–1833Democratic-RepublicanFranklin County
Richard B. New1833–1834Trigg County
Charles A. Wickliffe1834–1835WhigNelson County
John L. Helm1835–1837WhigHardin County
Robert P. Letcher1837–1839WhigGarrard County
John L. Helm1839–1840WhigHardin County
Charles S. Morehead1840–1842WhigFranklin County
John L. Helm1842–1844WhigHardin County
Charles S. Morehead1844–1845WhigFranklin County
Joseph R. Underwood1845–1846WhigWarren County
Leslie Combs1846–1847WhigFayette County
James F. Buckner1847–1848WhigChristian County
Gwyn Page1848–1849WhigJeferson County
Thomas W. Riley1849–1850WhigNelson County
G. W. Johnston1850–1851WhigShelby County
George Robertson1851–1853WhigFayette County
Charles G. Wintersmith1853–1855WhigHardin County
John B. Huston1855–1857Know NothingClark County
Daniel P. White1857–1859DemocraticGreen County
David Meriwether1859–1861DemocraticJefferson County
Richard A. Buckner1861–1863UnionistFayette County
Harrison Taylor1863–1867DemocraticMason County[1] [2]
John T. Bunch1867–1871Louisville
James B. McCreary1871–1874DemocraticMadison County
William Johnson Stone1875–1876DemocraticLyon County
Ed W. Turner1877–1878DemocraticMadison County
Joseph M. Bigger1879–1880DemocraticMcCracken County
William Claiborne Owens1881–1882DemocraticScott County
Charles Offutt1883–1886DemocraticBourbon County
Ben Johnson1887–1888DemocraticNelson County
Harvey Myers1889–1890DemocraticKenton County
William M. Moore1891–1894DemocraticHarrison County
A. J. Carroll1894–1896DemocraticJefferson County
Charles J. Blandford1896–1898RepublicanBreckinridge County
J. C. W. Beckham1898–1900DemocraticNelson County
South Trimble1900–1902DemocraticFranklin County[3]
Gerald T. Finn1902–1904DemocraticSimpson County
Eli H. Brown1904–1906DemocraticDaviess County
Henry R. Lawrence1906–1908DemocraticTrigg County
William J. Gooch1908–1910DemocraticSimpson County
George S. Wilson1910–1912DemocraticUnion County
Claude B. Terrell1912–1916DemocraticTrimble County[4]
Hugh C. Duffy1916–1918DemocraticHarrison County
Robert C. Crowe1918–1920DemocraticOldham County
Joseph Bosworth1920–1922RepublicanBell County
James H. Thompson1922–1924DemocraticBourbon County
Samuel W. Adams1924–1926DemocraticKenton County
George L. Drury1926–1928DemocraticUnion County
John S. Milliken1928–1932DemocraticSimpson County
1932–1933DemocraticFayette County
Frank Lebus1933–1934DemocraticHarrison County
W. E. Rogers1934–1935DemocraticTodd County
Wallace Brown1935–1936DemocraticNelson County
John D. Kirtley1936–1940DemocraticMcLean County
Benjamin F. Shields1940–1942DemocraticShelby County
Stanley S. Dickson1942–1944DemocraticBourbon County
Harry Waterfield1944–1948DemocraticHickman County
Herbert Tinsley1948–1950DemocraticCarroll County
Adron Doran1950–1952DemocraticCalloway County
Charles W. Burnley1952–1956DemocraticMcCracken County
Thomas P. Fitzpatrick1956–1958DemocraticKenton County
Morris Weintraub1958–1960DemocraticCampbell County
Harry Lowman1960–1964DemocraticBoyd County
Shelby McCallum1964–1968DemocraticMarshall County
Julian Carroll1968–1972DemocraticMcCracken County
Norbert Blume1972–1976DemocraticJefferson County
William G. Kenton1976–1982DemocraticFayette County
Bobby H. Richardson1982–1986DemocraticBarren County
Donald Blandford1986–1993DemocraticDaviess County
Joe Clarke1993–1994DemocraticBoyle County[5]
Jody Richards1994–2008DemocraticWarren County
Greg Stumbo2009–2017DemocraticFloyd County
Jeff Hoover2017–2018RepublicanRussell County
David Osborne2017–RepublicanOldham County

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tapp . Hambleton . Klotter. James C. . Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865 – 1900 . The Kentucky Historical Society . . 1977 . 0-916968-05-7. James C. Klotter .
  2. Legislative Document No. 20., Ninth Biennial Report from the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics. Wilson. C.Y.. 1891. Frankfort, Kentucky. E. Polk Johnson, Capitol Office. December 16, 2023.
  3. Book: Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005. 1. Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. Frankfort, Kentucky. 2005. December 16, 2023.
  4. Book: American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. 9780313302138. December 16, 2023. Sharp. James Roger. Sharp. Nancy Weatherly. 1999. Bloomsbury Academic .
  5. Book: Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005. 2. Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. Frankfort, Kentucky. 2005. December 16, 2023.