List of speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives
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The following is a list of speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives since statehood.
Speaker of Iowa House of Representatives | |
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since January 13, 2020 | |
Status | Presiding officer |
Seat | Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines |
Appointer | Iowa House of Representatives |
Inaugural holder | Jesse B. Browne |
Speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives
editSpeaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes | Citation |
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Jesse B. Browne | 1846–1848 | Whig | Lee County | [1] | |
Smiley Bonham | 1848–1850 | Democratic | Johnson County | [1] | |
George Temple | 1850–1852 | Democratic | Des Moines County | [1] | |
James Grant | 1852–1854 | Democratic | Scott County | [1] | |
Reuben Noble | 1854–1856 | Whig | Clayton County | [1] | |
Samuel McFarland | 1856–1858 | Republican | Henry County | [1] | |
Stephen B. Shelledy | 1858–1860 | Republican | Jasper County | [1] | |
John Edwards | 1860–1862 | Republican | Lucas County | [1] | |
Rush Clark | 1862–1864 | Republican | Johnson County | [1] | |
Jacob Butler | 1864–1866 | Republican | Muscatine County | [1] | |
Ed Wright | 1866–1868 | Republican | Cedar County | [1] | |
John Russell | 1868–1870 | Republican | Jones County | [1] | |
Aylett R. Cotton | 1870–1872 | Republican | Clinton County | [1] | |
James Wilson | 1872–1874 | Republican | Tama County | [1] | |
John H. Gear | 1874–1878 | Republican | Des Moines County | [1] | |
John Young Stone | 1878–1880 | Republican | Des Moines County | [1] | |
Lore Alford | 1880–1882 | Republican | Mills County | [1] | |
George R. Struble | 1882–1884 | Republican | Black Hawk County | [1] | |
William P. Wolf | 1884–1886 | Republican | Tama County | [1] | |
Albert Head | 1886–1888 | Republican | Greene County | [1] | |
William H. Redman | 1888–1890 | Republican | Poweshiek County | [1] | |
John Taylor Hamilton | 1890–1892 | Democratic | Linn County | [1] | |
William O. Mitchell | 1892–1894 | Republican | Adams County | [1] | |
Henry Stone | 1894–1896 | Republican | Marshall County | [1] | |
Howard W. Byers | 1896–1898 | Republican | Shelby County | [1] | |
James H. Funk | 1898–1900 | Republican | Hardin County | [1] | |
Daniel H. Bowen | 1900–1902 | Republican | Allamakee County | [1] | |
Willard L. Eaton | 1902–1904 | Republican | Mitchell County | [1] | |
George W. Clarke | 1904–1908 | Republican | Dallas County | [1] | |
Nathan E. Kendall | 1908–1909 | Republican | Dallas County | [1] | |
Guy A. Feely | 1909–1911 | Republican | Black Hawk County | [1] | |
Paul E. Stillman | 1911–1913 | Republican | Greene County | [2] | |
Edward H. Cunningham | 1913–1915 | Republican | Buena Vista County | [2] | |
William I. Atkinson | 1915–1917 | Republican | Butler County | [2] | |
Milton B. Pitt | 1917–1919 | Republican | Harrison County | [2] | |
Arch McFarlane | 1919–1923 | Republican | Black Hawk County | [2] | |
Joseph H. Anderson | 1923–1925 | Republican | Winnebago County | [2] | |
Willis C. Edson | 1925–1927 | Republican | Burna Vista County | [2] | |
Luther V. Carter | 1928–1929 | Republican | Hardin County | [2] | |
Joseph H. Johnson | 1929–1931 | Republican | Marion County | [2] | |
Francis Johnson | 1931–1933 | Republican | Dickinson County | [2] | |
George E. Miller | 1933–1935 | Democratic | Shelby County | [2] | |
John H. Mitchell | 1935–1937 | Democratic | Webster County | [2] | |
Lamar P. Foster | 1937–1939 | Democratic | Cedar County | [2] | |
John R. Irwin | 1939–1941 | Republican | Lee County | [2] | |
Robert D. Blue | 1941–1943 | Republican | Wright County | [2] | |
Henry Burma | 1943–1945 | Republican | Butler County | [2] | |
Harold Felton | 1945–1946 | Republican | Warren County | [2] | |
Gus Kuester | 1947–1955 | Republican | Cass County | [2] | |
William Lynes | 1951–1955 | Republican | Bremer County | [2] | |
Arthur C. Hanson | 1955–1957 | Republican | Lyon County | [1] | |
William L. Mooty | 1957–1959 | Republican | Grundy County | [1] | |
Charles Vernon Lisle | 1959–1961 | Republican | Page County | [1] | |
Henry C. Nelson | 1961–1963 | Republican | Winnebago County | [1] | |
Robert W. Naden | 1963–1965 | Republican | Hamilton County | [1] | |
Vincent B. Steffen | 1965–1967 | Democratic | Chickasaw County | [1] | |
Maurice Baringer | 1967–1969 | Republican | Fayette County | [1] | |
William H. Harbor | 1969–1973 | Republican | Mills County | [1] | |
Andrew P. Varley | 1973–1975 | Republican | Adair, Guthrie County | [1] | |
Dale M. Cochran | 1975–1979 | Democratic | Webster, Humboldt County | [1] | |
Floyd H. Millen | 1979–1981 | Republican | Van Buren County | [1] | |
William H. Harbor | 1980 | Republican | Mills County | [1] | |
Del Stromer | 1981–1983 | Republican | Hancock County | [1] | |
Donald D. Avenson | 1983–1990 | Democratic | Fayette County | [3] | |
Robert C. Arnould | 1991–1992 | Democratic | Scott County | [3] | |
Harold Van Maanen | 1993–1994 | Republican | Mahaska, Marion County | [3] | |
Ron Corbett | 1995–1999 | Republican | Linn County | [3] | |
Brent Siegrist | 1999–2002 | Republican | Pottawattamie County | [3] | |
Christopher Rants | 2003–2006 | Republican | Woodbury County | [3] | |
Pat Murphy | 2007–2011 | Democratic | Dubuque County | [3] | |
Kraig Paulsen | 2011–2015 | Republican | Linn County | [3] | |
Linda Upmeyer | 2016–2020 | Republican | |||
Pat Grassley | 2020– | Republican |
Speakers of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives
editSpeaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes | Citation |
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William Henson Wallace | 1838–1839 | Whig | Henry | ||
Edward Johnstone | 1839–1840 | Democratic | Lee | ||
Thomas Cox | 1840–1841 | Democratic | Jackson | ||
Warner Lewis | 1831–1842 | Democratic | Dubuque | ||
James McGowan Morgan | 1842–1843 | Democratic | Des Moines | ||
James P. Carleton | 1843–1845 | Democratic | Johnson | ||
James McGowan Morgan | 1845 | Democratic | Des Moines | ||
George W. McCleary | 1845–1846 | Democratic | Louisa |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar Stork, Frank J.; Clingan, Cynthia A. (1980). The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980 (PDF). Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (August 30, 2000). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Iowa General Assembly (2014). "Members of Iowa General Assemblies 1981-2014" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2023.