The following is a list of speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives since statehood.
Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives
No.Image Speaker Term Party County/Residence Citation1 Robert Breckinridge 1792–1796 Democratic-Republican 2 Edmund Bullock 1796–1799 Democratic-Republican 3 John Breckinridge 1799–1801 Democratic-Republican 4 John Adair 1801–1803 Democratic-Republican 5 William Logan 1803–1807 Democratic-Republican 6 Henry Clay 1807–1808 Democratic-Republican 7 William Logan 1808–1810 Democratic-Republican 8 John Simpson 1810–1812 Democratic-Republican 9 Joseph H. Hawkins 1812–1814 Democratic-Republican 10 William T. Barry 1814–1815 Democratic-Republican 11 John J. Crittenden 1815–1817 Democratic-Republican Logan County 12 Cabell Breckinridge 1817–1819 Democratic-Republican Fayette County 13 Martin D. Hardin 1819–1820 Democratic-Republican Madison County 14 George Claiborne Thompson 1820–1822 Mercer County 15 Richard C. Anderson Jr. 1822–1823 Jefferson County 16 George Robertson 1823–1824 Democratic-Republican Fayette County 17 Robert J. Ward 1824–1825 Scott County 18 George Robertson 1825–1827 Democratic-Republican Fayette County 19 John Speed Smith 1827–1828 Democratic-Republican Madison County 20 Tunstall Quarles 1828–1829 Democratic-Republican Pulaski County 21 John J. Crittenden 1829–1833 Democratic-Republican Franklin County 22 Richard B. New 1833–1834 Trigg County 23 Charles A. Wickliffe 1834–1835 Whig Nelson County 24 John L. Helm 1835–1837 Whig Hardin County 25 Robert P. Letcher 1837–1839 Whig Garrard County 26 John L. Helm 1839–1840 Whig Hardin County 27 Charles S. Morehead 1840–1842 Whig Franklin County 28 John L. Helm 1842–1844 Whig Hardin County 29 Charles S. Morehead 1844–1845 Whig Franklin County 30 Joseph R. Underwood 1845–1846 Whig Warren County 31 Leslie Combs 1846–1847 Whig Fayette County 32 James F. Buckner 1847–1848 Whig Christian County 33 Gwyn Page 1848–1849 Whig Jeferson County 34 Thomas W. Riley 1849–1850 Whig Nelson County 35 G. W. Johnston 1850–1851 Whig Shelby County 36 George Robertson 1851–1853 Whig Fayette County 37 Charles G. Wintersmith 1853–1855 Whig Hardin County 38 John B. Huston 1855–1857 Know Nothing Clark County 39 Daniel P. White 1857–1859 Democratic Green County 40 David Meriwether 1859–1861 Democratic Jefferson County 41 Richard A. Buckner 1861–1863 Unionist Fayette County 42 Harrison Taylor 1863–1867 Democratic Mason County 43 John T. Bunch 1867–1871 Louisville 44 James B. McCreary 1871–1874 Democratic Madison County 45 William Johnson Stone 1875–1876 Democratic Lyon County 46 Ed W. Turner 1877–1878 Democratic Madison County 47 Joseph M. Bigger 1879–1880 Democratic McCracken County 48 William Claiborne Owens 1881–1882 Democratic Scott County 49 Charles Offutt 1883–1886 Democratic Bourbon County 50 Ben Johnson 1887–1888 Democratic Nelson County 51 Harvey Myers 1889–1890 Democratic Kenton County 52 William M. Moore 1891–1894 Democratic Harrison County 53 A. J. Carroll 1894–1896 Democratic Jefferson County 54 Charles J. Blandford 1896–1898 Republican Breckinridge County 55 J. C. W. Beckham 1898–1900 Democratic Nelson County 56 South Trimble 1900–1902 Democratic Franklin County 57 Gerald T. Finn 1902–1904 Democratic Simpson County 58 Eli H. Brown 1904–1906 Democratic Daviess County 59 Henry R. Lawrence 1906–1908 Democratic Trigg County 60 William J. Gooch 1908–1910 Democratic Simpson County 61 George S. Wilson 1910–1912 Democratic Union County 62 Claude B. Terrell 1912–1916 Democratic Trimble County 63 Hugh C. Duffy 1916–1918 Democratic Harrison County 64 Robert C. Crowe 1918–1920 Democratic Oldham County 65 Joseph Bosworth 1920–1922 Republican Bell County 66 James H. Thompson 1922–1924 Democratic Bourbon County 67 Samuel W. Adams 1924–1926 Democratic Kenton County 68 George L. Drury 1926–1928 Democratic Union County 69 John S. Milliken 1928–1932 Democratic Simpson County 70 John Y. Brown 1932–1933 Democratic Fayette County 71 Frank Lebus 1933–1934 Democratic Harrison County 72 W. E. Rogers 1934–1935 Democratic Todd County 73 Wallace Brown 1935–1936 Democratic Nelson County 74 John D. Kirtley 1936–1940 Democratic McLean County 75 Benjamin F. Shields 1940–1942 Democratic Shelby County 76 Stanley S. Dickson 1942–1944 Democratic Bourbon County 77 Harry Waterfield 1944–1948 Democratic Hickman County 78 Herbert Tinsley 1948–1950 Democratic Carroll County 79 Adron Doran 1950–1952 Democratic Calloway County 80 Charles W. Burnley 1952–1956 Democratic McCracken County 81 Thomas P. Fitzpatrick 1956–1958 Democratic Kenton County 82 Morris Weintraub 1958–1960 Democratic Campbell County 83 Harry Lowman 1960–1964 Democratic Boyd County 84 Shelby McCallum 1964–1968 Democratic Marshall County 85 Julian Carroll 1968–1971 Democratic McCracken County 86 Norbert Blume 1972–1976 Democratic Jefferson County 87 William G. Kenton 1976–1981 Democratic Fayette County 88 Bobby H. Richardson 1982–1985 Democratic Barren County 89 Donald Blandford 1985–1993 Democratic Daviess County 90 Joe Clarke 1993–1995 Democratic Boyle County 91 Jody Richards 1995–2009 Democratic Warren County 92 Greg Stumbo 2009–2017 Democratic Floyd County 93 Jeff Hoover 2017–2018 Republican Russell County 94 David Osborne 2018– Republican Oldham County
See also List of Kentucky General Assemblies
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