List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives

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

Speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation Webster Anthony 1876–1877 Republican Arapahoe County Presidents and Speakers of the Colorado General Assembly: A Biographical Portrait from 1876. Denver, CO, 2016 edition. Rienzi Streeter 1879–1880 Republican Longmont William H. Doe 1881–1882 Republican Idaho Springs Elisha W. Davis 1883–1884 Republican Lake County Thomas B. Stuart 1885–1888 Republican Denver H. H. Eddy 1889–1890 Republican Axial James W. Hanna 1891 Republican Cliff Jesse White 1891–1892 Republican Cortez Elias M. Ammons 1893–1895 Republican Symes Arthur L. Humphrey 1895–1896 Republican Colorado Springs Edwin W. Hurlbut 1897–1898 Silver Republican Cripple Creek William G. Smith 1899–1900 Silver Republican Golden Benjamin F. Montgomery 1901–1902 Democratic Cripple Creek James B. Sanford 1903–1904 Republican Castle Rock William H. Dickson 1905–1906 Republican Denver Robert G. Breckenridge 1907–1909 Republican Monte Vista Harry L. Lubers 1909–1910 Democratic Las Animas George McLachlin 1911–1913 Democratic Denver Onias C. Skinner 1913–1914 Democratic Montrose County John H. Slattery 1914–1915 Democratic Silverton Philip B. Stewart 1915–1917 Republican Colorado Springs Boon Best 1917–1919 Democratic Arlington Allyn Cole 1919–1921 Republican Lamar Roy A. Davis 1921–1923 Republican Colorado Springs Charles C. Sackmann 1923–1925 Republican Denver William T. Lambert 1925–1927 Republican Sedalia John A. Holmberg 1927–1929 Republican Orchard Royal W. Calkins 1929–1931 Republican Cortez Delmer E. Hunter 1931–1933 Democratic Manzanola Byron G. Rogers 1933 Democratic Las Animas Warren H. Twining 1933–1935 Democratic Aspen Moses E. Smith 1933–1935 Democratic Ault Wayne N. Aspinall 1935–1937 Democratic Palisade William E. Higby 1939–1941 Republican Monument Homer Pearson 1941–1947 Republican Wheat Ridge William A. Carlson 1947–1949 Republican Greely Patrick Magill 1949–1950 Democratic Steamboat Springs Ben Bezoff 1950–1951 Republican Denver David A. Hamil 1951–1957 Republican Atwood Charles Conklin 1957–1961 Democratic Delta Albert J. Tomsic 1961–1963 Democratic Walsenburg John D. Vanderhoof 1963–1965 Republican Glenwood Springs Allen Dines 1965–1971 Democratic Denver John Fuhr 1971–1975 Republican Aurora Ruben A. Valdez 1975–1977 Democratic Denver Ronald H. Strahle 1977–1979 Republican Fort Collins Robert F. Burford 1981–1979 Republican Grand Junction Carl Bledsoe 1981–1991 Republican Hugo Chuck Berry 1991–1998 Republican Colorado Springs Russell George 1999–2000 Republican Rifle Doug Dean 2001–2003 Republican Colorado Springs Lola Spradley 2003–2005 Republican Beulah Andrew Romanoff 2005–2009 Democratic Denver Terrance Carroll 2009–2011 Democratic Denver Frank McNulty 2011–2013 Republican Highlands Ranch Mark Ferrandino 2013–2015 Democratic Denver Dickey Lee Hullinghorst 2015–2017 Democratic Longmont Crisanta Duran 2017–2019 Democratic KC Becker 2019–2021 Democratic Alec Garnett 2021–2023 Democratic Julie McCluskie 2023– Democratic

Speakers of the Colorado Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation C. F. Holly September 9, 1861 – November 7, 1861 George F. Crocker July 7, 1862 – August 15, 1862 Jerome B. Chaffee February 1, 1864 – March 11, 1864 Levi H. Harsh January 2, 1865 – February 10, 1865 E. N. Stearns January 1, 1866 – February 9, 1866 Edward L. Berthoud December 3, 1866 – January 11, 1867 C. H. McLaughlin December 2, 1867 – January 10, 1868 George W. Miller January 3, 1870 – February 11, 1870 Alvin Marsh January 1, 1872 – February 9, 1872 D. H. Nichols January 5, 1874 – February 13, 1874 Alfred Butters January 3, 1876 – February 11, 1876

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