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Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives
Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
since November 4, 2017
StatusPresiding officer
SeatKentucky State Capitol, Frankfort
AppointerKentucky House of Representatives
Inaugural holderRobert Breckinridge

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

Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

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No. Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
1 Robert Breckinridge 1792–1796 Democratic-Republican [1]
2 Edmund Bullock 1796–1799 Democratic-Republican [1]
3 John Breckinridge 1799–1801 Democratic-Republican [1]
4 John Adair 1801–1803 Democratic-Republican [1]
5 William Logan 1803–1807 Democratic-Republican [1]
6 Henry Clay 1807–1808 Democratic-Republican [1]
7 William Logan 1808–1810 Democratic-Republican [1]
8 John Simpson 1810–1812 Democratic-Republican [1]
9 Joseph T. Hawkins 1812–1814 Democratic-Republican [1]
10 William T. Barry 1814–1815 Democratic-Republican [1]
11 John J. Crittenden 1815–1817 Democratic-Republican [1]
12 Cabell Breckinridge 1817–1819 Democratic-Republican [1]
13 Martin D. Hardin 1819–1820 Democratic-Republican Madison County [1]
14 George Claiborne Thompson 1820–1822 Mercer County [1]
15 Richard C. Anderson 1822–1823 Jefferson County [1]
16 George Robertson 1823–1824 Democratic-Republican Fayette County [1]
17 Robert J. Ward 1824–1825 Scott County [1]
18 George Robertson 1825–1827 Democratic-Republican Fayette County [1]
19 John Speed Smith 1827–1828 Democratic-Republican Madison County [1]
20 Tunstall Quarles 1828–1829 Democratic-Republican Pulaski County [1]
21 John J. Crittenden 1829–1833 Democratic-Republican Franklin County [1]
22 Richard B. New 1833–1834 Trigg County [1]
23 Charles A. Wickliffe 1834–1835 Whig Nelson County [1]
24 John L. Helm 1835–1837 Whig Hardin County [1]
25 Robert P. Letcher 1837–1839 Whig Garrard County [1]
26 John L. Helm 1839–1840 Whig Hardin County [1]
27 Charles S. Morehead 1840–1842 Whig Franklin County [1]
28 John L. Helm 1842–1844 Whig Hardin County [1]
29 Charles S. Morehead 1844–1845 Whig Franklin County [1]
30 Joseph R. Underwood 1845–1846 Whig Warren County [1]
31 Leslie Combs 1846–1847 Whig Fayette County [1]
32 James F. Buckner 1847–1848 Whig Christian County [1]
33 Gwyn Page 1848–1849 Whig Jeferson County [1]
34 Thomas W. Riley 1849–1850 Whig Nelson County [1]
35 G. W. Johnston 1850–1851 Whig Shelby County [1]
36 George Robertson 1851–1853 Whig Fayette County [1]
37 Charles G. Wintersmith 1853–1855 Whig Hardin County [1]
38 John B. Huston 1855–1857 Know Nothing Clark County [1]
39 Daniel P. White 1857–1859 Democratic Green County [1]
40 David Meriwether 1859–1861 Democratic Jefferson County [1]
41 Richard A. Buckner 1861–1863 Unionist Fayette County [1]
42 Harrison Taylor 1863–1867 Democratic Mason County [2][1]
43 John T. Bunch 1867–1871 Louisville [2]
44 James B. McCreary 1871–1874 Democratic Madison County [2]
45 William Johnson Stone 1875–1876 Democratic Lyon County [2]
46 Ed W. Turner 1877–1878 Democratic Madison County [2]
47 Joseph M. Bigger 1879–1880 Democratic McCracken County [2]
48 William Claiborne Owens 1881–1882 Democratic Scott County [2]
49 Charles Offutt 1883–1886 Democratic Bourbon County [2]
50 Ben Johnson 1887–1888 Democratic Nelson County [2]
51 Harvey Myers 1889–1890 Democratic Kenton County [2]
52 William M. Moore 1891–1894 Democratic Harrison County [2]
53 A. J. Carroll 1894–1896 Democratic Jefferson County [2]
54 Charles J. Blandford 1896–1898 Republican Breckinridge County [2]
55 J. C. W. Beckham 1898–1900 Democratic Nelson County [2]
56 South Trimble 1900–1902 Democratic Franklin County [2][3]
57 Gerald T. Finn 1902–1904 Democratic Simpson County [3]
58 Eli H. Brown 1904–1906 Democratic Daviess County [3]
59 Henry R. Lawrence 1906–1908 Democratic Trigg County [3]
60 William J. Gooch 1908–1910 Democratic Simpson County [3]
61 George S. Wilson 1910–1912 Democratic Union County [3]
62 Claude B. Terrell 1912–1916 Democratic Trimble County [4]
63 Hugh C. Duffy 1916–1918 Democratic Harrison County [4]
64 Robert C. Crowe 1918–1920 Democratic Oldham County [4]
65 Joseph Bosworth 1920–1922 Republican Bell County [4]
66 James H. Thompson 1922–1924 Democratic Bourbon County [4]
67 Samuel W. Adams 1924–1926 Democratic Kenton County [4]
68 George L. Drury 1926–1928 Democratic Union County [4]
69 John S. Milliken 1928–1932 Democratic Simpson County [4]
70 John Y. Brown 1932–1933 Democratic Fayette County [4]
71 Frank Lebus 1933–1934 Democratic Harrison County [4]
72 W. E. Rogers 1934–1935 Democratic Todd County [4]
73 Wallace Brown 1935–1936 Democratic Nelson County [4]
74 John D. Kirtley 1936–1940 Democratic McLean County [4]
75 Benjamin F. Shields 1940–1942 Democratic Shelby County [4]
76 Stanley S. Dickson 1942–1944 Democratic Bourbon County [4]
77 Harry Waterfield 1944–1948 Democratic Hickman County [4]
78 Herbert Tinsley 1948–1950 Democratic Carroll County [4]
79 Adron Doran 1950–1952 Democratic Calloway County [4]
80 Charles W. Burnley 1952–1956 Democratic McCracken County [4]
81 Thomas P. Fitzpatrick 1956–1958 Democratic Kenton County [4]
82 Morris Weintraub 1958–1960 Democratic Campbell County [4]
83 Harry Lowman 1960–1964 Democratic Boyd County [4]
84 Shelby McCallum 1964–1968 Democratic Marshall County [4]
85 Julian Carroll 1968–1971 Democratic McCracken County [4]
86 Norbert Blume 1972–1976 Democratic Jefferson County [4]
87 William G. Kenton 1976–1981 Democratic Fayette County [4]
88 Bobby H. Richardson 1982–1985 Democratic Barren County [4]
89 Donald Blandford 1985–1993 Democratic Daviess County [4]
90 Joe Clarke 1993–1995 Democratic Boyle County [5]
91 Jody Richards 1995–2009 Democratic Warren County [5]
92 Greg Stumbo 2009–2017 Democratic Floyd County
93 Jeff Hoover 2017–2018 Republican Russell County
94 David Osborne 2019– Republican Oldham County

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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 Wilson, C.Y. (1891). Legislative Document No. 20., Ninth Biennial Report from the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics (Report). Frankfort, Kentucky: E. Polk Johnson, Capitol Office. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Tapp, Hambleton; Klotter, James C. (1977). Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865 – 1900. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky Historical Society. ISBN 0-916968-05-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (2005). Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005 (PDF). Vol. 1. Frankfort, Kentucky. Retrieved December 16, 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ 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 Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302138. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (2005). Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005 (PDF). Vol. 2. Frankfort, Kentucky. Retrieved December 16, 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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