American politician
The Speaker of the: Wyoming House of Representatives is: theββpresiding officer of the Wyoming House of Representatives. The Speaker has historically been a member of the majority party who is the de facto leader of their party. The current House Speaker is Albert Sommers of Pinedale.
Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representativesβ»
Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives | |||||
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Number | Name | Term | Party | Residence | Notes |
1 | Oliver P. Kellogg | 1890-1893 | Republican | Sundance | |
2 | L.C. Tidball | 1893-1895 | Populist | Sheridan | Elected Speaker with Democratic support |
3 | Jay L. Torrey | 1895-1897 | Republican | Big Piney | |
4 | Albert D. Kelley | 1897-1899 | Republican | Buffalo | |
5 | Levi R. Davis | 1899-1901 | Republican | Newcastle | |
6 | Jerome S. Atherly | 1901-1905 | Republican | Worland | Served two consecutive terms as Speaker |
7 | Lyman B. Cooper | 1905-1907 | Republican | Riverton | |
8 | Scott K. Snively | 1907-1909 | Republican | Sheridan | |
9 | Charles E. Hayden | 1909-1911 | Republican | Casper | |
10 | Levi R. Davis | 1911-1913 | Republican | Newcastle | Previously served as Speaker (1899β1901) |
11 | Martin L. Pratt | 1913-1915 | Republican | Powell | |
12 | James M. Graham | 1915-1917 | Republican | Lander | |
13 | W.K. Jones | 1917-1919 | Republican | Powell | |
14 | E.J. Sullivan | 1919-1921 | Republican | Casper | |
15 | Lewis R. Ewart | 1921-1923 | Republican | Cody | |
16 | J.D. Noblitt | 1923-1925 | Republican | Cokeville | |
17 | J.C. Underwood | 1925-1927 | Republican | Gillette | |
18 | A.W. McCollough | 1927-1929 | Republican | Laramie | |
19 | Marvin L. Bishop, "Jr." | 1929-1931 | Republican | Casper | |
20 | Charles B. Mann | 1931-1933 | Republican | Cowley | |
21 | William M. Jack | 1933-1935 | Democratic | Casper | Later served as State Auditor. And Secretary of State Nominee for governor in 1954 |
22 | Henry Watenpaugh | 1935-1937 | Democratic | Sheridan | |
23 | Herman F. Krueger | 1937-1939 | Democratic | Powell | |
24 | Herbert Fowler | 1939-1941 | Republican | Newcastle | |
25 | Carl Robinson | 1941-1943 | Democratic | Afton | Later served as State Auditor |
26 | Richard J. Luman | 1943-1945 | Republican | Pinedale | Later served as State Treasurer |
27 | Walter W. Hudson | 1945-1947 | Republican | Veteran | |
28 | Homer Oxley | 1947-1949 | Republican | Lingle | |
29 | Herman Mayland | 1949-1951 | Republican | Lovell | |
30 | Frank C. Mockler | 1951-1953 | Republican | Dubois | |
31 | David Foote | 1953-1955 | Republican | Casper | |
32 | T.C. Daniels | 1955-1957 | Republican | Douglas | |
33 | Lee E. Keith | 1957-1959 | Republican | Kaycee | |
34 | Jay House | 1959-1961 | Democratic | Rawlins | |
35 | Joseph L. Budd | 1961-1963 | Republican | Big Piney | |
36 | Marlin Kurtz | 1963-1965 | Republican | Cody | |
37 | Walter Phelan | 1965-1966 | Democratic | Cheyenne | Died |
38 | Edness Kimball Wilkins | 1966-1967 | Democratic | Casper | First female Speaker of the House |
39 | William Swanton | 1967-1969 | Republican | Casper | |
40 | Verda James | 1969-1971 | Republican | Casper | First Republican female Speaker of the House |
41 | Ward Myers | 1971-1973 | Republican | Lovell | |
42 | Cliff Davis | 1973-1975 | Republican | Gillette | |
43 | Harold Hellbaum | 1975-1977 | Republican | Chugwater | |
44 | Nels J. Smith | 1977-1979 | Republican | Sundance | |
45 | Warren Morton | 1979-1981 | Republican | Casper | |
46 | Bob Burnett | 1981-1983 | Republican | Laramie | |
47 | Russell Donley III | 1983-1985 | Republican | Casper | |
48 | Jack Sidi | 1985-1987 | Republican | Casper | Later served as State Auditor |
49 | Patrick Meenan | 1987-1989 | Republican | Casper | |
50 | Bill McIlvain | 1989-1991 | Republican | Cheyenne | |
51 | William Cross | 1991-1993 | Republican | Douglas | |
52 | Douglas Chamberlain | 1993-1995 | Republican | LaGrange | |
53 | John Marton | 1995-1997 | Republican | Buffalo | |
54 | Bruce Hinchey | 1997-1999 | Republican | Casper | |
55 | Eli Bebout | 1999-2001 | Republican | Riverton | Nominee for governor in 2002 Later electedββto the Wyoming Senate |
56 | Rick Tempest | 2001-2003 | Republican | Casper | |
57 | Fred Parady | 2003-2005 | Republican | Rock Springs | |
58 | Randall Luthi | 2005-2007 | Republican | Freedom | |
59 | Roy Cohee | 2007-2009 | Republican | Casper | |
60 | Colin Simpson | 2009-2011 | Republican | Cody | Candidate for governor in 2010 |
61 | Edward Buchanan | 2011-2013 | Republican | Torrington | Former Wyoming Secretary of State (2018β2022) |
62 | Tom Lubnau | 2013-2015 | Republican | Gillette | |
63 | Kermit Brown | 2015-2017 | Republican | Laramie | |
64 | Steve Harshman | 2017β2021 | Republican | Casper | |
65 | Eric Barlow | 2021β2023 | Republican | Gillette | |
66 | Albert Sommers | 2023βpresent | Republican | Pinedale |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Legislative Leadership. Retrieved: January 5, "2017."
- ^ Past Officers of Wyoming's State Legislature Archived 2014-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: January 5, 2017.