The speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives.

For more information about the office and powers of the Speaker see Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

Republic of Texas Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Congresses of the Republic of Texas.

Name Term in office Congress Ira Ingram 1836–1837 1st Branch Tanner Archer 1837 2nd Joseph Rowe 1838 John M. Hansford 1838–1839 3rd David Spangler Kaufman 1840–1841 4th 5th Kenneth Lewis Anderson 1841–1842 6th Nicholas Henry Darnell 1842–1843 7th Richardson A. Scurry 1843–1844 8th John M. Lewis 1844–1846 9th

State of Texas

Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Legislatures of the State of Texas.

Name Party Term in office Legislativesessions William Crump Democratic February 16, 1846 – March 3, 1846 1st John "Red" Brown Democratic March 3, 1846 – March 9, 1846 Edward Thomas Branch Democratic March 9, 1846 – March 16, 1846 William Crump Democratic March 16, 1846 – May 1, 1846 William H. Bourland Democratic May 1, 1846 – May 11, 1846 Stephen W. Perkins Democratic May 11, 1846 – December 13, 1847 J. W. Henderson Democratic December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849 2nd Charles G. Keenan Democratic November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851 3rd David Catchings Dickson Democratic November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853 4th Hardin Richard Runnels Democratic November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855 5th Hamilton Prioleau Bee Democratic November 5, 1855 – November 2, 1857 6th William S. Taylor Democratic November 2, 1857 – January 18, 1858 7th Matthew Fielding Locke Democratic January 18, 1858 – November 7, 1859 M. D. K. Taylor Democratic November 7, 1859 – November 4, 1861 8th Constantine W. Buckley Democratic November 4, 1861 – December 7, 1861 9th Nicholas Henry Darnell Democratic December 7, 1861 – January 14, 1862Darnell resigned some time in 1862 to fight in the Civil War, and Buckley was apparently not re-elected until the beginning of the First Called Session on February 2, 1863 Vacant January 14, 1862 – February 2, 1863 Constantine W. Buckley Democratic February 2, 1863 – November 2, 1863 M. D. K. Taylor Democratic November 2, 1863 – August 6, 1866 10th Nathaniel Macon Burford UnionistTwo sources, one contemporary, say Burford was a Democrat:

August 6, 1866 – April 25, 1869 11th Vacant April 25, 1869 – February 8, 1870 Ira Hobart Evans Republican February 10, 1870 – May 10, 1871 12th William Henry Sinclair Republican May 10, 1871 – January 14, 1873 M. D. K. Taylor Democratic January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874 13th Guy Morrison Bryan Democratic January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876 14th Thomas Reuben Bonner Democratic April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879 15th John Hughes Cochran Democratic January 14, 1879 – January 11, 1881 16th George Robertson Reeves Democratic January 11, 1881 – September 5, 1882 17th Charles Reese Gibson Democratic 1883–1885 18th Lafayette Lumpkin Foster Democratic 1885–1887 19th George Cassety Pendleton Democratic 1887–1889 20th Frank P. Alexander Democratic 1889–1891 21st Robert Teague Milner Democratic 1891–1893 22nd John Hughes Cochran Democratic 1893–1895 23rd Thomas Slater Smith Democratic 1895–1897 24th L. Travis Dashiell Democratic 1897–1899 25th James S. Sherrill Democratic 1899–1901 26th Robert E. Prince Democratic 1901–1903 27th Pat Morris Neff Democratic 1903–1905 28th Francis William Seabury Democratic 1905–1907 29th Thomas Bell Love Democratic 1907–1909 30th Austin Milton Kennedy Democratic 1909 31st John Wesley Marshall Democratic 1909–1911 Sam Rayburn Democratic 1911–1913 32nd Chester H. Terrell Democratic 1913–1915 33rd John William Woods Democratic 1915–1917 34th Franklin Oliver Fuller Democratic 1917–1919 35th Robert Ewing Thomason Democratic 1919–1921 36th Charles Graham Thomas Democratic 1921–1923 37th Richard Ernest Seagler Democratic 1923–1925 38th Lee Satterwhite Democratic 1925–1927 39th Robert Lee Bobbitt Democratic 1927–1929 40th Wingate S. Barron Democratic 1929–1931 41st Fred Hawthorne Minor Democratic 1931–1933 42nd Coke R. Stevenson Democratic 1933–1937 43rd 44th Robert Wilburn Calvert Democratic 1937–1939 45th Robert Emmett Morse Democratic 1939–1941 46th Homer LaKirby Leonard Democratic 1941–1943 47th Price Daniel Democratic 1943–1945 48th Claud H. Gilmer Democratic 1945–1947 49th William O. Reed Democratic 1947–1949 50th Thomas Durwood Manford Jr. Democratic 1949–1951 51st Reuben E. Senterfitt Democratic 1951–1955 52nd 53rd Jim T. Lindsey Democratic 1955–1957 54th Waggoner Carr Democratic 1957–1961 55th 56th Jimmy Turman Democratic 1961 57th Byron M. Tunnell Democratic 1963 58th Ben Barnes Democratic 1965–1969 59th 60th Gus Franklin Mutscher Democratic 1969–1972 61st 62nd Rayford Price Democratic 1972–1973Price served as Speaker for the 2nd through the 4th Called Sessions 62nd Price Daniel Jr. Democratic 1973–1975 63rd Bill W. Clayton Democratic 1975–1983 64th 65th 66th 67th Gib Lewis Democratic 1983–1993 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd Pete Laney Democratic 1993–2003 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th Tom Craddick Republican 2003–2009 78th 79th 80th Joe Straus Republican 2009–2019 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th Dennis Bonnen Republican 2019–2021 86th Dade Phelan Republican 2021–2025 87th 88th Dustin Burrows Republican 2025–present 89th

See also List of Texas state legislatures

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