The speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates is the presiding officer of the House of Delegates in West Virginia. Since West Virginia's founding in 1863, the following persons have served as speaker:
Speakers of the House of Delegates under the Constitution of West Virginia Order Portrait Name Party Term Residence 1st Spicer Patrick Republican 1863–1864 Kanawha County 2nd Lee Roy Kramer Republican 1864–1866 Monongalia County 3rd David S. Pinnel Republican 1866–1868 Upshur County 4th Henry C. McWhorter Republican 1868–1869 Kanawha County 5th Solomon S. Fleming Republican 1869–1870 Harrison County 6th William M. Welch Republican 1870–1871 Mineral County 7th Elbridge G. Cracraft Democratic 1871–1872 Ohio County 8th Albert E. Summers Democratic 1872–1872 Kanawha County 9th William M. Miller Democratic 1872–1875 Ohio County 10th Alexander W. Monroe Democratic 1875–1877 Hampshire County 11th Eustace Gibson Democratic 1877–1879 Cabell County 12th George H. Moffett Democratic 1879–1881 Pocahontas County 13th Emanuel Willis Wilson Democratic 1881–1883 Kanawha County 14th Joseph J. Woods Democratic 1883–1885, 1889–1891 Ohio County 15th Thomas H. Dennis Democratic 1885–1887 Greenbrier County 16th John M. Rowan Democratic 1887–1889 Monroe County 17th Louis Bennett Democratic 1891–1893 Lewis County 18th David W. Shaw Democratic 1893–1895 Barbour County 19th William Seymour Edwards Republican 1895–1897 Kanawha County 20th Samuel R. Hanen Republican 1897–1899 Marshall County 21st Owen S. McKinney Democratic 1899–1901 Marion County 22nd William G. Wilson Republican 1901–1903 Randolph County 23rd Frank Moats Republican 1903–1905 Wood County 24th Fred Paul Grosscup Republican 1905–1907 Kanawha County 25th James A. Seaman Republican 1907–1909 Jackson County 26th J.H. Strickling Republican 1909–1911 Tyler County 27th C.M. Wetzel Democratic 1911–1913 Jefferson County 28th William Taylor George Republican 1913–1915 Barbour County 29th Vernon E. Johnson Republican 1915–1917, 1927–1929 Morgan County 30th Joseph S. Thurmond Democratic 1917–1919 Greenbrier County 31st J. Luther Wolfe Republican 1919–1921 Jackson County 32nd Edwin M. Keatley Republican 1921–1923, 1925–1927 Kanawha County 33rd W.E.R. Byrne Democratic 1923–1925 Kanawha County 34th J. William Cummins Republican 1929–1931 Ohio County 35th J. Alfred Taylor Democratic 1931–1933 Fayette County 36th Ralph M. Hiner Democratic 1933–1935 Pendleton County 37th John J. Pelter Democratic 1935–1937 Logan County 38th James Kay Thomas Democratic 1937–1941 Kanawha County 39th Malcolm R. Arnold Democratic 1941–1943 Boone County 40th John E. Amos Democratic 1943–1949 Kanawha County 41st William E. Flannery Democratic 1949–1958 Logan County 42nd Harry R. Pauley Democratic 1958–1961 McDowell County 43rd Julius W. Singleton Jr. Democratic 1961–1965 Monongalia County 44th H. Laban White Democratic 1965–1969 Harrison County 45th Ivor F. Boiarsky Democratic 1969–1971 Kanawha County 46th Lewis N. McManus Democratic 1971–1977 Raleigh County 47th Donald L. Kopp Democratic 1977–1979 Harrison County 48th Clyde See Jr. Democratic 1979–1985 Hardy County 49th Joseph Albright Democratic 1985–1987 Wood County 50th Chuck Chambers Democratic 1987–1997 Cabell County 51st Robert S. Kiss Democratic 1997–2007 Raleigh County 52nd Richard Thompson Democratic 2007–2013 Wayne County 53rd Tim Miley Democratic 2013–2015 Harrison County 54th Tim Armstead Republican 2015–2018 Kanawha County Acting John Overington Republican 2018 55th Roger Hanshaw Republican 2018–present Clay County
See also West Virginia Legislature West Virginia House of Delegates List of West Virginia state legislatures
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