The speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives. The Speaker and his staff provide direction and coordination to employees throughout the House and serve the members in carrying out their constitutional responsibilities. The current Speaker Wyman Duggan who has served in an acting capacity since Daniel Perez resigned to become the United States Ambassador to Brazil on August 21, 2026.

Speakers

+PictureSpeakerSessionStart of serviceEnd of servicePartyCountyResidence1838 ConstitutionHugh Archer1stJune 23, 1845July 26, 1845LeonTallahasseeIsaac Ferguson, Jr.Adj.November 17, 1845 December 29, 1845DemocraticGadsdenQuincyRobert Brown2ndNovember 23, 1846January 6, 1847DemocraticColumbiaJoseph B. Lancaster3rdNovember 27, 1847December 23, 1847WhigDuvalJacksonvilleJohn Chain3rdDecember 23, 1847January 8, 1848Santa RosaMiltonBenjamin A. Putnam4thNovember 27, 1848January 13, 1849WhigSt. JohnsSt. AugustineHugh Archer5thNovember 25, 1850January 24, 1851WhigLeon TallahasseeAbraham K. Allison6thNovember 22, 1852January 14, 1853DemocraticGadsdenQuincyWilliam F. Russell7thNovember 27, 1854January 13, 1855St. LucieFort PiercePhilip DellAdj.November 26, 1855December 15, 1855DemocraticAlachuaNewnansvilleHamlin Valentine Snell8thNovember 24, 1856December 27, 1856DemocraticManateeManateeJohn B. Galbraith9thNovember 28, 1858January 15, 1859DemocraticLeon Tallahassee Adj.November 28, 1858December 22, 185810th November 26, 1860February 14, 1861Samuel B. Love11th November 18, 1861December 17, 1861DemocraticGadsdenQuincyThomas Jefferson Eppes12thNovember 17, 1862December 15, 1862DemocraticFranklinApalachicola November 16, 1863December 4, 1863Philip Dell13thNovember 21, 1864December 7, 1864DemocraticAlachuaNewnansvilleJoseph John Williams14thDecember 18, 1865January 16, 1866DemocraticLeonTallahassee14th (2nd)November 14, 1866December 14, 18661868 ConstitutionWilliam W. Moore1stJune 8, 1868August 6, 1868RepublicanColumbiaWellbornExtra.November 3, 1868November 7, 1868Marcellus L. Stearns2ndJanuary 5, 1869February 1, 1869RepublicanGadsdenQuincyWilliam W. MooreExtra.June 8, 1869June 24, 1869RepublicanColumbiaWellbornSimon B. Conover18731873RepublicanLeonTallahasseeMalachi Martin18741874RepublicanGadsdenChattahoocheeThomas Hannah18751875DemocraticWashingtonVernonG.G. McWhorter18771877DemocraticSanta RosaMiltonCharles Dougherty18791879DemocraticVolusiaPort OrangeJunius J. Harris18811881DemocraticOrangeTuscawillaCharles Dougherty18831883DemocraticVolusiaPort OrangeRobert Wyche Davis18851885DemocraticClayGreen Cove Springs1885 ConstitutionSamuel Pasco1887May 23, 1887DemocraticJeffersonMonticelloGeorge H. Browne18871887DemocraticOrangeOviedoJohn L. Gaskins18891893DemocraticBradfordStarkeWilliam Sherman Jennings18951895DemocraticHernandoBrooksvilleDannitte Hill Mays18971897DemocraticJeffersonMonticelloRobert McNamee18991899DemocraticLakeLeesburgJohn W Watson19011901DemocraticOsceolaKissimmeeCromwell Gibbons19031903DemocraticDuvalJacksonvilleAlbert W. Gilchrist19051905DemocraticDeSotoPunta GordaEugene S. Matthews19071907DemocraticBradfordStarkeIon Farris19091909DemocraticDuvalJacksonvilleThomas Albert Jennings19111911DemocraticEscambiaPensacolaIon Farris19131913DemocraticDuvalJacksonvilleCary A. Hardee19151917DemocraticSuwanneeLive OakGeorge H. Wilder19181919DemocraticHillsboroughPlant CityFrank E. Jennings19211921DemocraticDuvalJacksonvilleL.D. Edge19231923DemocraticLake GrovelandA. Y. Milam19251927DemocraticDuvalJacksonvilleFred Henry Davis19271929DemocraticLeonTallahasseeSamuel W. Getzen19291931DemocraticSumterBushnellE. Clay Lewis Jr.19311933DemocraticGulfPort St. JoePeter Tomasello Jr.19331935DemocraticOkeechobeeOkeechobeeW. B. Bishop19351937DemocraticJeffersonNashWilliam McLean Christie19371939DemocraticDuvalJacksonville George Pierce Wood19391941DemocraticLibertyWilmaDaniel T. McCarty19411943DemocraticSt. LucieFort PierceRichard H. Simpson19431945DemocraticJeffersonMonticelloEvans Crary19451947DemocraticMartinStewartTom Beasley19471949DemocraticWaltonDeFuniak SpringsPerry E. Murray19491951DemocraticPolkFrostproofElmer B. Elliott19511953DemocraticPalm BeachPahokeeC. Farris Bryant19531955DemocraticMarionOcalaThomas E. David19551957DemocraticBrowardHollywoodDoyle Conner19571959DemocraticBradfordStarkeTom Beasley19591961DemocraticWaltonDeFuniak SpringsWilliam V. Chappell, Jr.19611963DemocraticMarionOcalaMallory Horne19631965DemocraticLeonTallahasseeE. C. Rowell19651967DemocraticSumterWildwoodRalph Turlington19671969DemocraticAlachuaGainesville1968 ConstitutionFrederick H. Schultz19691970DemocraticDuvalJacksonville Richard A. Pettigrew19711972DemocraticDadeMiamiT. Terrell Sessums19731974DemocraticHillsboroughTampaDonald L. Tucker19741978DemocraticLeonTallahasseeJ. Hyatt Brown19781980DemocraticVolusiaDaytona BeachRalph Haben19811982DemocraticManateePalmettoH. Lee Moffitt19831984DemocraticHillsboroughTampaJames Harold Thompson19851986DemocraticGadsdenQuincyJon L. MillsNovember 18, 1987November 14, 1988DemocraticAlachuaGainesvilleTom GustafsonNovember 14, 1988November 20, 1990DemocraticBrowardFort LauderdaleT. K. WetherellNovember 20, 1990November 17, 1992DemocraticVolusiaDaytona BeachBolley JohnsonNovember 17, 1992November 22, 1994DemocraticSanta RosaMiltonPeter Rudy WallaceNovember 22, 1994November 19, 1996DemocraticPinellasSt. PetersburgDaniel WebsterNovember 19, 1996November 17, 1998RepublicanOrangeOrlandoJohn ThrasherNovember 17, 1998November 21, 2000RepublicanDuvalOrange ParkTom FeeneyNovember 21, 2000November 19, 2002RepublicanSeminoleOviedoJohnnie ByrdNovember 19, 2002November 16, 2004RepublicanHillsboroughPlant CityAllan BenseNovember 16, 2004November 21, 2006RepublicanBayPanama CityMarco RubioNovember 21, 2006November 18, 2008RepublicanMiami-DadeWest MiamiRay SansomNovember 18, 2008February 2, 2009 (resigned)RepublicanOkaloosaDestinLarry CretulMarch 3, 2009November 16, 2010RepublicanMarionOcalaDean Cannon November 16, 2010 November 20, 2012RepublicanOrangeWinter ParkWill Weatherford November 20, 2012 November 18, 2014Republican Pasco Wesley ChapelSteve Crisafulli November 18, 2014 November 22, 2016Republican Brevard Merritt IslandRichard Corcoran November 22, 2016 November 20, 2018Republican Pasco Land O' LakesJosé R. Oliva November 20, 2018 November 17, 2020 Republican Miami-Dade Miami LakesChris Sprowls November 17, 2020 November 22, 2022Republican Pinellas Palm Harbor Paul Renner November 22, 2022 November 19, 2024Republican Flagler Palm Coast Daniel Perez November 19, 2024 August 21, 2026Republican Miami-Dade Miami

Speakers pro tempore John L. Ryals (1977–1978) Richard S. Hodes (1978–1980) Barry Kutun (1980–1982) Steve Pajcic (1982–1984) Elaine Gordon (1984–1986) James C. Burke (1987–1988) Samuel Mitchell (1989–1990) Everett A. Kelly (1990–1992) Elaine Bloom (1992–1994) Jack Ascherl (1994–1996) Luis C. Morse (1996–1998) Dennis L. Jones (1998–2000) Sandra L. Murman (2000–2002) Lindsay M. Harrington (2002–2004) Leslie Waters (2004–2006) Dennis K. Baxley (2006–2007) Marty Bowen (2007–2008) Larry Cretul (2008–2009) Ronald Reagan (2009–2010) John Legg (2010–2012) Marti Coley (2012–2014) Matt Hudson (2014–2016) Jeanette Núñez (2016–2018) MaryLynn Magar (2018–2020) Bryan Avila (2020–2022) Chuck Clemons (2022–2024) Wyman Duggan (2024–present)

See also Florida Democratic Party Republican Party of Florida List of presidents of the Florida Senate List of Florida state legislatures

References

Sessions of the Florida Senate