This is a complete list of the speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives. Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Representatives specify other powers and duties of the post. The Speaker is currently elected for a two-year term in the odd-numbered years in which the Legislature convenes.Michigan Manual: Chapter III—The Legislative Branch: Speakers, Pro Tempore and Clerks of the House of Representatives 1835-2011
Several speakers have gone on to pursue and achieve higher office, including as a member of Congress or as Governor of Michigan.
Representative Party County of residence District Session years Ezra Convis Democratic Calhoun Calhoun 1835–1836 Charles W. Whipple Democratic Wayne Wayne 1837 Kinsley S. Bingham Democratic Livingston Livingston 1838–1839 Henry Acker Whig Jackson Jackson 1840 Philo C. FullerResigned April 3, 1841; succeeded by John Biddle Whig Lenawee Lenawee 1841 John Biddle Whig Wayne Wayne 1841 Kinsley S. Bingham Democratic Livingston Livingston 1842 Robert McClelland Democratic Monroe Monroe 1843 Edwin H. Lothrop Democratic Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 1844 Alfred H. Hanscom Democratic Oakland Oakland 1845 Isaac E. Crary Democratic Calhoun Calhoun 1846 George W. Peck Democratic Livingston Livingston 1847 Alexander W. Buel Democratic Wayne Wayne 1848 Leander Chapman Democratic Jackson Jackson 1849 Silas G. Harris Democratic Ottawa Ottawa/Kent 1850 Jefferson G. Thurber Democratic Monroe Monroe 1851 Daniel G. Quackenboss Democratic Lenawee 1st Lenawee 1853 Cyrus Lovell Republican Ionia Ionia 1855 Byron G. Stout Democratic Oakland 1st Oakland 1857–1858 Henry A. Shaw Republican Eaton 1st Eaton 1859 Dexter Mussey Republican Macomb 3rd Macomb 1861–1862 Sullivan M. Cutcheon Republican Washtenaw 1st Washtenaw 1863–1864 Gilbert E. Read Republican Kalamazoo 1st Kalamazoo 1865 P. Dean Warner Republican Oakland 3rd Oakland 1867 Jonathan J. Woodman Republican Van Buren 1st Van Buren 1869–1872 Charles M. Croswell Republican Lenawee 4th Lenawee 1873–1874 John P. Hoyt Republican Tuscola Tuscola 1875 John T. Rich Republican Lapeer 1st Lapeer 1877–1879 Seth C. Moffatt Republican Grand Traverse Gd. Traverse/Wexford 1881–1882 Sumner Howard Republican Genesee 1st Genesee 1883 Newcomb Clark Republican Bay 2nd Bay 1885 Daniel P. Markey Republican Ogemaw Ogemaw 1887 Gerrit J. Diekema Republican Ottawa 1st Ottawa 1889 Philip B. Wachtel Democratic Cheboygan Cheboygan 1891–1892 William A. Tateum Republican Kent 1st Kent 1893 William D. Gordon Republican Midland Midland 1895–1898 Edgar J. Adams Republican Kent 1st Kent 1899–1900 John J. Carton Republican Genesee 2nd Genesee 1901–1903 Sheridan F. Master Republican Kalamazoo 1st Kalamazoo 1905 Nicholas J. Whelan Republican Ottawa 1st Ottawa 1907 Colin P. Campbell Republican Kent 3rd Kent 1909 Herbert F. Baker Republican Cheboygan Cheboygan 1911–1912 Gilbert A. Currie Republican Midland Midland 1913 Charles Wallace Smith Republican Lapeer Lapeer 1915 Wayne R. Rice Republican Newaygo Newaygo 1917 Thomas Read Republican Oceana Oceana 1919 Fred L. Warner Republican Ionia Ionia 1921–1922 George W. Welsh Republican Kent 1st Kent 1923 Fred B. Wells Republican Cass Cass 1925–1926 Lynn C. Gardner Republican Livingston Livingston 1927 Fred R. Ming Republican Cheboygan Cheboygan 1929–1932 Martin R. Bradley Democratic Menominee Menominee 1933–1934 George A. Schroeder Democratic Wayne 1st Wayne 1935–1938 Howard Nugent Republican Huron Huron 1939–1946 Victor A. Knox Republican Chippewa Chippewa 1947–1952 Wade Van Valkenburg Republican Kalamazoo 1st Kalamazoo 1953–1956 George Van Peursem Republican Ottawa Ottawa 1957–1958 Don R. Pears Republican Berrien 1st Berrien 1959–1962 Allison Green Republican Tuscola Tuscola 1963–1964 Joseph J. Kowalski Democratic Wayne 19The Apportionment and Districting Plan of 1964 changed the method of naming legislative districts by counties to a numbering system . Under the previous system, the county was the basis for the district name, and each county, if qualified, had numbered districts within its borders . See Const . 1835, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1850, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1963, art . 4, §3. 1965–1966 Robert E. Waldron Republican Wayne 1 1967–1968 William A. Ryan Democratic Wayne 3 1969–1974 Bobby Crim Democratic Genesee 82 1975–1982 Gary Owen Democratic Washtenaw 22 1983–1988 Lewis N. Dodak Democratic Saginaw 86 1989–1992 Curtis HertelElected co-speaker of the house January 13, 1993 . Pursuant to the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives and the Democratic/Republican Leadership Agreement re Organization of the Michigan House of Representatives, both ratified by resolutions adopted January 13, 1993, Democratic and Republican co-speakers were elected by the Michigan House of Representatives and authorized to act as presiding officer of the house during alternating months until the election of a speaker by at least 56 votes or the conclusion of the 87th Legislature on December 31, 1994 . See 1993 Journal of the House (No . 1, January 13, 1993) Democratic Wayne 2 1993–1994 Paul HillegondsElected Speaker of the House January 11, 1995 Republican Allegan 88 1993–1996 Curtis Hertel Democratic Wayne 2 1997–1998 Charles R. Perricone Republican Kalamazoo 61 1999–2000 Rick Johnson Republican Osceola 102 2001–2004 Craig DeRoche Republican Oakland 38 2005–2006 Andy Dillon Democratic Wayne 17 2007–2010 James "Jase" Bolger Republican Calhoun 63 2011–2014 Kevin Cotter Republican Isabella 99 2015–2016 Tom Leonard Republican Clinton 93 2017–2018 Lee Chatfield Republican Emmet 107 2019–2020 Jason Wentworth Republican Clare 97 2021–2022 Joe Tate Democratic Wayne 2 2023–2025 Matt Hall Republican Kalamazoo 42 2025–present
See also List of majority leaders of the Michigan Senate List of Michigan state legislatures
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