List of speakers of the Montana House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the Montana House of Representatives since statehood."Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 - Present" — Montana Legislature

# Name Party Term in office Session(s)1 Charles Blakely Democratic 1889–1890 1st Aaron Witter Republican2 Harry Comly Democratic 1891–1892 2nd3 Thomas Matthews Populist 1893–1894 3rd4 Wilbra Swett Republican 1895–1896 4th5 Jacob Kennedy Democratic 1897–1898 5th6 Henry Stiff Democratic 1899–1900 6th7 Frank Corbett Democratic 1901–1902 7th8 Benjamin F. White Republican 1903–1904 8th9 Wyllis Hedges Republican 1905–1906 9th10 E. W. King Republican 1907–1908 10th11 W. W. McDowell Democratic 1909–1912 11th12th12 Alexander MacDonald Democratic 1913–1914 13th13 George Ramsey Democratic 1915–1916 14th14 James F. O'Connor Democratic 1917–1918 15th15 O. W. Belden Republican 1919–1920 16th16 Fred L. Gibson Republican 1921–1922 17th17 Calvin Crumbaker Republican 1923–1924 18th18 Ralph Bricker Republican 1925–1926 19th19 Glenn Davis Republican 1927–1928 20th(18) Ralph Bricker Republican 1929–1930 21st20 W. R. Flachsenhar Republican 1931–1932 22nd21 Dennis Dellwo Democratic 1933–1934 23rd22 William P. Pilgeram Democratic 1935–1936 24th23 H. D. Rolph Democratic 1937–1938 25th24 D. M. Manning Democratic 1939–1940 26th25 E. J. Stromnes Democratic 1941–1942 27th26 George O'Connor Republican 1943–1946 28th29th27 Charles Scofield Republican 1947–1948 30th28 Leo Graybill Democratic 1949–1950 31st29 Ory Armstrong Republican 1951–1952 32nd30 Dean Chaffin Republican 1953–1954 33rd(28) Leo Graybill Democratic 1955–1956 34th31 Eugene Mahoney Democratic 1957–1958 35th32 John MacDonald Democratic 1959–1960 36th33 Clyde Hawks Republican 1961–1962 37th34 Frank W. Hazelbaker Republican 1963–1964 38th35 Ray Wayrynen Democratic 1965–1966 39th36 James Felt Republican 1967–1968 40th37 James P. Lucas Republican 1969–1972 41st42nd38 Harold Gerke Democratic 1973–1974 43rd39 Pat McKittrick Democratic 1975–1976 44th40 John Driscoll Democratic 1977–1978 45th(38) Harold Gerke Democratic 1979–1980 46th41 Bob Marks Republican 1981–1982 47th42 Dan Kemmis Democratic 1983–1984 48th43 John Vincent Democratic 1985–1986 49th(41) Bob Marks Republican 1987–1988 50th(43) John Vincent Democratic 1989–1990 51st44 Hal Harper Democratic 1991–1992 52nd45 John Mercer Republican 1993–2000 53rd54th55th56th46 Dan McGee Republican 2001–2002 57th47 Doug Mood Republican 2003–2004 58th48 Gary Matthews Democratic 2005–2006 59th49 Scott Sales Republican 2007–2008 60th50 Bob Bergren Democratic 2009–2010 61st51 Mike Milburn Republican 2011–2012 62nd52 Mark Blasdel Republican 2013–2014 63rd53 Austin Knudsen Republican 2015–2018 64th65th54 Greg Hertz Republican 2019–2021 66th55 Wylie Galt Republican 2021–2023 67th56 Matt Regier Republican 2023–2025 68th57 Brandon Ler Republican 2025–present 69th

See also List of Montana state legislatures

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