The following is a list of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives since statehood.
Speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation William Wale Updegraff 1861 Republican Osawatomie Moses S. Adams 1862 Republican Leavenworth Josiah Kellogg 1863 Republican Leavenworth Jacob Stotler 1865 Radical Republican Leavenworth John Taylor Burris 1866 Republican Emporia Preston Bierce Plumb 1867 Republican Olathe George W. Smith 1868 Republican Emporia Moses S. Adams 1869 Republican Leavenworth Jacob Stotler 1870 Radical Republican Emporia Benjamin Franklin Simpson 1871 Republican Paola Stephen Alonzo Cobb 1872 Republican Wyandotte Josiah Kellogg 1873 Republican Leavenworth Boyd H. McEckron 1874 Republican Shirley Thomas P. Fenlon 1874 Republican Leavenworth Edward H. Funston 1875 Republican Carlyle Dudley Chase Haskell 1876 Republican Lawrence Peter Percival Elder Jan 1877–Feb 1877 Republican Council Grove Samuel Newitt Wood Feb 1877–1879 Republican Ottawa Sidney Clarke 1879 Republican Lawrence John Blosser Johnson 1881 Republican Topeka James Donaldson Snoddy 1883 Republican La Cygne John Blosser Johnson 1885 Republican Topeka Abram Wentworth Smith 1887 Republican McPherson Henry Booth 1889 Republican Larned Peter Percival Elder 1891 Farmers' Alliance Princeton George L. Douglass 1893 Republican Wichita John M. Dunsmore 1893 People's Party Thayet Charles E. Lobdell 1895 Republican Dighton William Daniel Street 1897 Republican Oberlin Stephen J. Osborn 1899 Republican Salina George Jerome Barker 1901 Republican Lawrence James T. Pringle 1903 Republican Burlingame Walter Roscoe Stubbs 1905 Republican Lawrence John S. Simmons 1907 Republican Dighton Joseph N. Dolley 1909 Republican Maple Hill George H. Buckman 1911 Republican Winfield Willis L. Brown 1913 Democratic Kingman Robert Stone 1915 Republican Topeka Austin M. Keene 1917 Republican Fort Scott William Purnell Lambertson 1919–1921 Republican Fairview William West Harvey 1921–1923 Republican Ashland Charles E. Mann 1923–1925 Republican Osborne Clifford R. Hope 1925–1927 Republican Garden City John D. M. Hamilton 1927–1929 Republican Topeka John H. Myers 1929–1931 Republican Merriam Hal Harlan 1931–1933 Republican Manhattan William H. Vernon 1933–1935 Republican Larned Schuyler C. Bloss 1935–1937 Republican Winfield Henry S. Buzick 1937–1939 Republican Sylvan Grove Ernest A. Briles 1939–1941 Republican Stafford Clay C. Carper 1941–1943 Republican Eureka Paul R. Wunsch 1943–1945 Republican Kingman Frank L. Hagaman 1945–1947 Republican Kansas City Frank B. Miller 1947–1949 Republican Langdon Dale M. Bryant 1949–1951 Republican Wichita Lawrence M. Gibson 1951–1953 Republican Pittsburg Charles D. Stough 1953–1955 Republican Lawrence Robert H. Jennison 1955–1957 Republican Healy Jess E. Taylor 1957–1961 Republican Tribune William L. Mitchell 1961–1963 Republican Hutchinson Charles S. Arthur 1963–1965 Republican Manhattan Clyde Hill 1966–1967 Republican Yates Center John J. Conard 1967–1969 Republican Greensburg Calvin S. Strowig 1969–1973 Republican Abilene Duane S. McGill 1973–1975 Republican Winfield John W. Carlin 1975–1979 Democratic Smolan Wendell Lady 1979–1983 Republican Overland Park Mike Hayden 1983–1987 Republican Atwood James D. Braden 1987–1990 Republican Clay Center Marvin Barkis 1991–1993 Democratic Louisburg Robert H. Miller 1993–1995 Republican Wellington Tim Shallenburger 1995–1999 Republican Baxter Springs Robin Jennison 1999–2000 Republican Healy Kent Glasscock 2001–2003 Republican Manhattan Doug Mays 2003–2007 Republican Topeka Melvin Neufeld 2007–2009 Republican Ingalls Michael O'Neal 2009–2013 Republican Hutchinson Raymond Merrick 2013–2017 Republican Stilwell Ron Ryckman Jr. 2017–2023 Republican Olathe Daniel Hawkins 2023– Republican Wichita
Speakers of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives
Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation John H. Stringfellow 1855–1857 W. G. Matthias 1857 G. W. Deitzler 1857–1859 Republican Lawrence Alfred Larzalere 1859–1860 Gustavus A. Colton 1860–1861 J. W. Scott (Kansas politician) 1861
See also List of Kansas state legislatures
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