List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

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Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
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Incumbent
Todd Huston
since March 9, 2020
Style The Honorable
AppointerElected by the Indiana House of Representatives
Inaugural holder Isaac Newton Blackford
Succession Second

The speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives is the highest official in the Indiana House of Representatives, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party. As in most Anglophone countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature.

Contents

The current speaker is Todd Huston. [1]

List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives [2]
AssemblyTermNamePartyDistrict
1stNovember 4, 1816
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December 1, 1817		 Isaac Newton Blackford   Nonpartisan Knox
2ndDecember 1, 1817
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December 7, 1818		 Amos Lane   Nonpartisan Dearborn
3rdDecember 7, 1818
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November 19, 1821		 Williamson Dunn   Nonpartisan Jefferson, Jennings,
& Ripley
4th
5th
6thNovember 19, 1821
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December 2, 1822		Samuel Milroy  Nonpartisan Washington & Scott
7thDecember 2, 1822
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December 1, 1823		 General Washington Johnston   Nonpartisan Knox
8thDecember 1, 1823
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January 10, 1824		 David Hervey Maxwell   Nonpartisan Monroe
9thJanuary 10, 1825
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December 5, 1825		 Stephen Stevens   Nonpartisan Switzerland
10thDecember 5, 1825
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December 4, 1826		 Robert Morgan Evans   Nonpartisan Gibson
11thDecember 4, 1826
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December 1, 1828		 Harbin H. Moore   Nonpartisan Harrison
12th
13thDecember 1, 1828
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December 7, 1829		Isaac Howk  Nonpartisan Clark
14thDecember 7, 1829
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December 6, 1830		Ross Smiley  Nonpartisan Union
15thDecember 6, 1830
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December 5, 1831		Isaac Howk  Nonpartisan Clark
16thDecember 5, 1831
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December 3, 1832		 Harbin H. Moore   Nonpartisan Floyd
17thDecember 3, 1832
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December 2, 1833		 John Wesley Davis   Nonpartisan Sullivan
18thDecember 2, 1833
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December 1, 1834		Nathan B. Palmer  Nonpartisan Jefferson
19thDecember 1, 1834
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December 7, 1835		James Gregory  Whig Warren
20thDecember 7, 1835
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December 4, 1837		 Caleb Blood Smith   Whig Fayette
21st
22ndDecember 4, 1837
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December 2, 1839		Thomas Jefferson Evans  Whig Fountain
23rd
24thDecember 2, 1839
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December 7, 1840		James G. Read  Democratic Clark
25thDecember 7, 1840
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December 6, 1841		 Samuel Judah   Whig Knox
26thDecember 6, 1841
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December 5, 1842		 John Wesley Davis   Democratic Sullivan
27thDecember 5, 1842
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December 4, 1843		 Thomas Jefferson Henley   Democratic Clark
28thDecember 4, 1843
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December 2, 1844		Andrew L. Robinson  Democratic Carroll
29thDecember 2, 1844
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December 1, 1845		 Alexander Campbell Stevenson   Whig Putnam
30thDecember 1, 1845
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December 7, 1846		John S. Simonson  Democratic Clark
31stDecember 7, 1846
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December 6, 1847		Robert N. Carnan  Whig Knox
32ndDecember 6, 1847
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December 4, 1848		William A. Porter  Whig Harrison
33rdDecember 4, 1848
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December 30, 1850		George W. Carr  Democratic Lawrence
34th
35thDecember 30, 1850
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December 1, 1851		 Ebenezer Dumont   Democratic Dearborn
36thDecember 1, 1851
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April 6, 1852		 John Wesley Davis   Democratic Sullivan
Vacant (April 6–8, 1852)
April 8, 1852
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November 3, 1852		 William Hayden English   Democratic Scott
37thNovember 3, 1852
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November 8, 1854		Oliver Brooks Torbet  Democratic Dearborn
38thNovember 8, 1854
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November 5, 1856		 David Kilgore   People's Delaware
39thNovember 5, 1856
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November 3, 1858		 Ballard Smith   Democratic Perry
40thNovember 3, 1858
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November 7, 1860		Jonathan W. Gordon  Republican Marion
41stNovember 7, 1860
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November 5, 1862		Cyrus M. Allen  Republican Knox
42ndNovember 5, 1862
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November 9, 1864		 Samuel Hamilton Buskirk   Democratic Monroe
43rdNovember 9, 1864
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November 7, 1866		 John Pettit   Republican Wabash
44thNovember 7, 1866
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November 4, 1868		David C. Branham  Republican Jefferson
45thNovember 4, 1868
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April 8, 1869		Ambrose P. Stanton  Republican Marion
April 8, 1869
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November 9, 1870		 George A. Buskirk   Republican Monroe
46thNovember 9, 1870
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November 6, 1872		William G. Mack  Democratic Vigo
47thNovember 6, 1872
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November 4, 1874		William K. Edwards  Republican Vigo
48thNovember 4, 1874
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November 8, 1876		 David Turpie   Democratic Marion
49thNovember 8, 1876
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November 6, 1878		John Overmyer  Republican Jennings
50thNovember 6, 1878
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November 3, 1880		Henry Sullivan Cauthorn  Democratic Knox
51stNovember 3, 1880
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November 8, 1882		William Marion Ridpath  Republican Clay, Hendricks,
& Putnam
52ndNovember 8, 1882
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November 5, 1884		 William D. Bynum   Democratic Marion
53rdNovember 5, 1884
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November 3, 1886		Charles L. Jewett  Democratic Clark, Floyd,
& Scott
54thNovember 3, 1886
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November 7, 1888		Warren G. Sayre  Republican Wabash
55thNovember 7, 1888
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November 9, 1892		Mason J. Niblack  Democratic Knox
56th
57thNovember 9, 1892
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November 7, 1894		James B. Curtis  Democratic Marion & Shelby
58thNovember 7, 1894
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November 9, 1896		Justus C. Adams  Republican Marion
59thNovember 9, 1896
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November 9, 1898		Henry C. Petitt  Republican Wabash
60thNovember 9, 1898
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7, 1900		Frank L. Littleton  Republican Marion
61stNovember 7, 1900
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November 5, 1902		Samuel R. Artman  Republican Boone, Hamilton,
Madison & Montgomery
62ndNovember 5, 1902
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November 9, 1904		 Henry Wright Marshall, Sr.   Republican Tippecanoe & Warren
63rdNovember 9, 1904
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November 7, 1906		Sidney W. Cantwell  Republican Blackford, Jay,
& Randolph
64thNovember 7, 1906
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November 4, 1908		 Emmett Forrest Branch   Republican Morgan
65thNovember 4, 1908
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November 9, 1910		 Thomas Michael Honan   Democratic Jackson
66thNovember 9, 1910
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November 6, 1912		Albert Julius Veneman  Democratic Gibson, Knox,
& Vanderburgh
67thNovember 6, 1912
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November 4, 1914		Homer Livingston Cook  Democratic Marion
68thNovember 4, 1914
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November 8, 1916		Charles Haddon Bedwell  Democratic Sullivan
69thNovember 8, 1916
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November 3, 1920		Jesse E. Eschbach  Republican Kosciusko
70th
71stNovember 3, 1920
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December 14, 1921 [a] 		John F. McClure  Republican Madison
December 14, 1921
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November 8, 1922		Claude A. Smith  Republican Gibson
72ndNovember 8, 1922
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November 4, 1924		Raymond C. Morgan  Republican Henry
73rdNovember 5, 1924
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November 7, 1928		 Harry G. Leslie   Republican Tippecanoe & Warren
74th
75thNovember 7, 1928
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November 5, 1930		James Merrill Knapp  Republican Wayne
76thNovember 5, 1930
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November 9, 1932		Walter D. Myers  Democratic Marion
77thNovember 9, 1932
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November 7, 1934		Henry C. Crawford  Democratic Union & Wayne
78thNovember 7, 1934
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November 9, 1938		Edward H. Stein  Democratic Greene
79th
80thNovember 9, 1938
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November 4, 1942		James M. Knapp  Republican Wayne
81st
82ndNovember 4, 1942
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November 3, 1948		William H. Creighton  Republican Kosciusko
83rd
84th
85thNovember 3, 1948
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November 8, 1950		Robert H. Heller  Democratic Adams & Wells
86thNovember 8, 1950
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November 5, 1952		Winfred O. Hughes  Republican Allen
87thNovember 5, 1952
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November 3, 1954		James D. Allen  Republican Orange & Washington
88thNovember 3, 1954
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November 5, 1958		George S. Diener  Republican Marion
89th
90thNovember 5, 1958
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November 9, 1960		 Birch Bayh   Democratic Vigo
91stNovember 9, 1960
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November 4, 1964		Richard W. Guthrie  Republican Marion
92nd
93rdNovember 4, 1964
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November 9, 1966		Richard C. Bodine  Democratic St. Joseph
94thNovember 9, 1966
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November 8, 1972		 Otis Bowen   Republican 8th District
95th
96th
97thNovember 8, 1972
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November 6, 1974		Kermit O. Burrous  Republican 22nd District
98thNovember 6, 1974
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November 3, 1976		Phillip E. Bainbridge  Democratic 2nd District
99thNovember 3, 1976
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November 5, 1980		Kermit O. Burrous  Republican 22nd District
100th
101stNovember 5, 1980
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November 3, 1982		 J. Roberts Dailey   Republican 37th District
102ndNovember 3, 1982
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November 5, 1986		35th District
103rd
104thNovember 5, 1986
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November 9, 1988		 Paul S. Mannweiler   Republican 49th District
105thNovember 9, 1988
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November 7, 1990 [b] 		Paul S. Mannweiler   Republican 49th District
Michael K. Phillips   Democratic 74th District
106thNovember 7, 1990
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November 9, 1994		 Michael K. Phillips   Democratic 74th District
107th
108thNovember 9, 1994
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November 6, 1996		 Paul S. Mannweiler   Republican 87th District
109thNovember 6, 1996
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November 6, 2002		 John R. Gregg   Democratic 45th District
110th
111th
112thNovember 6, 2002
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November 3, 2004		 Pat Bauer   Democratic 6th District
113thNovember 3, 2004
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November 8, 2006		 Brian Bosma   Republican 88th District
114thNovember 8, 2006
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November 3, 2010		 Pat Bauer   Democratic 6th District
115th
116thNovember 3, 2010
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March 9, 2020 [c] 		Brian Bosma   Republican 88th District
117th
118th
119th
120th
March 9, 2020
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incumbent [c] 		Todd Huston   Republican 37th District
121st
122nd
123rd
124th

See also

References

  1. ↑ Died in office.
  2. ↑ The House of Representatives evenly divided with 50 Democratic and 50 Republican members, Mannweiler and Phillips served jointly as speaker for the duration of the 105th term.
  3. 1 2 Bosma resigned the speakership partway through the 120th Assembly in order to oversee a smooth transition of power to his successor, Huston.
  1. ↑ "Fishers Rep. Todd Huston to serve as House speaker after Brian Bosma retires". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Speakers of the Indiana House". Capitol&Washington. March 3, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
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