List of speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives

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Speaker of Iowa House of Representatives
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Incumbent
Pat Grassley
since January 13, 2020
StatusPresiding officer
Seat Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines
Appointer Iowa House of Representatives
Inaugural holder Jesse B. Browne

The following is a list of speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives since statehood.

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Speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
Jesse B. Browne 1846–1848WhigLee County [1]
Smiley Bonham 1848–1850DemocraticJohnson County [1]
George Temple 1850–1852DemocraticDes Moines County [1]
James Grant 1852–1854DemocraticScott County [1]
Reuben Noble 1854–1856WhigClayton County [1]
Samuel McFarland 1856–1858RepublicanHenry County [1]
Stephen B. Shelledy 1858–1860RepublicanJasper County [1]
John Edwards 1860–1862RepublicanLucas County [1]
Rush Clark 1862–1864RepublicanJohnson County [1]
Jacob Butler 1864–1866RepublicanMuscatine County [1]
Ed Wright 1866–1868RepublicanCedar County [1]
John Russell 1868–1870RepublicanJones County [1]
Aylett R. Cotton 1870–1872RepublicanClinton County [1]
James Wilson 1872–1874RepublicanTama County [1]
John H. Gear 1874–1878RepublicanDes Moines County [1]
John Young Stone 1878–1880RepublicanDes Moines County [1]
Lore Alford 1880–1882RepublicanMills County [1]
George R. Struble 1882–1884RepublicanBlack Hawk County [1]
William P. Wolf 1884–1886RepublicanTama County [1]
Albert Head 1886–1888RepublicanGreene County [1]
William H. Redman 1888–1890RepublicanPoweshiek County [1]
John Taylor Hamilton 1890–1892DemocraticLinn County [1]
William O. Mitchell 1892–1894RepublicanAdams County [1]
Henry Stone 1894–1896RepublicanMarshall County [1]
Howard W. Byers 1896–1898RepublicanShelby County [1]
James H. Funk 1898–1900RepublicanHardin County [1]
Daniel H. Bowen 1900–1902RepublicanAllamakee County [1]
Willard L. Eaton 1902–1904RepublicanMitchell County [1]
George W. Clarke 1904–1908RepublicanDallas County [1]
Nathan E. Kendall 1908–1909RepublicanDallas County [1]
Guy A. Feely 1909–1911RepublicanBlack Hawk County [1]
Paul E. Stillman 1911–1913RepublicanGreene County [2]
Edward H. Cunningham 1913–1915RepublicanBuena Vista County [2]
William I. Atkinson 1915–1917RepublicanButler County [2]
Milton B. Pitt 1917–1919RepublicanHarrison County [2]
Arch McFarlane 1919–1923RepublicanBlack Hawk County [2]
Joseph H. Anderson 1923–1925RepublicanWinnebago County [2]
Willis C. Edson 1925–1927RepublicanBurna Vista County [2]
Luther V. Carter 1928–1929RepublicanHardin County [2]
Joseph H. Johnson 1929–1931RepublicanMarion County [2]
Francis Johnson 1931–1933RepublicanDickinson County [2]
George E. Miller 1933–1935DemocraticShelby County [2]
John H. Mitchell 1935–1937DemocraticWebster County [2]
Lamar P. Foster 1937–1939DemocraticCedar County [2]
John R. Irwin 1939–1941RepublicanLee County [2]
Robert D. Blue 1941–1943RepublicanWright County [2]
Henry Burma 1943–1945RepublicanButler County [2]
Harold Felton 1945–1946RepublicanWarren County [2]
Gus Kuester 1947–1955RepublicanCass County [2]
William Lynes 1951–1955RepublicanBremer County [2]
Arthur C. Hanson 1955–1957RepublicanLyon County [1]
William L. Mooty 1957–1959RepublicanGrundy County [1]
Charles Vernon Lisle 1959–1961RepublicanPage County [1]
Henry C. Nelson 1961–1963RepublicanWinnebago County [1]
Robert W. Naden 1963–1965RepublicanHamilton County [1]
Vincent B. Steffen 1965–1967DemocraticChickasaw County [1]
Maurice Baringer 1967–1969RepublicanFayette County [1]
William H. Harbor 1969–1973RepublicanMills County [1]
Andrew P. Varley 1973–1975RepublicanAdair, Guthrie County [1]
Dale M. Cochran 1975–1979DemocraticWebster, Humboldt County [1]
Floyd H. Millen 1979–1981RepublicanVan Buren County [1]
William H. Harbor1980RepublicanMills County [1]
Del Stromer 1981–1983RepublicanHancock County [1]
Donald D. Avenson 1983–1990DemocraticFayette County [3]
Robert C. Arnould 1991–1992DemocraticScott County [3]
Harold Van Maanen 1993–1994RepublicanMahaska, Marion County [3]
Ron Corbett 1995–1999RepublicanLinn County [3]
Brent Siegrist 1999–2002RepublicanPottawattamie County [3]
Christopher Rants 2003–2006RepublicanWoodbury County [3]
Pat Murphy 2007–2011DemocraticDubuque County [3]
Kraig Paulsen 2011–2015RepublicanLinn County [3]
Linda Upmeyer 2016–2020Republican
Pat Grassley 2020–Republican

Speakers of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
William Henson Wallace 1838–1839WhigHenry
Edward Johnstone 1839–1840DemocraticLee
Thomas Cox 1840–1841DemocraticJackson
Warner Lewis 1831–1842DemocraticDubuque
James McGowan Morgan 1842–1843DemocraticDes Moines
James P. Carleton 1843–1845DemocraticJohnson
James McGowan Morgan1845DemocraticDes Moines
George W. McCleary 1845–1846DemocraticLouisa

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (August 30, 2000). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
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