List of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives

Speaker of Kansas House of Representatives
Incumbent Daniel Hawkins since January 9, 2023
Status	Presiding officer
Seat	Kansas State Capitol, Topeka
Appointer	Kansas House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	William Wale Updegraff

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		[1] [2]
Moses S. Adams	1862	Republican	Leavenworth		[1] [2]
Josiah Kellogg	1863	Republican	Leavenworth		[1] [2]
Jacob Stotler	1865	Radical Republican	Leavenworth		[1] [2]
John Taylor Burris	1866	Republican	Emporia		[1] [2]
Preston Bierce Plumb	1867	Republican	Olathe		[1] [2]
George W. Smith	1868	Republican	Emporia		[1] [2]
Moses S. Adams	1869	Republican	Leavenworth		[1] [2]
Jacob Stotler	1870	Radical Republican	Emporia		[1] [2]
Benjamin Franklin Simpson	1871	Republican	Paola		[1] [2]
Stephen Alonzo Cobb	1872	Republican	Wyandotte		[1] [2]
Josiah Kellogg	1873	Republican	Leavenworth		[1] [2]
Boyd H. McEckron	1874	Republican	Shirley		[1] [2]
Thomas P. Fenlon	1874	Republican	Leavenworth		[1] [2]
Edward H. Funston	1875	Republican	Carlyle		[1] [2]
Dudley Chase Haskell	1876	Republican	Lawrence		[1] [2]
Peter Percival Elder	Jan 1877–Feb 1877	Republican	Council Grove		[1] [2]
Samuel Newitt Wood	Feb 1877–1879	Republican	Ottawa		[1] [2]
Sidney Clarke	1879	Republican	Lawrence		[1] [2]
John Blosser Johnson	1881	Republican	Topeka		[1] [2]
James Donaldson Snoddy	1883	Republican	La Cygne		[1] [2]
John Blosser Johnson	1885	Republican	Topeka		[1] [2]
Abram Wentworth Smith	1887	Republican	McPherson		[1] [2]
Henry Booth	1889	Republican	Larned		[1] [2]
Peter Percival Elder	1891	Farmers' Alliance	Princeton		[1] [2]
George L. Douglass	1893	Republican	Wichita		[1] [2]
John M. Dunsmore	1893	People's Party	Thayet		[1] [2]
Charles E. Lobdell	1895	Republican	Dighton		[1] [2]
William Daniel Street	1897	Republican	Oberlin		[1] [2]
Stephen J. Osborn	1899	Republican	Salina		[1] [2]
George Jerome Barker	1901	Republican	Lawrence		[1] [2]
James T. Pringle	1903	Republican	Burlingame		[1] [2]
Walter Roscoe Stubbs	1905	Republican	Lawrence		[1] [2]
John S. Simmons	1907	Republican	Dighton		[1] [2]
Joseph N. Dolley	1909	Republican	Maple Hill		[1] [2]
George H. Buckman	1911	Republican	Winfield		[3] [2]
Willis L. Brown	1913	Democratic	Kingman		[3] [2]
Robert Stone	1915	Republican	Topeka		[3] [2]
Austin M. Keene	1917	Republican	Fort Scott		[3] [2]
William Purnell Lambertson	1919–1921	Republican	Fairview		[3] [2]
William West Harvey	1921–1923	Republican	Ashland		[3] [2]
Charles E. Mann	1923–1925	Republican	Osborne		[3] [2]
Clifford R. Hope	1925–1927	Republican	Garden City		[3] [2]
John D. M. Hamilton	1927–1929	Republican	Topeka		[3] [2]
John H. Myers	1929–1931	Republican	Merriam		[3] [2]
Hal Harlan	1931–1933	Republican	Manhattan		[3] [2]
William H. Vernon	1933–1935	Republican	Larned		[3] [2]
Schuyler C. Bloss	1935–1937	Republican	Winfield		[3] [2]
Henry S. Buzick	1937–1939	Republican	Sylvan Grove		[3] [2]
Ernest A. Briles	1939–1941	Republican	Stafford		[3] [2]
Clay C. Carper	1941–1943	Republican	Eureka		[3] [2]
Paul R. Wunsch	1943–1945	Republican	Kingman		[3] [2]
Frank L. Hagaman	1945–1947	Republican	Kansas City		[3] [2]
Frank B. Miller	1947–1949	Republican	Langdon		[3] [2]
Dale M. Bryant	1949–1951	Republican	Wichita		[3] [2]
Lawrence M. Gibson	1951–1953	Republican	Pittsburg		[1] [2]
Charles D. Stough	1953–1955	Republican	Lawrence		[1] [2]
Robert H. Jennison	1955–1957	Republican	Healy		[1] [2]
Jess E. Taylor	1957–1961	Republican	Tribune		[1] [2]
William L. Mitchell	1961–1963	Republican	Hutchinson		[1] [2]
Charles S. Arthur	1963–1965	Republican	Manhattan		[1] [2]
Clyde Hill	1966–1967	Republican	Yates Center		[1] [2]
John J. Conard	1967–1969	Republican	Greensburg		[1] [2]
Calvin S. Strowig	1969–1973	Republican	Abilene		[1] [2]
Duane S. McGill	1973–1975	Republican	Winfield		[1] [2]
John W. Carlin	1975–1979	Democratic	Smolan		[1] [2]
Wendell Lady	1979–1983	Republican	Overland Park		[1] [2]
Mike Hayden	1983–1987	Republican	Atwood		[1] [2]
James D. Braden	1987–1990	Republican	Clay Center		[1] [2]
Marvin Barkis	1991–1993	Democratic	Louisburg		[1] [2]
Robert H. Miller	1993–1995	Republican	Wellington		[1] [2]
Tim Shallenburger	1995–1997	Republican	Baxter Springs		[1] [2]
Robin Jennison	1999–2000	Republican	Healy		[1] [2]
Kent Glasscock	2001–2003	Republican	Manhattan		[1] [2]
Doug Mays	2003–2007	Republican	Topeka		[1] [2]
Melvin Neufeld	2007–2009	Republican	Ingalls		[1] [2]
Michael O'Neal	2009–2013	Republican	Hutchinson		[1] [2]
Raymond Merrick	2013–2017	Republican	Stilwell		[1] [2]
Ron Ryckman Jr.	2017–2023	Republican	Olathe		[1] [2]
Daniel Hawkins	2023–	Republican	Wichita		[1] [2]

Speakers of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
John H. Stringfellow	1855–1857				[4]
W. G. Matthias	1857				[5]
G. W. Deitzler	1857–1859	Republican	Lawrence		[6]
Alfred Larzalere	1859–1860				[7]
Gustavus A. Colton	1860–1861				[8]
J. W. Scott (Kansas politician)	1861				[9]

See also

• List of Kansas state legislatures

References

1. "Kansas Legislators: Past and Present". State Library of Kansas. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
2. Legislative Reference Department (December 21, 2023). "Kansas House of Representatives Speakers of the House" (Document). State Library of Kansas.
3. Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (August 30, 2000). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
4. "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Kansas. sess. 1 (1855)". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004423731.
5. "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Kansas. Sess. 2 (1857)". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004422857.
6. "House journal of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory, for the year ... Extra session 1857". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004423749.
7. "Council journal 1859". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/mdp.35112203965910.
8. "House journal of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory. Sess. 6 (1860)". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004422873.
9. Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (September 26, 1989). "American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910". Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.