List of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives

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Speaker of Kansas House of Representatives
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Incumbent
Daniel Hawkins
since January 9, 2023
StatusPresiding 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.

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Speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
William Wale Updegraff 1861RepublicanOsawatomie [1] [2]
Moses S. Adams 1862RepublicanLeavenworth [1] [2]
Josiah Kellogg 1863RepublicanLeavenworth [1] [2]
Jacob Stotler 1865Radical RepublicanLeavenworth [1] [2]
John Taylor Burris 1866RepublicanEmporia [1] [2]
Preston Bierce Plumb 1867RepublicanOlathe [1] [2]
George W. Smith 1868RepublicanEmporia [1] [2]
Moses S. Adams1869RepublicanLeavenworth [1] [2]
Jacob Stotler 1870Radical RepublicanEmporia [1] [2]
Benjamin Franklin Simpson 1871RepublicanPaola [1] [2]
Stephen Alonzo Cobb 1872RepublicanWyandotte [1] [2]
Josiah Kellogg1873RepublicanLeavenworth [1] [2]
Boyd H. McEckron 1874RepublicanShirley [1] [2]
Thomas P. Fenlon 1874RepublicanLeavenworth [1] [2]
Edward H. Funston 1875RepublicanCarlyle [1] [2]
Dudley Chase Haskell 1876RepublicanLawrence [1] [2]
Peter Percival Elder Jan 1877–Feb 1877RepublicanCouncil Grove [1] [2]
Samuel Newitt Wood Feb 1877–1879RepublicanOttawa [1] [2]
Sidney Clarke 1879RepublicanLawrence [1] [2]
John Blosser Johnson 1881RepublicanTopeka [1] [2]
James Donaldson Snoddy 1883RepublicanLa Cygne [1] [2]
John Blosser Johnson1885RepublicanTopeka [1] [2]
Abram Wentworth Smith 1887RepublicanMcPherson [1] [2]
Henry Booth 1889RepublicanLarned [1] [2]
Peter Percival Elder1891Farmers' AlliancePrinceton [1] [2]
George L. Douglass 1893RepublicanWichita [1] [2]
John M. Dunsmore 1893People's PartyThayet [1] [2]
Charles E. Lobdell 1895RepublicanDighton [1] [2]
William Daniel Street 1897RepublicanOberlin [1] [2]
Stephen J. Osborn 1899RepublicanSalina [1] [2]
George Jerome Barker 1901RepublicanLawrence [1] [2]
James T. Pringle 1903RepublicanBurlingame [1] [2]
Walter Roscoe Stubbs 1905RepublicanLawrence [1] [2]
John S. Simmons 1907RepublicanDighton [1] [2]
Joseph N. Dolley 1909RepublicanMaple Hill [1] [2]
George H. Buckman 1911RepublicanWinfield [3] [2]
Willis L. Brown 1913DemocraticKingman [3] [2]
Robert Stone 1915RepublicanTopeka [3] [2]
Austin M. Keene 1917RepublicanFort Scott [3] [2]
William Purnell Lambertson 1919–1921RepublicanFairview [3] [2]
William West Harvey 1921–1923RepublicanAshland [3] [2]
Charles E. Mann 1923–1925RepublicanOsborne [3] [2]
Clifford R. Hope 1925–1927RepublicanGarden City [3] [2]
John D. M. Hamilton 1927–1929RepublicanTopeka [3] [2]
John H. Myers 1929–1931RepublicanMerriam [3] [2]
Hal Harlan 1931–1933RepublicanManhattan [3] [2]
William H. Vernon 1933–1935RepublicanLarned [3] [2]
Schuyler C. Bloss 1935–1937RepublicanWinfield [3] [2]
Henry S. Buzick 1937–1939RepublicanSylvan Grove [3] [2]
Ernest A. Briles 1939–1941RepublicanStafford [3] [2]
Clay C. Carper 1941–1943RepublicanEureka [3] [2]
Paul R. Wunsch 1943–1945RepublicanKingman [3] [2]
Frank L. Hagaman 1945–1947RepublicanKansas City [3] [2]
Frank B. Miller 1947–1949RepublicanLangdon [3] [2]
Dale M. Bryant 1949–1951RepublicanWichita [3] [2]
Lawrence M. Gibson 1951–1953RepublicanPittsburg [1] [2]
Charles D. Stough 1953–1955RepublicanLawrence [1] [2]
Robert H. Jennison 1955–1957RepublicanHealy [1] [2]
Jess E. Taylor 1957–1961RepublicanTribune [1] [2]
William L. Mitchell 1961–1963RepublicanHutchinson [1] [2]
Charles S. Arthur 1963–1965RepublicanManhattan [1] [2]
Clyde Hill 1966–1967RepublicanYates Center [1] [2]
John J. Conard 1967–1969RepublicanGreensburg [1] [2]
Calvin S. Strowig 1969–1973RepublicanAbilene [1] [2]
Duane S. McGill 1973–1975RepublicanWinfield [1] [2]
John W. Carlin 1975–1979DemocraticSmolan [1] [2]
Wendell Lady 1979–1983RepublicanOverland Park [1] [2]
Mike Hayden 1983–1987RepublicanAtwood [1] [2]
James D. Braden 1987–1990RepublicanClay Center [1] [2]
Marvin Barkis 1991–1993DemocraticLouisburg [1] [2]
Robert H. Miller 1993–1995RepublicanWellington [1] [2]
Tim Shallenburger 1995–1997RepublicanBaxter Springs [1] [2]
Robin Jennison 1999–2000RepublicanHealy [1] [2]
Kent Glasscock 2001–2003RepublicanManhattan [1] [2]
Doug Mays 2003–2007RepublicanTopeka [1] [2]
Melvin Neufeld 2007–2009RepublicanIngalls [1] [2]
Michael O'Neal 2009–2013RepublicanHutchinson [1] [2]
Raymond Merrick 2013–2017RepublicanStilwell [1] [2]
Ron Ryckman Jr. 2017–2023RepublicanOlathe [1] [2]
Daniel Hawkins 2023–RepublicanWichita [1] [2]

Speakers of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
John H. Stringfellow 1855–1857 [4]
W. G. Matthias 1857 [5]
G. W. Deitzler 1857–1859RepublicanLawrence [6]
Alfred Larzalere 1859–1860 [7]
Gustavus A. Colton 1860–1861 [8]
J. W. Scott (Kansas politician) 1861 [9]

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  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.
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