List of speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

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Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives
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Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Incumbent
David W. Osborne
since November 4, 2017
StatusPresiding officer
Seat Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort
Appointer Kentucky House of Representatives
Inaugural holder Robert Breckinridge

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

Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
Robert Breckinridge 1792–1796Democratic-Republican [1]
Edmund Bullock 1796–1799Democratic-Republican [1]
John Breckinridge 1799–1801Democratic-Republican [1]
John Adair 1801–1803Democratic-Republican [1]
William Logan 1803–1807Democratic-Republican [1]
Henry Clay 1807–1808Democratic-Republican [1]
William Logan1808–1810Democratic-Republican [1]
John Simpson 1810–1812Democratic-Republican [1]
Joseph T. Hawkins 1812–1814Democratic-Republican [1]
William T. Barry 1814–1815Democratic-Republican [1]
John J. Crittenden 1815–1817Democratic-Republican [1]
Cabell Breckinridge 1817–1819Democratic-Republican [1]
Martin D. Hardin 1819–1820Democratic-Republican [1]
George Claiborne Thompson 1820–1822Mercer County [1]
Richard C. Anderson 1822–1823 [1]
George Robertson 1823–1824Democratic-Republican [1]
Robert J. Ward 1824–1825 [1]
George Robertson1825–1827Democratic-Republican [1]
John Speed Smith 1827–1828Democratic-Republican [1]
Tunstall Quarles 1828–1829Democratic-Republican [1]
John J. Crittenden1829–1833Democratic-Republican [1]
Richard B. New 1833–1834 [1]
Charles A. Wickliffe 1834–1835Whig [1]
John L. Helm 1835–1837Whig [1]
Robert P. Letcher 1837–1839Whig [1]
John L. Helm1839–1840Whig [1]
Charles S. Morehead 1840–1842Whig [1]
John L. Helm1842–1844Whig [1]
Charles S. Morehead1844–1845Whig [1]
Joseph R. Underwood 1845–1846Whig [1]
Leslie Combs 1846–1847Whig [1]
James F. Buckner 1847–1848Whig [1]
Gwyn Page 1848–1849Whig [1]
Thomas W. Riley 1849–1850Whig [1]
G. W. Johnston 1850–1851Whig [1]
George Robertson1851–1853Whig [1]
Charles G. Wintersmith 1853–1855Whig [1]
John B. Huston 1855–1857Know NothingClark County [1]
Daniel P. White 1857–1859DemocraticGreensburg [1]
David Meriwether 1859–1861DemocraticJefferson County [1]
Richard A. Buckner 1861–1863UnionistFayette County [1]
Harrison Taylor 1863–1867Democratic Mason County [2] [1]
John T. Bunch 1867–1871 Louisville [2]
James B. McCreary 1871–1874Democratic Madison County [2]
William Johnson Stone 1875–1876Democratic Lyon County [2]
Ed W. Turner 1877–1878DemocraticMadison County [2]
Joseph M. Bigger 1879–1880Democratic McCracken County [2]
William Claiborne Owens 1881–1882Democratic Scott County [2]
Charles Offutt 1883–1886Democratic Bourbon County [2]
Ben Johnson 1887–1888Democratic Nelson County [2]
Harvey Myers 1889–1890Democratic Covington [2]
William M. Moore 1891–1894Democratic Harrison County [2]
A. J. Carroll 1894–1896DemocraticLouisville [2]
Charles J. Blandford 1896–1898Republican Breckinridge County [2]
J. C. W. Beckham 1898–1900DemocraticNelson County [2]
South Trimble 1900–1902Democratic Franklin County [2] [3]
Gerald T. Finn 1902–1904Democratic [3]
Eli H. Brown 1904–1906Democratic [3]
Henry R. Lawrence 1906–1908Democratic [3]
William J. Gooch 1908–1910Democratic [3]
George S. Wilson 1910–1912Democratic [3]
Claude B. Terrell 1912–1916Democratic Trimble County [4]
Hugh C. Duffy 1916–1918DemocraticHarrison County [4]
Robert C. Crowe 1918–1920Democratic Oldham County [4]
Joe Bosworth 1920–1922Republican Bell County [4]
James H. Thompson 1922–1924DemocraticBourbon County [4]
Samuel W. Adams 1924–1926Democratic Kenton County [4]
George L. Drury 1926–1928Democratic Union County [4]
John S. Milliken 1928–1932Democratic Simpson County [4]
John Y. Brown 1932–1933Democratic Fayette County [4]
Frank Lebus 1933–1934DemocraticHarrison County [4]
W. E. Rogers 1934–1935Democratic Todd County [4]
Wallace Brown 1935–1936DemocraticNelson County [4]
John D. Kirtley 1936–1940Democratic McLean County [4]
Benjamin F. Shields 1940–1942Democratic Shelby County [4]
Stanley S. Dickson 1942–1944DemocraticBourbon County [4]
Harry Waterfield 1944–1948Democratic Hickman County [4]
Herbert Tinsley 1948–1950Democratic Carroll County [4]
Adron Doran 1950–1952Democratic Calloway County [4]
Charles W. Burnley 1952–1956DemocraticMcCracken County [4]
Thomas P. Fitzpatrick 1956–1958DemocraticKenton County [4]
Morris Weintraub 1958–1960Democratic Campbell County [4]
Harry Lowman 1960–1964Democratic Boyd County [4]
Shelby McCallum 1964–1968DemocraticMarshall County [4]
Julian Carroll 1968–1972DemocraticMcCracken County [4]
Norbert Blume 1972–1976Democratic Jefferson County [4]
William G. Kenton 1976–1982DemocraticFayette County [4]
Bobby H. Richardson 1982–1986Democratic Barren County [4]
Donald Blandford 1986–1993Democratic Daviess County [4]
Joe Clarke 1993–1994Democratic Boyle County [5]
Jody Richards 1994–2008DemocraticWarren County [5]
Greg Stumbo 2009–2017Democratic Prestonsburg
Jeff Hoover 2017–2018Republican Jamestown
David Osborne 2017–Republican Prospect

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