List of speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

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Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives
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House Speaker David W. Osborne.jpg
Incumbent
David W. Osborne
since January 8, 2019
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.

Contents

Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

No.SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
1 Robert Breckinridge 1792–1796Democratic-Republican [1]
2 Edmund Bullock 1796–1799Democratic-Republican [1]
3 John Breckinridge 1799–1801Democratic-Republican [1]
4 John Adair 1801–1803Democratic-Republican [1]
5 William Logan 1803–1807Democratic-Republican [1]
6 Henry Clay 1807–1808Democratic-Republican [1]
7William Logan1808–1810Democratic-Republican [1]
8 John Simpson 1810–1812Democratic-Republican [1]
9 Joseph H. Hawkins 1812–1814Democratic-Republican [1]
10 William T. Barry 1814–1815Democratic-Republican [1]
11 John J. Crittenden 1815–1817Democratic-Republican [1]
12 Cabell Breckinridge 1817–1819Democratic-Republican [1]
13 Martin D. Hardin 1819–1820Democratic-Republican Madison County [1]
14 George Claiborne Thompson 1820–1822 Mercer County [1]
15 Richard C. Anderson Jr. 1822–1823 Jefferson County [1]
16 George Robertson 1823–1824Democratic-Republican Fayette County [1]
17 Robert J. Ward 1824–1825 Scott County [1]
18George Robertson1825–1827Democratic-Republican Fayette County [1]
19 John Speed Smith 1827–1828Democratic-Republican Madison County [1]
20 Tunstall Quarles 1828–1829Democratic-Republican Pulaski County [1]
21John J. Crittenden1829–1833Democratic-Republican Franklin County [1]
22 Richard B. New 1833–1834 Trigg County [1]
23 Charles A. Wickliffe 1834–1835Whig Nelson County [1]
24 John L. Helm 1835–1837Whig Hardin County [1]
25 Robert P. Letcher 1837–1839Whig Garrard County [1]
26John L. Helm1839–1840Whig Hardin County [1]
27 Charles S. Morehead 1840–1842Whig Franklin County [1]
28John L. Helm1842–1844Whig Hardin County [1]
29Charles S. Morehead1844–1845Whig Franklin County [1]
30 Joseph R. Underwood 1845–1846Whig Warren County [1]
31 Leslie Combs 1846–1847Whig Fayette County [1]
32 James F. Buckner 1847–1848Whig Christian County [1]
33 Gwyn Page 1848–1849Whig Jeferson County [1]
34 Thomas W. Riley 1849–1850Whig Nelson County [1]
35 G. W. Johnston 1850–1851Whig Shelby County [1]
36George Robertson1851–1853Whig Fayette County [1]
37 Charles G. Wintersmith 1853–1855Whig Hardin County [1]
38 John B. Huston 1855–1857Know Nothing Clark County [1]
39 Daniel P. White 1857–1859Democratic Green County [1]
40 David Meriwether 1859–1861Democratic Jefferson County [1]
41Richard A. Buckner1861–1863Unionist Fayette County [1]
42 Harrison Taylor 1863–1867Democratic Mason County [2] [1]
43 John T. Bunch 1867–1871 Louisville [2]
44 James B. McCreary 1871–1874Democratic Madison County [2]
45 William Johnson Stone 1875–1876Democratic Lyon County [2]
46 Ed W. Turner 1877–1878Democratic Madison County [2]
47 Joseph M. Bigger 1879–1880Democratic McCracken County [2]
48 William Claiborne Owens 1881–1882Democratic Scott County [2]
49 Charles Offutt 1883–1886Democratic Bourbon County [2]
50 Ben Johnson 1887–1888Democratic Nelson County [2]
51 Harvey Myers 1889–1890Democratic Kenton County [2]
52 William M. Moore 1891–1894Democratic Harrison County [2]
53 A. J. Carroll 1894–1896Democratic Jefferson County [2]
54 Charles J. Blandford 1896–1898Republican Breckinridge County [2]
55 J. C. W. Beckham 1898–1900Democratic Nelson County [2]
56 South Trimble 1900–1902Democratic Franklin County [2] [3]
57 Gerald T. Finn 1902–1904Democratic Simpson County [3]
58 Eli H. Brown 1904–1906Democratic Daviess County [3]
59 Henry R. Lawrence 1906–1908Democratic Trigg County [3]
60 William J. Gooch 1908–1910Democratic Simpson County [3]
61 George S. Wilson 1910–1912Democratic Union County [3]
62 Claude B. Terrell 1912–1916Democratic Trimble County [4]
63 Hugh C. Duffy 1916–1918Democratic Harrison County [4]
64 Robert C. Crowe 1918–1920Democratic Oldham County [4]
65 Joseph Bosworth 1920–1922Republican Bell County [4]
66 James H. Thompson 1922–1924Democratic Bourbon County [4]
67 Samuel W. Adams 1924–1926Democratic Kenton County [4]
68 George L. Drury 1926–1928Democratic Union County [4]
69 John S. Milliken 1928–1932Democratic Simpson County [4]
70 John Y. Brown 1932–1933Democratic Fayette County [4]
71 Frank Lebus 1933–1934Democratic Harrison County [4]
72 W. E. Rogers 1934–1935Democratic Todd County [4]
73 Wallace Brown 1935–1936Democratic Nelson County [4]
74 John D. Kirtley 1936–1940Democratic McLean County [4]
75 Benjamin F. Shields 1940–1942Democratic Shelby County [4]
76 Stanley S. Dickson 1942–1944Democratic Bourbon County [4]
77 Harry Waterfield 1944–1948Democratic Hickman County [4]
78 Herbert Tinsley 1948–1950Democratic Carroll County [4]
79 Adron Doran 1950–1952Democratic Calloway County [4]
80 Charles W. Burnley 1952–1956Democratic McCracken County [4]
81 Thomas P. Fitzpatrick 1956–1958Democratic Kenton County [4]
82 Morris Weintraub 1958–1960Democratic Campbell County [4]
83 Harry Lowman 1960–1964Democratic Boyd County [4]
84 Shelby McCallum 1964–1968Democratic Marshall County [4]
85 Julian Carroll 1968–1971Democratic McCracken County [4]
86 Norbert Blume 1972–1976Democratic Jefferson County [4]
87 William G. Kenton 1976–1981Democratic Fayette County [4]
88 Bobby H. Richardson 1982–1985Democratic Barren County [4]
89 Donald Blandford 1985–1993Democratic Daviess County [4]
90 Joe Clarke 1993–1995Democratic Boyle County [5]
91 Jody Richards 1995–2009Democratic Warren County [5]
92 Greg Stumbo 2009–2017Democratic Floyd County
93 Jeff Hoover 2017–2018Republican Russell County
94 David Osborne 2019–Republican Oldham County

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Tapp, Hambleton; Klotter, James C. (1977). Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865 – 1900. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky Historical Society. ISBN   0-916968-05-7.
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  5. 1 2 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (2005). Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005 (PDF). Vol. 2. Frankfort, Kentucky. Retrieved December 16, 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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