Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Appointer | Elected by the Michigan House of Representatives |
Inaugural holder | Ezra Convis |
This is a complete list of the speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives. Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Representatives specify other powers and duties of the post. The Speaker is currently elected for a two-year term in the odd-numbered years in which the Legislature convenes. [1]
Several speakers have gone on to pursue and achieve higher office, including as a member of Congress or as Governor of Michigan.
Representative | County of residence | District | Session years |
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Ezra Convis | Calhoun | Calhoun | 1835–1836 |
Charles W. Whipple | Wayne | Wayne | 1837 |
Kinsley S. Bingham | Livingston | Livingston | 1838–1839 |
Henry Acker | Jackson | Jackson | 1840 |
Philo C. Fuller [2] | Lenawee | Lenawee | 1841 |
John Biddle | Wayne | Wayne | 1841 |
Kinsley S. Bingham | Livingston | Livingston | 1842 |
Robert McClelland | Monroe | Monroe | 1843 |
Edwin H. Lothrop | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 1844 |
Alfred H. Hanscom | Oakland | Oakland | 1845 |
Isaac E. Crary | Calhoun | Calhoun | 1846 |
George W. Peck | Livingston | Livingston | 1847 |
Alexander W. Buel | Wayne | Wayne | 1848 |
Leander Chapman | Jackson | Jackson | 1849 |
Silas G. Harris | Ottawa | Ottawa/Kent | 1850 |
Jefferson G. Thurber | Monroe | Monroe | 1851 |
Daniel G. Quackenboss | Lenawee | 1st Lenawee | 1853 |
Cyrus Lovell | Ionia | Ionia | 1855 |
Byron G. Stout | Oakland | 1st Oakland | 1857–1858 |
Henry A. Shaw | Eaton | 1st Eaton | 1859 |
Dexter Mussey | Macomb | 3rd Macomb | 1861–1862 |
Sullivan M. Cutcheon | Washtenaw | 1st Washtenaw | 1863–1864 |
Gilbert E. Read | Kalamazoo | 1st Kalamazoo | 1865 |
P. Dean Warner | Oakland | 3rd Oakland | 1867 |
Jonathan J. Woodman | Van Buren | 1st Van Buren | 1869–1872 |
Charles M. Croswell | Lenawee | 4th Lenawee | 1873–1874 |
John P. Hoyt | Tuscola | Tuscola | 1875 |
John T. Rich | Lapeer | 1st Lapeer | 1877–1879 |
Seth C. Moffatt | Grand Traverse | Gd. Traverse/Wexford | 1881–1882 |
Sumner Howard | Genesee | 1st Genesee | 1883 |
Newcomb Clark | Bay | 2nd Bay | 1885 |
Daniel P. Markey | Ogemaw | Ogemaw | 1887 |
Gerrit J. Diekema | Ottawa | 1st Ottawa | 1889 |
Philip B. Wachtel | Cheboygan | Cheboygan | 1891–1892 |
William A. Tateum | Kent | 1st Kent | 1893 |
William D. Gordon | Midland | Midland | 1895–1898 |
Edgar J. Adams | Kent | 1st Kent | 1899–1900 |
John J. Carton | Genesee | 2nd Genesee | 1901–1903 |
Sheridan F. Master | Kalamazoo | 1st Kalamazoo | 1905 |
Nicholas J. Whelan | Ottawa | 1st Ottawa | 1907 |
Colin P. Campbell | Kent | 3rd Kent | 1909 |
Herbert F. Baker | Cheboygan | Cheboygan | 1911–1912 |
Gilbert A. Currie | Midland | Midland | 1913 |
Charles Wallace Smith | Lapeer | Lapeer | 1915 |
Wayne R. Rice | Newaygo | Newaygo | 1917 |
Thomas Read | Oceana | Oceana | 1919 |
Fred L. Warner | Ionia | Ionia | 1921–1922 |
George W. Welsh | Kent | 1st Kent | 1923 |
Fred B. Wells | Cass | Cass | 1925–1926 |
Lynn C. Gardner | Livingston | Livingston | 1927 |
Fred R. Ming | Cheboygan | Cheboygan | 1929–1932 |
Martin R. Bradley | Menominee | Menominee | 1933–1934 |
George A. Schroeder | Wayne | 1st Wayne | 1935–1938 |
Howard Nugent | Huron | Huron | 1939–1946 |
Victor A. Knox | Chippewa | Chippewa | 1947–1952 |
Wade Van Valkenburg | Kalamazoo | 1st Kalamazoo | 1953–1956 |
George Van Peursem | Ottawa | Ottawa | 1957–1958 |
Don R. Pears | Berrien | 1st Berrien | 1959–1962 |
Allison Green | Tuscola | Tuscola | 1963–1964 |
Joseph J. Kowalski | Wayne | 19 [3] | 1965–1966 |
Robert E. Waldron | Wayne | 1 | 1967–1968 |
William A. Ryan | Wayne | 3 | 1969–1974 |
Bobby Crim | Genesee | 82 | 1975–1982 |
Gary Owen | Washtenaw | 22 | 1983–1988 |
Lewis N. Dodak | Saginaw | 86 | 1989–1992 |
Curtis Hertel [4] | Wayne | 2 | 1993–1994 |
Paul Hillegonds [4] [5] | Allegan | 88 | 1993–1996 |
Curtis Hertel | Wayne | 2 | 1997–1998 |
Charles R. Perricone | Kalamazoo | 61 | 1999–2000 |
Rick Johnson | Osceola | 102 | 2001–2004 |
Craig DeRoche | Oakland | 38 | 2005–2006 |
Andy Dillon | Wayne | 17 | 2007–2010 |
James "Jase" Bolger | Calhoun | 63 | 2011–2014 |
Kevin Cotter | Isabella | 99 | 2015–2016 |
Tom Leonard | Clinton | 93 | 2017–2018 |
Lee Chatfield | Emmet | 107 | 2019–2020 |
Jason Wentworth | Clare | 97 | 2021–2022 |
Joe Tate | Wayne | 2 | 2023–present |
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