List of speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives

Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
Great Seal of the State of Michigan
Incumbent Matt Hall since January 8, 2025
Michigan House of Representatives
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	Elected by the Michigan House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Ezra Convis
Succession	Fifth

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	Party		County of residence	District	Session years
Ezra Convis		Democratic	Calhoun	Calhoun	1835–1836
Charles W. Whipple		Democratic	Wayne	Wayne	1837
Kinsley S. Bingham		Democratic [2]	Livingston	Livingston	1838–1839
Henry Acker		Whig	Jackson	Jackson	1840
Philo C. Fuller [3]		Whig	Lenawee	Lenawee	1841
John Biddle		Whig	Wayne	Wayne	1841
Kinsley S. Bingham		Democratic [2]	Livingston	Livingston	1842
Robert McClelland		Democratic	Monroe	Monroe	1843
Edwin H. Lothrop		Democratic	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	1844
Alfred H. Hanscom		Democratic	Oakland	Oakland	1845
Isaac E. Crary		Democratic	Calhoun	Calhoun	1846
George W. Peck		Democratic	Livingston	Livingston	1847
Alexander W. Buel		Democratic	Wayne	Wayne	1848
Leander Chapman		Democratic	Jackson	Jackson	1849
Silas G. Harris		Democratic	Ottawa	Ottawa/Kent	1850
Jefferson G. Thurber		Democratic	Monroe	Monroe	1851
Daniel G. Quackenboss		Democratic	Lenawee	1st Lenawee	1853
Cyrus Lovell		Republican	Ionia	Ionia	1855
Byron G. Stout		Democratic	Oakland	1st Oakland	1857–1858
Henry A. Shaw		Republican	Eaton	1st Eaton	1859
Dexter Mussey		Republican	Macomb	3rd Macomb	1861–1862
Sullivan M. Cutcheon		Republican	Washtenaw	1st Washtenaw	1863–1864
Gilbert E. Read		Republican	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo	1865
P. Dean Warner		Republican	Oakland	3rd Oakland	1867
Jonathan J. Woodman		Republican	Van Buren	1st Van Buren	1869–1872
Charles M. Croswell		Republican	Lenawee	4th Lenawee	1873–1874
John P. Hoyt		Republican	Tuscola	Tuscola	1875
John T. Rich		Republican	Lapeer	1st Lapeer	1877–1879
Seth C. Moffatt		Republican	Grand Traverse	Gd. Traverse/Wexford	1881–1882
Sumner Howard		Republican	Genesee	1st Genesee	1883
Newcomb Clark		Republican	Bay	2nd Bay	1885
Daniel P. Markey		Republican	Ogemaw	Ogemaw	1887
Gerrit J. Diekema		Republican	Ottawa	1st Ottawa	1889
Philip B. Wachtel		Democratic [4]	Cheboygan	Cheboygan	1891–1892
William A. Tateum		Republican	Kent	1st Kent	1893
William D. Gordon		Republican	Midland	Midland	1895–1898
Edgar J. Adams		Republican	Kent	1st Kent	1899–1900
John J. Carton		Republican	Genesee	2nd Genesee	1901–1903
Sheridan F. Master		Republican	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo	1905
Nicholas J. Whelan		Republican	Ottawa	1st Ottawa	1907
Colin P. Campbell		Republican	Kent	3rd Kent	1909
Herbert F. Baker		Republican [5]	Cheboygan	Cheboygan	1911–1912
Gilbert A. Currie		Republican	Midland	Midland	1913
Charles Wallace Smith		Republican	Lapeer	Lapeer	1915
Wayne R. Rice		Republican	Newaygo	Newaygo	1917
Thomas Read		Republican	Oceana	Oceana	1919
Fred L. Warner		Republican	Ionia	Ionia	1921–1922
George W. Welsh		Republican	Kent	1st Kent	1923
Fred B. Wells		Republican	Cass	Cass	1925–1926
Lynn C. Gardner		Republican	Livingston	Livingston	1927
Fred R. Ming		Republican	Cheboygan	Cheboygan	1929–1932
Martin R. Bradley		Democratic	Menominee	Menominee	1933–1934
George A. Schroeder		Democratic	Wayne	1st Wayne	1935–1938
Howard Nugent		Republican	Huron	Huron	1939–1946
Victor A. Knox		Republican	Chippewa	Chippewa	1947–1952
Wade Van Valkenburg		Republican	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo	1953–1956
George Van Peursem		Republican	Ottawa	Ottawa	1957–1958
Don R. Pears		Republican	Berrien	1st Berrien	1959–1962
Allison Green		Republican	Tuscola	Tuscola	1963–1964
Joseph J. Kowalski		Democratic	Wayne	19 [6]	1965–1966
Robert E. Waldron		Republican	Wayne	1	1967–1968
William A. Ryan		Democratic	Wayne	3	1969–1974
Bobby Crim		Democratic	Genesee	82	1975–1982
Gary Owen		Democratic	Washtenaw	22	1983–1988
Lewis N. Dodak		Democratic	Saginaw	86	1989–1992
Curtis Hertel [7]		Democratic	Wayne	2	1993–1994
Paul Hillegonds [7] [8]		Republican	Allegan	88	1993–1996
Curtis Hertel		Democratic	Wayne	2	1997–1998
Charles R. Perricone		Republican	Kalamazoo	61	1999–2000
Rick Johnson		Republican	Osceola	102	2001–2004
Craig DeRoche		Republican	Oakland	38	2005–2006
Andy Dillon		Democratic	Wayne	17	2007–2010
James "Jase" Bolger		Republican	Calhoun	63	2011–2014
Kevin Cotter		Republican	Isabella	99	2015–2016
Tom Leonard		Republican	Clinton	93	2017–2018
Lee Chatfield		Republican	Emmet	107	2019–2020
Jason Wentworth		Republican	Clare	97	2021–2022
Joe Tate		Democratic	Wayne	2	2023–2025
Matt Hall		Republican	Kalamazoo	42	2025–present

See also

• List of Michigan state legislatures

References

1. Michigan Manual: Chapter III—The Legislative Branch: Speakers, Pro Tempore and Clerks of the House of Representatives 1835-2011
2. "Legislator Details - Kinsley Scott Bingham". Library of Michigan . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
3. Resigned April 3, 1841; succeeded by John Biddle
4. "Legislator Details - Philip B. Wachtel". Library of Michigan . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
5. "Legislator Details - Herbert F. Baker". Library of Michigan . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
6. The Apportionment and Districting Plan of 1964 changed the method of naming legislative districts by counties to a numbering system . Under the previous system, the county was the basis for the district name, and each county, if qualified, had numbered districts within its borders . See Const . 1835, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1850, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1963, art . 4, §3.
7. Elected co-speaker of the house January 13, 1993 . Pursuant to the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives and the Democratic/Republican Leadership Agreement re Organization of the Michigan House of Representatives, both ratified by resolutions adopted January 13, 1993, Democratic and Republican co-speakers were elected by the Michigan House of Representatives and authorized to act as presiding officer of the house during alternating months until the election of a speaker by at least 56 votes or the conclusion of the 87th Legislature on December 31, 1994 . See 1993 Journal of the House (No . 1, January 13, 1993)
8. Elected Speaker of the House January 11, 1995