List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives

This is a complete list of people who have served as speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives through the most recent session. Oregon became a state on February 14, 1859, with prior sessions of the House organized under the territorial government and the provisional government. Prior to the adoption of the second set of Organic Laws in 1845, the legislative body of the provisional government was the legislative committee, and leaders of that body are not listed below.

As of 2024 and the end of the 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly, Julie Fahey is serving as the current speaker.

Before statehood

Benjamin F. Harding

La Fayette Grover

Session	Type	Name	District/County represented	Political party
1845 [1]	Provisional Legislature	Morton M. McCarver	Tuality
1845 [2]	Provisional Legislature	Robert Newell H. A. G. Lee	Champoeg Clackamas
1846 [3]	Provisional Legislature	Asa Lovejoy	Clackamas
1847 [4]	Provisional Legislature	Robert Newell	Champoeg
1848-1849 [5]	Provisional Legislature	Ralph Wilcox Levi A. Rice	Tuality Yamhill
1849 [6]	Territorial Legislature	Asa Lovejoy	Clackamas
1850 [7]	Territorial Legislature	Ralph Wilcox	Washington
1851 [8]	Territorial Legislature	William M. King	Washington
1852 [9]	Territorial Legislature	Benjamin F. Harding	Marion	Democratic
1853 [10]	Territorial Legislature	Z. C. Bishop	Washington	Democratic
1854 [11]	Territorial Legislature	Lafayette Cartee	Clackamas	Democratic
1855 [12]	Territorial Legislature	Delazon Smith	Linn	Democratic
1856 [13]	Territorial Legislature	La Fayette Grover	Marion	Democratic
1857 [14]	Territorial Legislature	Ira F. M. Butler	Polk	Democratic
1858 [15]	Territorial Legislature	Nathaniel H. Gates	Wasco	Democratic

After statehood

No.	Portrait	Name District	Session	Party
1		William G. T'Vault Jackson County	1859 Sp.	Democratic
2		Benjamin F. Harding Marion County	1860	Democratic
3		Joel Palmer Yamhill County	1862	Republican
4		Isaac R. Moores Jr. Marion County	1864 1865	Republican
5		Francis A. Chenoweth Benton County	1866	Republican
6		John Whiteaker Lane County	1868	Democratic
7		Benjamin Hayden Polk County	1870	Democratic
8		Rufus Mallory Marion County	1872	Republican
9		John C. Drain Douglas County	1874	Democratic
10		James K. Weatherford Linn County	1876	Democratic
11		John M. Thompson Lane County	1878	Democratic
12		Zenas Ferry Moody Wasco County	1880	Republican
13		George W. McBride Columbia County	1882	Republican
14		W. P. Keady (1st term) Benton County	1885	Republican
15		J. T. Gregg Marion County	1887	Republican
16		E. L. Smith Hood River County	1889	Republican
17		Theodore Thurston Geer Marion County	1891	Republican
14		W. P. Keady (2nd term) Multnomah County	1893	Republican
18		Charles B. Moores Marion County	1895	Republican
19		E. V. Carter Jackson County	1898 Sp. 1899	Republican
20		Levi Branson Reeder Umatilla County	1901	Republican
21		Lawrence T. Harris Lane County	1903	Republican
22		A. L. Mills Multnomah County	1905	Republican
23		Frank Davey Marion County	1907	Republican
24		Clifton N. McArthur (1st term) Multnomah County	1909 1909 Sp.	Republican
25		John P. Rusk Wallowa County	1911	Republican
24		Clifton N. McArthur (2nd term) Multnomah County	1913	Republican
26		Ben Selling Multnomah County	1915	Republican
27		Robert N. Stanfield Umatilla County	1917	Republican
28		Seymour Jones Marion County	1919 1920	Republican
29		Louis E. Bean Lane County	1921 1921 Sp.	Republican
30		Kaspar K. Kubli Multnomah County	1923	Republican
31		Denton G. Burdick Deschutes County	1925	Republican
32		John H. Carkin Jackson County	1927	Republican
33		R. S. Hamilton Deschutes County	1929	Republican
34		Frank J. Lonergan Multnomah County	1931	Republican
35		Earl Snell Gilliam County	1933 1933 Sp.	Republican
36		John E. Cooter Lincoln County	1935	Democratic
37		Howard Latourette Multnomah County	1935 Sp.	Democratic
38		Harry D. Boivin Klamath County	1937	Democratic
39		Ernest R. Fatland Gilliam County	1939	Republican
40		Robert S. Farrell Jr. Multnomah County	1941	Republican
41		William M. McAllister Jackson County	1943	Republican
42		Eugene E. Marsh Yamhill County	1945	Republican
43		John Hubert Hall Multnomah County	1947	Republican
44		Frank J. Van Dyke Jackson County	1949	Republican
45		John F. Steelhammer Marion County	1951	Republican
46		Rudie Wilhelm, Jr. Multnomah County	1953	Republican
47		Edward A. Geary Klamath County	1955	Republican
48		Pat Dooley Multnomah County	1957 1957 Sp.	Democratic
49		Robert B. Duncan Jackson County	1959 1961	Democratic
50		Clarence Barton Coos County	1963 1963 Sp.	Democratic
51		Monte Montgomery Lane County	1965 1965 Sp. 1967 1967 Sp.	Republican
52		Bob Smith Harney County	1969 1971 1971 Sp.	Republican
53		Richard O. Eymann Lane County	1973 1974	Democratic
54		Phil Lang 10 - Portland	1975 1977 1978 Sp.	Democratic
55		Hardy Myers 19 - Portland	1979 1980 Sp. 1981 1981 Sp.	Democratic
56		Grattan Kerans Lane County	1983 1983 Sp.	Democratic
57		Vera Katz 8 - Portland	1985 1987 1989 1989 Sp.	Democratic
58		Larry Campbell 43 - Eugene	1991 1993	Republican
59		Bev Clarno 55 - Bend	1995 1995 Sp.	Republican
60		Lynn Lundquist 59 - Powell Butte	1997	Republican
61		Lynn Snodgrass 10 - Boring	1999 1999 Sp.	Republican
62		Mark Simmons 58 - Elgin	2001 2001 Sp.	Republican
63		Karen Minnis 49 - Fairview	2003 2005	Republican
64		Jeff Merkley 49 - Portland (Mill Park)	2007	Democratic
65		Dave Hunt 40 - Gladstone	2009	Democratic
66		Arnie Roblan (Co-speaker) 9 - Coos Bay	2011	Democratic
66		Bruce Hanna (Co-speaker) 7 - Roseburg	2011	Republican
67		Tina Kotek 49 - Portland (Kenton)	2013 2015 2017 2019 2021	Democratic
68		Dan Rayfield 16 - Corvallis	2022 Sp. 2023	Democratic
69		Julie Fahey 14 - Eugene	2025	Democratic

See also

• List of presidents of the Oregon State Senate
• List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies

References

1. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1845 Special Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
2. Newell served first, then Lee. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1845 Regular Session (1st Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
3. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1846 Regular Session (2nd Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
4. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1847 Regular Session (3rd Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
5. Wilcox resigned, replaced by Rice. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1848-1849 Regular Session (4th Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
6. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1849 Regular Session (1st Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
7. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1850 Regular Session (2nd Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
8. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1851 Regular Session (3rd Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
9. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1852 Regular Session (4th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
10. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1853 Regular Session (5th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
11. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1854 Regular Session (6th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
12. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1855 Regular Session (7th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
13. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1856 Regular Session (8th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
14. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1857 Regular Session (9th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
15. Bancroft, Hubert Howe, "Oregon Becomes a State, 1856-1859", Chapter 17, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Volume20: History of Oregon, Volume 2, 1848-1888; San Francisco, California: The History Company, p. 434 (note 38).