List of speakers of the Tennessee House of Representatives

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The speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The speaker is elected by other members of the House for a two-year term. The current Speaker is Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville). Sexton was elected and took over from Acting-Speaker Bill Dunn, who assumed office upon the resignation of Glen Casada, effective August 2, 2019. [1]

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Speakers of the Tennessee House of Representatives [2]
NameTermPartyLifeNotes
David Wilson17941795c. 17521803Speaker of the Southwest Territory House of Representatives
Joseph Hardin 1795179617341801Speaker of the Southwest Territory House of Representatives
James Stuart17961799c. 17511816
William Dickson 17991803 Democratic-Republican 17701816
James Stuart18031805c. 17511816
Robert Coleman Foster 1805180717691844
John Tipton180718091767-1831
Joseph Dickson 18091811 Federalist 17451825
Thomas Henderson [3] 1811-1812Democratic-Republican1742-c.1827/32
John Cocke 18121813Democratic-Republican17721854
Thomas Claiborne 18131815 Democratic 17801856
James Fentress 18151817Democratic17631843
Thomas Williamson1817181917671825
James Fentress 18191825Democratic17631843
William Brady18251827d. 1835
John H. Camp1827182917831829
Ephraim H. Foster 1829183117941854
Frederick W. Huling18311835Democratic
Ephraim H. Foster 18351837 Whig 17941854
John Cocke 18371839Whig17721854
Jonas E. Thomas18391841Democratic18031856
Burchet Douglass18411842Whig17931849
Franklin Buchanan18421843Whigc. 18131851
Daniel L. Barringer 18431845Whig17881852
Brookins Campbell 18451847Democratic18081853
Franklin Buchanan18471849Whigc. 18131851
Landon Carter Haynes 18491851Democratic18161875
Jordan Stokes18511853Whig18171886
William H. Wisener 18531855Whig18121882
Neill S. Brown 18551857Whig18181878
Daniel S. Donelson 18571859Democratic18011863
Washington C. Whitthorne 18591861Democratic18251891
Edwin A. Keeble 18611862Democratic18071868The state government was replaced by a military government in 1862
William Heiskell 18651867Conservative Republican17881871Confusion over apparent resignation in July 1866 for refusing to sign the 14th Amendment
F.S. Richardson18671869 Radical Republican
William O'Neal Perkins18691871Conservative Republican18151895
James D. Richardson 18711873Democratic18431914New state constitution adopted in 1870
William S. McGaughey18731875Democratic18211889
Lewis Bond18751877Democratic18391878
Edwin T. Taliaferro18771879Democratic18491919
Henry P. Fowlkes18791881Democratic18431817
Henry B. Ramsey18811883 Republican 18471897
Washington L. Ledgerwood18831885Democratic18431911
James A. Manson18851887Democratic18421901
Walter L. Clapp18871891Democratic18501901
Thomas R. Myers18911893Democratic18401919
Ralph Davis1893Democratic18661952
Julius A. Trousdale18931895Democratic18401899
John A. Tipton18951897Democratic18581925
Morgan C. Fitzpatrick 18971899Democratic18681908
Joseph W. Byrns 18991901Democratic18691936
Edgar B. Wilson 19011903Democratic18741953
Lawrence Tyson 19031905Democratic18611929
William K. Abernathy19051907Democratic18701940
John T. Cunningham19071909Democratic18771945
Matthew H. Taylor 19091911Democratic18841965
Albert M. Leach19111913Democratic18591926
William M. Stanton19131915Democratic18901957
William P. Cooper 19151917Democratic18701961
Clyde Shropshire19171919Democratic18661949
Seth M. Walker19191921Democratic18921951
Andrew L. Todd Sr. 19211923Democratic18721945
Frank S. Hall 19231925Democratic18901958
William F. Barry19251927Democratic19001967
Selden Maiden19271929Democratic18831949
Charles H. Love19291931Democratic18741950
Walter M. Haynes19311933Democratic18971967
Frank W. Moore19331935Democratic19051982
Walter M. Haynes19351939Democratic18971967
John Ed O'Dell19391943Democratic19061956
James J. Broome19431945Democratic18841952
George Woods19451947Democratic19131982
William Buford Lewallen19471949Democratic19202003
McAllen Foutch19491953Democratic19091996
James L. Bomar Jr. 19531963Democratic19142001
Dick Barry 19631967Democratic19262013
James H. Cummings 19671969Democratic18901979
Bill Jenkins 19691971Republican1936
James R. McKinney19711973Democratic19311992
Ned McWherter 19731987Democratic19302011
Ed Murray 19871991Democratic19282009
Jimmy Naifeh 19912009Democratic1939
Kent Williams 20092011Republican1949
Beth Harwell 20112019Republican1957First woman to serve as Speaker of the House
Glen Casada 2019Republican1959Resigned
Cameron Sexton 2019presentRepublican1970Elected Speaker on August 23, 2019

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References

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  2. "Historical Constitutional Officers Of Tennessee 1796 - Present Territory South Of The River Ohio 1790 - 1796" (PDF). tn.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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