List of speakers of the Utah House of Representatives

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Speaker of Utah House of Representatives
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Incumbent
Mike Schultz
since November 15, 2023
StatusPresiding officer
Seat Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City
Appointer Utah House of Representatives
Inaugural holder Presley Denny

The following is a list of speakers of the Utah House of Representatives since statehood.

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Speakers of the Utah House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
Presley Denny 1896–1897Beaver County [1]
John M. Perkins 1897–1899Weber County [1]
William Roylance 1899–1901DemocraticUtah County [1]
William Glasmann 1901–1903RepublicanWeber County [1]
Thomas Hull 1903–1907Salt Lake County [1]
Harry Joseph 1907–1909Salt Lake County [1]
Edward Robinson 1909–1913Cache County [1]
William J. Seely 1913–1915RepublicanEmery County [2]
Lewis R. Anderson 1915–1917RepublicanSanpete County [2]
John F. Tolton 1917–1919DemocraticBeaver County [2]
Charles C. Richards 1919–1921DemocraticSalt Lake County [2]
Edward R. Callister 1921–1923RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
William W. Seegmiller 1923–1925RepublicanKane County [2]
William E. McKell 1925–1927RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Samuel M. Jorgensen 1927–1929RepublicanSevier County [2]
David Lowe Stine 1929–1931RepublicanWeber County [2]
James C. Hacking 1931–1933RepublicanUintah County [2]
Isaac A. Smoot 1933–1935DemocraticSalt Lake County [2]
Walter K. Granger 1935–1937DemocraticIron County [2]
Joseph W. Jensen 1937–1939DemocraticWeber County [2]
Heber Bennion Jr. 1939–1941DemocraticDaggett County [2]
Sheldon R. Brewster 1941–1943DemocraticSalt Lake County [2]
William Rulon White 1943–1947DemocraticWeber County [2]
Rendell Mabey 1947–1949RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Ed J. McPolin 1949–1951DemocraticSummit County [2]
Clifton Kerr 1951–1953RepublicanBox Elder County [2]
Merrill K. Davis 1953–1955RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Charles Eric Peterson 1955–1957RepublicanUtah County [2]
Jaren L. Jones 1957–1959RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Sheldon R. Brewster 1959–1961DemocraticSalt Lake County [1]
Ernest H. Dean 1961–1963DemocraticUtah County [2]
Charles Welch Jr. 1963–1965RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Kay C. Allen 1965–1967DemocraticSalt Lake County [2]
Franklin W. Gunnell 1967–1969RepublicanCache County [2]
Lorin N. Pace 1969–1971RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Richard C. Howe 1971–1973DemocraticSalt Lake County [2]
Howard C. Nielson 1973–1975RepublicanUtah County [2]
Ronald L. Rencher 1975–1977DemocraticWeber County [2]
Glade M. Sowards 1977–1979RepublicanUintah County [2]
James V. Hansen 1979–1981RepublicanDavis County [2]
Norman H. Bangerter 1981–1985RepublicanSalt Lake County [2]
Robert H. Garff 1985–1987RepublicanDavis County [2]
Glen E. Brown 1987–1989RepublicanSummit County [2]
Nolan E. Karras 1989–1991RepublicanWeber County [2]
Craig Moody 1991–1993RepublicanSalt Lake County [1]
Rob Bishop 1992–1994RepublicanBox Elder County [1]
Melvin R. Brown 1994–1998RepublicanSummit County [1]
Martin Stephens 1998–2005RepublicanSalt Lake County [3] [1]
Greg Curtis 2005–2009RepublicanSalt Lake County [1]
David Clark 2008–2011RepublicanWashington County [1]
Rebecca D. Lockhart 2011–2015RepublicanUtah County [1]
Greg Hughes 2015–2018RepublicanSalt Lake County [1]
Brad Wilson 2019–2023RepublicanDavis County
Mike Schultz 2023–RepublicanWeber County

Speakers of the Utah Territorial House of Representatives

SpeakerTermPartyCounty/ResidenceNotesCitation
William Wines Phelps 1851–1852Great Salt Lake [4]
Jedediah M. Grant 1852–1854Great Salt Lake [4]
Hosea Stout 1856–1857Great Salt Lake [4]
John Taylor 1857–1862Great Salt Lake [4] [5]
Orson Pratt 1862–1863Salt Lake [4]
John Taylor1863–1868Great Salt Lake [4]
Orson Pratt1869–1880Salt Lake [4]
Francis M. Lyman 1881–1882Tooele [4]
James Sharp 1884–1886Salt Lake [4]
William W. Riter 1886–1890Salt Lake [4] [6]
James Sharp1890–1892Salt Lake [4] [7]
William H. Seegmiller 1892–1894Sevier [4]
Albion B. Emery 1894–1896Park City [4]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   9780313302121.
  3. "House Speaker Stephens packs up with a smile". Deseret News. December 29, 2004.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Utah State Archives (2007). "Territory of Utah Legislative Assembly Rosters 1851-1894" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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