Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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Virginia House of Delegates | |
Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Virginia General Assembly |
Appointer | Elected by the Virginia House of Delegates |
Inaugural holder | Edmund Pendleton |
This is a complete list of the speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates . 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 Delegates 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.
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According to Rules 2 and 16 of the House of Delegates, the chair of the Committee on Privileges and Elections serves as Acting Speaker when there is a vacancy in the Speaker's office. This has occurred twice since 1990:
Rank | Name | Time in office | TE | Year(s) in which elected |
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1 | Linn Banks | 20 years, 148 days | 11 | 1817; 1819; 1821; 1823; 1825; 1827; 1829; 1831; 1833; 1835; 1837 |
2 | E. Blackburn Moore | 17 years, 364 days | 9 | 1950; 1952; 1954; 1956; 1958; 1960; 1962; 1964; 1966 |
3 | William J. Howell | 15 years, 2 days | 8 | 2003; 2004; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2016 |
4 | John Warren Cooke | 11 years, 364 days | 6 | 1968; 1970; 1972; 1974; 1976; 1978 |
5 | A. L. Philpott | 11 years, 262 days | 6 | 1980; 1982; 1984; 1986; 1988; 1990 |
6 | John F. Ryan | 9 years, 315 days | 5 | 1894; 1895; 1897; 1901; 1904 |
7 | Oscar M. Crutchfield | 9 years, 123 days | 5 | 1852; 1853; 1855; 1857; 1859 |
8 | Thomas W. Moss Jr. | 8 years, 54 days | 5 | 1991; 1992; 1994; 1996; 1998 |
9 | Richard H. Cardwell | 6 years, 85 days | 4 | 1887; 1889; 1891; 1893 |
10 (tie) | Richard E. Byrd Sr. | 6 years, 6 days | 3 | 1908; 1910; 1912 |
Ashton Dovell | 3 | 1936; 1938; 1940 | ||
11 | J. Sinclair Brown | 6 years | 3 | 1930; 1932; 1934 |
12 (tie) | J. Marshall Hanger | 5 years, 364 days | 3 | 1871; 1873; 1875 |
Richard L. Brewer Jr. | 3 | 1920; 1922; 1924 | ||
13 | Thomas B. Stanley | 4 years, 295 days | 3 | 1942; 1944; 1946 |
14 | Charles E. Stuart | 4 years, 3 days | 2 | 1883; 1885 |
15 | Harry R. Houston | 4 years, 2 days | 2 | 1916; 1918 |
16 | Thomas W. Ozlin | 3 years, 360 days | 2 | 1926; 1928 |
17 | John Brown Baldwin | 3 years, 305 days | 1 | 1865 |
18 | G. Alvin Massenburg | 3 years, 5 days | 2 | 1947; 1948 |
19 | Hugh W. Sheffey | 2 years, 324 days | 2 | 1863; 1863 |
20 | Vance Wilkins | 2 years, 154 days | 2 | 2000; 2002 |
21 | Zephaniah Turner Jr. | 2 years, 62 days | 1 | 1869 |
22 | Eileen Filler-Corn | 2 years, 3 days | 1 | 2019 |
23 (tie) | Henry Clay Allen | 1 year, 363 days | 1 | 1877 |
Isaac C. Fowler | 1 | 1881 | ||
Edward W. Saunders | 1 | 1899 | ||
William D. Cardwell | 1 | 1906 | ||
Edwin P. Cox | 1 | 1914 | ||
Kirk Cox | 1 | 2018 | ||
Todd Gilbert | 1 | 2021 | ||
24 | James L. Kemper | 1 year, 43 days | 1 | 1861 |
25 | Donald L. Scott | 1 year, 196 days | 1 | 2023 |
26 | Benjamin W. Lacy | 97 days | 1 | 1879 |
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