| Speaker of Arizona House of Representatives | |
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| Status | Presiding officer |
| Seat | Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix |
| Appointer | Arizona House of Representatives |
| Inaugural holder | Samuel B. Bradner |
The following is a list of speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives since statehood.
| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel B. Bradner | 1912–1915 | Democratic | Cochise | [1] | |
| William Eugene Brooks | 1915–1917 | Democratic | Gila | [1] | |
| Anthony A. Johns | 1917–1919 | Democratic | Yavapai | [1] | |
| Andrew C. Peterson | 1919–1921 | Democratic | Graham | [1] | |
| Paul C. Keefe | 1921–1923 | Democratic | Yavapai | [1] | |
| Daniel P. Jones | 1923–1925 | Democratic | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Charles E. MacMillin | 1925–1927 | Democratic | Pinal | [1] | |
| Albert M. Crawford | 1927–1929 | Democratic | Yavapai | [1] | |
| M. J. Hannon | 1929–1933 | Democratic | Greenlee | [1] | |
| Stephen A. Spear | 1933–1935 | Democratic | Yavapai | [1] | |
| William G. Rosenbaum | 1934–1935 | Democratic | Gila | [1] | |
| Thomas D. Tway | 1935–1936 | Democratic | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Edward F. Bohlinger | 1936–1937 | Democratic | Santa Cruz | [1] | |
| Vernon G. Davis | 1937–1938 | Democratic | Cochise | [1] | |
| Frank W. Sharpe Jr. | 1938–1939 | Democratic | Cochise | [1] | |
| Melvin Goodson | 1939–1940 | Democratic | Maricopa | [1] | |
| William Spaid | 1940–1941 | Democratic | Pima | [1] | |
| James R. Heron | 1941–1942 | Democratic | Gila | [1] | |
| O. L. McDaniel | 1943–1945 | Democratic | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Fred J. Fritz | 1945–1947 | Democratic | Greenlee | [1] | |
| Edward L. Jameson | 1947–1949 | Democratic | Mohave | [1] | |
| Raymond G. Langham | 1949–1953 | Democratic | Gila | [1] | |
| John C. Smith Jr. | 1953–1955 | Democratic | Yuma | [1] | |
| Harry S. Rupelius | 1955–1957 | Democratic | Maricopa | [1] | |
| W. L. Cook | 1957–1963 | Democratic | Cochise | [1] | |
| Wilbur B. Barkley | 1963–1965 | Democratic | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Andrew J. Gilbert | 1965–1967 | Democratic | Cochise | [1] | |
| Stan Turley | 1967–1969 | Republican | Maricopa | [1] | |
| John H. Haugh | 1969–1971 | Republican | Pima | [1] | |
| Timothy A. Barrow | 1971–1973 | Republican | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Stanley W. Akers | 1973–1977 | Republican | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Frank Kelley | 1977–1985 | Republican | Maricopa | [1] | |
| James J. Sossaman | 1985–1987 | Republican | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Joe Lane | 1987–1989 | Republican | Cochise | [1] | |
| Jane Dee Hull | 1989–1993 | Republican | Maricopa | [1] | |
| Mark Killian | 1993–1997 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| Donald R. Aldridge | 1997 | Republican | Mohave | ||
| Jeff Groscost | 1997–2001 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| James Weiers | 2001–2003 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| Jake Flake | 2003–2005 | Republican | Navajo | ||
| James Weiers | 2005–2009 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| Kirk Adams | 2009–2011 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| Andy Tobin | 2011–2015 | Republican | Yavapai | ||
| David Gowan | 2015–2017 | Republican | Cochise | ||
| J. D. Mesnard | 2017–2019 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| Russell Bowers | 2019–2023 | Republican | Maricopa | ||
| Ben Toma | 2023– | Republican | Maricopa |
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| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Claude Jones | 1864 | Pima | [2] | ||
| James S. Giles | 1865 | Yavapai | [2] | ||
| Granville H. Oury | 1866 | Pima | [2] | ||
| Oliver Lindsey | 1867 | Yuma | [2] | ||
| Thomas J. Bidwell | 1868 | Yuma | [2] | ||
| Marcus D. Dobbins | 1871 | Yuma | [2] | ||
| Granville H. Oury | 1873 | Maricopa | [2] | ||
| John T. Alsap | 1875 | Maricopa | [2] | ||
| M. H. Calderwood | 1877 | Maricopa | [2] | ||
| Madison W. Stewart | 1879 | Pima | [2] | ||
| J. F. Knapp | 1881 | Yuma | [2] | ||
| Winthorp A. Rowe | 1883 | Yavapai | [2] | ||
| H. G. Rollins | 1885 | Pima | [2] | ||
| Sam F. Webb | 1887 | Democratic | Maricopa | [2] | |
| John Y. T. Smith | 1889 | Maricopa | [2] | ||
| C. S. Clark | 1891 | Cochise | [3] | ||
| Frank Baxter | 1893 | Maricopa | [3] | ||
| J. H. Carpenter | 1895 | Yuma | [3] | ||
| D. G. Chalmers | 1897 | Pima | [3] | ||
| Henry F. Ashurst | 1899 | Democratic | Coconino | [3] | |
| Prosper P. Parker | 1901 | Democratic | Yavapai | [3] | |
| Theodore T. Powers | 1903 | Maricopa | [3] | ||
| Wilfred T. Webb | 1905 | Democratic | Graham | [3] | |
| Neil E. Bailey | 1907 | Cochise | [3] | ||
| Sam F. Webb | 1909 | Democratic | Maricopa | [3] |
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