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List of Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives
Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Incumbent
David W. Osborne
since November 4, 2017
StatusPresiding officer
SeatKentucky State Capitol, Frankfort
AppointerKentucky House of Representatives
Inaugural holderRobert Breckinridge

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

Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2023)
Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Robert Breckinridge 1792–1796 Democratic-Republican
Edmund Bullock 1796–1799 Democratic-Republican
John Breckinridge 1799–1801 Democratic-Republican
John Adair 1801–1803 Democratic-Republican
William Logan 1803–1807 Democratic-Republican
Henry Clay 1807–1808 Democratic-Republican
William Logan 1808–1810 Democratic-Republican
John Simpson 1810–1812 Democratic-Republican
Joseph T. Hawkins 1812–1814 Democratic-Republican
William T. Barry 1814–1815 Democratic-Republican
John J. Crittenden 1815–1817 Democratic-Republican
Cabell Breckinridge 1817–1819 Democratic-Republican
Martin D. Hardin 1819–1820 Democratic-Republican Madison County
George Claiborne Thompson 1820–1822 Mercer County
Richard C. Anderson 1822–1823 Jefferson County
George Robertson 1823–1824 Democratic-Republican Fayette County
Robert J. Ward 1824–1825 Scott County
George Robertson 1825–1827 Democratic-Republican Fayette County
John Speed Smith 1827–1828 Democratic-Republican Madison County
Tunstall Quarles 1828–1829 Democratic-Republican Pulaski County
John J. Crittenden 1829–1833 Democratic-Republican Franklin County
Richard B. New 1833–1834 Trigg County
Charles A. Wickliffe 1834–1835 Whig Nelson County
John L. Helm 1835–1837 Whig Hardin County
Robert P. Letcher 1837–1839 Whig Garrard County
John L. Helm 1839–1840 Whig Hardin County
Charles S. Morehead 1840–1842 Whig Franklin County
John L. Helm 1842–1844 Whig Hardin County
Charles S. Morehead 1844–1845 Whig Franklin County
Joseph R. Underwood 1845–1846 Whig Warren County
Leslie Combs 1846–1847 Whig Fayette County
James F. Buckner 1847–1848 Whig Christian County
Gwyn Page 1848–1849 Whig Jeferson County
Thomas W. Riley 1849–1850 Whig Nelson County
G. W. Johnston 1850–1851 Whig Shelby County
George Robertson 1851–1853 Whig Fayette County
Charles G. Wintersmith 1853–1855 Whig Hardin County
John B. Huston 1855–1857 Know Nothing Clark County
Daniel P. White 1857–1859 Democratic Green County
David Meriwether 1859–1861 Democratic Jefferson County
Richard A. Buckner 1861–1863 Unionist Fayette County
Harrison Taylor 1863–1867 Democratic Mason County
John T. Bunch 1867–1871 Louisville
James B. McCreary 1871–1874 Democratic Madison County
William Johnson Stone 1875–1876 Democratic Lyon County
Ed W. Turner 1877–1878 Democratic Madison County
Joseph M. Bigger 1879–1880 Democratic McCracken County
William Claiborne Owens 1881–1882 Democratic Scott County
Charles Offutt 1883–1886 Democratic Bourbon County
Ben Johnson 1887–1888 Democratic Nelson County
Harvey Myers 1889–1890 Democratic Kenton County
William M. Moore 1891–1894 Democratic Harrison County
A. J. Carroll 1894–1896 Democratic Jefferson County
Charles J. Blandford 1896–1898 Republican Breckinridge County
J. C. W. Beckham 1898–1900 Democratic Nelson County
South Trimble 1900–1902 Democratic Franklin County
Gerald T. Finn 1902–1904 Democratic Simpson County
Eli H. Brown 1904–1906 Democratic Daviess County
Henry R. Lawrence 1906–1908 Democratic Trigg County
William J. Gooch 1908–1910 Democratic Simpson County
George S. Wilson 1910–1912 Democratic Union County
Claude B. Terrell 1912–1916 Democratic Trimble County
Hugh C. Duffy 1916–1918 Democratic Harrison County
Robert C. Crowe 1918–1920 Democratic Oldham County
Joseph Bosworth 1920–1922 Republican Bell County
James H. Thompson 1922–1924 Democratic Bourbon County
Samuel W. Adams 1924–1926 Democratic Kenton County
George L. Drury 1926–1928 Democratic Union County
John S. Milliken 1928–1932 Democratic Simpson County
John Y. Brown 1932–1933 Democratic Fayette County
Frank Lebus 1933–1934 Democratic Harrison County
W. E. Rogers 1934–1935 Democratic Todd County
Wallace Brown 1935–1936 Democratic Nelson County
John D. Kirtley 1936–1940 Democratic McLean County
Benjamin F. Shields 1940–1942 Democratic Shelby County
Stanley S. Dickson 1942–1944 Democratic Bourbon County
Harry Waterfield 1944–1948 Democratic Hickman County
Herbert Tinsley 1948–1950 Democratic Carroll County
Adron Doran 1950–1952 Democratic Calloway County
Charles W. Burnley 1952–1956 Democratic McCracken County
Thomas P. Fitzpatrick 1956–1958 Democratic Kenton County
Morris Weintraub 1958–1960 Democratic Campbell County
Harry Lowman 1960–1964 Democratic Boyd County
Shelby McCallum 1964–1968 Democratic Marshall County
Julian Carroll 1968–1971 Democratic McCracken County
Norbert Blume 1972–1976 Democratic Jefferson County
William G. Kenton 1976–1981 Democratic Fayette County
Bobby H. Richardson 1982–1985 Democratic Barren County
Donald Blandford 1985–1993 Democratic Daviess County
Joe Clarke 1993–1995 Democratic Boyle County
Jody Richards 1995–2009 Democratic Warren County
Greg Stumbo 2009–2017 Democratic Floyd County
Jeff Hoover 2017–2018 Republican Russell County
David Osborne 2019– Republican Oldham County

See also

References

  1. ^ Wilson, C.Y. (1891). Legislative Document No. 20., Ninth Biennial Report from the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics (Report). Frankfort, Kentucky: E. Polk Johnson, Capitol Office. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Tapp, Hambleton; Klotter, James C. (1977). Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865 – 1900. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky Historical Society. ISBN 0-916968-05-7.
  3. ^ Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (2005). Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005 (PDF). Vol. 1. Frankfort, Kentucky. Retrieved December 16, 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302138. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (2005). Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005 (PDF). Vol. 2. Frankfort, Kentucky. Retrieved December 16, 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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