| Speaker of Utah House of Representatives | |
|---|---|
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| Incumbent Mike Schultz since November 15, 2023 | |
| Status | Presiding 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.
Speakers of the Utah House of Representatives
| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presley Denny | 1896–1897 | Beaver County | |||
| John M. Perkins | 1897–1899 | Weber County | |||
| William Roylance | 1899–1901 | Democratic | Utah County | ||
| William Glasmann | 1901–1903 | Republican | Weber County | ||
| Thomas Hull | 1903–1907 | Salt Lake County | |||
| Harry Joseph | 1907–1909 | Salt Lake County | |||
| Edward Robinson | 1909–1913 | Cache County | |||
| William J. Seely | 1913–1915 | Republican | Emery County | ||
| Lewis R. Anderson | 1915–1917 | Republican | Sanpete County | ||
| John F. Tolton | 1917–1919 | Democratic | Beaver County | ||
| Charles C. Richards | 1919–1921 | Democratic | Salt Lake County | ||
| Edward R. Callister | 1921–1923 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| William W. Seegmiller | 1923–1925 | Republican | Kane County | ||
| William E. McKell | 1925–1927 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Samuel M. Jorgensen | 1927–1929 | Republican | Sevier County | ||
| David Lowe Stine | 1929–1931 | Republican | Weber County | ||
| James C. Hacking | 1931–1933 | Republican | Uintah County | ||
| Isaac A. Smoot | 1933–1935 | Democratic | Salt Lake County | ||
| Walter K. Granger | 1935–1937 | Democratic | Iron County | ||
| Joseph W. Jensen | 1937–1939 | Democratic | Weber County | ||
| Heber Bennion Jr. | 1939–1941 | Democratic | Daggett County | ||
| Sheldon R. Brewster | 1941–1943 | Democratic | Salt Lake County | ||
| William Rulon White | 1943–1947 | Democratic | Weber County | ||
| Rendell Mabey | 1947–1949 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Ed J. McPolin | 1949–1951 | Democratic | Summit County | ||
| Clifton Kerr | 1951–1953 | Republican | Box Elder County | ||
| Merrill K. Davis | 1953–1955 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Charles Eric Peterson | 1955–1957 | Republican | Utah County | ||
| Jaren L. Jones | 1957–1959 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Sheldon R. Brewster | 1959–1961 | Democratic | Salt Lake County | ||
| Ernest H. Dean | 1961–1963 | Democratic | Utah County | ||
| Charles Welch Jr. | 1963–1965 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Kay C. Allen | 1965–1967 | Democratic | Salt Lake County | ||
| Franklin W. Gunnell | 1967–1969 | Republican | Cache County | ||
| Lorin N. Pace | 1969–1971 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Richard C. Howe | 1971–1973 | Democratic | Salt Lake County | ||
| Howard C. Nielson | 1973–1975 | Republican | Utah County | ||
| Ronald L. Rencher | 1975–1977 | Democratic | Weber County | ||
| Glade M. Sowards | 1977–1979 | Republican | Uintah County | ||
| James V. Hansen | 1979–1981 | Republican | Davis County | ||
| Norman H. Bangerter | 1981–1985 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Robert H. Garff | 1985–1987 | Republican | Davis County | ||
| Glen E. Brown | 1987–1989 | Republican | Summit County | ||
| Nolan E. Karras | 1989–1991 | Republican | Weber County | ||
| Craig Moody | 1991–1993 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Rob Bishop | 1992–1994 | Republican | Box Elder County | ||
| Melvin R. Brown | 1994–1998 | Republican | Summit County | ||
| Martin Stephens | 1998–2005 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Greg Curtis | 2005–2009 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| David Clark | 2008–2011 | Republican | Washington County | ||
| Rebecca D. Lockhart | 2011–2015 | Republican | Utah County | ||
| Greg Hughes | 2015–2018 | Republican | Salt Lake County | ||
| Brad Wilson | 2019–2023 | Republican | Davis County | ||
| Mike Schultz | 2023– | Republican | Weber County |
Speakers of the Utah Territorial House of Representatives
| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Wines Phelps | 1851–1852 | Great Salt Lake | |||
| Jedediah M. Grant | 1852–1854 | Great Salt Lake | |||
| Hosea Stout | 1856–1857 | Great Salt Lake | |||
| John Taylor | 1857–1862 | Great Salt Lake | |||
| Orson Pratt | 1862–1863 | Salt Lake | |||
| John Taylor | 1863–1868 | Great Salt Lake | |||
| Orson Pratt | 1869–1880 | Salt Lake | |||
| Francis M. Lyman | 1881–1882 | Tooele | |||
| James Sharp | 1884–1886 | Salt Lake | |||
| William W. Riter | 1886–1890 | Salt Lake | |||
| James Sharp | 1890–1892 | Salt Lake | |||
| William H. Seegmiller | 1892–1894 | Sevier | |||
| Albion B. Emery | 1894–1896 | Park City |
References
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- ^ Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302121.
- "House Speaker Stephens packs up with a smile". Deseret News. December 29, 2004.
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