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Speaker of Iowa House of Representatives
Incumbent
Pat Grassley
since January 13, 2020
StatusPresiding officer
SeatIowa State Capitol, Des Moines
AppointerIowa House of Representatives
Inaugural holderJesse B. Browne

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

Speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Jesse B. Browne 1846–1848 Whig Lee County
Smiley Bonham 1848–1850 Democratic Johnson County
George Temple 1850–1852 Democratic Des Moines County
James Grant 1852–1854 Democratic Scott County
Reuben Noble 1854–1856 Whig Clayton County
Samuel McFarland 1856–1858 Republican Henry County
Stephen B. Shelledy 1858–1860 Republican Jasper County
John Edwards 1860–1862 Republican Lucas County
Rush Clark 1862–1864 Republican Johnson County
Jacob Butler 1864–1866 Republican Muscatine County
Ed Wright 1866–1868 Republican Cedar County
John Russell 1868–1870 Republican Jones County
Aylett R. Cotton 1870–1872 Republican Clinton County
James Wilson 1872–1874 Republican Tama County
John H. Gear 1874–1878 Republican Des Moines County
John Young Stone 1878–1880 Republican Des Moines County
Lore Alford 1880–1882 Republican Mills County
George R. Struble 1882–1884 Republican Black Hawk County
William P. Wolf 1884–1886 Republican Tama County
Albert Head 1886–1888 Republican Greene County
William H. Redman 1888–1890 Republican Poweshiek County
John Taylor Hamilton 1890–1892 Democratic Linn County
William O. Mitchell 1892–1894 Republican Adams County
Henry Stone 1894–1896 Republican Marshall County
Howard W. Byers 1896–1898 Republican Shelby County
James H. Funk 1898–1900 Republican Hardin County
Daniel H. Bowen 1900–1902 Republican Allamakee County
Willard L. Eaton 1902–1904 Republican Mitchell County
George W. Clarke 1904–1908 Republican Dallas County
Nathan E. Kendall 1908–1909 Republican Dallas County
Guy A. Feely 1909–1911 Republican Black Hawk County
Paul E. Stillman 1911–1913 Republican Greene County
Edward H. Cunningham 1913–1915 Republican Buena Vista County
William I. Atkinson 1915–1917 Republican Butler County
Milton B. Pitt 1917–1919 Republican Harrison County
Arch McFarlane 1919–1923 Republican Black Hawk County
Joseph H. Anderson 1923–1925 Republican Winnebago County
Willis C. Edson 1925–1927 Republican Burna Vista County
Luther V. Carter 1928–1929 Republican Hardin County
Joseph H. Johnson 1929–1931 Republican Marion County
Francis Johnson 1931–1933 Republican Dickinson County
George E. Miller 1933–1935 Democratic Shelby County
John H. Mitchell 1935–1937 Democratic Webster County
Lamar P. Foster 1937–1939 Democratic Cedar County
John R. Irwin 1939–1941 Republican Lee County
Robert D. Blue 1941–1943 Republican Wright County
Henry Burma 1943–1945 Republican Butler County
Harold Felton 1945–1946 Republican Warren County
Gus Kuester 1947–1955 Republican Cass County
William Lynes 1951–1955 Republican Bremer County
Arthur C. Hanson 1955–1957 Republican Lyon County
William L. Mooty 1957–1959 Republican Grundy County
Charles Vernon Lisle 1959–1961 Republican Page County
Henry C. Nelson 1961–1963 Republican Winnebago County
Robert W. Naden 1963–1965 Republican Hamilton County
Vincent B. Steffen 1965–1967 Democratic Chickasaw County
Maurice Baringer 1967–1969 Republican Fayette County
William H. Harbor 1969–1973 Republican Mills County
Andrew P. Varley 1973–1975 Republican Adair, Guthrie County
Dale M. Cochran 1975–1979 Democratic Webster, Humboldt County
Floyd H. Millen 1979–1981 Republican Van Buren County
William H. Harbor 1980 Republican Mills County
Del Stromer 1981–1983 Republican Hancock County
Donald D. Avenson 1983–1990 Democratic Fayette County
Robert C. Arnould 1991–1992 Democratic Scott County
Harold Van Maanen 1993–1994 Republican Mahaska, Marion County
Ron Corbett 1995–1999 Republican Linn County
Brent Siegrist 1999–2002 Republican Pottawattamie County
Christopher Rants 2003–2006 Republican Woodbury County
Pat Murphy 2007–2011 Democratic Dubuque County
Kraig Paulsen 2011–2015 Republican Linn County
Linda Upmeyer 2016–2020 Republican
Pat Grassley 2020– Republican

Speakers of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
William Henson Wallace 1838–1839 Whig Henry
Edward Johnstone 1839–1840 Democratic Lee
Thomas Cox 1840–1841 Democratic Jackson
Warner Lewis 1831–1842 Democratic Dubuque
James McGowan Morgan 1842–1843 Democratic Des Moines
James P. Carleton 1843–1845 Democratic Johnson
James McGowan Morgan 1845 Democratic Des Moines
George W. McCleary 1845–1846 Democratic Louisa

References

  1. ^ Stork, Frank J.; Clingan, Cynthia A. (1980). The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980 (PDF). Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Senate.
  2. ^ Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (August 30, 2000). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Iowa General Assembly (2014). "Members of Iowa General Assemblies 1981-2014" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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