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The Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Wyoming House of Representatives. The Speaker has historically been a member of the majority party who is the de facto leader of their party. The current House Speaker is Albert Sommers of Pinedale.

Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives

Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives
Number Name Term Party Residence Notes
1 Oliver P. Kellogg 1890-1893 Republican Sundance
2 L.C. Tidball 1893-1895 Populist Sheridan Elected Speaker with Democratic support
3 Jay L. Torrey 1895-1897 Republican Big Piney
4 Albert D. Kelley 1897-1899 Republican Buffalo
5 Levi R. Davis 1899-1901 Republican Newcastle
6 Jerome S. Atherly 1901-1905 Republican Worland Served two consecutive terms as Speaker
7 Lyman B. Cooper 1905-1907 Republican Riverton
8 Scott K. Snively 1907-1909 Republican Sheridan
9 Charles E. Hayden 1909-1911 Republican Casper
10 Levi R. Davis 1911-1913 Republican Newcastle Previously served as Speaker (1899–1901)
11 Martin L. Pratt 1913-1915 Republican Powell
12 James M. Graham 1915-1917 Republican Lander
13 W.K. Jones 1917-1919 Republican Powell
14 E.J. Sullivan 1919-1921 Republican Casper
15 Lewis R. Ewart 1921-1923 Republican Cody
16 J.D. Noblitt 1923-1925 Republican Cokeville
17 J.C. Underwood 1925-1927 Republican Gillette
18 A.W. McCollough 1927-1929 Republican Laramie
19 Marvin L. Bishop, Jr. 1929-1931 Republican Casper
20 Charles B. Mann 1931-1933 Republican Cowley
21 William M. Jack 1933-1935 Democratic Casper Later served as State Auditor and Secretary of State
Nominee for governor in 1954
22 Henry Watenpaugh 1935-1937 Democratic Sheridan
23 Herman F. Krueger 1937-1939 Democratic Powell
24 Herbert Fowler 1939-1941 Republican Newcastle
25 Carl Robinson 1941-1943 Democratic Afton Later served as State Auditor
26 Richard J. Luman 1943-1945 Republican Pinedale Later served as State Treasurer
27 Walter W. Hudson 1945-1947 Republican Veteran
28 Homer Oxley 1947-1949 Republican Lingle
29 Herman Mayland 1949-1951 Republican Lovell
30 Frank C. Mockler 1951-1953 Republican Dubois
31 David Foote 1953-1955 Republican Casper
32 T.C. Daniels 1955-1957 Republican Douglas
33 Lee E. Keith 1957-1959 Republican Kaycee
34 Jay House 1959-1961 Democratic Rawlins
35 Joseph L. Budd 1961-1963 Republican Big Piney
36 Marlin Kurtz 1963-1965 Republican Cody
37 Walter Phelan 1965-1966 Democratic Cheyenne Died
38 Edness Kimball Wilkins 1966-1967 Democratic Casper First female Speaker of the House
39 William Swanton 1967-1969 Republican Casper
40 Verda James 1969-1971 Republican Casper First Republican female Speaker of the House
41 Ward Myers 1971-1973 Republican Lovell
42 Cliff Davis 1973-1975 Republican Gillette
43 Harold Hellbaum 1975-1977 Republican Chugwater
44 Nels J. Smith 1977-1979 Republican Sundance
45 Warren Morton 1979-1981 Republican Casper
46 Bob Burnett 1981-1983 Republican Laramie
47 Russell Donley III 1983-1985 Republican Casper
48 Jack Sidi 1985-1987 Republican Casper Later served as State Auditor
49 Patrick Meenan 1987-1989 Republican Casper
50 Bill McIlvain 1989-1991 Republican Cheyenne
51 William Cross 1991-1993 Republican Douglas
52 Douglas Chamberlain 1993-1995 Republican LaGrange
53 John Marton 1995-1997 Republican Buffalo
54 Bruce Hinchey 1997-1999 Republican Casper
55 Eli Bebout 1999-2001 Republican Riverton Nominee for governor in 2002
Later elected to the Wyoming Senate
56 Rick Tempest 2001-2003 Republican Casper
57 Fred Parady 2003-2005 Republican Rock Springs
58 Randall Luthi 2005-2007 Republican Freedom
59 Roy Cohee 2007-2009 Republican Casper
60 Colin Simpson 2009-2011 Republican Cody Candidate for governor in 2010
61 Edward Buchanan 2011-2013 Republican Torrington Former Wyoming Secretary of State (2018–2022)
62 Tom Lubnau 2013-2015 Republican Gillette
63 Kermit Brown 2015-2017 Republican Laramie
64 Steve Harshman 2017–2021 Republican Casper
65 Eric Barlow 2021–2023 Republican Gillette
66 Albert Sommers 2023–present Republican Pinedale

References

  1. Legislative Leadership. Retrieved: January 5, 2017.
  2. Past Officers of Wyoming's State Legislature Archived 2014-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: January 5, 2017.

See also

Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
67th Legislature (2023)
Speaker of the House
Albert Sommers (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Clark Stith (R)
Majority Leader
Chip Neiman (R)
Minority Leader
Mike Yin (D)
  1. ▌Chip Neiman (R)
  2. ▌Allen Slagle (R)
  3. ▌Abby Angelos (R)
  4. ▌Jeremy Haroldson (R)
  5. ▌Scott Smith (R)
  6. ▌Tomi Strock (R)
  7. ▌Bob Nicholas (R)
  8. ▌David Zwonitzer (R)
  9. ▌Landon Brown (R)
  10. ▌John Eklund Jr. (R)
  11. ▌Jared Olsen (R)
  12. ▌Clarence Styvar (R)
  13. ▌Ken Chestek (D)
  14. ▌Trey Sherwood (D)
  15. ▌Donald Burkhart (R)
  16. ▌Mike Yin (D)
  17. ▌J.T. Larson (R)
  18. ▌Scott Heiner (R)
  19. ▌Jon Conrad (R)
  20. ▌Albert Sommers (R)
  21. ▌Lane Allred (R)
  22. ▌Andrew Byron (R)
  23. ▌Liz Storer (D)
  24. ▌Sandy Newsome (R)
  25. ▌David Northrup (R)
  26. ▌Dalton Banks (R)
  27. ▌Martha Lawley (R)
  28. ▌John Winter (R)
  29. ▌Ken Pendergraft (R)
  30. ▌Mark Jennings (R)
  31. ▌John Bear (R)
  32. ▌Ken Clouston (R)
  33. ▌Sarah Penn (R)
  34. ▌Pepper Ottman (R)
  35. ▌Tony Locke (R)
  36. ▌Art Washut (R)
  37. ▌Steve Harshman (R)
  38. ▌Tom Walters (R)
  39. ▌Cody Wylie (R)
  40. ▌Barry Crago (R)
  41. ▌Bill Henderson (R)
  42. ▌Ben Hornok (R)
  43. ▌Dan Zwonitzer (R)
  44. ▌Tamara Trujillo (R)
  45. ▌Karlee Provenza (D)
  46. ▌Ocean Andrew (R)
  47. ▌Bob Davis (R)
  48. ▌Clark Stith (R)
  49. ▌Ryan Berger (R)
  50. ▌Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R)
  51. ▌Cyrus Western (R)
  52. ▌Reuben Tarver (R)
  53. ▌Chris Knapp (R)
  54. ▌Lloyd Larsen (R)
  55. ▌Ember Oakley (R)
  56. ▌Jerry Obermueller (R)
  57. ▌Jeanette Ward (R)
  58. ▌Bill Allemand (R)
  59. ▌Kevin O'Hearn (R)
  60. ▌Tony Niemiec (R)
  61. ▌Daniel Singh (R)
  62. ▌Forrest Chadwick (R)
Majority caucus
▌Republican (57)
Minority caucus
▌Democratic (5)
Speakers of U.S. lower houses
United States House of Representatives: ▌Mike Johnson (R)
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Italics indicate speakers pro tempore
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