The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives.
For more information about the office and powers of the Speaker see Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
Republic of Texas
editSpeakers of the House of Representatives in the Congresses of the Republic of Texas.
| Name | Term in office | Congress |
|---|---|---|
| Ira Ingram | 1836–1837 | 1st |
| Branch Tanner Archer | 1837 | 2nd |
| Joseph Rowe | 1838 | |
| John M. Hansford | 1838–1839 | 3rd |
| David Spangler Kaufman | 1840–1841 | 4th |
| 5th | ||
| Kenneth Lewis Anderson | 1841–1842 | 6th |
| Nicholas Henry Darnell | 1842–1843 | 7th |
| Richardson A. Scurry | 1843–1844 | 8th |
| John M. Lewis | 1844–1846 | 9th |
State of Texas
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Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Legislatures of the State of Texas.
| Name | Party | Term in office | Legislative sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Crump | Democratic | February 16, 1846 – March 3, 1846 | 1st |
| John "Red" Brown | Democratic | March 3, 1846 – March 9, 1846 | |
| Edward Thomas Branch | Democratic | March 9, 1846 – March 16, 1846 | |
| William Crump | Democratic | March 16, 1846 – May 1, 1846 | |
| William H. Bourland | Democratic | May 1, 1846 – May 11, 1846 | |
| Stephen W. Perkins | Democratic | May 11, 1846 – December 13, 1847 | |
| J. W. Henderson | Democratic | December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849 | 2nd |
| Charles G. Keenan | Democratic | November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851 | 3rd |
| David Catchings Dickson | Democratic | November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853 | 4th |
| Hardin Richard Runnels | Democratic | November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855 | 5th |
| Hamilton Prioleau Bee | Democratic | November 5, 1855 – November 2, 1857 | 6th |
| William S. Taylor | Democratic | November 2, 1857 – January 18, 1858 | 7th |
| Matthew Fielding Locke | Democratic | January 18, 1858 – November 7, 1859 | |
| M. D. K. Taylor | Democratic | November 7, 1859 – November 4, 1861 | 8th |
| Constantine W. Buckley | Democratic | November 4, 1861 – December 7, 1861 | 9th |
| Nicholas Henry Darnell | Democratic | December 7, 1861 – January 14, 1862[1] | |
| Vacant[1] | January 14, 1862 – February 2, 1863 | ||
| Constantine W. Buckley | Democratic | February 2, 1863 – November 2, 1863 | |
| M. D. K. Taylor | Democratic | November 2, 1863 – August 6, 1866 | 10th |
| Nathaniel Macon Burford | Unionist[2] | August 6, 1866 – April 25, 1869[3] | 11th |
| Vacant[3] | April 25, 1869 – February 8, 1870 | ||
| Ira Hobart Evans | Republican | February 10, 1870 – May 10, 1871 | 12th |
| William Henry Sinclair | Republican | May 10, 1871 – January 14, 1873 | |
| M. D. K. Taylor | Democratic | January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874 | 13th |
| Guy Morrison Bryan | Democratic | January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876 | 14th |
| Thomas Reuben Bonner | Democratic | April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879 | 15th |
| John Hughes Cochran | Democratic | January 14, 1879 – January 11, 1881 | 16th |
| George Robertson Reeves | Democratic | January 11, 1881 – September 5, 1882 | 17th |
| Charles Reese Gibson | Democratic | 1883–1885 | 18th |
| Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | Democratic | 1885–1887 | 19th |
| George Cassety Pendleton | Democratic | 1887–1889 | 20th |
| Frank P. Alexander | Democratic | 1889–1891 | 21st |
| Robert Teague Milner | Democratic | 1891–1893 | 22nd |
| John Hughes Cochran | Democratic | 1893–1895 | 23rd |
| Thomas Slater Smith | Democratic | 1895–1897 | 24th |
| L. Travis Dashiell | Democratic | 1897–1899 | 25th |
| James S. Sherrill | Democratic | 1899–1901 | 26th |
| Robert E. Prince | Democratic | 1901–1903 | 27th |
| Pat Morris Neff | Democratic | 1903–1905 | 28th |
| Francis William Seabury | Democratic | 1905–1907 | 29th |
| Thomas Bell Love | Democratic | 1907–1909 | 30th |
| Austin Milton Kennedy | Democratic | 1909 | 31st |
| John Wesley Marshall | Democratic | 1909–1911 | |
| Sam Rayburn | Democratic | 1911–1913 | 32nd |
| Chester H. Terrell | Democratic | 1913–1915 | 33rd |
| John William Woods | Democratic | 1915–1917 | 34th |
| Franklin Oliver Fuller | Democratic | 1917–1919 | 35th |
| Robert Ewing Thomason | Democratic | 1919–1921 | 36th |
| Charles Graham Thomas | Democratic | 1921–1923 | 37th |
| Richard Ernest Seagler | Democratic | 1923–1925 | 38th |
| Lee Satterwhite | Democratic | 1925–1927 | 39th |
| Robert Lee Bobbitt | Democratic | 1927–1929 | 40th |
| Wingate S. Barron | Democratic | 1929–1931 | 41st |
| Fred Hawthorne Minor | Democratic | 1931–1933 | 42nd |
| Coke R. Stevenson | Democratic | 1933–1937 | 43rd |
| 44th | |||
| Robert Wilburn Calvert | Democratic | 1937–1939 | 45th |
| Robert Emmett Morse | Democratic | 1939–1941 | 46th |
| Homer Lakerby Leonard | Democratic | 1941–1943 | 47th |
| Price Daniel | Democratic | 1943–1945 | 48th |
| Claud H. Gilmer | Democratic | 1945–1947 | 49th |
| William O. Reed | Democratic | 1947–1949 | 50th |
| Thomas Durwood Manford Jr. | Democratic | 1949–1951 | 51st |
| Reuben E. Senterfitt | Democratic | 1951–1955 | 52nd |
| 53rd | |||
| Jim T. Lindsey | Democratic | 1955–1957 | 54th |
| Waggoner Carr | Democratic | 1957–1961 | 55th |
| 56th | |||
| Jimmy Turman | Democratic | 1961 | 57th |
| Byron M. Tunnell | Democratic | 1963 | 58th |
| Ben Barnes | Democratic | 1965–1969 | 59th |
| 60th | |||
| Gus Franklin Mutscher | Democratic | 1969–1972 | 61st |
| 62nd | |||
| Rayford Price | Democratic | 1972–1973[4] | 62nd |
| Price Daniel Jr. | Democratic | 1973–1975 | 63rd |
| Bill W. Clayton | Democratic | 1975–1983 | 64th |
| 65th | |||
| 66th | |||
| 67th | |||
| Gib Lewis | Democratic | 1983–1993 | 68th |
| 69th | |||
| 70th | |||
| 71st | |||
| 72nd | |||
| Pete Laney | Democratic | 1993–2003 | 73rd |
| 74th | |||
| 75th | |||
| 76th | |||
| 77th | |||
| Tom Craddick | Republican | 2003–2009 | 78th |
| 79th | |||
| 80th | |||
| Joe Straus | Republican | 2009–2019 | 81st |
| 82nd | |||
| 83rd | |||
| 84th | |||
| 85th | |||
| Dennis Bonnen | Republican | 2019–2021 | 86th |
| Dade Phelan | Republican | 2021–present | 87th |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Darnell resigned some time in 1862 to fight in the Civil War, and Buckley was apparently not re-elected until the beginning of the First Called Session on February 2, 1863
- ^ Two sources, one contemporary, say Burford was a Democrat:
- Perez, Joan Jenkins. "Burford, Nathaniel Macon". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
Burford was a Democrat…
- "Burford, Nat. Macon". Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas. New York: Southern Publishing Co. 1880. pp. 72–3. OCLC 1843096. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
In politics he has always been a firm and consistent Democrat of the true Jackson type.
- Perez, Joan Jenkins. "Burford, Nathaniel Macon". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
- ^ a b Moneyhon, Carl H. "Reconstruction". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
…every office filled by an elected official incapable of taking the Test Oath would be considered vacant on April 25, 1869
- ^ Price served as Speaker for the 2nd through the 4th Called Sessions
References
edit- Legislative Reference Library of Texas (May 6, 2006). "Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives, 1846-present". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2007.
- Sorensen, Stephanie S. (2006). "Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives". Retrieved January 23, 2007.