Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
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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.[1]
Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives
[edit]| Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives[2] | |||||
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| 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
[edit]- ^ Legislative Leadership. Retrieved: January 5, 2017.
- ^ Past Officers of Wyoming's State Legislature Archived 2014-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: January 5, 2017.