List of Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives

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The Speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives.
Lists of the Speaker
Picture | Speaker | Session | Start of service | End of service | Party | County | Residence |
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Hugh Archer |
1st |
June 23, 1845 |
July 26, 1845 |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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Isaac Ferguson, Jr. |
Adj. |
November 17, 1845 |
December 29, 1845 |
Democratic |
Gadsden |
Quincy |
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Robert Brown |
2nd |
November 23, 1846 |
January 6, 1847 |
Democratic |
Columbia |
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Joseph B. Lancaster |
3rd |
November 27, 1847 |
December 23, 1847 |
Whig |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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John Chain |
3rd |
December 23, 1847 |
January 8, 1848 |
Santa Rosa |
Milton |
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Benjamin A. Putnam |
4th |
November 27, 1848 |
January 13, 1849 |
Whig |
St. Johns |
St. Augustine |
Hugh Archer |
5th |
November 25, 1850 |
January 24, 1851 |
Whig |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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Abraham K. Allison |
6th |
November 22, 1852 |
January 14, 1853 |
Democratic |
Gadsden |
Quincy |
William F. Russell |
7th |
November 27, 1854 |
January 13, 1855 |
St. Lucie |
Fort Pierce |
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Philip Dell |
Adj. |
November 26, 1855 |
December 15, 1855 |
Democratic |
Alachua |
Newnansville |
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Hamlin Valentine Snell |
8th |
November 24, 1856 |
December 27, 1856 |
Democratic |
Manatee |
Manatee |
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John B. Galbraith |
9th |
November 28, 1858 |
January 15, 1859 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
John B. Galbraith |
Adj. |
November 28, 1858 |
December 22, 1858 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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John B. Galbraith |
10th |
November 26, 1860 |
February 14, 1861 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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Samuel B. Love |
11th |
November 18, 1861 |
December 17, 1861 |
Democratic |
Gadsden |
Quincy |
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Thomas Jefferson Eppes |
12th |
November 17, 1862 |
December 15, 1862 |
Democratic |
Franklin |
Apalachicola |
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Thomas Jefferson Eppes |
12th |
November 16, 1863 |
December 4, 1863 |
Democratic |
Franklin |
Apalachicola |
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Philip Dell |
13th |
November 21, 1864 |
December 7, 1864 |
Democratic |
Alachua |
Newnansville |
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Joseph John Williams |
14th |
December 18, 1865 |
January 16, 1866 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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Joseph John Williams |
14th (2nd) |
November 14, 1866 |
December 14, 1866 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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1868 Constitution | |||||||
William W. Moore |
1st |
June 8, 1868 |
August 6, 1868 |
Republican |
Columbia |
Wellborn |
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William W. Moore |
Extra. |
November 3, 1868 |
November 7, 1868 |
Republican |
Columbia |
Wellborn |
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Marcellus L. Stearns |
2nd |
January 5, 1869 |
February 1, 1869 |
Republican |
Gadsden |
Quincy |
William W. Moore |
Extra. |
June 8, 1869 |
June 24, 1869 |
Republican |
Columbia |
Wellborn |
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Simon B. Conover |
1873 |
1873 |
Republican |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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Malachi Martin |
1874 |
1874 |
Republican |
Gadsden |
Chattahoochee |
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Thomas Hannah |
1875 |
1875 |
Democratic |
Washington |
Vernon |
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G.G. McWhorter |
1877 |
1877 |
Democratic |
Santa Rosa |
Milton |
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Charles Dougherty |
1879 |
1879 |
Democratic |
Volusia |
Port Orange |
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J.J. Harris |
1881 |
1881 |
Democratic |
Orange |
Tuscawilla |
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Charles Dougherty |
1883 |
1883 |
Democratic |
Volusia |
Port Orange |
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Robert Wyche Davis |
1885 |
1885 |
Democratic |
Clay |
Green Cove Springs |
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1885 Constitution | |||||||
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Samuel Pasco |
1887 |
May 23, 1887 |
Democratic |
Jefferson |
Monticello |
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George H. Browne |
1887 |
1887 |
Democratic |
Orange |
Oviedo |
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John L. Gaskins |
1889 |
1893 |
Democratic |
Bradford |
Starke |
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William Sherman Jennings |
1895 |
1895 |
Democratic |
Hernando |
Brooksville |
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Dannitte Hill Mays |
1897 |
1897 |
Democratic |
Jefferson |
Monticello |
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Robert McNamee |
1899 |
1899 |
Democratic |
Lake |
Leesburg |
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John W. Watson |
1901 |
1901 |
Democratic |
Osceola |
Kissimmee |
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Cromwell Gibbons |
1903 |
1903 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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Albert W. Gilchrist |
1905 |
1905 |
Democratic |
DeSoto |
Punta Gorda |
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Eugene S. Matthews |
1907 |
1907 |
Democratic |
Bradford |
Starke |
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Ion Farris |
1909 |
1909 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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Thomas Albert Jennings |
1911 |
1911 |
Democratic |
Escambia |
Pensacola |
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Ion Farris |
1913 |
1913 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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Cary A. Hardee |
1915 |
1917 |
Democratic |
Suwannee |
Live Oak |
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George H. Wilder |
1918 |
1919 |
Democratic |
Hillsborough |
Plant City |
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Frank E. Jennings |
1921 |
1921 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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L.D. Edge |
1923 |
1923 |
Democratic |
Lake |
Groveland |
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A.Y. Milam |
1925 |
1925 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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Fred Henry Davis |
1927 |
1927 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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Samuel W. Getzen |
1929 |
1929 |
Democratic |
Sumter |
Bushnell |
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E. Clay Lewis, Jr. |
1931 |
1931 |
Democratic |
Gulf |
Port St. Joe |
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Peter Tomasello, Jr. |
1933 |
1933 |
Democratic |
Okeechobee |
Okeechobee |
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W.B. Bishop |
1935 |
1935 |
Democratic |
Jefferson |
Nash |
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W. McL. Christie |
1937 |
1937 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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G. Pierce Wood |
1939 |
1939 |
Democratic |
Liberty |
Wilma |
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Daniel T. McCarty |
1941 |
1941 |
Democratic |
St. Lucie |
Fort Pierce |
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Richard H. Simpson |
1943 |
1943 |
Democratic |
Jefferson |
Monticello |
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Evans Crary |
1945 |
1945 |
Democratic |
Martin |
Stewart |
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Tom Beasley |
1947 |
1947 |
Democratic |
Walton |
DeFuniak Springs |
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Perry E. Murray |
1949 |
1949 |
Democratic |
Polk |
Frostproof |
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B. Elliott |
1951 |
1951 |
Democratic |
Palm Beach |
Pahokee |
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C. Farris Bryant |
1953 |
1954 |
Democratic |
Marion |
Ocala |
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Thomas E. David |
1955 |
Democratic |
Broward |
Hollywood |
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Doyle Conner |
1958 |
1960 |
Democratic |
Bradford |
Starke |
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Tom Beasley |
1959 |
1959 |
Democratic |
Walton |
DeFuniak Springs |
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William V. Chappell, Jr. |
1961 |
1963 |
Democratic |
Marion |
Ocala |
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Mallory Horne |
1963 |
1965 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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E.C. Rowell |
1965 |
1967 |
Democratic |
Sumter |
Wildwood |
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Ralph Turlington |
1967 |
1969 |
Democratic |
Alachua |
Gainesville |
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1968 Constitution | |||||||
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Frederick H. Schultz |
1969 |
1970 |
Democratic |
Duval |
Jacksonville |
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Richard A. Pettigrew |
1971 |
1972 |
Democratic |
Dade |
Miami |
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T. Terrell Sessums |
1973 |
1974 |
Democratic |
Hillsborough |
Tampa |
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Donald L. Tucker |
1975 |
1978 |
Democratic |
Leon |
Tallahassee |
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J. Hyatt Brown |
1978 |
1980 |
Democratic |
Volusia |
Daytona Beach |
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Ralph Haben |
1981 |
1982 |
Democratic |
Manatee |
Palmetto |
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H. Lee Moffitt |
1983 |
1984 |
Democratic |
Hillsborough |
Tampa |
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James Harold Thompson |
1985 |
1986 |
Democratic |
Gadsden |
Quincy |
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Jon L. Mills |
1987 |
1988 |
Democratic |
Alachua |
Gainesville |
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Tom Gustafson |
1988 |
1990 |
Democratic |
Broward |
Fort Lauderdale |
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T. K. Wetherell |
1991 |
1992 |
Democratic |
Volusia |
Daytona Beach |
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Bolley Johnson |
1993 |
1994 |
Democratic |
Santa Rosa |
Milton |
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Peter Rudy Wallace |
1995 |
1996 |
Democratic |
Pinellas |
St. Petersburg |
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Daniel Webster |
November 19, 1996 |
November 17, 1998 |
Republican |
Orange |
Orlando |
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John Thrasher |
November 17, 1998 |
November 21, 2000 |
Republican |
Duval |
Orange Park |
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Tom Feeney |
November 21, 2000 |
November 19, 2002 |
Republican |
Seminole |
Oviedo |
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Johnnie Byrd |
November 19, 2002 |
November 16, 2004 |
Republican |
Hillsborough |
Plant City |
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Allan Bense |
November 16, 2004 |
November 21, 2006 |
Republican |
Bay |
Panama City |
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Marco Rubio |
November 21, 2006 |
November 18, 2008 |
Republican |
Miami-Dade |
West Miami |
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Ray Sansom |
November 18, 2008 |
February 2, 2009 (resigned) |
Republican |
Okaloosa |
Destin |
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Larry Cretul |
March 3, 2009 |
November 16, 2010 |
Republican |
Marion |
Ocala |
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Dean Cannon |
November 16, 2010 |
November 20, 2012 |
Republican |
Orange |
Winter Park |
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Will Weatherford |
November 20, 2012 |
November 18, 2014 |
Republican |
Pasco |
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Steve Crisafulli |
November 18, 2014 |
November 22, 2016 |
Republican |
Brevard |
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Richard Corcoran |
November 22, 2016 |
Republican |
Pasco |
See also
- Florida Democratic Party
- Republican Party of Florida
References
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