List of Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1838 Constitution | |||||||
Hugh Archer | 1st | June 23, 1845 | July 26, 1845 | Leon | Tallahassee | ||
Isaac Ferguson, Jr. | Adj. | November 17, 1845 | December 29, 1845 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy | |
Robert Brown | 2nd | November 23, 1846 | January 6, 1847 | Democratic | Columbia | ||
Joseph B. Lancaster | 3rd | November 27, 1847 | December 23, 1847 | Whig | Duval | Jacksonville | |
| John Chain | 3rd | December 23, 1847 | January 8, 1848 | Santa Rosa | Milton | ||
 | 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 | |
 | 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 | ||
Philip Dell | Adj. | November 26, 1855 | December 15, 1855 | Democratic | Alachua | Newnansville | |
Hamlin Valentine Snell | 8th | November 24, 1856 | December 27, 1856 | Democratic | Manatee | Manatee | |
 | 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 | |
| John B. Galbraith | 10th | November 26, 1860 | February 14, 1861 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
Samuel B. Love | 11th | November 18, 1861 | December 17, 1861 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy | |
Thomas Jefferson Eppes | 12th | November 17, 1862 | December 15, 1862 | Democratic | Franklin | Apalachicola | |
| Thomas Jefferson Eppes | 12th | November 16, 1863 | December 4, 1863 | Democratic | Franklin | Apalachicola | |
| Philip Dell | 13th | November 21, 1864 | December 7, 1864 | Democratic | Alachua | Newnansville | |
Joseph John Williams | 14th | December 18, 1865 | January 16, 1866 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
| Joseph John Williams | 14th (2nd) | November 14, 1866 | December 14, 1866 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
1868 Constitution | |||||||
William W. Moore | 1st | June 8, 1868 | August 6, 1868 | Republican | Columbia | Wellborn | |
William W. Moore | Extra. | November 3, 1868 | November 7, 1868 | Republican | Columbia | Wellborn | |
 | 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 | |
 | Simon B. Conover | 1873 | 1873 | Republican | Leon | Tallahassee | |
 | Malachi Martin | 1874 | 1874 | Republican | Gadsden | Chattahoochee | |
| Thomas Hannah | 1875 | 1875 | Democratic | Washington | Vernon | ||
 | G.G. McWhorter | 1877 | 1877 | Democratic | Santa Rosa | Milton | |
 | Charles Dougherty | 1879 | 1879 | Democratic | Volusia | Port Orange | |
J.J. Harris | 1881 | 1881 | Democratic | Orange | Tuscawilla | ||
| Charles Dougherty | 1883 | 1883 | Democratic | Volusia | Port Orange | |
 | Robert Wyche Davis | 1885 | 1885 | Democratic | Clay | Green Cove Springs | |
1885 Constitution | |||||||
 | Samuel Pasco | 1887 | May 23, 1887 | Democratic | Jefferson | Monticello | |
| George H. Browne | 1887 | 1887 | Democratic | Orange | Oviedo | ||
 | John L. Gaskins | 1889 | 1893 | Democratic | Bradford | Starke | |
 | William Sherman Jennings | 1895 | 1895 | Democratic | Hernando | Brooksville | |
 | Dannitte Hill Mays | 1897 | 1897 | Democratic | Jefferson | Monticello | |
Robert McNamee | 1899 | 1899 | Democratic | Lake | Leesburg | ||
John W. Watson | 1901 | 1901 | Democratic | Osceola | Kissimmee | ||
 | Cromwell Gibbons | 1903 | 1903 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
 | Albert W. Gilchrist | 1905 | 1905 | Democratic | DeSoto | Punta Gorda | |
 | Eugene S. Matthews | 1907 | 1907 | Democratic | Bradford | Starke | |
 | Ion Farris | 1909 | 1909 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
 | Thomas Albert Jennings | 1911 | 1911 | Democratic | Escambia | Pensacola | |
| Ion Farris | 1913 | 1913 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
 | Cary A. Hardee | 1915 | 1917 | Democratic | Suwannee | Live Oak | |
George H. Wilder | 1918 | 1919 | Democratic | Hillsborough | Plant City | ||
Frank E. Jennings | 1921 | 1921 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | ||
L.D. Edge | 1923 | 1923 | Democratic | Lake | Groveland | ||
A.Y. Milam | 1925 | 1925 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | ||
 | Fred Henry Davis | 1927 | 1927 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
Samuel W. Getzen | 1929 | 1929 | Democratic | Sumter | Bushnell | ||
E. Clay Lewis, Jr. | 1931 | 1931 | Democratic | Gulf | Port St. Joe | ||
Peter Tomasello, Jr. | 1933 | 1933 | Democratic | Okeechobee | Okeechobee | ||
W.B. Bishop | 1935 | 1935 | Democratic | Jefferson | Nash | ||
W. McL. Christie | 1937 | 1937 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | ||
G. Pierce Wood | 1939 | 1939 | Democratic | Liberty | Wilma | ||
 | Daniel T. McCarty | 1941 | 1941 | Democratic | St. Lucie | Fort Pierce | |
Richard H. Simpson | 1943 | 1943 | Democratic | Jefferson | Monticello | ||
Evans Crary | 1945 | 1945 | Democratic | Martin | Stewart | ||
 | Tom Beasley | 1947 | 1947 | Democratic | Walton | DeFuniak Springs | |
Perry E. Murray | 1949 | 1949 | Democratic | Polk | Frostproof | ||
B. Elliott | 1951 | 1951 | Democratic | Palm Beach | Pahokee | ||
 | C. Farris Bryant | 1953 | 1954 | Democratic | Marion | Ocala | |
Thomas E. David | 1955 | Democratic | Broward | Hollywood | |||
 | Doyle Conner | 1958 | 1960 | Democratic | Bradford | Starke | |
| Tom Beasley | 1959 | 1959 | Democratic | Walton | DeFuniak Springs | |
 | William V. Chappell, Jr. | 1961 | 1963 | Democratic | Marion | Ocala | |
 | Mallory Horne | 1963 | 1965 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
E.C. Rowell | 1965 | 1967 | Democratic | Sumter | Wildwood | ||
 | Ralph Turlington | 1967 | 1969 | Democratic | Alachua | Gainesville | |
1968 Constitution | |||||||
 | Frederick H. Schultz | 1969 | 1970 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
 | Richard A. Pettigrew | 1971 | 1972 | Democratic | Dade | Miami | |
 | T. Terrell Sessums | 1973 | 1974 | Democratic | Hillsborough | Tampa | |
 | Donald L. Tucker | 1975 | 1978 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
 | J. Hyatt Brown | 1978 | 1980 | Democratic | Volusia | Daytona Beach | |
 | Ralph Haben | 1981 | 1982 | Democratic | Manatee | Palmetto | |
 | H. Lee Moffitt | 1983 | 1984 | Democratic | Hillsborough | Tampa | |
 | James Harold Thompson | 1985 | 1986 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy | |
 | Jon L. Mills | 1987 | 1988 | Democratic | Alachua | Gainesville | |
 | Tom Gustafson | 1988 | 1990 | Democratic | Broward | Fort Lauderdale | |
 | T. K. Wetherell | 1991 | 1992 | Democratic | Volusia | Daytona Beach | |
 | Bolley Johnson | 1993 | 1994 | Democratic | Santa Rosa | Milton | |
 | Peter Rudy Wallace | 1995 | 1996 | Democratic | Pinellas | St. Petersburg | |
 | Daniel Webster | November 19, 1996 | November 17, 1998 | Republican | Orange | Orlando | |
 | John Thrasher | November 17, 1998 | November 21, 2000 | Republican | Duval | Orange Park | |
 | Tom Feeney | November 21, 2000 | November 19, 2002 | Republican | Seminole | Oviedo | |
 | Johnnie Byrd | November 19, 2002 | November 16, 2004 | Republican | Hillsborough | Plant City | |
 | Allan Bense | November 16, 2004 | November 21, 2006 | Republican | Bay | Panama City | |
 | Marco Rubio | November 21, 2006 | November 18, 2008 | Republican | Miami-Dade | West Miami | |
 | Ray Sansom | November 18, 2008 | February 2, 2009 (resigned) | Republican | Okaloosa | Destin | |
 | Larry Cretul | March 3, 2009 | November 16, 2010 | Republican | Marion | Ocala | |
 | Dean Cannon | November 16, 2010 | November 20, 2012 | Republican | Orange | Winter Park | |
 | Will Weatherford | November 20, 2012 | November 18, 2014 | Republican | Pasco | ||
 | Steve Crisafulli | November 18, 2014 | November 22, 2016 | Republican | Brevard | ||
 | Richard Corcoran | November 22, 2016 | Republican | Pasco | |||
See also
- Florida Democratic Party
- Republican Party of Florida
References
The Florida Handbook: 2011-2012. Peninsular Pub. 1 August 2011. pp. 171–72. ISBN 978-0-9765846-4-3..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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