List of Speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives
The following is a list of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives since statehood.
Speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives
Speaker
Term
Party
County/Residence
Notes
Citation
William Wale Updegraff
1861
Republican
Osawatomie
[1] [2]
Moses S. Adams
1862
Republican
Leavenworth
[1] [2]
Josiah Kellogg
1863
Republican
Leavenworth
[1] [2]
Jacob Stotler
1865
Radical Republican
Leavenworth
[1] [2]
John Taylor Burris
1866
Republican
Emporia
[1] [2]
Preston Bierce Plumb
1867
Republican
Olathe
[1] [2]
George W. Smith
1868
Republican
Emporia
[1] [2]
Moses S. Adams
1869
Republican
Leavenworth
[1] [2]
Jacob Stotler
1870
Radical Republican
Emporia
[1] [2]
Benjamin Franklin Simpson
1871
Republican
Paola
[1] [2]
Stephen Alonzo Cobb
1872
Republican
Wyandotte
[1] [2]
Josiah Kellogg
1873
Republican
Leavenworth
[1] [2]
Boyd H. McEckron
1874
Republican
Shirley
[1] [2]
Thomas P. Fenlon
1874
Republican
Leavenworth
[1] [2]
Edward H. Funston
1875
Republican
Carlyle
[1] [2]
Dudley Chase Haskell
1876
Republican
Lawrence
[1] [2]
Peter Percival Elder
Jan 1877–Feb 1877
Republican
Council Grove
[1] [2]
Samuel Newitt Wood
Feb 1877–1879
Republican
Ottawa
[1] [2]
Sidney Clarke
1879
Republican
Lawrence
[1] [2]
John Blosser Johnson
1881
Republican
Topeka
[1] [2]
James Donaldson Snoddy
1883
Republican
La Cygne
[1] [2]
John Blosser Johnson
1885
Republican
Topeka
[1] [2]
Abram Wentworth Smith
1887
Republican
McPherson
[1] [2]
Henry Booth
1889
Republican
Larned
[1] [2]
Peter Percival Elder
1891
Farmers' Alliance
Princeton
[1] [2]
George L. Douglass
1893
Republican
Wichita
[1] [2]
John M. Dunsmore
1893
People's Party
Thayet
[1] [2]
Charles E. Lobdell
1895
Republican
Dighton
[1] [2]
William Daniel Street
1897
Republican
Oberlin
[1] [2]
Stephen J. Osborn
1899
Republican
Salina
[1] [2]
George Jerome Barker
1901
Republican
Lawrence
[1] [2]
James T. Pringle
1903
Republican
Burlingame
[1] [2]
Walter Roscoe Stubbs
1905
Republican
Lawrence
[1] [2]
John S. Simmons
1907
Republican
Dighton
[1] [2]
Joseph N. Dolley
1909
Republican
Maple Hill
[1] [2]
George H. Buckman
1911
Republican
Winfield
[3] [2]
Willis L. Brown
1913
Democratic
Kingman
[3] [2]
Robert Stone
1915
Republican
Topeka
[3] [2]
Austin M. Keene
1917
Republican
Fort Scott
[3] [2]
William L. Lambertson
1919–1921
Republican
Fairview
[3] [2]
William West Harvey
1921–1923
Republican
Ashland
[3] [2]
Charles E. Mann
1923–1925
Republican
Osborne
[3] [2]
Clifford R. Hope
1925–1927
Republican
Garden City
[3] [2]
John D. M. Hamilton
1927–1929
Republican
Topeka
[3] [2]
John H. Myers
1929–1931
Republican
Merriam
[3] [2]
Hal Harlan
1931–1933
Republican
Manhattan
[3] [2]
William H. Vernon
1933–1935
Republican
Larned
[3] [2]
Schuyler C. Bloss
1935–1937
Republican
Winfield
[3] [2]
Henry S. Buzick
1937–1939
Republican
Sylvan Grove
[3] [2]
Ernest A. Briles
1939–1941
Republican
Stafford
[3] [2]
Clay C. Carper
1941–1943
Republican
Eureka
[3] [2]
Paul R. Wunsch
1943–1945
Republican
Kingman
[3] [2]
Frank L. Hagaman
1945–1947
Republican
Kansas City
[3] [2]
Frank B. Miller
1947–1949
Republican
Langman
[3] [2]
Dale M. Bryant
1949–1951
Republican
Wichita
[3] [2]
Lawrence M. Gibson
1951–1953
Republican
Pittsburg
[1] [2]
Charles D. Stough
1953–1955
Republican
Lawrence
[1] [2]
Robert H. Jennison
1955–1957
Republican
Healy
[1] [2]
Jess E. Taylor
1957–1961
Republican
Tribune
[1] [2]
William L. Mitchell
1961–1963
Republican
Hutchinson
[1] [2]
Charles S. Arthur
1963–1965
Republican
Manhattan
[1] [2]
Clyde Hill
1966–1967
Republican
Yates Center
[1] [2]
John J. Conard
1967–1969
Republican
Greensburg
[1] [2]
Calvin S. Strowig
1969–1973
Republican
Abilene
[1] [2]
Duane S. McGill
1973–1975
Republican
Winfield
[1] [2]
John W. Carlin
1975–1979
Democratic
Smolan
[1] [2]
Wendell Lady
1979–1983
Republican
Overland Park
[1] [2]
Mike Hayden
1983–1987
Republican
Atwood
[1] [2]
James D. Braden
1987–1990
Republican
Clay Center
[1] [2]
Marvin Barkis
1991–1993
Democratic
Louisburg
[1] [2]
Robert H. Miller
1993–1995
Republican
Wellington
[1] [2]
Tim Shallenburger
1995–1997
Republican
Baxter Springs
[1] [2]
Robin Jennison
1999–2000
Republican
Healy
[1] [2]
Kent Glasscock
2001–2003
Republican
Manhattan
[1] [2]
Doug Mays
2003–2007
Republican
Topeka
[1] [2]
Melvin Neufeld
2007–2009
Republican
Ingalls
[1] [2]
Michael O'Neal
2009–2013
Republican
Hutchinson
[1] [2]
Raymond Merrick
2013–2017
Republican
Stilwell
[1] [2]
Ron Ryckman Jr.
2017–2023
Republican
Olathe
[1] [2]
Daniel Hawkins
2023–
Republican
Wichita
[1] [2]
Speakers of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives
Speaker
Term
Party
County/Residence
Notes
Citation
John H. Stringfellow
1855–1857
[4]
W. G. Matthias
1857
[5]
G. W. Deitzler
1857–1859
Republican
Lawrence
[6]
Alfred Larzalere
1859–1860
[7]
Gustavus A. Colton
1860–1861
[8]
J. W. Scott
1861
[9]
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