List of Speakers of the Utah House of Representatives
The following is a list of speakers of the Utah House of Representatives since statehood.
Speakers of the Utah House of Representatives
Speaker
Term
Party
County/Residence
Notes
Citation
Presley Denny
1896–1897
Beaver County
[1]
John M. Perkins
1897–1899
Weber County
[1]
William Roylance
1899–1901
Democratic
Utah County
[1]
William Glasmann
1901–1903
Republican
Weber County
[1]
Thomas Hull
1903–1907
Salt Lake County
[1]
Harry Joseph
1907–1909
Salt Lake County
[1]
Edward Robinson
1909–1913
Cache County
[1]
William J. Seely
1913–1915
Republican
Emery County
[2]
Lewis R. Anderson
1915–1917
Republican
Sanpete County
[2]
John F. Tolton
1917–1919
Democratic
Beaver County
[2]
Charles C. Richards
1919–1921
Democratic
Salt Lake County
[2]
Edward R. Callister
1921–1923
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
William W. Seegmiller
1923–1925
Republican
Kane County
[2]
William E. McKell
1925–1927
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Samuel M. Jorgensen
1927–1929
Republican
Sevier County
[2]
David Lowe Stine
1929–1931
Republican
Weber County
[2]
James C. Hacking
1931–1933
Republican
Uintah County
[2]
Isaac A. Smoot
1933–1935
Democratic
Salt Lake County
[2]
Walter K. Granger
1935–1937
Democratic
Iron County
[2]
Joseph W. Jensen
1937–1939
Democratic
Weber County
[2]
Heber Bennion Jr.
1939–1941
Democratic
Daggett County
[2]
Sheldon R. Brewster
1941–1943
Democratic
Salt Lake County
[2]
William Rulon White
1943–1947
Democratic
Weber County
[2]
Rendell Mabey
1947–1949
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Ed J. McPolin
1949–1951
Democratic
Summit County
[2]
Clifton Kerr
1951–1953
Republican
Box Elder County
[2]
Merrill K. Davis
1953–1955
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Charles Eric Peterson
1955–1957
Republican
Utah County
[2]
Jaren L. Jones
1957–1959
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Sheldon R. Brewster
1959–1961
Democratic
Salt Lake County
[1]
Ernest H. Dean
1961–1963
Democratic
Utah County
[2]
Charles Welch Jr.
1963–1965
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Kay C. Allen
1965–1967
Democratic
Salt Lake County
[2]
Franklin W. Gunnell
1967–1969
Republican
Cache County
[2]
Lorin N. Pace
1969–1971
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Richard C. Howe
1971–1973
Democratic
Salt Lake County
[2]
Howard C. Nielson
1973–1975
Republican
Utah County
[2]
Ronald L. Rencher
1975–1977
Democratic
Weber County
[2]
Glade M. Sowards
1977–1979
Republican
Uintah County
[2]
James V. Hansen
1979–1981
Republican
Davis County
[2]
Norman H. Bangerter
1981–1985
Republican
Salt Lake County
[2]
Robert H. Garff
1985–1987
Republican
Davis County
[2]
Glen E. Brown
1987–1989
Republican
Summit County
[2]
Nolan E. Karras
1989–1991
Republican
Weber County
[2]
Craig Moody
1991–1993
Republican
Salt Lake County
[1]
Rob Bishop
1992–1994
Republican
Box Elder County
[1]
Melvin R. Brown
1994–1998
Republican
Summit County
[1]
Martin Stephens
1998–2005
Republican
Salt Lake County
[3] [1]
Greg Curtis
2005–2009
Republican
Salt Lake County
[1]
David Clark
2008–2011
Republican
Washington County
[1]
Rebecca D. Lockhart
2011–2015
Republican
Utah County
[1]
Greg Hughes
2015–2018
Republican
Salt Lake County
[1]
Brad Wilson
2019–2023
Republican
Davis County
Mike Schultz
2023–
Republican
Weber County
Speakers of the Utah Territorial House of Representatives
Speaker
Term
Party
County/Residence
Notes
Citation
William Wines Phelps
1851–1852
Great Salt Lake
[4]
Jedediah M. Grant
1852–1854
Great Salt Lake
[4]
Hosea Stout
1856–1857
Great Salt Lake
[4]
John Taylor
1857–1862
Great Salt Lake
[4] [5]
Orson Pratt
1862–1863
Salt Lake
[4]
John Taylor
1863–1868
Great Salt Lake
[4]
Orson Pratt
1869–1880
Salt Lake
[4]
Francis M. Lyman
1881–1882
Tooele
[4]
James Sharp
1884–1886
Salt Lake
[4]
William W. Riter
1886–1890
Salt Lake
[4] [6]
James Sharp
1890–1892
Salt Lake
[4] [7]
William H. Seegmiller
1892–1894
Sevier
[4]
Albion B. Emery
1894–1896
Park City
[4]
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