List of Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives
This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives. Elected by the Members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body.

List of Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives

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Table Section Text: This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives. Elected by the Members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body.

Representative	County of residence	District	Session years

Ezra Convis	Calhoun	Calhoun	1835–1836

Charles W. Whipple	Wayne	Wayne	1837

Kinsley S. Bingham	Livingston	Livingston	1838–1839

Henry Acker	Jackson	Jackson	1840

Philo C. Fuller	Lenawee	Lenawee	1841

John Biddle	Wayne	Wayne	1841

Kinsley S. Bingham	Livingston	Livingston	1842

Robert McClelland	Monroe	Monroe	1843

Edwin H. Lothrop	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	1844

Alfred H. Hanscom	Oakland	Oakland	1845

Isaac E. Crary	Calhoun	Calhoun	1846

George W. Peck	Livingston	Livingston	1847

Alexander W. Buel	Wayne	Wayne	1848

Leander Chapman	Jackson	Jackson	1849

Silas G. Harris	Ottawa	Ottawa/Kent	1850

Jefferson G. Thurber	Monroe	Monroe	1851

Daniel G. Quackenboss	Lenawee	1st Lenawee	1853

Cyrus Lovell	Ionia	Ionia	1855

Byron G. Stout	Oakland	1st Oakland	1857–1858

Henry A. Shaw	Eaton	1st Eaton	1859

Dexter Mussey	Macomb	3rd Macomb	1861–1862

Sullivan M. Cutcheon	Washtenaw	1st Washtenaw	1863–1864

Gilbert E. Read	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo	1865

P. Dean Warner	Oakland	3rd Oakland	1867

Jonathan J. Woodman	Van Buren	1st Van Buren	1869–1872

Charles M. Croswell	Lenawee	4th Lenawee	1873–1874

John P. Hoyt	Tuscola	Tuscola	1875

John T. Rich	Lapeer	1st Lapeer	1877–1879

Seth C. Moffatt	Grand Traverse	Gd. Traverse/Wexford	1881–1882

Sumner Howard	Genesee	1st Genesee	1883

Newcomb Clark	Bay	2nd Bay	1885

Daniel P. Markey	Ogemaw	Ogemaw	1887

Gerrit J. Diekema	Ottawa	1st Ottawa	1889

Philip B. Wachtel	Cheboygan	Cheboygan	1891–1892

William A. Tateum	Kent	1st Kent	1893

William D. Gordon	Midland	Midland	1895–1898

Edgar J. Adams	Kent	1st Kent	1899–1900

John J. Carton	Genesee	2nd Genesee	1901–1903

Sheridan F. Master	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo	1905

Nicholas J. Whelan	Ottawa	1st Ottawa	1907

Colin P. Campbell	Kent	3rd Kent	1909

Herbert F. Baker	Cheboygan	Cheboygan	1911–1912

Gilbert A. Currie	Midland	Midland	1913

Charles W. Smith	Lapeer	Lapeer	1915

Wayne R. Rice	Newaygo	Newaygo	1917

Thomas Read	Oceana	Oceana	1919

Fred L. Warner	Ionia	Ionia	1921–1922

George W. Welsh	Kent	1st Kent	1923

Fred B. Wells	Cass	Cass	1925–1926

Lynn C. Gardner	Livingston	Livingston	1927

Fred R. Ming	Cheboygan	Cheboygan	1929–1932

Martin R. Bradley	Menominee	Menominee	1933–1934

George A. Schroeder	Wayne	1st Wayne	1935–1938

Howard Nugent	Huron	Huron	1939–1946

Victor A. Knox	Chippewa	Chippewa	1947–1952

Wade Van Valkenburg	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo	1953–1956

George Van Peursem	Ottawa	Ottawa	1957–1958

Don R. Pears	Berrien	1st Berrien	1959–1962

Allison Green	Tuscola	Tuscola	1963–1964

Joseph J. Kowalski	Wayne	19	1965–1966

Robert E. Waldron	Wayne	1	1967–1968

William A. Ryan	Wayne	3	1969–1974

Bobby Crim	Genesee	82	1975–1982

Gary Owen	Washtenaw	22	1983–1988

Lewis N. Dodak	Saginaw	86	1989–1992

Curtis Hertel	Wayne	2	1993–1994

Paul Hillegonds	Allegan	88	1993–1996

Curtis Hertel	Wayne	2	1997–1998

Charles R. Perricone	Kalamazoo	61	1999–2000

Rick Johnson	Osceola	102	2001–2004

Craig DeRoche	Oakland	38	2005–2006

Andy Dillon	Wayne	17	2007–2010

James "Jase" Bolger	Calhoun	63	2011–2014

Kevin Cotter	Isabella	99	2015–2017

Tom Leonard	Clinton	93	2017–2019

Lee Chatfield	Emmet	107	2019–present

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