List of Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives
List of Speakers

List of Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives

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Speaker	Terms of Office	Parish	Party

Pierre Bauchet St. Martin	1812	German Coast	Democratic-Republican

Stephen A. Hopkins	1813	Acadia	Democratic-Republican

Magloire Guichard	1817	Orleans	Democratic-Republican

David C. Ker	1819–1820	Orleans	Democratic-Republican

Armand Beauvais	1820–1822	Pointe Coupee	Democratic-Republican

Andre B. Roman	1822–1826	St. James	National Republican

Octave Labranche	1827–1828	St. Charles	Jacksonian

Andre B. Roman	1828–1830	St. James	National Republican

Alexandre Mouton	1831–1832	Lafayette	Democratic

Alcée Louis la Branche	1833–1837	St. Charles	Democratic

Joseph Marshall Walker	1837–1838	Rapides	Democratic

Guillaume Louis DeBuys	1839–1841	Orleans	Whig

William C. C. Claiborne, II	1842–1843	Orleans	Whig

Charles Derbigny	1843–1844	Jefferson	Whig

Antoine Boudousquie	1845	St. John the Baptist	Whig

David A. Randall	1846	Ascension	Democratic

Preston W. Farrar	1847–1850	Orleans	Whig

E. Warren Moise	1850	Plaquemines	Democratic

John E. King	1852	St. Landry	Whig

E. Warren Moise	1853	Plaquemines	Democratic

John M. Sandidge	1854–1855	Bossier	Democratic

William W. Pugh	1856–1859	Assumption	Democratic

Charles H. Morrison	1860	Ouachita	Democratic

Adolphus Oliver (Confederate)	1861–1863	unknown	Democratic

Joseph Barton Elam (Confederate)	1863–1864	De Soto	Democratic

Simeon Belden (Union)	1864–1865	St. Martin	Republican

Duncan S. Cage	1865–1867	Terrebonne	Republican

Charles W. Lowell	1868–1869	Caddo	Republican

Mortimer Carr	1870–1871	Orleans	Republican

George W. Carter	1871	Cameron	Republican

O.H. Brewster	1872	Ouachita	Republican

Charles W. Lowell	1873–1874	Caddo	Republican

Louis A. Wiltz	1875	Orleans	Democratic

Michael Hahn	1875	St. Charles	Republican

E. D. Estilette	1876	St. Landry	Democratic

Michael Hahn (Packard)	1877	St. Charles	Republican

Louis Bush	1877–1878	Orleans	Democratic

John Conway Moncure	1879–1880	Caddo	Democratic

Robert N. Ogden	1880–1884	Orleans	Democratic

Henry W. Ogden	1884–1888	Bossier	Democratic

Samuel P. Henry	1888–1892	Cameron	Democratic

George Washington Bolton	1892–1896	Rapides	Democratic

Samuel P. Henry	1896–1900	Cameron	Democratic

Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.	1900–1904	St. Mary	Democratic

Robert H. Snyder	1904–1906	Tensas	Democratic

Joseph W. Hyams	1906–1908	West Baton Rouge	Democratic

Henry Garland Dupré	1908–1910	Orleans	Democratic

Lee Emmett Thomas	1912–1916	Caddo	Democratic

Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud	1916–1920	Pointe Coupee	Democratic

R. F. Walker	1920–1924	East Feliciana	Democratic

J. Stuart Douglas	1924–1926	Caddo	Democratic

William Clark Hughes	1926–1928	Bossier	Democratic

John B. Fournet	1928–1932	Jefferson Davis	Democratic

Allen J. Ellender	1932–1936	Terrebonne	Democratic

Lorris M. Wimberly	1936–1936	Bienville	Democratic

Ralph Norman Bauer	1940–1948	St. Mary	Democratic

Morris Lottinger, Sr.	1948–1950	Terrebonne	Democratic

Lorris M. Wimberly	1950–1952	Bienville	Democratic

Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock	1952–1956	St. Mary	Democratic

Lorris M. Wimberly	1956–1957	Bienville	Democratic

Robert Joseph "Bob" Angelle	1957–1960	St. Martin	Democratic

J. Thomas Jewell	1960–1964	Pointe Coupee	Democratic

Vail M. Delony	1964–1967	East Carroll	Democratic

John S. Garrett	1968–1972	Claiborne	Democratic

E. L. "Bubba" Henry	1972–1980	Jackson	Democratic

John J. Hainkel, Jr.	1980–1984	Orleans	Democratic

John A. Alario, Jr	1984–1988	Jefferson	Democratic

Jimmy N. Dimos	1988–1992	Ouachita	Democratic

John A. Alario, Jr	1992–1996	Jefferson	Democratic

Huntington Blair "Hunt" Downer, Jr.	1996–2000	Terrebonne	Democratic

Charles W. "Charlie" DeWitt, Jr.	2000–2004	Rapides	Democratic

Joe Reece Salter	2004–2008	Sabine	Democratic

James Wayne "Jim" Tucker	2008–2012	Jefferson	Republican

Charles Edward "Chuck" Kleckley	2012–2016	Calcasieu	Republican

Taylor Francis Barras	2016–	Iberia	Republican

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Charles Edward "Chuck" Kleckley is a Republican former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

final_sentence: Charles Edward "Chuck" Kleckley is a Republican former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.