List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates
The following persons have served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.

List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates

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Table Section Text: The following persons have served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Order	Name	County or City	Born	Term began	Term ended	Died

1st	Pendleton, Edmund	Caroline County	1721	1776	1776	1803

2nd	Wythe, George	Williamsburg	1726	1777	1778	1806

3rd	Harrison, Benjamin	Charles City County	1726	1778	1781	1791

4th	Lee, Richard Henry	Westmoreland County	1732	1781	1781	1794

5th	Tyler, John Sr.	Charles City County	1747	1781	1785	1813

3rd	Harrison, Benjamin	Charles City County	1726	1785	1786	1791

6th	Prentis, Joseph	Williamsburg	1754	1786	1788	1809

7th	Mathews, Thomas	Norfolk Borough	1742	1788	1794	1812

8th	Wise, John	Accomack County	before 1768	1794	1799	1812

9th	Smith, Larkin	King and Queen County	c. 1757	1799	1802	1813

10th	Harrison, Edmund	Amelia County	1764	1802	1803	1826

11th	Holmes, Hugh	Frederick County	1768	1803	1805	1825

12th	Johnston, Peter Jr.	Prince Edward County	1763	1805	1807	1831

13th	Nelson, Hugh (D-R)	Albemarle County	1768	1807	1809	1836

14th	Barbour, James (D-R)	Orange County	1775	1809	1812	1842

15th	Stevenson, Andrew (D-R)	Richmond	1784	1812	1816	1857

16th	Stanard, Robert	Spotsylvania County	1781	1816	1817	1846

17th	Banks, Linn (D)	Madison County	1784	1817	1838	1842

18th	Gilmer, Thomas W. (W)	Albemarle County	1802	1839	1840	1844

19th	Southall, Valentine W.	Albemarle County	1789–1790	1840	1842	1861

20th	Holleman, Joel (D)	Isle of Wight County	1799	1842	1844	1844

19th	Southall, Valentine W.	Albemarle County	1789–1790	1844	1845	1861

21st	Goode, William O. (D)	Mecklenburg County	1798	1845	1846	1859

22nd	Jones, John W. (D)	Chesterfield County	1791	1847	1847	1848

23rd	Strother, James F. (W)	Rappahannock County	1811	1847	1848	1860

24th	Hopkins, Henry L. (D)	Powhatan County	1805	1848	1850	1872

25th	Hopkins, George W.	Washington County	1804	1850	1852	1861

26th	Crutchfield, Oscar M.	Spotsylvania County	1800	1852	1861	1861

27th	Kemper, James L. (D)	Madison County	1823	1861	1863	1895

28th	Sheffey, Hugh W.	Augusta County	1815	1863	1865	1889

29th	Baldwin, John B. (C)	Augusta County	1820	1865	1869	1873

30th	Turner, Zephaniah Jr. (D)	Rappahannock County	1812	1869	1871	1876

31st	Hanger, J. Marshall (D)	Augusta County	1833	1871	1877	1912

32nd	Allen, Henry C. (D)	Shenandoah County	1838	1877	1879	1889

33rd	Lacy, Benjamin W. (D)	New Kent County	1839	1879	1881	1895

34th	Fowler, Isaac C. (Rea)	Washington County	1831	1881	1882	1904

35th	Stuart, Charles E. (D)	Alexandria	1850	1883	1887	1889

36th	Cardwell, Richard H. (D)	Hanover County	1846	1887	1894	1931

37th	Ryan, John F. (D)	Loudoun County	1848	1894	1899	1936

38th	Saunders, Edward W. (D)	Franklin County	1860	1899	1901	1921

37th	Ryan, John F. (D)	Loudoun County	1848	1901	1906	1936

39th	Cardwell, William D. (D)	Hanover County	1868	1906	1908	1954

40th	Byrd, Richard E. (D)	Winchester	1860	1908	1914	1925

41st	Cox, Edwin P. (D)	Richmond	1870	1914	1916	1938

42nd	Houston, Harry R. (D)	Elizabeth City County	1878	1916	1920	1960

43rd	Brewer, Richard L. Jr. (D)	Suffolk	1864	1920	1926	1947

44th	Ozlin, Thomas W. (D)	Lunenburg County	1884	1926	1930	1944

45th	Brown, J. Sinclair (D)	Roanoke County	1880	1930	1936	1965

46th	Dovell, G. Ashton (D)	Williamsburg	1885	1936	1942	1949

47th	Stanley, Thomas B. (D)	Henry County	1890	1942	1946	1970

48th	Massenburg, G. Alvin (D)	Hampton	1894	1947	1950	1968

49th	Moore, E. Blackburn (D)	Frederick County	1897	1950	1968	1980

50th	Cooke, John Warren (D)	Mathews County	1915	1968	1980	2009

51st	Philpott, Albert L. (D)	Henry County	1919	1980	1991	1991

52nd	Moss. Thomas W. Jr. (D)	Norfolk	1928	1991	2000	2015

53rd	Wilkins, S. Vance Jr. (R)	Amherst County	1936	2000	2002

54th	Howell, William J. (R)	Stafford County	1943	2003	2018

55th	Cox, M. Kirkland (R)	Colonial Heights	1957	2018	present

Sentence(s)

Ashton Dovell served in the Virginia House of Delegates as Speaker from 1936–42.

final_sentence: Ashton Dovell served in the Virginia House of Delegates as Speaker from 1936–42.