List of Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives
List of Speakers
This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives, as of 2007. Each was chosen since the Illinois General Assembly's first session in 1818.

List of Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives

Section Title: List of Speakers
Table Section Text: This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives, as of 2007. Each was chosen since the Illinois General Assembly's first session in 1818.

#	Speaker	Party	General Assembly	Date of Election

1	John Messinger	Democratic-Republican	1st	October 5, 1818

2	John McLean	Democratic-Republican	2nd	December 4, 1820

3	William M. Alexander	Democratic-Republican	3rd	December 2, 1822

4	Thomas Mathers	Democratic-Republican	4th	November 15, 1824

5	David Blackwell	Democratic	January 2, 1826

6	John McLean	Democratic	5th	December 4, 1826

6th

7	William Lee D. Ewing	Democratic	7th	December 6, 1830

8	Alexander M. Jenkins	Democratic	8th	December 6, 1832

9	James Semple	Democratic	9th	December 1, 1834

10th

10	William Lee D. Ewing	Democratic	11th	December 3, 1838

12th

11	Samuel Hackleton	Democratic	13th	December 5, 1842

12	William Alexander Richardson	Democratic	14th	December 2, 1844

13	Newton Cloud	Democratic	15th	December 7, 1846

14	Zadok Casey	Democratic	16th	January 1, 1849

15	Sidney Breese	Democratic	17th	January 6, 1851

16	John Reynolds	Democratic	18th	January 3, 1853

17	Thomas J. Turner	Anti-Nebraska Democratic	19th	January 1, 1855

18	Samuel Holmes	Democratic	20th	January 5, 1857

19	William Ralls Morrison	Democratic	21st	January 3, 1859

20	Shelby Moore Cullom	Republican	22nd	January 7, 1861

21	Samuel A. Buckmaster	Democratic	23rd	January 5, 1863

22	Allen C. Fuller	Republican	24th	January 2, 1865

23	Franklin Corwin	Republican	25th	January 7, 1867

26th

24	William M. Smith	Republican	27th	January 4, 1871

25	Shelby Moore Cullom	Republican	28th	January 8, 1873

26	Elijah M. Haines	Independent	29th	January 6, 1875

27	James Shaw	Republican	30th	January 3, 1877

28	William A. James	Republican	31st	January 8, 1879

29	Horace H. Thomas	Republican	32nd	January 5, 1881

30	Lorin C. Collins	Republican	33rd	January 3, 1883

31	Elijah M. Haines	Independent	34th	January 29, 1885

32	William F. Calhoun	Republican	35th	January 5, 1887

33	Asa C. Matthews	Republican	36th	January 9, 1889

34	James H. Miller	Republican	May 10, 1889

35	William Granville Cochran	Republican	July 23, 1890

36	Clayton E. Crafts	Democratic	37th	January 7, 1891

38th

37	John Meyer	Republican	39th	January 9, 1895

38	William Granville Cochran	Republican	July 10, 1895

39	Edward C. Curtis	Republican	40th	January 6, 1897

40	Lawrence Y. Sherman	Republican	41st	January 4, 1899

42nd

41	John Henry Miller	Republican	43rd	January 7, 1903

42	Edward D. Shurtleff	Republican	44th	January 4, 1905

45th

46th

43	Charles A. Adkins	Republican	47th	January 4, 1911

44	William B. McKinley	Democratic	48th	January 29, 1913

45	David E. Shanahan	Republican	49th	February 17, 1915

50th

51st

46	Gotthard A. Dahlberg	Republican	52nd	January 5, 1921

47	David E. Shanahan	Republican	53rd	January 3, 1923

48	Robert Scholes	Republican	54th	January 7, 1925

55th

49	David E. Shanahan	Republican	56th	January 9, 1929

57th

50	Arthur Roe	Democratic	58th	January 4, 1933

51	John P. Devine	Democratic	59th	January 9, 1935

52	Louie E. Lewis	Democratic	60th	January 6, 1937

53	Hugh W. Cross	Republican	61st	January 3, 1939

54	Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg	Republican	62nd	January 8, 1941

63rd

55	Hugh Green	Republican	64th	January 3, 1945

65th

56	Paul Powell	Democratic	66th	January 10, 1949

57	Warren L. Wood	Republican	67th	January 8, 1951

68th

69th

70th

58	Paul Powell	Democratic	71st	January 7, 1959

72nd

59	John W. Lewis, Jr.	Republican	73rd	January 9, 1963

60	John Touhy	Democratic	74th	January 6, 1965

61	Ralph T. Smith	Republican	75th	January 4, 1967

76th

62	Jack E. Walker	Republican	October 14, 1969

63	W. Robert Blair	Republican	77th	January 6, 1971

78th

64	William A. Redmond	Democratic	79th	January 21, 1975

80th

81st

65	George H. Ryan	Republican	82nd	January 14, 1981

66	Arthur A. Telcser	Republican	January 10, 1983

67	Michael J. Madigan	Democratic	83rd	January 12, 1983

84th

85th

86th

87th

88th

68	Lee A. Daniels	Republican	89th	January 9, 1995

69	Michael J. Madigan	Democratic	90th	January 8, 1997

91st

92nd

93rd

94th

95th

96th

97th

98th

99th

100th

101st

Sentence(s)

John Messinger was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives for the 1st Illinois General Assembly, where he also served as the first Speaker of the House.

final_sentence: John Messinger was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives for the 1st Illinois General Assembly, where he also served as the first Speaker of the House.