List of Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives
The Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives is the most powerful member of the Ohio House of Representatives. The Speaker is third in line to the Office of the Governor The Scioto Gazette, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3 (137), January 15, 1803 Bell, William Jr.

List of Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives

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Table Section Text: The Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives is the most powerful member of the Ohio House of Representatives. The Speaker is third in line to the Office of the Governor The Scioto Gazette, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3 (137), January 15, 1803 Bell, William Jr.

Term	Name	Party	Home County

March 1, 1803 – December 4, 1803	Michael Baldwin	Democratic-Republican	Ross

December 5, 1803 – December 2, 1804	Elias Langham	Democratic-Republican	Ross

December 3, 1804 – December 1, 1805	Michael Baldwin (2)	Democratic-Republican	Ross

December 2, 1805 – November 30, 1806	John Sloane	Democratic-Republican	Jefferson

December 1, 1806 – December 6, 1807	Abraham Shepherd	Democratic-Republican	Adams

December 7, 1807 – December 4, 1808	Philemon Beecher	Democratic-Republican	Fairfield

December 5, 1808 – December 3, 1809	Alexander Campbell	Democratic-Republican	Adams

December 4, 1809 – December 1, 1811	Edward Tiffin	Democratic-Republican	Ross

December 2, 1811 – December 6, 1812	Matthias Corwin	Democratic-Republican	Warren

December 7, 1812 – December 3, 1815	John Pollock	Clermont

December 4, 1815 – December 1, 1816	Matthias Corwin (2)	Democratic-Republican	Warren

December 2, 1816 – November 30, 1817	Thomas Kirker	Democratic-Republican	Adams

December 1, 1817 – December 6, 1818	Duncan McArthur	Democratic-Republican	Ross

December 7, 1818 – December 2, 1821	Joseph Richardson	Columbiana

December 3, 1821 – December 1, 1822	John Bigger	Democratic-Republican	Warren

December 2, 1822 – December 5, 1824	Joseph Richardson (2)	Columbiana

December 6, 1824 – December 4, 1825	Micajah T. Williams	Democratic	Hamilton

December 5, 1825 – December 3, 1826	William W. Irvin	Democratic	Fairfield

December 4, 1826 – December 2, 1827	David Higgins	Democratic	Butler

December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829	Edward King	National Republican	Ross

December 7, 1829 – December 5, 1830	Thomas L. Hamer	Democratic	Brown

December 6, 1830 – December 4, 1831	James M. Bell	Whig	Guernsey

December 5, 1831 – December 2, 1832	William Blackstone Hubbard	Whig	Belmont

December 3, 1832 – December 1, 1833	David T. Disney	Democratic	Hamilton

December 2, 1833 – November 30, 1834	John H. Keith	Democratic	Muskingum

December 1, 1834 – December 6, 1835	John M. Creed	Whig	Fairfield

December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1836	William Sawyer	Democratic	Montgomery

December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1837	William Medill	Democratic	Fairfield

December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1838	Charles Anthony	Whig	Clark

December 3, 1838 – December 1, 1839	James J. Faran	Democratic	Hamilton

December 2, 1839 – December 6, 1840	Thomas J. Buchanan	Democratic	Clermont

December 7, 1840 – December 5, 1841	Seabury Ford	Whig	Geauga

December 6, 1841 – December 4, 1842	Rufus P. Spalding	Democratic	Summit

December 5, 1842 – December 3, 1843	John Chaney	Democratic	Fairfield

December 4, 1843 – December 1, 1844	John M. Gallagher	Whig	Madison

December 2, 1844 – November 30, 1845	John M. Gallagher	Whig	Clark

December 1, 1845 – December 6, 1846	Elias Franklin Drake	Whig	Greene

December 7, 1846 – December 5, 1847	William P. Cutler	Whig	Washington

December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848	Joseph S. Hawkins	Whig	Preble

December 4, 1848 – December 2, 1849	John G. Breslin	Democratic	Seneca

December 3, 1849 – December 1, 1850	Benjamin F. Leiter	Democratic	Stark

December 2, 1850 – January 4, 1852	John F. Morse	Free Soil	Ashtabula

January 5, 1852 – January 1, 1854	James C. Johnson	Democratic	Medina

January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1856	Francis C. LeBlond	Mercer

January 7, 1856 – January 3, 1858	Nelson H. Van Vorhes	Republican	Athens

January 4, 1858 – January 1, 1860	William Burnham Woods	Democratic	Licking

January 2, 1860 – January 5, 1862	Richard C. Parsons	Republican	Cuyahoga

January 6, 1862 – December 31, 1865	James Randolph Hubbell	Republican	Delaware

January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1868	Edwin A. Parrott	Republican	Montgomery

January 6, 1868 – January 2, 1870	John F. Follett	Democratic	Licking

January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1871	A. J. Cunningham	Republican	Hamilton

January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874	Nelson H. Van Vorhes (2nd term)	Republican	Athens

January 5, 1874 – January 2, 1876	George L. Converse	Democratic	Franklin

January 3, 1876 – January 6, 1878	Charles H. Grosvenor	Republican	Athens

January 7, 1878 – January 3, 1880	James E. Neal	Democratic	Butler

January 4, 1880 – January 1, 1882	Thomas A. Cowgill	Republican	Champaign

January 2, 1882 – January 6, 1884	Orlando J. Hodge	Republican	Cuyahoga

January 7, 1884 – January 3, 1886	Archelaus D. Marsh	Democratic	Mercer

January 4, 1886 – January 1, 1888	John C. Entrekin	Republican	Ross

January 2, 1888 – January 5, 1890	Elbert L. Lampson	Republican	Ashtabula

January 6, 1890 – January 3, 1892	Nial R. Hysell	Democratic	Perry

January 4, 1892 – January 2, 1894	Lewis C. Laylin	Republican	Huron

January 3, 1894 – January 5, 1896	Alexander Boxwell	Republican	Warren

January 6, 1896 – January 2, 1898	David L. Sleeper	Republican	Athens

January 3, 1898 – December 31, 1899	Harry C. Mason	Republican	Cuyahoga

January 1, 1900 – January 5, 1902	Arlington G. Reynolds	Republican	Lake

January 6, 1902 – January 3, 1904	William S. McKinnon	Republican	Ashtabula

January 4, 1904 – December 31, 1905	George T. Thomas	Republican	Huron

January 1, 1906 – January 3, 1909	Carmi A. Thompson Freeman T. Eagleson	Republican Republican	Lawrence Guernsey

January 4, 1909 – January 1, 1911	Granville W. Mooney	Republican	Ashtabula

January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1913	Samuel J. Vining	Democratic	Mercer

January 6, 1913 – January 3, 1915	Charles L. Swain	Democratic	Hamilton

January 4, 1915 – December 31, 1916	Charles D. Conover	Republican	Champaign

January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1919	E. J. Hopple	Democratic	Cuyahoga

January 6, 1919 – January 2, 1921	Carl R. Kimball	Republican	Lake

January 3, 1921 – December 31, 1922	Rupert R. Beetham	Republican	Harrison

January 1, 1923 – January 4, 1925	H. H. Griswold	Republican	Geauga

January 5, 1925 – January 2, 1927	Harry D. Silver	Republican	Preble

January 3, 1927 – January 4, 1931	O. C. Gray	Republican	Harrison

January 5, 1931 – January 1, 1933	Arthur Hamilton	Republican	Warren

January 2, 1933 – January 6, 1935	Frank Cave	Democratic	Richland

January 7, 1935 – January 3, 1937	J. Freer Bittinger	Democratic	Ashland

January 4, 1937 – January 1, 1939	Frank R. Uible	Democratic	Cuyahoga

January 2, 1939 – December 31, 1944	William M. McCulloch	Republican	Miami

January 1, 1945 – January 5, 1947	Jackson E. Betts	Republican	Hancock

January 6, 1947 – January 2, 1949	C. William O'Neill	Republican	Washington

January 3, 1949 – December 31, 1950	John F. Cantwell	Democratic	Mahoning

January 1, 1951 – January 4, 1953	Gordon Renner	Republican	Hamilton

January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1955	William B. Saxbe	Republican	Champaign

January 3, 1955 – January 4, 1959	Roger Cloud	Republican	Logan

January 5, 1959 – January 1, 1961	James A. Lantz	Democratic	Fairfield

January 2, 1961 – January 1, 1967	Roger Cloud (2)	Republican	Logan

January 2, 1967 – December 31, 1972	Charles F. Kurfess	Republican	Wood

January 1, 1973 – January 5, 1975	A. G. Lancione	Democratic	Belmont

January 6, 1975 – January 2, 1995	Vernal G. Riffe Jr.	Democratic	Scioto

January 3, 1995 – January 2, 2001	Jo Ann Davidson	Republican	Franklin

January 2, 2001 – January 3, 2005	Larry Householder	Republican	Perry

January 3, 2005 – January 5, 2009	Jon A. Husted	Republican	Montgomery

January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Armond Budish	Democratic	Cuyahoga

January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015	William G. Batchelder	Republican	Medina

January 5, 2015 – April 12, 2018	Cliff Rosenberger	Republican	Clinton

April 12, 2018 – June 6, 2018	Kirk Schuring - Interim Speaker	Republican	Stark

June 6, 2018 - January 7, 2019	Ryan Smith	Republican	Gallia

January 7, 2019 –	Larry Householder (2)	Republican	Perry

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Armond Budish is a member of the Democratic Party and served as the Speaker of the Ohio State Representatives from 2009 to 2011.

final_sentence: Armond Budish is a member of the Democratic Party and served as the Speaker of the Ohio State Representatives from 2009 to 2011.