List of Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives
List of Speakers (Since Statehood, 1816-)

List of Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

Section Title: List of Speakers (Since Statehood, 1816-)
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Speaker	Party	City/County	Start of service	End of service	Birthyear-Death	Notes

Isaac Newton Blackford	No Party 1	Vincennes, Knox County	November 4, 1816	January 3, 1817	(1786–1859)	First Speaker of the House after Statehood; State Supreme Court Justice (1817–53); Candidate for Governor & U.S. Senate

Amos Lane	No Party	Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County	December 1, 1817	January 29, 1818	(1778–1849)	Later U.S. Congressman (1833–37)

Williamson Dunn	No Party	Jefferson County	December 7, 1818	January 22, 1820	(1781–1854)	First Speaker to serve two terms; Father of three future State Representatives; Brother-in-law of Speaker David Hervey Maxwell

William Graham	No Party	Jackson County	November 27, 1820	January 9, 1821	(1782–1858)	Later U.S. Congressman (1837–39)

Samuel Milroy	No Party	Washington County	November 19, 1821	January 3, 1822	(1780–1845)	Father of two future State Representatives; founded town of Delphi, Indiana

General Washington Johnston	No Party	Vincennes, Knox County	December 2, 1822	January 11, 1823	(1776–1833)	Territorial Attorney-General (1811–14); Territorial Auditor (1813); Adjutant-General (1813); Territorial Treasurer (1813–14)

David Hervey Maxwell	Adams-Clay Republican	Bloomington, Monroe County	December 1, 1823	January 31, 1824	(1786–1854)	Later Mayor of Bloomington (1848); Brother-in-law of Speaker Williamson Dunn

Stephen C. Stevens	Adams Supporter	Franklin County	January 10	February 12, 1825	(c1793-1870)	Later Supreme Court Justice (1831–36); 1846 Gubernatorial Candidate

Robert Morgan Evans	Adams Supporter	Princeton, Gibson County	December 5, 1825	January 21, 1826	(1783–1844)	1833 Congressional Candidate; Brother of Speaker Thomas Jefferson Evans

Harbin H. Moore	Adams Supporter	Harrison County	December 4, 1826	January 24, 1828	(c1791-1834)	First Speaker to serve three terms (non-consecutive); Attorney-General (1822); 1828 Gubernatorial Candidate; 1833 Congressional Candidate

Isaac Howk	Adams Supporter	Clark County	December 1, 1828	January 24, 1829	(1793–1833)	1831 Congressional Candidate

Ross Smiley	Jacksonian	Dunlapsville, Union County	December 7, 1829	January 30, 1830	(1788–1878)	1828 Presidential Elector; Lived to age of 90

Isaac Howk	Anti-Jacksonian	Clark County	December 6, 1830	February 10, 1831	(1793–1833)	(See note above) 2nd Term

Harbin H. Moore	Anti-Jacksonian	Floyd County	December 5, 1831	February 3, 1832	(c1791-1834)	(See note above) 3rd Term

John Wesley Davis	Jacksonian	Carlisle, Sullivan County	December 3, 1832	February 4, 1833	(1799–1859)	Served in US Congress (1835–41; 1843–47); Speaker of the US House of Representatives (1845–47); US Commissioner to China (1848–50); Oregon Governor (1853–54)

Nathan B. Palmer	Jacksonian	Jefferson County	December 2, 1833	February 3, 1834	(1790–1875)	1832 Presidential Elector; State Treasurer (1834–41); 1841 Congressional Candidate

James Gregory	Anti-Jacksonian	Warren County	December 1, 1834	February 9, 1835	(1785–1843)	Father of three future state legislators; 1835 Congressional Candidate; Died in Yucatán, Mexico

Caleb Blood Smith	Anti-Jacksonian	Connersville, Fayette County	December 7, 1835	February 6, 1837	(1808–1864)	1840 & 1856 Presidential Elector; Served in US Congress (1843–49); 1848 U.S. Senate Candidate; US Secretary of the Interior (1861–62)

Thomas Jefferson Evans	Whig	Covington, Fountain County	December 4, 1837	February 18, 1839	(c1795-1841)	1839 Congressional Candidate; Brother of Speaker Robert Morgan Evans

James Gray Read	Democrat	Jeffersonville, Clark County	December 2, 1839	February 24, 1840	(1793–1869)	1831 Gubernatorial Candidate; 1832 U.S. Senate Candidate; 1844 Presidential Elector

Samuel Judah	Whig	Vincennes, Knox County	December 7, 1840	February 15, 1841	(1798–1869)	US Attorney for Indiana (1829–33); 1831 U.S. Senate Candidate

John Wesley Davis	Democrat	Carlisle, Sullivan County	December 6, 1841	January 31, 1842	(1799–1859)	(See note above) 2nd Term

Thomas Jefferson Henley	Democrat	Clark County	December 5, 1842	February 13, 1843	(1808–1875)	First native-born Speaker. Later US Congressman (1843–49); Moved to California during the '49 Gold Rush; 1852 Presidential Elector from California

Andrew L. Robinson	Democrat	Carroll County	December 4, 1843	January 15, 1844	(1807–1883)	1852 Gubernatorial Candidate

Alexander Campbell Stevenson	Whig	Putnam County	December 2, 1844	January 13, 1845	(1802–1889)

John Smith Simonson	Democrat	Charlestown, Clark County	December 1, 1845	January 20, 1846	(1796–1881)	1837 Congressional Candidate

Robert N. Carnan	Whig	Vincennes, Knox County	December 7, 1846	January 28, 1847	(1805–1887)

William Anderson Porter	Whig	Corydon, Harrison County	December 6, 1847	February 17, 1848	(1800–1884)	Last Whig Speaker

Thomas A. Hendricks	Democrat	East Fultonham, Muskingum County	February 17, 1848	December 4, 1848	(1819–1885)	U.S. Congressman (1851–55), U.S. Senator (1863–69), Governor of Indiana (1873–77), U.S. Vice President (1885)

George Whitfield Carr	Democrat	Leesville, Lawrence County	December 4, 1848	January 21, 1850	(1807–1892)	1848 Presidential Elector; President of the Constitutional Convention (1850–51); 1858 & 1872 Congressional Candidate

Ebenezer Dumont	Democrat	Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County	December 30, 1850	February 14, 1851	(1814–1871)	1852 Presidential Elector; US Congressman (1863–67)

John Wesley Davis²	Democrat	Carlisle, Sullivan County	December 1, 1851	June 21, 1852³	(1799–1859)	(See note above) 3rd Term

William Hayden English²	Democrat	Lexington, Scott County	(See above)	(See above)	(1822–1896)	Later US Congressman (1853–61); Smithsonian Institution Regent (1853–61); 1880 Vice-Presidential Candidate

Oliver Brooks Torbet	Democrat	Dearborn County	January 6	March 7, 18534	(1827–1864)	Youngest Speaker (25); Died at 37

David Kilgore	Fusion/Oppositionist5	Delaware County	January 4	March 5, 1855	(1804–1879)	Later US Congressman (1857–61)

Ballard Smith	Democrat	Cannelton, Perry County	January 8	March 9, 1857	(1821–1866)

Jonathan W. Gordon	Republican	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 6	March 7, 18596	(1820–1887)	1872 Presidential Elector; Clerk of the State Supreme Court (1881–82)

Cyrus McCracken Allen	Republican	Vincennes, Knox County	January 10	March 11, 18617	(1817–1883)	1860 Presidential Elector; 1864 Congressional Candidate

Samuel Hamilton Buskirk	Democrat	Monroe County	January 8	March 9, 1863	(1820–1879)	1856 Presidential Elector; State Supreme Court Justice (1870–76)

John Upfold Pettit	Republican	Wabash, Wabash County	January 5	March 6, 18658	(1820–1881)	US Congressman (1855–61); Father of Speaker Henry Corbin Pettet

David Cummins Branham	Republican	Madison, Jefferson County	January 10	March 11, 1867	(1812–1877)

Ambrose P. Stanton9	Republican	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 7	March 8, 1869	(1834–1912)

George Abraham Buskirk9	Republican	Bloomington, Monroe County	April 8	May 17, 1869	(1829–1874)

William Gray Mack	Democrat	Terre Haute, Vigo County	January 5	February 27, 1871	(1827–1898)

William Kirkpatrick Edwards	Republican	Terre Haute, Vigo County	January 9	March 10, 187310	(1820–1878)	Mayor of Terre Haute (1853); 1860 Presidential Elector

David Turpie	Democrat	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 7	March 8, 187511	(1829–1909)	1862, 1864 & 1866 Congressional Candidate; U.S. Senator (1863; 1887–1899); U.S. District Attorney for Indiana (1886–87)

John Overmyer	Republican	North Vernon, Jennings County	January 4	March 5, 187712	(1844–1919)	Later switched to Democratic party in 1892

Henry Sullivan Cauthorn	January ?	March ?, 187913

William Marion Ridpath	Republican	Clay County	January 6	March 7, 188114	(1845–1914)	Moved to Dakota Territory after leaving Speakership

William D. Bynum	Democrat	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 4	March 5, 1883	(1846–1927)	Mayor of Washington, Indiana (1875–79); 1876 Presidential Elector; US Congressman (1885–95)

Charles LaFayette Jewett	Democrat	New Albany, Floyd County	January 8	March 9, 188515	(1848–1931)

Warren Grover Sayre	Republican	Wabash, Wabash County	January 6	March 7, 1887	(1844–1931)	Mayor of Wabash (1868–76)

Mason Jenks Niblack	Democrat	Vincennes, Knox County	January 10, 1889	March 9, 1891	(1857–1926)	U.S. House Parliamentarian; First consecutively reelected Speaker since 1849

James B. Curtis	Democrat	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 5	March 6, 1893	(1859–1922)

Justus C. Adams	Republican	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 10	March 11, 1895	(1841–1904)

Henry Corbin Pettit	Republican	Wabash, Wabash County	January 7	March 8, 1897	(1863–1913)	Mayor of Wabash (1888–90); Son of Speaker John Upfold Pettit

Frank Leslie Littleton	Republican	Indianapolis, Marion County	January 5	March 6, 1899	(1868–1935)

Samuel Raleigh Artman	Republican	Lebanon, Boone County	January 1901	(1866–1930)

Henry Wright Marshall, Sr.	Republican	Lafayette, Tippecanoe County	January 1903	(1865–1957)	Lived to age of 92.

Emmett Forrest Branch	Republican	Martinsville, Morgan County	1907	1909	(May 16, 1874 - February 23, 1932)	Later Governor of Indiana (1924–1925)

Harry G. Leslie	Republican	Lafayette, Tippecanoe County	1925	1927	(April 6, 1878 - December 10, 1937)	Later Governor of Indiana (1929–1933)

Edward H. Stein	Democrat	Bloomfield, Greene County	1935	1937	(September 1, 1891 - October 1, 1965)

Hobart Creighton	Republican	Atwood, Indiana, Kosciusko County	1942	1948	(1896-1976)	Republican Gubernatorial Candidate (1948)

J. Roberts Dailey	Republican	January 1981	(June 22, 1919 – August 13, 2005)

Michael K. Phillips	Democrat	Boonville, Warrick County	1990	1995

Paul Mannweiler	Republican	Indianapolis, Washington Township, Marion County	1995	1996

John R. Gregg	Democrat	Sandborn, Knox County	1996	2002

B. Patrick Bauer	Democrat	South Bend, St. Joseph County	January 2003	January 2005

Brian C. Bosma	Republican	Indianapolis, Lawrence Township, Marion County	January 2005	January 2007

B. Patrick Bauer	Democrat	January 2007	January 2011

Brian C. Bosma	Republican	January 2011	present

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Robert Morgan Evans was the ninth Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Robert Morgan Evans was the ninth Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Robert Morgan Evans was the ninth Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.

final_sentence: Robert Morgan Evans was the ninth Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.
final_sentence: Robert Morgan Evans was the ninth Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.
final_sentence: Robert Morgan Evans was the ninth Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.