List of Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
List of speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

List of Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Section Title: List of speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Name	County	Tenure	Notes

William Bingham	Philadelphia	1791

Gerardus Wynkoop II	Philadelphia	1793

George Latimer	Philadelphia	1794

Cadwalader Evans	Montgomery	1799

Isaac Weaver, Jr.	Greene	1800

Simon Snyder	Northumberland	1804

Charles Porter	Fayette	1806

Simon Snyder	Northumberland	1807

Nathaniel Boileau	Montgomery	1808

James Engle	Philadelphia	1809

John Weber	Montgomery	1810

John Tod	Bedford	1812

Robert Smith	Franklin	1813	resigned February 14, 1813

John St. Clair	Fayette	1814

Jacob Holgate	Philadelphia	1815

Rees Hill	Greene	1816

William Davidson	Fayette	1818

Rees Hill	Greene	1819

Joseph Lawrence	Washington	1820

John Gilmore	Allegheny, Butler	1821

Joseph Lawrence	Washington	1822

Joel B. Sutherland	Philadelphia	1825

Joseph Ritner	Washington	1826

Ner Middleswarth	Union	1828

Frederick Smith	Franklin	1830

John Laporte	Bradford, Tioga	1832

James Findley	Westmoreland	1833

Samuel Anderson	Delaware	1833

William Patterson	Washington	1834

James Thompson	Venango, Warren	1835

Ner Middleswarth	Union	1836

Lewis Dewart	Northumberland	1837

William Hopkins	Washington	1839

William A. Crabb	Philadelphia	1841

James Ross Snowden	Venango, Clarion	1842

Hendrick Bradley Wright	Luzerne, Wyoming	1843

James Ross Snowden	Venango, Clarion	1844

Findley Patterson	Washington	1845

Findley Patterson	Washington	1846

James Cooper	Adams	1847

William F. Packer	Lycoming, Clinton	1848

William F. Packer	Potter, Sullivan	1849

John S. McCalmont	Venango	1850

John Cessna	Bedford	1851

John S. Rhey	Armstrong, Cambria	1852

William P. Schell	Bedford	1853

E.B. Chase	Susquehanna, Wyoming	1854

Henry K. Strong	Philadelphia	1855

Richard L. Wright	Philadelphia	1856

J. Lawrence Getz	Berks	1857

A.B. Longaker	Montgomery	1858

William Lawrence	Dauphin	1859

William Lawrence	Dauphin	1860

Elisha W. Davis	Mercer, Venango	1861

John Rowe	Franklin	1862

John Cessna	Bedford	1863

Henry C. Johnson	Crawford	1864

Arthur G. Olmsted	Potter	1865

James R. Kelley	Fulton	1866

John P. Glass	Allegheny	1867

Elisha W. Davis	Philadelphia	1868

John Clark	Washington	1869

Butler B. Strang	Tioga	1870

James H. Webb	Bradford	1871

William Elliott	Philadelphia	1872

H.H. McCormick	Allegheny	1874

Samuel F. Patterson	Allegheny	1875

E. Reed Myer	Bradford	1877

Henry M. Long	Allegheny	1879

Benjamin L. Hewit	Blair	1881

John E. Faunce	Philadelphia	1883

James L. Graham	Allegheny	1885

Henry K. Boyer	Philadelphia	1887

Henry K. Boyer	Philadelphia	1889

Caleb C. Thompson	Warren	1891

Caleb C. Thompson	Warren	1893

Henry F. Walton	Philadelphia	1895

Henry K. Boyer	Philadelphia	1897	resigned January 17, 1898

John R. Farr	Lackawanna	1899

William T. Marshall	Allegheny	1901

Henry F. Walton	Philadelphia	1903

Henry F. Walton	Philadelphia	1905

Frank B. McClain	Lancaster	1907

John F. Cox	Allegheny	1909

John F. Cox	Allegheny	1911	died in office November 6, 1911

Milton W. Shreve	Erie	1911

George E. Alter	Allegheny	1913

Charles A. Ambler	Montgomery	1915	died August 29, 1940

Richard J. Baldwin	Delaware	1917

Robert S. Spangler	York	1919

Robert S. Spangler	York	1921	unseated April 26, 1921

Samuel A. Whitaker	Chester	1921	elected to fill unexpired term April 26, 1921

C.J. Goodnough	Cameron	1923

Thomas Bluett	Philadelphia	1925

Thomas Bluett	Philadelphia	1927	resigned to become a judge

James H. McClure	Allegheny	1927	elected to fill an unexpired term

Aaron B. Hess	Lancaster	1929

C.J. Goodnough	Cameron	1931

Grover C. Talbot	Delaware	1933

Wilson G. Sarig	Berks	1935	died in office March 14, 1936

Roy E. Furman	Greene	1936

Roy E. Furman	Greene	1937

Ellwood J. Turner	Delaware	1939

Elmer Kilroy	Philadelphia	1941

Ira T. Fiss	Snyder	1943

Ira T. Fiss	Snyder	1945

Franklin H. Lichtenwalter	Lehigh	1947

Herbert P. Sorg	Elk	1949

Herbert P. Sorg	Elk	1951

Charles C. Smith	Philadelphia	1953

Hiram G. Andrews	Cambria	1955

W. Stuart Helm	Armstrong	1957

Hiram G. Andrews	Cambria	1959

Hiram G. Andrews	Cambria	1961

W. Stuart Helm	Armstrong	1963

Robert K. Hamilton	Beaver	1965

Kenneth B. Lee	Sullivan	1967

Herbert Fineman	Philadelphia	1969-1971

Kenneth B. Lee	Sullivan	1973

Herbert Fineman	Philadelphia	1975-1977

K. Leroy Irvis	Allegheny	1977	elected May 23, 1977

H. Jack Seltzer	Lebanon	1979

Matthew J. Ryan	Delaware	1981

K. Leroy Irvis	Allegheny	1983-1987

James J. Manderino	Westmoreland	1989	died in office December 26, 1989

Robert W. O'Donnell	Philadelphia	1990-1992

H. William DeWeese	Greene	1993–1994

Matthew J. Ryan	Delaware	1995–2003	died in office March 29, 2003

John M. Perzel	Philadelphia	2003–2006	elected to fill unexpired term April 15, 2003

Dennis M. O'Brien	Philadelphia	2007–2008	Minority-party Speaker

Keith R. McCall	Carbon	2009–2010

Samuel H. Smith	Jefferson	2011–2015

Michael C. Turzai	Allegheny	2015–

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Dennis Michael O'Brien served as the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007-08.
Dennis Michael O'Brien served as the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007-08.
Dennis Michael O'Brien was the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007-08.

final_sentence: Dennis Michael O'Brien served as the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007-08.
final_sentence: Dennis Michael O'Brien served as the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007-08.
final_sentence: Dennis Michael O'Brien was the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007-08.