List of speakers of the California State Assembly - wikipedia List of speakers of the California State Assembly For information on the Assembly, see California State Assembly. For a list of all members of the Assembly, see Members of the California State Legislature. This is a list of Speakers of the California State Assembly. It does not number those individuals who served abbreviated terms or those who served during an extraordinary session called by the Governor for a narrowly - defined agenda. Speaker Portrait District Party Term of service 1. Thomas J. White Sacramento unaffiliated December 1849 -- February 1850 2. John Bigler Sacramento Democratic February 1850 -- May 1851 3. Richard P. Hammond 7 Democratic January 1852 -- May 1852 4. Isaac B. Wall 6 Democratic January 1853 -- May 1853 5. Charles S. Fairfax 15 Democratic January 1854 -- May 1854 6. William W. Stow Whig January 1855 -- May 1855 7. James T. Farley 19 American January 1856 -- April 1856 8. Elwood T. Beatty 19 Democratic January 1857 -- April 1857 9. Ninian E. Whiteside 15 Democratic January 1858 -- April 1858 10. William C. Stratton 17 Democratic January 1859 -- April 1859 11. Phillip Moore 16 Democratic January 1860 -- April 1860 12. R. Burnell 19 Douglas Democratic January 1861 -- May 1861 13. George Barstow 8 Republican January 1862 -- May 1862 14. Tim N. Machin National Union January 1863 -- April 1863 15. William H. Sears 21 National Union December 1863 -- April 1864 16. John Yule 20 National Union December 1865 -- April 1866 17. Caius T. Ryland Democratic December 1867 -- March 1868 18. George H. Rogers 8 Democratic December 1869 -- April 1870 19. Thomas Bowles Shannon 8 Republican December 1871 -- April 1872 20. Morris M. Estee 8 Independent December 1873 -- March 1874 21. Gideon J. Carpenter 23 Democratic December 1875 -- April 1876 22. Campbell Polson Berry 25 Democratic December 1877 -- April 1878 23. Jabez F. Cowdery 13 Republican January 1880 -- April 1880 24. William H. Parks 25 Republican January 1881 -- May 1881 25. Hugh M. La Rue 18 Democratic January 1883 -- May 1884 -- William H. Parks 25 Republican January 1885 -- September 1886 26. William H. Jordan Republican January 1887 -- March 1887 27. Robert Howe 25 Democratic January 1889 -- March 1889 28. Frank Leslie Coombs Republican January 1891 -- March 1891 29. Frank H. Gould Democratic January 1893 -- March 1893 30. John C. Lynch 8 Republican January 1895 -- March 1895 -- Frank Leslie Coombs Republican January 1897 -- March 1897 31. Howard E. Wright Republican January 1899 32. Alden Anderson Republican January 1899 -- February 1900 33. Cornelius W. Pendleton Republican January 1901 -- March 1901 34. Arthur G. Fisk Republican January 1903 -- March 1903 35. Frank C. Prescott Republican January 1905 -- June 1906 36. Robert L. Beardslee Sr. Republican January 1907 -- November 1907 37. Philip A. Stanton Republican January 1909 -- October 1910 38. Arthur Hathaway Hewitt Republican January 1911 -- December 1911 39. C.C. Young Republican, Progressive January 1913 -- April 1917 40. Henry W. Wright Republican January 1919 -- April 1921 41. Frank F. Merriam Republican January 1923 -- October 1926 42. Edgar C. Levey Republican January 1927 -- May 1931 43. Walter J. Little Republican January 1933 -- July 1933 44. Forsythe Charles Clowdsley Democratic September 1934 ( extraordinary session ) 45. Edward Craig Republican January 1935 -- May 1936 46. William Moseley Jones Democratic January 1937 -- March 1938 47. Paul Peek Democratic January 1939 -- June 1939 48. Gordon Hickman Garland Democratic January 1940 -- January 1942 49. Charles W. Lyon 59 Republican January 1943 -- July 1946 50. Sam L. Collins 75 Republican January 1947 -- August 1952 51. James W. Silliman 34 Republican January 1953 -- April 1954 52. Luther H. Lincoln 15 Republican January 1955 -- April 1958 53. Ralph M. Brown 30 Democratic January 1959 -- September 1961 54. Jesse M. Unruh 65 Democratic September 1961 -- January 1969 55. Robert T. Monagan 12 Republican January 1969 -- September 1970 56. Bob Moretti 42 Democratic January 1971 -- June 1974 57. Leo T. McCarthy 19 / 18 Democratic June 1974 -- November 1980 58. Willie Brown 17 / 13 Democratic December 2, 1980 -- June 5, 1995 59. Doris Allen 67 Republican June 5, 1995 -- September 14, 1995 60. Brian Setencich 30 Republican September 14, 1995 -- January 4, 1996 61. Curt Pringle 68 Republican January 4, 1996 -- November 30, 1996 62. Cruz M. Bustamante 31 Democratic December 2, 1996 -- February 26, 1998 63. Antonio Villaraigosa 45 Democratic February 26, 1998 -- April 13, 2000 64. Robert M. Hertzberg 40 Democratic April 13, 2000 -- February 6, 2002 65. Herb J. Wesson, Jr. 47 Democratic February 6, 2002 -- February 9, 2004 66. Fabian Núñez 46 Democratic February 9, 2004 -- May 13, 2008 67. Karen Bass 47 Democratic May 13, 2008 -- March 1, 2010 68. John Pérez 46 / 53 Democratic March 1, 2010 -- May 12, 2014 69. Toni Atkins 78 Democratic May 12, 2014 -- March 7, 2016 70. Anthony Rendon 63 Democratic March 7, 2016 -- present ^ 1 The First California Legislature was nonpartisan. ^ 2 Estee was also a Republican, but he was elected to the term in which he was Speaker as an independent. ^ 3 Young was elected as a Republican during the 40th and 42nd sessions ( 1913 and 1917 ), but a Progressive during the 41st session ( 1915 ). ^ 4 McCarthy 's 19th District was renumbered the 18th District after the 1970s redistricting. ^ 5 Brown 's 17th District was renumbered the 13th District after the 1990s redistricting. ^ 6 Allen and Setencich were Republican Assemblymembers whom Democrats elected after losing their majority in the chamber. ^ 7 Perez 's 46th District was renumbered the 53rd District after the 2010s redistricting. References Office of the Chief Clerk of the Assembly ( 2006 ). `` Appendix A, B ''. California 's Legislature. Sacramento : California Legislature, Assembly. OCLC 71402845. `` Speakers of the Assembly ( Ex Officio Regents ) ''. Hall of Distinguished Berkeleyan. The Bancroft Library. 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 03. California State Capitol Museum ( 2008 ). `` California State Capitol : Legislative History ''. State of California. Archived from the original on June 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 03. Links to related articles Speakers of the California State Assembly White Bigler Hammond Wall Fairfax Stow Farley Beatty Whiteside Stratton Moore Burnell Barstow Machin Sears Yule Ryland Rogers Shannon Estee Carpenter Berry Cowdery Parks LaRue Parks Jordan Howe Coombs Gould Lynch Coombs Anderson Pendleton Fisk Prescott Beardslee Stanton Hewitt Young Wright Merriam Levey Little Craig Jones Peek Garland Lyon Collins Silliman Lincoln R. Brown Unruh Monagan Moretti McCarthy W. Brown Allen Setencich Pringle Bustamante Villaraigosa Hertzberg Wesson Núñez Bass Pérez Atkins Rendon Current Speakers of U.S. state Houses of Representatives Speaker of the United States House of Representatives : Paul Ryan ( R - Wisconsin ) AL Mac McCutcheon ( R ) AK Bryce Edgmon ( D / Coalition ) AZ J.D. Mesnard ( R ) AR Jeremy Gillam ( R ) CA Anthony Rendon ( D ) CO Crisanta Duran ( D ) CT Joe Aresimowicz ( D ) DE Peter Schwartzkopf ( D ) FL Richard Corcoran ( R ) GA David Ralston ( R ) HI Scott Saiki ( D ) ID Scott Bedke ( R ) IL Michael Madigan ( D ) IN Brian Bosma ( R ) IA Linda Upmeyer ( R ) KS Ron Ryckman Jr. ( R ) KY David Osborne ( R ) LA Taylor Barras ( R ) ME Sara Gideon ( D ) MD Michael Busch ( D ) MA Robert DeLeo ( D ) MI Tom Leonard ( R ) MN Kurt Daudt ( R ) MS Philip Gunn ( R ) MO Todd Richardson ( R ) MT Austin Knudsen ( R ) NE Jim Scheer ( R ) NV Jason Frierson ( D ) NH Shawn Jasper ( R ) NJ Craig Coughlin ( D ) NM Brian Egolf ( D ) NY Carl Heastie ( D ) NC Tim Moore ( R ) ND Larry Bellew ( R ) OH Cliff Rosenberger ( R ) OK Charles McCall ( R ) OR Tina Kotek ( D ) PA Mike Turzai ( R ) RI Nicholas Mattiello ( D ) SC Jay Lucas ( R ) SD Mark Mickelson ( R ) TN Beth Harwell ( R ) TX Joe Straus ( R ) UT Greg Hughes ( R ) VT Mitzi Johnson ( D ) VA Kirk Cox ( R ) WA Frank Chopp ( D ) WV Tim Armstead ( R ) WI Robin Vos ( R ) WY Steve Harshman ( R ) DC Phil Mendelson ( D ) Territories : AS Savali Talavou Ale ( I ) GU Benjamin Cruz ( D ) MP Joseph Deleon Guerrero ( I ) PR Carlos Johnny Méndez ( PNP ) VI Neville James ( D ) Political party affiliations : 32 Republican 21 Democratic 2 Independent 1 New Progressive ( Puerto Rico ) italics indicate speakers of unicameral bodies Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Speakers_of_the_California_State_Assembly&oldid=826782006 '' Categories : California State Legislature Speakers of the California State Assembly Lists of California politicians Lists of speakers of state lower houses in the United States Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 20 February 2018, at 23 : 54. 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