# List of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives since statehood.

## Speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives

| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence |
| William Wale Updegraff | 1861 | Republican | Osawatomie |
| Moses S. Adams | 1862 | Republican | Leavenworth |
| Josiah Kellogg | 1863 | Republican | Leavenworth |
| Jacob Stotler | 1865 | Radical Republican | Leavenworth |
| John Taylor Burris | 1866 | Republican | Emporia |
| Preston Bierce Plumb | 1867 | Republican | Olathe |
| George W. Smith | 1868 | Republican | Emporia |
| Moses S. Adams | 1869 | Republican | Leavenworth |
| Jacob Stotler | 1870 | Radical Republican | Emporia |
| Benjamin Franklin Simpson | 1871 | Republican | Paola |
| Stephen Alonzo Cobb | 1872 | Republican | Wyandotte |
| Josiah Kellogg | 1873 | Republican | Leavenworth |
| Boyd H. McEckron | 1874 | Republican | Shirley |
| Thomas P. Fenlon | 1874 | Republican | Leavenworth |
| Edward H. Funston | 1875 | Republican | Carlyle |
| Dudley Chase Haskell | 1876 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Peter Percival Elder | Jan 1877–Feb 1877 | Republican | Council Grove |
| Samuel Newitt Wood | Feb 1877–1879 | Republican | Ottawa |
| Sidney Clarke | 1879 | Republican | Lawrence |
| John Blosser Johnson | 1881 | Republican | Topeka |
| James Donaldson Snoddy | 1883 | Republican | La Cygne |
| John Blosser Johnson | 1885 | Republican | Topeka |
| Abram Wentworth Smith | 1887 | Republican | McPherson |
| Henry Booth | 1889 | Republican | Larned |
| Peter Percival Elder | 1891 | Farmers' Alliance | Princeton |
| George L. Douglass | 1893 | Republican | Wichita |
| John M. Dunsmore | 1893 | People's Party | Thayet |
| Charles E. Lobdell | 1895 | Republican | Dighton |
| William Daniel Street | 1897 | Republican | Oberlin |
| Stephen J. Osborn | 1899 | Republican | Salina |
| George Jerome Barker | 1901 | Republican | Lawrence |
| James T. Pringle | 1903 | Republican | Burlingame |
| Walter Roscoe Stubbs | 1905 | Republican | Lawrence |
| John S. Simmons | 1907 | Republican | Dighton |
| Joseph N. Dolley | 1909 | Republican | Maple Hill |
| George H. Buckman | 1911 | Republican | Winfield |
| Willis L. Brown | 1913 | Democratic | Kingman |
| Robert Stone | 1915 | Republican | Topeka |
| Austin M. Keene | 1917 | Republican | Fort Scott |
| William Purnell Lambertson | 1919–1921 | Republican | Fairview |
| William West Harvey | 1921–1923 | Republican | Ashland |
| Charles E. Mann | 1923–1925 | Republican | Osborne |
| Clifford R. Hope | 1925–1927 | Republican | Garden City |
| John D. M. Hamilton | 1927–1929 | Republican | Topeka |
| John H. Myers | 1929–1931 | Republican | Merriam |
| Hal Harlan | 1931–1933 | Republican | Manhattan |
| William H. Vernon | 1933–1935 | Republican | Larned |
| Schuyler C. Bloss | 1935–1937 | Republican | Winfield |
| Henry S. Buzick | 1937–1939 | Republican | Sylvan Grove |
| Ernest A. Briles | 1939–1941 | Republican | Stafford |
| Clay C. Carper | 1941–1943 | Republican | Eureka |
| Paul R. Wunsch | 1943–1945 | Republican | Kingman |
| Frank L. Hagaman | 1945–1947 | Republican | Kansas City |
| Frank B. Miller | 1947–1949 | Republican | Langdon |
| Dale M. Bryant | 1949–1951 | Republican | Wichita |
| Lawrence M. Gibson | 1951–1953 | Republican | Pittsburg |
| Charles D. Stough | 1953–1955 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Robert H. Jennison | 1955–1957 | Republican | Healy |
| Jess E. Taylor | 1957–1961 | Republican | Tribune |
| William L. Mitchell | 1961–1963 | Republican | Hutchinson |
| Charles S. Arthur | 1963–1965 | Republican | Manhattan |
| Clyde Hill | 1966–1967 | Republican | Yates Center |
| John J. Conard | 1967–1969 | Republican | Greensburg |
| Calvin S. Strowig | 1969–1973 | Republican | Abilene |
| Duane S. McGill | 1973–1975 | Republican | Winfield |
| John W. Carlin | 1975–1979 | Democratic | Smolan |
| Wendell Lady | 1979–1983 | Republican | Overland Park |
| Mike Hayden | 1983–1987 | Republican | Atwood |
| James D. Braden | 1987–1990 | Republican | Clay Center |
| Marvin Barkis | 1991–1993 | Democratic | Louisburg |
| Robert H. Miller | 1993–1995 | Republican | Wellington |
| Tim Shallenburger | 1995–1997 | Republican | Baxter Springs |
| Robin Jennison | 1999–2000 | Republican | Healy |
| Kent Glasscock | 2001–2003 | Republican | Manhattan |
| Doug Mays | 2003–2007 | Republican | Topeka |
| Melvin Neufeld | 2007–2009 | Republican | Ingalls |
| Michael O'Neal | 2009–2013 | Republican | Hutchinson |
| Raymond Merrick | 2013–2017 | Republican | Stilwell |
| Ron Ryckman Jr. | 2017–2023 | Republican | Olathe |
| Daniel Hawkins | 2023– | Republican | Wichita |

## Speakers of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives

| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence |
| John H. Stringfellow | 1855–1857 | | |
| W. G. Matthias | 1857 | | |
| G. W. Deitzler | 1857–1859 | Republican | Lawrence |
| Alfred Larzalere | 1859–1860 | | |
| Gustavus A. Colton | 1860–1861 | | |
| J. W. Scott (Kansas politician) | 1861 | | |