# List of speakers of the Texas House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives.
For more information about the office and powers of the Speaker see Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

## Republic of Texas

Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Congresses of the Republic of Texas.
| Name | Term in office | Congress |
| Ira Ingram | 1836–1837 | 1st |
| Branch Tanner Archer | 1837 | 2nd |
| Joseph Rowe | 1838 | 2nd |
| John M. Hansford | 1838–1839 | 3rd |
| David Spangler Kaufman | 1840–1841 | 4th |
| David Spangler Kaufman | 1840–1841 | 5th |
| Kenneth Lewis Anderson | 1841–1842 | 6th |
| Nicholas Henry Darnell | 1842–1843 | 7th |
| Richardson A. Scurry | 1843–1844 | 8th |
| John M. Lewis | 1844–1846 | 9th |

## State of Texas

Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Legislatures of the State of Texas.
| Name | Party | Term in office | Legislative sessions |
| William Crump | Democratic | February 16, 1846 – March 3, 1846 | 1st |
| John "Red" Brown | Democratic | March 3, 1846 – March 9, 1846 | 1st |
| Edward Thomas Branch | Democratic | March 9, 1846 – March 16, 1846 | 1st |
| William Crump | Democratic | March 16, 1846 – May 1, 1846 | 1st |
| William H. Bourland | Democratic | May 1, 1846 – May 11, 1846 | 1st |
| Stephen W. Perkins | Democratic | May 11, 1846 – December 13, 1847 | 1st |
| J. W. Henderson | Democratic | December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849 | 2nd |
| Charles G. Keenan | Democratic | November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851 | 3rd |
| David Catchings Dickson | Democratic | November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853 | 4th |
| Hardin Richard Runnels | Democratic | November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855 | 5th |
| Hamilton Prioleau Bee | Democratic | November 5, 1855 – November 2, 1857 | 6th |
| William S. Taylor | Democratic | November 2, 1857 – January 18, 1858 | 7th |
| Matthew Fielding Locke | Democratic | January 18, 1858 – November 7, 1859 | 7th |
| M. D. K. Taylor | Democratic | November 7, 1859 – November 4, 1861 | 8th |
| Constantine W. Buckley | Democratic | November 4, 1861 – December 7, 1861 | 9th |
| Nicholas Henry Darnell | Democratic | December 7, 1861 – January 14, 1862 | 9th |
| Vacant | Vacant | January 14, 1862 – February 2, 1863 | 9th |
| Constantine W. Buckley | Democratic | February 2, 1863 – November 2, 1863 | 9th |
| M. D. K. Taylor | Democratic | November 2, 1863 – August 6, 1866 | 10th |
| Nathaniel Macon Burford | Unionist | August 6, 1866 – April 25, 1869 | 11th |
| Vacant | Vacant | April 25, 1869 – February 8, 1870 | 11th |
| Ira Hobart Evans | Republican | February 10, 1870 – May 10, 1871 | 12th |
| William Henry Sinclair | Republican | May 10, 1871 – January 14, 1873 | 12th |
| M. D. K. Taylor | Democratic | January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874 | 13th |
| Guy Morrison Bryan | Democratic | January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876 | 14th |
| Thomas Reuben Bonner | Democratic | April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879 | 15th |
| John Hughes Cochran | Democratic | January 14, 1879 – January 11, 1881 | 16th |
| George Robertson Reeves | Democratic | January 11, 1881 – September 5, 1882 | 17th |
| Charles Reese Gibson | Democratic | 1883–1885 | 18th |
| Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | Democratic | 1885–1887 | 19th |
| George Cassety Pendleton | Democratic | 1887–1889 | 20th |
| Frank P. Alexander | Democratic | 1889–1891 | 21st |
| Robert Teague Milner | Democratic | 1891–1893 | 22nd |
| John Hughes Cochran | Democratic | 1893–1895 | 23rd |
| Thomas Slater Smith | Democratic | 1895–1897 | 24th |
| L. Travis Dashiell | Democratic | 1897–1899 | 25th |
| James S. Sherrill | Democratic | 1899–1901 | 26th |
| Robert E. Prince | Democratic | 1901–1903 | 27th |
| Pat Morris Neff | Democratic | 1903–1905 | 28th |
| Francis William Seabury | Democratic | 1905–1907 | 29th |
| Thomas Bell Love | Democratic | 1907–1909 | 30th |
| Austin Milton Kennedy | Democratic | 1909 | 31st |
| John Wesley Marshall | Democratic | 1909–1911 | 31st |
| Sam Rayburn | Democratic | 1911–1913 | 32nd |
| Chester H. Terrell | Democratic | 1913–1915 | 33rd |
| John William Woods | Democratic | 1915–1917 | 34th |
| Franklin Oliver Fuller | Democratic | 1917–1919 | 35th |
| Robert Ewing Thomason | Democratic | 1919–1921 | 36th |
| Charles Graham Thomas | Democratic | 1921–1923 | 37th |
| Richard Ernest Seagler | Democratic | 1923–1925 | 38th |
| Lee Satterwhite | Democratic | 1925–1927 | 39th |
| Robert Lee Bobbitt | Democratic | 1927–1929 | 40th |
| Wingate S. Barron | Democratic | 1929–1931 | 41st |
| Fred Hawthorne Minor | Democratic | 1931–1933 | 42nd |
| Coke R. Stevenson | Democratic | 1933–1937 | 43rd |
| Coke R. Stevenson | Democratic | 1933–1937 | 44th |
| Robert Wilburn Calvert | Democratic | 1937–1939 | 45th |
| Robert Emmett Morse | Democratic | 1939–1941 | 46th |
| Homer Lakerby Leonard | Democratic | 1941–1943 | 47th |
| Price Daniel | Democratic | 1943–1945 | 48th |
| Claud H. Gilmer | Democratic | 1945–1947 | 49th |
| William O. Reed | Democratic | 1947–1949 | 50th |
| Thomas Durwood Manford Jr. | Democratic | 1949–1951 | 51st |
| Reuben E. Senterfitt | Democratic | 1951–1955 | 52nd |
| Reuben E. Senterfitt | Democratic | 1951–1955 | 53rd |
| Jim T. Lindsey | Democratic | 1955–1957 | 54th |
| Waggoner Carr | Democratic | 1957–1961 | 55th |
| Waggoner Carr | Democratic | 1957–1961 | 56th |
| Jimmy Turman | Democratic | 1961 | 57th |
| Byron M. Tunnell | Democratic | 1963 | 58th |
| Ben Barnes | Democratic | 1965–1969 | 59th |
| Ben Barnes | Democratic | 1965–1969 | 60th |
| Gus Franklin Mutscher | Democratic | 1969–1972 | 61st |
| Gus Franklin Mutscher | Democratic | 1969–1972 | 62nd |
| Rayford Price | Democratic | 1972–1973 | 62nd |
| Price Daniel Jr. | Democratic | 1973–1975 | 63rd |
| Bill W. Clayton | Democratic | 1975–1983 | 64th |
| Bill W. Clayton | Democratic | 1975–1983 | 65th |
| Bill W. Clayton | Democratic | 1975–1983 | 66th |
| Bill W. Clayton | Democratic | 1975–1983 | 67th |
| Gib Lewis | Democratic | 1983–1993 | 68th |
| Gib Lewis | Democratic | 1983–1993 | 69th |
| Gib Lewis | Democratic | 1983–1993 | 70th |
| Gib Lewis | Democratic | 1983–1993 | 71st |
| Gib Lewis | Democratic | 1983–1993 | 72nd |
| Pete Laney | Democratic | 1993–2003 | 73rd |
| Pete Laney | Democratic | 1993–2003 | 74th |
| Pete Laney | Democratic | 1993–2003 | 75th |
| Pete Laney | Democratic | 1993–2003 | 76th |
| Pete Laney | Democratic | 1993–2003 | 77th |
| Tom Craddick | Republican | 2003–2009 | 78th |
| Tom Craddick | Republican | 2003–2009 | 79th |
| Tom Craddick | Republican | 2003–2009 | 80th |
| Joe Straus | Republican | 2009–2019 | 81st |
| Joe Straus | Republican | 2009–2019 | 82nd |
| Joe Straus | Republican | 2009–2019 | 83rd |
| Joe Straus | Republican | 2009–2019 | 84th |
| Joe Straus | Republican | 2009–2019 | 85th |
| Dennis Bonnen | Republican | 2019–2021 | 86th |
| Dade Phelan | Republican | 2021–2025 | 87th |
| Dade Phelan | Republican | 2021–2025 | 88th |
| Dustin Burrows | Republican | 2025–present | 89th |