# List of speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

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

## Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives

| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence |
| Robert Breckinridge | 1792–1796 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Edmund Bullock | 1796–1799 | Democratic-Republican | |
| John Breckinridge | 1799–1801 | Democratic-Republican | |
| John Adair | 1801–1803 | Democratic-Republican | |
| William Logan | 1803–1807 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Henry Clay | 1807–1808 | Democratic-Republican | |
| William Logan | 1808–1810 | Democratic-Republican | |
| John Simpson | 1810–1812 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Joseph T. Hawkins | 1812–1814 | Democratic-Republican | |
| William T. Barry | 1814–1815 | Democratic-Republican | |
| John J. Crittenden | 1815–1817 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Cabell Breckinridge | 1817–1819 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Martin D. Hardin | 1819–1820 | Democratic-Republican | Madison County |
| George Claiborne Thompson | 1820–1822 | | Mercer County |
| Richard C. Anderson | 1822–1823 | | Jefferson County |
| George Robertson | 1823–1824 | Democratic-Republican | Fayette County |
| Robert J. Ward | 1824–1825 | | Scott County |
| George Robertson | 1825–1827 | Democratic-Republican | Fayette County |
| John Speed Smith | 1827–1828 | Democratic-Republican | Madison County |
| Tunstall Quarles | 1828–1829 | Democratic-Republican | Pulaski County |
| John J. Crittenden | 1829–1833 | Democratic-Republican | Franklin County |
| Richard B. New | 1833–1834 | | Trigg County |
| Charles A. Wickliffe | 1834–1835 | Whig | Nelson County |
| John L. Helm | 1835–1837 | Whig | Hardin County |
| Robert P. Letcher | 1837–1839 | Whig | Garrard County |
| John L. Helm | 1839–1840 | Whig | Hardin County |
| Charles S. Morehead | 1840–1842 | Whig | Franklin County |
| John L. Helm | 1842–1844 | Whig | Hardin County |
| Charles S. Morehead | 1844–1845 | Whig | Franklin County |
| Joseph R. Underwood | 1845–1846 | Whig | Warren County |
| Leslie Combs | 1846–1847 | Whig | Fayette County |
| James F. Buckner | 1847–1848 | Whig | Christian County |
| Gwyn Page | 1848–1849 | Whig | Jeferson County |
| Thomas W. Riley | 1849–1850 | Whig | Nelson County |
| G. W. Johnston | 1850–1851 | Whig | Shelby County |
| George Robertson | 1851–1853 | Whig | Fayette County |
| Charles G. Wintersmith | 1853–1855 | Whig | Hardin County |
| John B. Huston | 1855–1857 | Know Nothing | Clark County |
| Daniel P. White | 1857–1859 | Democratic | Green County |
| David Meriwether | 1859–1861 | Democratic | Jefferson County |
| Richard A. Buckner | 1861–1863 | Unionist | Fayette County |
| Harrison Taylor | 1863–1867 | Democratic | Mason County |
| John T. Bunch | 1867–1871 | | Louisville |
| James B. McCreary | 1871–1874 | Democratic | Madison County |
| William Johnson Stone | 1875–1876 | Democratic | Lyon County |
| Ed W. Turner | 1877–1878 | Democratic | Madison County |
| Joseph M. Bigger | 1879–1880 | Democratic | McCracken County |
| William Claiborne Owens | 1881–1882 | Democratic | Scott County |
| Charles Offutt | 1883–1886 | Democratic | Bourbon County |
| Ben Johnson | 1887–1888 | Democratic | Nelson County |
| Harvey Myers | 1889–1890 | Democratic | Kenton County |
| William M. Moore | 1891–1894 | Democratic | Harrison County |
| A. J. Carroll | 1894–1896 | Democratic | Jefferson County |
| Charles J. Blandford | 1896–1898 | Republican | Breckinridge County |
| J. C. W. Beckham | 1898–1900 | Democratic | Nelson County |
| South Trimble | 1900–1902 | Democratic | Franklin County |
| Gerald T. Finn | 1902–1904 | Democratic | Simpson County |
| Eli H. Brown | 1904–1906 | Democratic | Daviess County |
| Henry R. Lawrence | 1906–1908 | Democratic | Trigg County |
| William J. Gooch | 1908–1910 | Democratic | Simpson County |
| George S. Wilson | 1910–1912 | Democratic | Union County |
| Claude B. Terrell | 1912–1916 | Democratic | Trimble County |
| Hugh C. Duffy | 1916–1918 | Democratic | Harrison County |
| Robert C. Crowe | 1918–1920 | Democratic | Oldham County |
| Joseph Bosworth | 1920–1922 | Republican | Bell County |
| James H. Thompson | 1922–1924 | Democratic | Bourbon County |
| Samuel W. Adams | 1924–1926 | Democratic | Kenton County |
| George L. Drury | 1926–1928 | Democratic | Union County |
| John S. Milliken | 1928–1932 | Democratic | Simpson County |
| John Y. Brown | 1932–1933 | Democratic | Fayette County |
| Frank Lebus | 1933–1934 | Democratic | Harrison County |
| W. E. Rogers | 1934–1935 | Democratic | Todd County |
| Wallace Brown | 1935–1936 | Democratic | Nelson County |
| John D. Kirtley | 1936–1940 | Democratic | McLean County |
| Benjamin F. Shields | 1940–1942 | Democratic | Shelby County |
| Stanley S. Dickson | 1942–1944 | Democratic | Bourbon County |
| Harry Waterfield | 1944–1948 | Democratic | Hickman County |
| Herbert Tinsley | 1948–1950 | Democratic | Carroll County |
| Adron Doran | 1950–1952 | Democratic | Calloway County |
| Charles W. Burnley | 1952–1956 | Democratic | McCracken County |
| Thomas P. Fitzpatrick | 1956–1958 | Democratic | Kenton County |
| Morris Weintraub | 1958–1960 | Democratic | Campbell County |
| Harry Lowman | 1960–1964 | Democratic | Boyd County |
| Shelby McCallum | 1964–1968 | Democratic | Marshall County |
| Julian Carroll | 1968–1971 | Democratic | McCracken County |
| Norbert Blume | 1972–1976 | Democratic | Jefferson County |
| William G. Kenton | 1976–1981 | Democratic | Fayette County |
| Bobby H. Richardson | 1982–1985 | Democratic | Barren County |
| Donald Blandford | 1985–1993 | Democratic | Daviess County |
| Joe Clarke | 1993–1995 | Democratic | Boyle County |
| Jody Richards | 1995–2009 | Democratic | Warren County |
| Greg Stumbo | 2009–2017 | Democratic | Floyd County |
| Jeff Hoover | 2017–2018 | Republican | Russell County |
| David Osborne | 2019– | Republican | Oldham County |