# List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

The speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives is the highest official in the Indiana House of Representatives, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party. As in most Anglophone countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature.
The current speaker is Todd Huston.

## List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives :
| Assy. | Name | Party | District | Term of service |
| 1st | Isaac Newton Blackford | Unaffiliated | Knox | November 4, 1816 – December 1, 1817 |
| 2nd | Amos Lane | Unaffiliated | Dearborn | December 1, 1817 – December 7, 1818 |
| 3rd | Williamson Dunn | Unaffiliated | Jefferson, Jennings, & Ripley | December 7, 1818 – November 19, 1821 |
| 4th | Williamson Dunn | Unaffiliated | Jefferson, Jennings, & Ripley | December 7, 1818 – November 19, 1821 |
| 5th | Williamson Dunn | Unaffiliated | Jefferson, Jennings, & Ripley | December 7, 1818 – November 19, 1821 |
| 6th | Samuel Milroy | Unaffiliated | Washington & Scott | November 19, 1821 – December 2, 1822 |
| 7th | General Washington Johnston | Unaffiliated | Knox | December 2, 1822 – December 1, 1823 |
| 8th | David Hervey Maxwell | Unaffiliated | Monroe | December 1, 1823 – January 10, 1824 |
| 9th | Stephen Stevens | Unaffiliated | Switzerland | January 10, 1825 – December 5, 1825 |
| 10th | Robert Morgan Evans | Unaffiliated | Gibson | December 5, 1825 – December 4, 1826 |
| 11th | Harbin H. Moore | Unaffiliated | Harrison | December 4, 1826 – December 1, 1828 |
| 12th | Harbin H. Moore | Unaffiliated | Harrison | December 4, 1826 – December 1, 1828 |
| 13th | Isaac Howk | Unaffiliated | Clark | December 1, 1828 – December 7, 1829 |
| 14th | Ross Smiley | Unaffiliated | Union | December 7, 1829 – December 6, 1830 |
| 15th | Isaac Howk | Unaffiliated | Clark | December 6, 1830 – December 5, 1831 |
| 16th | Harbin H. Moore | Unaffiliated | Floyd | December 5, 1831 – December 3, 1832 |
| 17th | John Wesley Davis | Unaffiliated | Sullivan | December 3, 1832 – December 2, 1833 |
| 18th | Nathan B. Palmer | Unaffiliated | Jefferson | December 2, 1833 – December 1, 1834 |
| 19th | James Gregory | Whig | Warren | December 1, 1834 – December 7, 1835 |
| 20th | Caleb Blood Smith | Whig | Fayette | December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1837 |
| 21st | Caleb Blood Smith | Whig | Fayette | December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1837 |
| 22nd | Thomas Jefferson Evans | Whig | Fountain | December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1839 |
| 23rd | Thomas Jefferson Evans | Whig | Fountain | December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1839 |
| 24th | James G. Read | Democratic | Clark | December 2, 1839 – December 7, 1840 |
| 25th | Samuel Judah | Whig | Knox | December 7, 1840 – December 6, 1841 |
| 26th | John Wesley Davis | Democratic | Sullivan | December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842 |
| 27th | Thomas Jefferson Henley | Democratic | Clark | December 5, 1842 – December 4, 1843 |
| 28th | Andrew L. Robinson | Democratic | Carroll | December 4, 1843 – December 2, 1844 |
| 29th | Alexander Campbell Stevenson | Whig | Putnam | December 2, 1844 – December 1, 1845 |
| 30th | John S. Simonson | Democratic | Clark | December 1, 1845 – December 7, 1846 |
| 31st | Robert N. Carnan | Whig | Knox | December 7, 1846 – December 6, 1847 |
| 32nd | William A. Porter | Whig | Harrison | December 6, 1847 – December 4, 1848 |
| 33rd | George W. Carr | Democratic | Lawrence | December 4, 1848 – December 30, 1850 |
| 34th | George W. Carr | Democratic | Lawrence | December 4, 1848 – December 30, 1850 |
| 35th | Ebenezer Dumont | Democratic | Dearborn | December 30, 1850 – December 1, 1851 |
| 36th | John Wesley Davis | Democratic | Sullivan | December 1, 1851 – April 6, 1852 |
| Vacant (April 6–8, 1852) |||||
| 36th | William Hayden English | Democratic | Scott | April 8, 1852 – November 3, 1852 |
| 37th | Oliver Brooks Torbet | Democratic | Dearborn | November 3, 1852 – November 8, 1854 |
| 38th | David Kilgore | People's | Delaware | November 8, 1854 – November 5, 1856 |
| 39th | Ballard Smith | Democratic | Perry | November 5, 1856 – November 3, 1858 |
| 40th | Jonathan W. Gordon | Republican | Marion | November 3, 1858 – November 7, 1860 |
| 41st | Cyrus M. Allen | Republican | Knox | November 7, 1860 – November 5, 1862 |
| 42nd | Samuel Hamilton Buskirk | Democratic | Monroe | November 5, 1862 – November 9, 1864 |
| 43rd | John Pettit | Republican | Wabash | November 9, 1864 – November 7, 1866 |
| 44th | David C. Branham | Republican | Jefferson | November 7, 1866 – November 4, 1868 |
| 45th | Ambrose P. Stanton | Republican | Marion | November 4, 1868 – April 8, 1869 |
| 45th | George A. Buskirk | Republican | Monroe | April 8, 1869 – November 9, 1870 |
| 46th | William G. Mack | Democratic | Vigo | November 9, 1870 – November 6, 1872 |
| 47th | William K. Edwards | Republican | Vigo | November 6, 1872 – November 4, 1874 |
| 48th | David Turpie | Democratic | Marion | November 4, 1874 – November 8, 1876 |
| 49th | John Overmyer | Republican | Jennings | November 8, 1876 – November 6, 1878 |
| 50th | Henry Sullivan Cauthorn | Democratic | Knox | November 6, 1878 – November 3, 1880 |
| 51st | William Marion Ridpath | Republican | Clay, Hendricks, & Putnam | November 3, 1880 – November 8, 1882 |
| 52nd | William D. Bynum | Democratic | Marion | November 8, 1882 – November 5, 1884 |
| 53rd | Charles L. Jewett | Democratic | Clark, Floyd, & Scott | November 5, 1884 – November 3, 1886 |
| 54th | Warren G. Sayre | Republican | Wabash | November 3, 1886 – November 7, 1888 |
| 55th | Mason J. Niblack | Democratic | Knox | November 7, 1888 – November 9, 1892 |
| 56th | Mason J. Niblack | Democratic | Knox | November 7, 1888 – November 9, 1892 |
| 57th | James B. Curtis | Democratic | Marion & Shelby | November 9, 1892 – November 7, 1894 |
| 58th | Justus C. Adams | Republican | Marion | November 7, 1894 – November 9, 1896 |
| 59th | Henry C. Petitt | Republican | Wabash | November 9, 1896 – November 9, 1898 |
| 60th | Frank L. Littleton | Republican | Marion | November 9, 1898 – 7, 1900 |
| 61st | Samuel R. Artman | Republican | Boone, Hamilton, Madison & Montgomery | November 7, 1900 – November 5, 1902 |
| 62nd | Henry Wright Marshall, Sr. | Republican | Tippecanoe & Warren | November 5, 1902 – November 9, 1904 |
| 63rd | Sidney W. Cantwell | Republican | Blackford, Jay, & Randolph | November 9, 1904 – November 7, 1906 |
| 64th | Emmett Forrest Branch | Republican | Morgan | November 7, 1906 – November 4, 1908 |
| 65th | Thomas Michael Honan | Democratic | Jackson | November 4, 1908 – November 9, 1910 |
| 66th | Albert Julius Veneman | Democratic | Gibson, Knox, & Vanderburgh | November 9, 1910 – November 6, 1912 |
| 67th | Homer Livingston Cook | Democratic | Marion | November 6, 1912 – November 4, 1914 |
| 68th | Charles Haddon Bedwell | Democratic | Sullivan | November 4, 1914 – November 8, 1916 |
| 69th | Jesse E. Eschbach | Republican | Kosciusko | November 8, 1916 – November 3, 1920 |
| 70th | Jesse E. Eschbach | Republican | Kosciusko | November 8, 1916 – November 3, 1920 |
| 71st | John F. McClure | Republican | Madison | November 3, 1920 – December 14, 1921 |
| 71st | Claude A. Smith | Republican | Gibson | December 14, 1921 – November 8, 1922 |
| 72nd | Raymond C. Morgan | Republican | Henry | November 8, 1922 – November 4, 1924 |
| 73rd | Harry G. Leslie | Republican | Tippecanoe & Warren | November 5, 1924 – November 7, 1928 |
| 74th | Harry G. Leslie | Republican | Tippecanoe & Warren | November 5, 1924 – November 7, 1928 |
| 75th | James Merrill Knapp | Republican | Wayne | November 7, 1928 – November 5, 1930 |
| 76th | Walter D. Myers | Democratic | Marion | November 5, 1930 – November 9, 1932 |
| 77th | Henry C. Crawford | Democratic | Union & Wayne | November 9, 1932 – November 7, 1934 |
| 78th | Edward H. Stein | Democratic | Greene | November 7, 1934 – November 9, 1938 |
| 79th | Edward H. Stein | Democratic | Greene | November 7, 1934 – November 9, 1938 |
| 80th | James M. Knapp | Republican | Wayne | November 9, 1938 – November 4, 1942 |
| 81st | James M. Knapp | Republican | Wayne | November 9, 1938 – November 4, 1942 |
| 82nd | William H. Creighton | Republican | Kosciusko | November 4, 1942 – November 3, 1948 |
| 83rd | William H. Creighton | Republican | Kosciusko | November 4, 1942 – November 3, 1948 |
| 84th | William H. Creighton | Republican | Kosciusko | November 4, 1942 – November 3, 1948 |
| 85th | Robert H. Heller | Democratic | Adams & Wells | November 3, 1948 – November 8, 1950 |
| 86th | Winfred O. Hughes | Republican | Allen | November 8, 1950 – November 5, 1952 |
| 87th | James D. Allen | Republican | Orange & Washington | November 5, 1952 – November 3, 1954 |
| 88th | George S. Diener | Republican | Marion | November 3, 1954 – November 5, 1958 |
| 89th | George S. Diener | Republican | Marion | November 3, 1954 – November 5, 1958 |
| 90th | Birch Bayh | Democratic | Vigo | November 5, 1958 – November 9, 1960 |
| 91st | Richard W. Guthrie | Republican | Marion | November 9, 1960 – November 4, 1964 |
| 92nd | Richard W. Guthrie | Republican | Marion | November 9, 1960 – November 4, 1964 |
| 93rd | Richard C. Bodine | Democratic | St. Joseph | November 4, 1964 – November 9, 1966 |
| 94th | Otis Bowen | Republican | 8th District | November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972 |
| 95th | Otis Bowen | Republican | 8th District | November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972 |
| 96th | Otis Bowen | Republican | 8th District | November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972 |
| 97th | Kermit O. Burrous | Republican | 22nd District | November 8, 1972 – November 6, 1974 |
| 98th | Phillip E. Bainbridge | Democratic | 2nd District | November 6, 1974 – November 3, 1976 |
| 99th | Kermit O. Burrous | Republican | 22nd District | November 3, 1976 – November 5, 1980 |
| 100th | Kermit O. Burrous | Republican | 22nd District | November 3, 1976 – November 5, 1980 |
| 101st | J. Roberts Dailey | Republican | 37th District | November 5, 1980 – November 3, 1982 |
| 102nd | J. Roberts Dailey | Republican | 35th District | November 3, 1982 – November 5, 1986 |
| 103rd | J. Roberts Dailey | Republican | 35th District | November 3, 1982 – November 5, 1986 |
| 104th | Paul S. Mannweiler | Republican | 49th District | November 5, 1986 – November 9, 1988 |
| 105th | Paul S. Mannweiler | Republican | 49th District | November 9, 1988 – November 7, 1990 |
| 105th | Michael K. Phillips | Democratic | 74th District | November 9, 1988 – November 7, 1990 |
| 106th | Michael K. Phillips | Democratic | 74th District | November 7, 1990 – November 9, 1994 |
| 107th | Michael K. Phillips | Democratic | 74th District | November 7, 1990 – November 9, 1994 |
| 108th | Paul S. Mannweiler | Republican | 87th District | November 9, 1994 – November 6, 1996 |
| 109th | John R. Gregg | Democratic | 45th District | November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002 |
| 110th | John R. Gregg | Democratic | 45th District | November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002 |
| 111th | John R. Gregg | Democratic | 45th District | November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002 |
| 112th | Pat Bauer | Democratic | 6th District | November 6, 2002 – November 3, 2004 |
| 113th | Brian Bosma | Republican | 88th District | November 3, 2004 – November 8, 2006 |
| 114th | Pat Bauer | Democratic | 6th District | November 8, 2006 – November 3, 2010 |
| 115th | Pat Bauer | Democratic | 6th District | November 8, 2006 – November 3, 2010 |
| 116th | Brian Bosma | Republican | 88th District | November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020 |
| 117th | Brian Bosma | Republican | 88th District | November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020 |
| 118th | Brian Bosma | Republican | 88th District | November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020 |
| 119th | Brian Bosma | Republican | 88th District | November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020 |
| 120th | Brian Bosma | Republican | 88th District | November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020 |
| 120th | Todd Huston | Republican | 37th District | March 9, 2020 – incumbent |