# List of speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates

The Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates is the presiding officer of the House of Delegates in West Virginia. Since West Virginia's founding in 1863, the following persons have served as Speaker:

## Speakers of the House of Delegates under the Constitution of West Virginia

| Order | Name | Party | Term | Residence |
| 1st | Spicer Patrick | Republican | 1863–1864 | Kanawha County |
| 2nd | Lee Roy Kramer | Republican | 1864–1866 | Monongalia County |
| 3rd | David S. Pinnel | Republican | 1866–1868 | Upshur County |
| 4th | Henry C. McWhorter | Republican | 1868–1869 | Kanawha County |
| 5th | Solomon S. Fleming | Republican | 1869–1870 | Harrison County |
| 6th | William M. Welch | Republican | 1870–1871 | Mineral County |
| 7th | Elbridge G. Cracraft | Democratic | 1871–1872 | Ohio County |
| 8th | Albert E. Summers | Democratic | 1872–1872 | Kanawha County |
| 9th | William M. Miller | Democratic | 1872–1875 | Ohio County |
| 10th | Alexander W. Monroe | Democratic | 1875–1877 | Hampshire County |
| 11th | Eustace Gibson | Democratic | 1877–1879 | Cabell County |
| 12th | George H. Moffett | Democratic | 1879–1881 | Pocahontas County |
| 13th | Emanuel Willis Wilson | Democratic | 1881–1883 | Kanawha County |
| 14th | Joseph J. Woods | Democratic | 1883–1885, 1889–1891 | Ohio County |
| 15th | Thomas H. Dennis | Democratic | 1885–1887 | Greenbrier County |
| 16th | John M. Rowan | Democratic | 1887–1889 | Monroe County |
| 17th | Louis Bennett | Democratic | 1891–1893 | Lewis County |
| 18th | David W. Shaw | Democratic | 1893–1895 | Barbour County |
| 19th | William Seymour Edwards | Republican | 1895–1897 | Kanawha County |
| 20th | Samuel R. Hanen | Republican | 1897–1899 | Marshall County |
| 21st | Owen S. McKinney | Democratic | 1899–1901 | Marion County |
| 22nd | William G. Wilson | Republican | 1901–1903 | Randolph County |
| 23rd | Frank Moats | Republican | 1903–1905 | Wood County |
| 24th | Fred Paul Grosscup | Republican | 1905–1907 | Kanawha County |
| 25th | James A. Seaman | Republican | 1907–1909 | Jackson County |
| 26th | J.H. Strickling | Republican | 1909–1911 | Tyler County |
| 27th | C.M. Wetzel | Democratic | 1911–1913 | Jefferson County |
| 28th | William Taylor George | Republican | 1913–1915 | Barbour County |
| 29th | Vernon E. Johnson | Republican | 1915–1917, 1927–1929 | Morgan County |
| 30th | Joseph S. Thurmond | Democratic | 1917–1919 | Greenbrier County |
| 31st | J. Luther Wolfe | Republican | 1919–1921 | Jackson County |
| 32nd | Edwin M. Keatley | Republican | 1921–1923, 1925–1927 | Kanawha County |
| 33rd | W.E.R. Byrne | Democratic | 1923–1925 | Kanawha County |
| 34th | J. William Cummins | Republican | 1929–1931 | Ohio County |
| 35th | J. Alfred Taylor | Democratic | 1931–1933 | Fayette County |
| 36th | Ralph M. Hiner | Democratic | 1933–1935 | Pendleton County |
| 37th | John J. Pelter | Democratic | 1935–1937 | Logan County |
| 38th | James Kay Thomas | Democratic | 1937–1941 | Kanawha County |
| 39th | Malcolm R. Arnold | Democratic | 1941–1943 | Boone County |
| 40th | John E. Amos | Democratic | 1943–1949 | Kanawha County |
| 41st | William E. Flannery | Democratic | 1949–1958 | Logan County |
| 42nd | Harry R. Pauley | Democratic | 1958–1961 | McDowell County |
| 43rd | Julius W. Singleton Jr. | Democratic | 1961–1965 | Monongalia County |
| 44th | H. Laban White | Democratic | 1965–1969 | Harrison County |
| 45th | Ivor F. Boiarsky | Democratic | 1969–1971 | Kanawha County |
| 46th | Lewis N. McManus | Democratic | 1971–1977 | Raleigh County |
| 47th | Donald L. Kopp | Democratic | 1977–1979 | Harrison County |
| 48th | Clyde See Jr. | Democratic | 1979–1985 | Hardy County |
| 49th | Joseph Albright | Democratic | 1985–1987 | Wood County |
| 50th | Chuck Chambers | Democratic | 1987–1997 | Cabell County |
| 51st | Robert S. Kiss | Democratic | 1997–2007 | Raleigh County |
| 52nd | Richard Thompson | Democratic | 2007–2013 | Wayne County |
| 53rd | Tim Miley | Democratic | 2013–2015 | Harrison County |
| 54th | Tim Armstead | Republican | 2015–2018 | Kanawha County |
| Acting | John Overington | Republican | 2018 | |
| 55th | Roger Hanshaw | Republican | 2018–present | Clay County |