# List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives

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

## Speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives

| Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence |
| Webster Anthony | 1876–1877 | Republican | Arapahoe County |
| Rienzi Streeter | 1879–1880 | Republican | Longmont |
| William H. Doe | 1881–1882 | Republican | Idaho Springs |
| Elisha W. Davis | 1883–1884 | Republican | Lake County |
| Thomas B. Stuart | 1885–1888 | Republican | Denver |
| H. H. Eddy | 1889–1890 | Republican | Axial |
| James W. Hanna | 1891 | Republican | Cliff |
| Jesse White | 1891–1892 | Republican | Cortez |
| Elias M. Ammons | 1893–1895 | Republican | Symes |
| Arthur L. Humphrey | 1895–1896 | Republican | Colorado Springs |
| Edwin W. Hurlbut | 1897–1898 | Silver Republican | Cripple Creek |
| William G. Smith | 1899–1900 | Silver Republican | Golden |
| Benjamin F. Montgomery | 1901–1902 | Democratic | Cripple Creek |
| James B. Sanford | 1903–1904 | Republican | Castle Rock |
| William H. Dickson | 1905–1906 | Republican | Denver |
| Robert G. Breckenridge | 1907–1909 | Republican | Monte Vista |
| Harry L. Lubers | 1909–1910 | Democratic | Las Animas |
| George McLachlin | 1911–1913 | Democratic | Denver |
| Onias C. Skinner | 1913–1914 | Democratic | Montrose County |
| John H. Slattery | 1914–1915 | Democratic | Silverton |
| Philip B. Stewart | 1915–1917 | Republican | Colorado Springs |
| Boon Best | 1917–1919 | Democratic | Arlington |
| Allyn Cole | 1919–1921 | Republican | Lamar |
| Roy A. Davis | 1921–1923 | Republican | Colorado Springs |
| Charles C. Sackmann | 1923–1925 | Republican | Denver |
| William T. Lambert | 1925–1927 | Republican | Sedalia |
| John A. Holmberg | 1927–1929 | Republican | Orchard |
| Royal W. Calkins | 1929–1931 | Republican | Cortez |
| Delmer E. Hunter | 1931–1933 | Democratic | Manzanola |
| Byron G. Rogers | 1933 | Democratic | Las Animas |
| Warren H. Twining | 1933–1935 | Democratic | Aspen |
| Moses E. Smith | 1933–1935 | Democratic | Ault |
| Wayne N. Aspinall | 1935–1937 | Democratic | Palisade |
| William E. Higby | 1939–1941 | Republican | Monument |
| Homer L. Pearson | 1941–1947 | Republican | Wheat Ridge |
| William A. Carlson | 1947–1949 | Republican | Greely |
| Patrick Magill | 1949–1950 | Democratic | Steamboat Springs |
| Ben Bezoff | 1950–1951 | Republican | Denver |
| David A. Hamil | 1951–1957 | Republican | Atwood |
| Charles R. Conklin | 1957–1961 | Democratic | Delta |
| Albert J. Tomsic | 1961–1963 | Democratic | Walsenburg |
| John D. Vanderhoof | 1963–1965 | Republican | Glenwood Springs |
| Allen Dines | 1965–1971 | Democratic | Denver |
| John Fuhr | 1971–1975 | Republican | Aurora |
| Ruben A. Valdez | 1975–1977 | Democratic | Denver |
| Ronald H. Strahle | 1977–1979 | Republican | Fort Collins |
| Robert F. Burford | 1981–1979 | Republican | Grand Junction |
| Carl Bledsoe | 1981–1991 | Republican | Hugo |
| Chuck Berry | 1991–1998 | Republican | Colorado Springs |
| Russell George | 1999–2000 | Republican | Rifle |
| Doug Dean | 2001–2003 | Republican | Colorado Springs |
| Lola Spradley | 2003–2005 | Republican | Beulah |
| Andrew Romanoff | 2005–2009 | Democratic | Denver |
| Terrance Carroll | 2009–2011 | Democratic | Denver |
| Frank McNulty | 2011–2013 | Republican | Highlands Ranch |
| Mark Ferrandino | 2013–2015 | Democratic | Denver |
| Dickey Lee Hullinghorst | 2015–2017 | Democratic | Longmont |
| Crisanta Duran | 2017–2019 | Democratic | |
| KC Becker | 2019–2021 | Democratic | |
| Alec Garnett | 2021–2023 | Democratic | |
| Julie McCluskie | 2023– | Democratic | |

## Speakers of the Colorado Territorial House of Representatives

| Speaker | Term |
| C. F. Holly | September 9, 1861 – November 7, 1861 |
| George F. Crocker | July 7, 1862 – August 15, 1862 |
| Jerome B. Chaffee | February 1, 1864 – March 11, 1864 |
| Levi H. Harsh | January 2, 1865 – February 10, 1865 |
| E. N. Stearns | January 1, 1866 – February 9, 1866 |
| Edward L. Berthoud | December 3, 1866 – January 11, 1867 |
| C. H. McLaughlin | December 2, 1867 – January 10, 1868 |
| George W. Miller | January 3, 1870 – February 11, 1870 |
| Alvin Marsh | January 1, 1872 – February 9, 1872 |
| D. H. Nichols | January 5, 1874 – February 13, 1874 |
| Alfred Butters | January 3, 1876 – February 11, 1876 |