List of Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
Lists of the Speaker
Table:
Picture
Speaker
Session
Start of service
End of service
Party
County
Residence

1838 Constitution

Hugh Archer

1st

June 23, 1845

July 26, 1845

Leon

Tallahassee

Isaac Ferguson, Jr.

Adj.

November 17, 1845

December 29, 1845

Democratic

Gadsden

Quincy

Robert Brown

2nd

November 23, 1846

January 6, 1847

Democratic

Columbia

Joseph B. Lancaster

3rd

November 27, 1847

December 23, 1847

Whig

Duval

Jacksonville

John Chain

3rd

December 23, 1847

January 8, 1848

Santa Rosa

Milton

Benjamin A. Putnam

4th

November 27, 1848

January 13, 1849

Whig

St. Johns

St. Augustine

Hugh Archer

5th

November 25, 1850

January 24, 1851

Whig

Leon

Tallahassee

Abraham K. Allison

6th

November 22, 1852

January 14, 1853

Democratic

Gadsden

Quincy

William F. Russell

7th

November 27, 1854

January 13, 1855

St. Lucie

Fort Pierce

Philip Dell

Adj.

November 26, 1855

December 15, 1855

Democratic

Alachua

Newnansville

Hamlin Valentine Snell

8th

November 24, 1856

December 27, 1856

Democratic

Manatee

Manatee

John B. Galbraith

9th

November 28, 1858

January 15, 1859

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

John B. Galbraith

Adj.

November 28, 1858

December 22, 1858

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

John B. Galbraith

10th

November 26, 1860

February 14, 1861

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

Samuel B. Love

11th

November 18, 1861

December 17, 1861

Democratic

Gadsden

Quincy

Thomas Jefferson Eppes

12th

November 17, 1862

December 15, 1862

Democratic

Franklin

Apalachicola

Thomas Jefferson Eppes

12th

November 16, 1863

December 4, 1863

Democratic

Franklin

Apalachicola

Philip Dell

13th

November 21, 1864

December 7, 1864

Democratic

Alachua

Newnansville

Joseph John Williams

14th

December 18, 1865

January 16, 1866

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

Joseph John Williams

14th (2nd)

November 14, 1866

December 14, 1866

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

1868 Constitution

William W. Moore

1st

June 8, 1868

August 6, 1868

Republican

Columbia

Wellborn

William W. Moore

Extra.

November 3, 1868

November 7, 1868

Republican

Columbia

Wellborn

Marcellus L. Stearns

2nd

January 5, 1869

February 1, 1869

Republican

Gadsden

Quincy

William W. Moore

Extra.

June 8, 1869

June 24, 1869

Republican

Columbia

Wellborn

Simon B. Conover

1873

1873

Republican

Leon

Tallahassee

Malachi Martin

1874

1874

Republican

Gadsden

Chattahoochee

Thomas Hannah

1875

1875

Democratic

Washington

Vernon

G.G. McWhorter

1877

1877

Democratic

Santa Rosa

Milton

Charles Dougherty

1879

1879

Democratic

Volusia

Port Orange

J.J. Harris

1881

1881

Democratic

Orange

Tuscawilla

Charles Dougherty

1883

1883

Democratic

Volusia

Port Orange

Robert Wyche Davis

1885

1885

Democratic

Clay

Green Cove Springs

1885 Constitution

Samuel Pasco

1887

May 23, 1887

Democratic

Jefferson

Monticello

George H. Browne

1887

1887

Democratic

Orange

Oviedo

John L. Gaskins

1889

1893

Democratic

Bradford

Starke

William Sherman Jennings

1895

1895

Democratic

Hernando

Brooksville

Dannitte Hill Mays

1897

1897

Democratic

Jefferson

Monticello

Robert McNamee

1899

1899

Democratic

Lake

Leesburg

John W. Watson

1901

1901

Democratic

Osceola

Kissimmee

Cromwell Gibbons

1903

1903

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

Albert W. Gilchrist

1905

1905

Democratic

DeSoto

Punta Gorda

Eugene S. Matthews

1907

1907

Democratic

Bradford

Starke

Ion Farris

1909

1909

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

Thomas Albert Jennings

1911

1911

Democratic

Escambia

Pensacola

Ion Farris

1913

1913

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

Cary A. Hardee

1915

1917

Democratic

Suwannee

Live Oak

George H. Wilder

1918

1919

Democratic

Hillsborough

Plant City

Frank E. Jennings

1921

1921

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

L.D. Edge

1923

1923

Democratic

Lake

Groveland

A.Y. Milam

1925

1925

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

Fred Henry Davis

1927

1927

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

Samuel W. Getzen

1929

1929

Democratic

Sumter

Bushnell

E. Clay Lewis, Jr.

1931

1931

Democratic

Gulf

Port St. Joe

Peter Tomasello, Jr.

1933

1933

Democratic

Okeechobee

Okeechobee

W.B. Bishop

1935

1935

Democratic

Jefferson

Nash

W. McL. Christie

1937

1937

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

G. Pierce Wood

1939

1939

Democratic

Liberty

Wilma

Daniel T. McCarty

1941

1941

Democratic

St. Lucie

Fort Pierce

Richard H. Simpson

1943

1943

Democratic

Jefferson

Monticello

Evans Crary

1945

1945

Democratic

Martin

Stewart

Tom Beasley

1947

1947

Democratic

Walton

DeFuniak Springs

Perry E. Murray

1949

1949

Democratic

Polk

Frostproof

Elmer B. Elliott

1951

1951

Democratic

Palm Beach

Pahokee

C. Farris Bryant

1953

1954

Democratic

Marion

Ocala

Thomas E. David

1955

Democratic

Broward

Hollywood

Doyle Conner

1958

1960

Democratic

Bradford

Starke

Tom Beasley

1959

1959

Democratic

Walton

DeFuniak Springs

William V. Chappell, Jr.

1961

1963

Democratic

Marion

Ocala

Mallory Horne

1963

1965

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

E. C. Rowell

1965

1967

Democratic

Sumter

Wildwood

Ralph Turlington

1967

1969

Democratic

Alachua

Gainesville

1968 Constitution

Frederick H. Schultz

1969

1970

Democratic

Duval

Jacksonville

Richard A. Pettigrew

1971

1972

Democratic

Dade

Miami

T. Terrell Sessums

1973

1974

Democratic

Hillsborough

Tampa

Donald L. Tucker

1975

1978

Democratic

Leon

Tallahassee

J. Hyatt Brown

1978

1980

Democratic

Volusia

Daytona Beach

Ralph Haben

1981

1982

Democratic

Manatee

Palmetto

H. Lee Moffitt

1983

1984

Democratic

Hillsborough

Tampa

James Harold Thompson

1985

1986

Democratic

Gadsden

Quincy

Jon L. Mills

1987

1988

Democratic

Alachua

Gainesville

Tom Gustafson

1988

1990

Democratic

Broward

Fort Lauderdale

T. K. Wetherell

1991

1992

Democratic

Volusia

Daytona Beach

Bolley Johnson

1993

1994

Democratic

Santa Rosa

Milton

Peter Rudy Wallace

1995

1996

Democratic

Pinellas

St. Petersburg

Daniel Webster

November 19, 1996

November 17, 1998

Republican

Orange

Orlando

John Thrasher

November 17, 1998

November 21, 2000

Republican

Duval

Orange Park

Tom Feeney

November 21, 2000

November 19, 2002

Republican

Seminole

Oviedo

Johnnie Byrd

November 19, 2002

November 16, 2004

Republican

Hillsborough

Plant City

Allan Bense

November 16, 2004

November 21, 2006

Republican

Bay

Panama City

Marco Rubio

November 21, 2006

November 18, 2008

Republican

Miami-Dade

West Miami

Ray Sansom

November 18, 2008

February 2, 2009 (resigned)

Republican

Okaloosa

Destin

Larry Cretul

March 3, 2009

November 16, 2010

Republican

Marion

Ocala

Dean Cannon

November 16, 2010

November 20, 2012

Republican

Orange

Winter Park

Will Weatherford

November 20, 2012

November 18, 2014

Republican

Pasco

Wesley Chapel

Steve Crisafulli

November 18, 2014

November 22, 2016

Republican

Brevard

Merritt Island

Richard Corcoran

November 22, 2016

November 20, 2018

Republican

Pasco

Land O' Lakes

José R. Oliva

November 20, 2018

Republican

Miami-Dade

Miami Lakes

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