List of Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives
List of Speakers
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Speaker

Party

General
Assembly

Date of Election

1

John Messinger

Democratic-Republican

1st

October 5, 1818

2

John McLean

Democratic-Republican

2nd

December 4, 1820

3

William M. Alexander

Democratic-Republican

3rd

December 2, 1822

4

Thomas Mathers

Democratic-Republican

4th

November 15, 1824

5

David Blackwell

Democratic

January 2, 1826

6

John McLean

Democratic

5th

December 4, 1826

6th

7

William Lee D. Ewing

Democratic

7th

December 6, 1830

8

Alexander M. Jenkins

Democratic

8th

December 6, 1832

9

James Semple

Democratic

9th

December 1, 1834

10th

10

William Lee D. Ewing

Democratic

11th

December 3, 1838

12th

11

Samuel Hackleton

Democratic

13th

December 5, 1842

12

William Alexander Richardson

Democratic

14th

December 2, 1844

13

Newton Cloud

Democratic

15th

December 7, 1846

14

Zadok Casey

Democratic

16th

January 1, 1849

15

Sidney Breese

Democratic

17th

January 6, 1851

16

John Reynolds

Democratic

18th

January 3, 1853

17

Thomas J. Turner

Anti-Nebraska Democratic

19th

January 1, 1855

18

Samuel Holmes

Democratic

20th

January 5, 1857

19

William Ralls Morrison

Democratic

21st

January 3, 1859

20

Shelby Moore Cullom

Republican

22nd

January 7, 1861

21

Samuel A. Buckmaster

Democratic

23rd

January 5, 1863

22

Allen C. Fuller

Republican

24th

January 2, 1865

23

Franklin Corwin

Republican

25th

January 7, 1867

26th

24

William M. Smith

Republican

27th

January 4, 1871

25

Shelby Moore Cullom

Republican

28th

January 8, 1873

26

Elijah M. Haines

Independent

29th

January 6, 1875

27

James Shaw

Republican

30th

January 3, 1877

28

William A. James

Republican

31st

January 8, 1879

29

Horace H. Thomas

Republican

32nd

January 5, 1881

30

Lorin C. Collins

Republican

33rd

January 3, 1883

31

Elijah M. Haines

Independent

34th

January 29, 1885

32

William F. Calhoun

Republican

35th

January 5, 1887

33

Asa C. Matthews

Republican

36th

January 9, 1889

34

James H. Miller

Republican

May 10, 1889

35

William G. Cochran

Republican

July 23, 1890

36

Clayton E. Crafts

Democratic

37th

January 7, 1891

38th

37

John Meyer

Republican

39th

January 9, 1895

38

William G. Cochran

Republican

July 10, 1895

39

Edward C. Curtis

Republican

40th

January 6, 1897

40

Lawrence Y. Sherman

Republican

41st

January 4, 1899

42nd

41

John Henry Miller

Republican

43rd

January 7, 1903

42

Edward D. Shurtleff

Republican

44th

January 4, 1905

45th

46th

43

Charles A. Adkins

Republican

47th

January 4, 1911

44

William B. McKinley

Democratic

48th

January 29, 1913

45

David E. Shanahan

Republican

49th

February 17, 1915

50th

51st

46

Gotthard A. Dahlberg

Republican

52nd

January 5, 1921

47

David E. Shanahan

Republican

53rd

January 3, 1923

48

Robert Scholes

Republican

54th

January 7, 1925

55th

49

David E. Shanahan

Republican

56th

January 9, 1929

57th

50

Arthur Roe

Democratic

58th

January 4, 1933

51

John P. Devine

Democratic

59th

January 9, 1935

52

Louie E. Lewis

Democratic

60th

January 6, 1937

53

Hugh W. Cross

Republican

61st

January 3, 1939

54

Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

Republican

62nd

January 8, 1941

63rd

55

Hugh Green

Republican

64th

January 3, 1945

65th

56

Paul Powell

Democratic

66th

January 10, 1949

57

Warren L. Wood

Republican

67th

January 8, 1951

68th

69th

70th

58

Paul Powell

Democratic

71st

January 7, 1959

72nd

59

John W. Lewis, Jr.

Republican

73rd

January 9, 1963

60

John Touhy

Democratic

74th

January 6, 1965

61

Ralph T. Smith

Republican

75th

January 4, 1967

76th

62

Jack E. Walker

Republican

October 14, 1969

63

W. Robert Blair

Republican

77th

January 6, 1971

78th

64

William A. Redmond

Democratic

79th

January 21, 1975

80th

81st

65

George H. Ryan

Republican

82nd

January 14, 1981

66

Arthur A. Telcser

Republican

January 10, 1983

67

Michael J. Madigan

Democratic

83rd

January 12, 1983

84th

85th

86th

87th

88th

68

Lee A. Daniels

Republican

89th

January 9, 1995

69

Michael J. Madigan

Democratic

90th

January 8, 1997

91st

92nd

93rd

94th

95th

96th

97th

98th

99th

100th

101st

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