List of speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives is seventh (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and President of the Senate, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois.

List of speakers
 # Speaker Party GeneralAssembly 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 Mather 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. HainesIndependent 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. HainesIndependent 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 Granville 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 Granville 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 Michael 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 101st70Emanuel Chris Welch Democratic 102ndJanuary 13, 2021103rd104th

References

Other websites
 Illinois General Assembly - House  official government site
 Illinois Blue Book 2009–10 official government document