List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives

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Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
Alaska State Seal
Incumbent Louise Stutes since February 11, 2021
Formation	1913
First holder	Earnest B. Collins

Mike Chenault is the longest-serving speaker, holding the office for four terms from 2009 to 2017. He is shown seated at the speaker's chair at the start of the 29th Legislature in January 2015. A large wood carving depicting the state seal hangs on the wall behind him.

The front entrance to the Speaker's chambers in the Alaska State Capitol.

This is a list of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives. The speaker is the presiding officer of the Alaska House of Representatives. This list covers both the territorial House (convened mostly biennially between 1913 and 1957) and the state House (convened annually since 1959).

Speakers[]

Territorial House[]

No.	Name	Image	Party	Hometown	Division	Term	Legislatures
1			Republican	Fox	4th	1913 – 1917	,
2			Democratic	Fairbanks	4th	1917 – 1919
3			Democratic	Juneau	1st	1919 – 1921
4			Republican	Fairbanks	4th	1921 – 1923
5			Republican	Juneau	1st	1923 – 1925
6			Democratic	Valdez	3rd	1925 – 1927
7			Republican	Anchorage	3rd	1927 – 1929
8			Independent Republican	Fairbanks	4th	1929 – 1931
9	Grover C. Winn		Republican	Juneau	1st	1931 – 1933
10			Democratic	Ester Creek	4th	1933 – 1935
11			Democratic	Seward	3rd	1935 – 1937
12			Democratic	Hyder	1st	1937 – 1939
13			Democratic	Nome	2nd	1939 – 1941
14			Democratic	Anchorage	3rd	1941 – 1943
15			Democratic	Juneau	1st	1943 – 1945
16			Democratic	Fairbanks	4th	1945 – 1947
17	Oscar S. Gill		Republican	Anchorage	3rd	1947 – 1949
18			Democratic	Anchorage	3rd	1949 – 1951
19	William A. Egan		Democratic	Valdez	3rd	1951 – 1953
20	George J. Miscovich		Republican	Fairbanks	4th	1953 – 1955
21	Wendell P. Kay		Democratic	Anchorage	3rd	1955 – 1957
22	Richard J. Greuel		Democratic	Fairbanks	4th	1957 – 1959

State House[]

No.	Name	Image	Party	Hometown	District	Term	Legislatures
1	Warren A. Taylor		Democratic	Fairbanks	19	1959 – 1963	First, Second
2	Bruce Kendall		Republican	Anchorage	8	1963 – 1965	Third
3	Mike Gravel		Democratic	Anchorage	8	1965 – 1967	Fourth
4	William K. Boardman		Republican	Ketchikan	1	1967 – 1969	Fifth
5	Jalmar M. Kerttula		Democratic	Palmer	7	1969 – 1971	Sixth
6	Gene Guess		Democratic	Anchorage	8	1971 – 1973
7	Tom Fink		Republican	Anchorage	8	1973 – 1975
8	Mike Bradner		Democratic	Fairbanks	20	1975 – 1977
9	Hugh Malone		Democratic	Kenai	13	1977 – 1979	Tenth
10			Democratic	Ketchikan	1	1979 – 1981
11	Jim Duncan		Democratic	Juneau	4	1981 – 1981
12	Joseph L. Hayes		Republican	Anchorage	12, 9	1981 – 1985	,
13	Ben F. Grussendorf		Democratic	Sitka	3	1985 – 1989	,
14			Democratic	Eagle River	15	1989 – 1991
15	Ben F. Grussendorf		Democratic	Sitka	3	1991 – 1993
16	Ramona L. Barnes		Republican	Anchorage	22	1993 – 1995
17	Gail Phillips		Republican	Homer	7	1995 – 1999	,
18			Republican	Anchorage	20	1999 – 2003	,
19	Pete Kott		Republican	Eagle River	17	2003 – 2005
20	John Harris		Republican	Valdez	12	2005 – 2009	Twenty-Fourth, Twenty-Fifth
21	Mike Chenault		Republican	Nikiski	34	2009 – 2017	Twenty-Sixth, , ,
22	Bryce Edgmon		Democratic	Dillingham	37	2017 – 2021	Thirtieth, Thirty-first
			Independent
23	Louise Stutes		Republican (Democratic majority coalition)	Kodiak	32	2021 – present	Thirty-second

See also[]

• List of Alaska state legislatures

External links[]

• Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members 1913–2013 (PDF) (Centennial ed.). Juneau: Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency. 2013. — contains photos of most speakers