List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
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Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives | |
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![]() Alaska State Seal | |
Formation | 1913 |
First holder | Earnest B. Collins |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Categories:
- Lists of Alaska politicians
- Lists of speakers of state lower houses in the United States
- Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives