List of speakers of the Texas House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives.

For more information about the office and powers of the Speaker see Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

Republic of Texas[]

Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Congresses of the Republic of Texas.

Name Term in office Congress
Ira Ingram 1836–1837 1st
Branch Tanner Archer 1837
1838
John M. Hansford 1838–1839
David Spangler Kaufman 1840–1841
Kenneth Lewis Anderson 1841–1842
Nicholas Henry Darnell 1842–1843
Richardson A. Scurry 1843–1844
1844–1846

State of Texas[]

Seal of the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

Speakers of the House of Representatives in the Legislatures of the State of Texas.

Name Party Term in office Legislative
sessions
William Crump Democratic 16 February 1846 – 3 March 1846 1st
John Brown Democratic 3 March 1846 – 9 March 1846
Edward Thomas Branch Democratic 9 March 1846 – 16 March 1846
William Crump Democratic 16 March 1846 – 1 May 1846
William H. Bourland Democratic 1 May 1846–before 13 May 1846
Stephen W. Perkins Democratic before 13 May 1846 – 13 December 1847
J. W. Henderson Democratic 13 December 1847 – 5 November 1849 2nd
Charles G. Keenan Democratic 5 November 1849 – 3 November 1851 3rd
David Catchings Dickson Democratic 3 November 1851 – 7 November 1853 4th
Hardin Richard Runnels Democratic 7 November 1853 – 5 November 1855 5th
Hamilton Prioleau Bee Democratic 5 November 1855 – 2 November 1857 6th
William S. Taylor Democratic 2 November 1857 – 18 January 1858 7th
Matthew Fielding Locke Democratic 18 January 1858 – 7 November 1859
M. D. K. Taylor Democratic 7 November 1859 – 4 November 1861 8th
Constantine W. Buckley Democratic 4 November 1861 – 7 December 1861 9th
Nicholas Henry Darnell Democratic 7 December 1861 – 1862[1]
Vacant[1] 1862–2 February 1863
Constantine W. Buckley Democratic 2 February 1863 – 2 November 1863
M. D. K. Taylor Democratic 2 November 1863 – 6 August 1866 10th
Nathaniel Macon Burford Unionist[2] 6 August 1866 – 25 April 1869[3] 11th
Vacant[3] 25 April 1869 – 8 February 1870
Ira Hobart Evans Republican 8 February 1870 – 1871 12th
Republican 1871–14 January 1873
M. D. K. Taylor Democratic 14 January 1873 – 13 January 1874 13th
Guy Morrison Bryan Democratic 13 January 1874 – 1876 14th
Democratic 1876–1879 15th
Democratic 1879–1881 16th
George Robertson Reeves Democratic 1881–September 5, 1882 17th
Democratic 1883–1885 18th
Democratic 1885–1887 19th
George Cassety Pendleton Democratic 1887–1889 20th
Democratic 1889–1891 21st
Democratic 1891–1893
Democratic 1893–1895
Democratic 1895–1897
Democratic 1897–1899
Democratic 1899–1901
Democratic 1901–1903
Pat Morris Neff Democratic 1903–1905
Democratic 1905–1907
Democratic 1907–1909
Democratic 1909
Democratic 1909–1911
Sam Rayburn Democratic 1911–1913
Democratic 1913–1915
Democratic 1915–1917
Democratic 1917–1919
Robert Ewing Thomason Democratic 1919–1921
Democratic 1921–1923
Democratic 1923–1925
Democratic 1925–1927
Robert Lee Bobbitt Democratic 1927–1929
Democratic 1929–1931
Democratic 1931–1933
Coke R. Stevenson Democratic 1933–1937
Robert Wilburn Calvert Democratic 1937–1939 45th
Democratic 1939–1941 46th
Democratic 1941–1943 47th
Price Daniel Democratic 1943–1945 48th
Democratic 1945–1947 49th
Democratic 1947–1949 50th
Democratic 1949–1951 51st
Democratic 1951–1955 52nd
53rd
Jim T. Lindsey Democratic 1955–1957 54th
Waggoner Carr Democratic 1957–1961 55th
56th
Jimmy Turman Democratic 1961 57th
Byron M. Tunnell Democratic 1963 58th
Ben F. Barnes Democratic 1965–1969 59th
60th
Gus Franklin Mutscher Democratic 1969–1972 61st
62nd
Rayford Price Democratic 1972–1973[4] 62nd
Price Daniel Jr. Democratic 1973–1975 63rd
Bill W. Clayton Democratic 1975–1983 64th
65th
66th
67th
Gib Lewis Democratic 1983–1993 68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Pete Laney Democratic 1993–2003 73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
Tom Craddick Republican 2003–2009 78th
79th
80th
Joe Straus Republican 2009–2019 81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Dennis Bonnen Republican 2019–2021 86th
Dade Phelan Republican 2021–present 87th

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Darnell resigned some time in 1862 to fight in the Civil War, and Buckley was apparently not re-elected until the beginning of the First Called Session on 2 February 1863
  2. ^ Two sources, one contemporary, say Burford was a Democrat:
    • Perez, Joan Jenkins. "Burford, Nathaniel Macon". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2007-01-25. Burford was a Democrat…
    • "Burford, Nat. Macon". . New York: Southern Publishing Co. 1880. pp. 72–3. OCLC 1843096. Retrieved 2007-01-25. In politics he has always been a firm and consistent Democrat of the true Jackson type.
  3. ^ a b Moneyhon, Carl H. "Reconstruction". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2007-01-25. …every office filled by an elected official incapable of taking the Test Oath would be considered vacant on April 25, 1869
  4. ^ Price served as Speaker for the 2nd through the 4th Called Sessions

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