List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

The speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives is the highest official in the Indiana House of Representatives, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party. As in most Anglophone countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature.

Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
Seal of Indiana
Incumbent Todd Huston since March 9, 2020
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	Elected by the Indiana House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Isaac Newton Blackford

The current speaker is Todd Huston.^[1]

List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives

Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives^[2]
Assy.	Name	Party		District	Term of service
1st	Isaac Newton Blackford		Unaffiliated	Knox	November 4, 1816 – December 1, 1817
2nd	Amos Lane		Unaffiliated	Dearborn	December 1, 1817 – December 7, 1818
3rd	Williamson Dunn		Unaffiliated	Jefferson, Jennings, & Ripley	December 7, 1818 – November 19, 1821
4th
5th
6th	Samuel Milroy		Unaffiliated	Washington & Scott	November 19, 1821 – December 2, 1822
7th	General Washington Johnston		Unaffiliated	Knox	December 2, 1822 – December 1, 1823
8th	David Hervey Maxwell		Unaffiliated	Monroe	December 1, 1823 – January 10, 1824
9th	Stephen Stevens		Unaffiliated	Switzerland	January 10, 1825 – December 5, 1825
10th	Robert Morgan Evans		Unaffiliated	Gibson	December 5, 1825 – December 4, 1826
11th	Harbin H. Moore		Unaffiliated	Harrison	December 4, 1826 – December 1, 1828
12th
13th	Isaac Howk		Unaffiliated	Clark	December 1, 1828 – December 7, 1829
14th	Ross Smiley		Unaffiliated	Union	December 7, 1829 – December 6, 1830
15th	Isaac Howk		Unaffiliated	Clark	December 6, 1830 – December 5, 1831
16th	Harbin H. Moore		Unaffiliated	Floyd	December 5, 1831 – December 3, 1832
17th	John Wesley Davis		Unaffiliated	Sullivan	December 3, 1832 – December 2, 1833
18th	Nathan B. Palmer		Unaffiliated	Jefferson	December 2, 1833 – December 1, 1834
19th	James Gregory		Whig	Warren	December 1, 1834 – December 7, 1835
20th	Caleb Blood Smith		Whig	Fayette	December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1837
21st
22nd	Thomas Jefferson Evans		Whig	Fountain	December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1839
23rd
24th	James G. Read		Democratic	Clark	December 2, 1839 – December 7, 1840
25th	Samuel Judah		Whig	Knox	December 7, 1840 – December 6, 1841
26th	John Wesley Davis		Democratic	Sullivan	December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842
27th	Thomas Jefferson Henley		Democratic	Clark	December 5, 1842 – December 4, 1843
28th	Andrew L. Robinson		Democratic	Carroll	December 4, 1843 – December 2, 1844
29th	Alexander Campbell Stevenson		Whig	Putnam	December 2, 1844 – December 1, 1845
30th	John S. Simonson		Democratic	Clark	December 1, 1845 – December 7, 1846
31st	Robert N. Carnan		Whig	Knox	December 7, 1846 – December 6, 1847
32nd	William A. Porter		Whig	Harrison	December 6, 1847 – December 4, 1848
33rd	George W. Carr		Democratic	Lawrence	December 4, 1848 – December 30, 1850
34th
35th	Ebenezer Dumont		Democratic	Dearborn	December 30, 1850 – December 1, 1851
36th	John Wesley Davis		Democratic	Sullivan	December 1, 1851 – April 6, 1852
	Vacant (April 6–8, 1852)
	William Hayden English		Democratic	Scott	April 8, 1852 – November 3, 1852
37th	Oliver Brooks Torbet		Democratic	Dearborn	November 3, 1852 – November 8, 1854
38th	David Kilgore		Indiana People's	Delaware	November 8, 1854 – November 5, 1856
39th	Ballard Smith		Democratic	Perry	November 5, 1856 – November 3, 1858
40th	Jonathan W. Gordon		Republican	Marion	November 3, 1858 – November 7, 1860
41st	Cyrus M. Allen		Republican	Knox	November 7, 1860 – November 5, 1862
42nd	Samuel Hamilton Buskirk		Democratic	Monroe	November 5, 1862 – November 9, 1864
43rd	John Pettit		Republican	Wabash	November 9, 1864 – November 7, 1866
44th	David C. Branham		Republican	Jefferson	November 7, 1866 – November 4, 1868
45th	Ambrose P. Stanton		Republican	Marion	November 4, 1868 – April 8, 1869
	George A. Buskirk		Republican	Monroe	April 8, 1869 – November 9, 1870
46th	William G. Mack		Democratic	Vigo	November 9, 1870 – November 6, 1872
47th	William K. Edwards		Republican	Vigo	November 6, 1872 – November 4, 1874
48th	David Turpie		Democratic	Marion	November 4, 1874 – November 8, 1876
49th	John Overmyer		Republican	Jennings	November 8, 1876 – November 6, 1878
50th	Henry Sullivan Cauthorn		Democratic	Knox	November 6, 1878 – November 3, 1880
51st	William Marion Ridpath		Republican	Clay, Hendricks, & Putnam	November 3, 1880 – November 8, 1882
52nd	William D. Bynum		Democratic	Marion	November 8, 1882 – November 5, 1884
53rd	Charles L. Jewett		Democratic	Clark, Floyd, & Scott	November 5, 1884 – November 3, 1886
54th	Warren G. Sayre		Republican	Wabash	November 3, 1886 – November 7, 1888
55th	Mason J. Niblack		Democratic	Knox	November 7, 1888 – November 9, 1892
56th
57th	James B. Curtis		Democratic	Marion & Shelby	November 9, 1892 – November 7, 1894
58th	Justus C. Adams		Republican	Marion	November 7, 1894 – November 9, 1896
59th	Henry C. Petitt		Republican	Wabash	November 9, 1896 – November 9, 1898
60th	Frank L. Littleton		Republican	Marion	November 9, 1898 – 7, 1900
61st	Samuel R. Artman		Republican	Boone, Hamilton, Madison & Montgomery	November 7, 1900 – November 5, 1902
62nd	Henry Wright Marshall, Sr.		Republican	Tippecanoe & Warren	November 5, 1902 – November 9, 1904
63rd	Sidney W. Cantwell		Republican	Blackford, Jay, & Randolph	November 9, 1904 – November 7, 1906
64th	Emmett Forrest Branch		Republican	Morgan	November 7, 1906 – November 4, 1908
65th	Thomas Michael Honan		Democratic	Jackson	November 4, 1908 – November 9, 1910
66th	Albert Julius Veneman		Democratic	Gibson, Knox, & Vanderburgh	November 9, 1910 – November 6, 1912
67th	Homer Livingston Cook		Democratic	Marion	November 6, 1912 – November 4, 1914
68th	Charles Haddon Bedwell		Democratic	Sullivan	November 4, 1914 – November 8, 1916
69th	Jesse E. Eschbach		Republican	Kosciusko	November 8, 1916 – November 3, 1920
70th
71st	John F. McClure		Republican	Madison	November 3, 1920 – December 14, 1921^[a]
	Claude A. Smith		Republican	Gibson	December 14, 1921 – November 8, 1922
72nd	Raymond C. Morgan		Republican	Henry	November 8, 1922 – November 4, 1924
73rd	Harry G. Leslie		Republican	Tippecanoe & Warren	November 5, 1924 – November 7, 1928
74th
75th	James Merrill Knapp		Republican	Wayne	November 7, 1928 – November 5, 1930
76th	Walter D. Myers		Democratic	Marion	November 5, 1930 – November 9, 1932
77th	Henry C. Crawford		Democratic	Union & Wayne	November 9, 1932 – November 7, 1934
78th	Edward H. Stein		Democratic	Greene	November 7, 1934 – November 9, 1938
79th
80th	James M. Knapp		Republican	Wayne	November 9, 1938 – November 4, 1942
81st
82nd	William H. Creighton		Republican	Kosciusko	November 4, 1942 – November 3, 1948
83rd
84th
85th	Robert H. Heller		Democratic	Adams & Wells	November 3, 1948 – November 8, 1950
86th	Winfred O. Hughes		Republican	Allen	November 8, 1950 – November 5, 1952
87th	James D. Allen		Republican	Orange & Washington	November 5, 1952 – November 3, 1954
88th	George S. Diener		Republican	Marion	November 3, 1954 – November 5, 1958
89th
90th	Birch Bayh		Democratic	Vigo	November 5, 1958 – November 9, 1960
91st	Richard W. Guthrie		Republican	Marion	November 9, 1960 – November 4, 1964
92nd
93rd	Richard C. Bodine		Democratic	St. Joseph	November 4, 1964 – November 9, 1966
94th	Otis Bowen		Republican	8th District	November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972
95th
96th
97th	Kermit O. Burrous		Republican	22nd District	November 8, 1972 – November 6, 1974
98th	Phillip E. Bainbridge		Democratic	2nd District	November 6, 1974 – November 3, 1976
99th	Kermit O. Burrous		Republican	22nd District	November 3, 1976 – November 5, 1980
100th
101st	J. Roberts Dailey		Republican	37th District	November 5, 1980 – November 3, 1982
102nd				35th District	November 3, 1982 – November 5, 1986
103rd
104th	Paul S. Mannweiler		Republican	49th District	November 5, 1986 – November 9, 1988
105th	Paul S. Mannweiler		Republican	49th District	November 9, 1988 – November 7, 1990^[b]
	Michael K. Phillips		Democratic	74th District
106th	Michael K. Phillips		Democratic	74th District	November 7, 1990 – November 9, 1994
107th
108th	Paul S. Mannweiler		Republican	87th District	November 9, 1994 – November 6, 1996
109th	John R. Gregg		Democratic	45th District	November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002
110th
111th
112th	Pat Bauer		Democratic	6th District	November 6, 2002 – November 3, 2004
113th	Brian Bosma		Republican	88th District	November 3, 2004 – November 8, 2006
114th	Pat Bauer		Democratic	6th District	November 8, 2006 – November 3, 2010
115th
116th	Brian Bosma		Republican	88th District	November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020^[c]
117th
118th
119th
120th
	Todd Huston		Republican	37th District	March 9, 2020 – incumbent^[c]

See also

•  Indiana portal

• Indiana House of Representatives
• Indiana General Assembly

References

1. Died in office.
2. The House of Representatives evenly divided with 50 Democratic and 50 Republican members, Mannweiler and Phillips served jointly as speaker for the duration of the 105th term.
3. Bosma resigned the speakership partway through the 120th Assembly in order to oversee a smooth transition of power to his successor, Huston.

1. "Fishers Rep. Todd Huston to serve as House speaker after Brian Bosma retires". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
2. "Speakers of the Indiana House". Capitol&Washington. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

External links

• Complete list of Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives