List of Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives is the most powerful member of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Term	Name	Party	Home County
1803-03-01 – 1803-12-04	Michael Baldwin	Democratic-Republican	Ross
1803-12-05 – 1804-12-02	Elias Langham		Ross
1804-12-03 – 1805-12-01	Michael Baldwin (2nd term)		Ross
1805-12-02 – 1806-11-30	John Sloane		Jefferson
1806-12-01 – 1807-12-06	Abraham Shepherd		Adams
1807-12-07 – 1808-12-04	Philemon Beecher		Fairfield
1808-12-05 – 1809-12-03	Alexander Campbell		Adams
1809-12-04 – 1811-12-01	Edward Tiffin	Democratic-Republican	Ross
1811-12-02 – 1812-12-06	Matthias Corwin		Warren
1812-12-07 – 1815-12-03	John Pollock		Clermont
1815-12-04 – 1816-12-01	Matthias Corwin (2nd term)		Warren
1816-12-02 – 1817-11-30	Thomas Kirker	Democratic-Republican	Adams
1817-12-01 – 1818-12-06	Duncan McArthur		Ross
1818-12-07 – 1821-12-02	Joseph Richardson		Columbiana
1821-12-03 – 1822-12-01	John Bigger		Warren
1822-12-02 – 1824-12-05	Joseph Richardson (2nd term)		Columbiana
1824-12-06 – 1825-12-04	Micajah T. Williams	Democratic	Hamilton
1825-12-05 – 1826-12-03	William W. Irvin	Democratic	Fairfield
1826-12-04 – 1827-12-02	David Higgins	Democratic	Butler
1827-12-03 – 1829-12-06	Edward King	National Republican	Ross
1829-12-07 – 1830-12-05	Thomas L. Hamer	Democratic	Brown
1830-12-06 – 1831-12-04	James M. Bell	Whig	Guernsey
1831-12-05 – 1832-12-02	William B. Hubbard	Whig	Belmont
1832-12-03 – 1833-12-01	David T. Disney	Democratic	Hamilton
1833-12-02 – 1834-11-30	John H. Keith	Democratic	Muskingum
1834-12-01 – 1835-12-06	John M. Creed	Whig	Fairfield
1835-12-07 – 1836-12-04	William Sawyer	Democratic	Montgomery
1836-12-05 – 1837-12-03	William Medill	Democratic	Fairfield
1837-12-04 – 1838-12-02	Charles Anthony	Whig	Clark
1838-12-03 – 1839-12-01	James J. Faran	Democratic	Hamilton
1839-12-02 – 1840-12-06	Thomas J. Buchanan	Democratic	Clermont
1840-12-07 – 1841-12-05	Seabury Ford	Whig	Geauga
1841-12-06 – 1842-12-04	Rufus P. Spalding	Democratic	Summit
1842-12-05 – 1843-12-03	John Chaney	Democratic	Fairfield
1843-12-04 – 1844-12-01	John M. Gallagher	Whig	Madison
1844-12-02 – 1845-11-30	John M. Gallagher	Whig	Clark
1845-12-01 – 1846-12-06	Elias F. Drake	Whig	Greene
1846-12-07 – 1847-12-05	William P. Cutler	Whig	Washington
1847-12-06 – 1848-12-03	Joseph S. Hawkins	Whig	Preble
1848-12-04 – 1849-12-02	John G. Breslin	Democratic	Seneca
1849-12-03 – 1850-12-01	Benjamin F. Leiter	Democratic	Stark
1850-12-02 – 1852-01-04	John F. Morse	Free Soil	Ashtabula
1852-01-05 – 1854-01-01	James C. Johnson	Democratic	Medina
1854-01-02 – 1856-01-06	Francis C. LeBlond		Mercer
1856-01-07 – 1858-01-03	Nelson H. Van Vorhes	Republican	Athens
1858-01-04 – 1860-01-01	William Burnham Woods	Democratic	Licking
1860-01-02 – 1862-01-05	Richard C. Parsons	Republican	Cuyahoga
1862-01-06 – 1865-12-31	James Randolph Hubbell	Republican	Delaware
1866-01-01 – 1868-01-05	Edwin A. Parrott	Republican	Montgomery
1868-01-06 – 1870-01-02	John F. Follett	Democratic	Licking
1870-01-03 – 1871-12-31	A. J. Cunningham		Hamilton
1872-01-01 – 1874-01-04	Nelson H. Van Vorhes (2nd term)	Republican	Athens
1874-01-05 – 1876-01-02	George L. Converse	Democratic	Franklin
1876-01-03 – 1878-01-06	Charles H. Grosvenor	Republican	Athens
1878-01-07 – 1880-01-03	James E. Neal		Butler
1880-01-04 – 1882-01-01	Thomas A. Cowgill		Champaign
1882-01-02 – 1884-01-06	Orlando J. Hodge	Republican	Cuyahoga
1884-01-07 – 1886-01-03	Archelaus D. Marsh	Democratic	Mercer
1886-01-04 – 1888-01-01	John C. Entrekin		Ross
1888-01-02 – 1890-01-05	Elbert L. Lampson	Republican	Ashtabula
1890-01-06 – 1892-01-03	Nial R. Hysell	Democratic	Perry
1892-01-04 – 1894-01-02	Lewis C. Laylin	Republican	Huron
1894-01-03 – 1896-01-05	Alexander Boxwell	Republican	Warren
1896-01-06 – 1898-01-02	David L. Sleeper	Republican	Athens
1898-01-03 – 1899-12-31	Harry C. Mason	Republican	Cuyahoga
1900-01-01 – 1902-01-05	Arlington G. Reynolds	Republican	Lake
1902-01-06 – 1904-01-03	William S. McKinnon	Republican	Ashtabula
1904-01-04 – 1905-12-31	George T. Thomas	Republican	Huron
1906-01-01 – 1909-01-03	Carmi A. Thompson Freeman T. Eagleson	Republican Republican	Lawrence Guernsey
1909-01-04 – 1911-01-01	Granville W. Mooney	Republican	Ashtabula
1911-01-02 – 1913-01-05	Samuel J. Vining	Democratic	Mercer
1913-01-06 – 1915-01-03	Charles L. Swain	Democratic	Hamilton
1915-01-04 – 1916-12-31	Charles D. Conover	Republican	Champaign
1917-01-01 – 1919-01-05	E. J. Hopple	Democratic	Cuyahoga
1919-01-06 – 1921-01-02	Carl R. Kimball	Republican	Lake
1921-01-03 – 1922-12-31	Rupert R. Beetham	Republican	Harrison
1923-01-01 – 1925-01-04	H. H. Griswold	Republican	Geauga
1925-01-05 – 1927-01-02	Harry D. Silver	Republican	Preble
1927-01-03 – 1931-01-04	O. C. Gray	Republican	Harrison
1931-01-05 – 1933-01-01	Arthur Hamilton	Republican	Warren
1933-01-02 – 1935-01-06	Frank Cave	Democratic	Richland
1935-01-07 – 1937-01-03	J. Freer Bittinger	Democratic	Ashland
1937-01-04 – 1939-01-01	Frank R. Uible	Democratic	Cuyahoga
1939-01-02 – 1944-12-31	William M. McCulloch	Republican	Miami
1945-01-01 – 1947-01-05	Jackson E. Betts	Republican	Hancock
1947-01-06 – 1949-01-02	C. William O'Neill	Republican	Washington
1949-01-03 – 1950-12-31	John F. Cantwell	Democratic	Mahoning
1951-01-01 – 1953-01-04	Gordon Renner	Republican	Hamilton
1953-01-05 – 1955-01-02	William B. Saxbe	Republican	Champaign
1955-01-03 – 1959-01-04	Roger Cloud	Republican	Logan
1959-01-05 – 1961-01-01	James A. Lantz	Democratic	Fairfield
1961-01-02 – 1967-01-01	Roger Cloud (2nd term)	Republican	Logan
1967-01-02 – 1972-12-31	Charles F. Kurfess	Republican	Wood
1973-01-01 – 1975-01-05	A. G. Lancione	Democratic	Belmont
1975-01-06 – 1995-01-02	Vernal G. Riffe Jr.	Democratic	Scioto
1995-01-03 – 2000	Jo Ann Davidson	Republican	Franklin
2001–2005	Larry Householder	Republican	Perry
2005-2009	Jon A. Husted	Republican	Montgomery
2009-2011	Armond Budish	Democratic	Cuyahoga
2011-present	William G. Batchelder	Republican	Medina

• Bell, William Jr. (1876). Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875.... Ohio Secretary of State.  (party affiliations for pre-1874)