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.

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

References

^ Died in office.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Bosma resigned the speakership partway through the 120th Assembly in order to oversee a smooth transition of power to his successor, Huston.

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

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[died-3] Died in office.

[split-4] 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.

[Bosma-Huston-5] 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. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

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