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. The Speaker is third in line to the Office of the Governor
TermNamePartyHome County
March 1, 1803 – December 4, 1803Michael BaldwinDemocratic-RepublicanRoss
December 5, 1803 – December 2, 1804Elias LanghamDemocratic-RepublicanRoss
December 3, 1804 – December 1, 1805Michael Baldwin Democratic-RepublicanRoss
December 2, 1805 – November 30, 1806John SloaneDemocratic-RepublicanJefferson
December 1, 1806 – December 6, 1807Abraham ShepherdDemocratic-RepublicanAdams
December 7, 1807 – December 4, 1808Philemon BeecherDemocratic-RepublicanFairfield
December 5, 1808 – December 3, 1809Alexander CampbellDemocratic-RepublicanAdams
December 4, 1809 – December 1, 1811Edward TiffinDemocratic-RepublicanRoss
December 2, 1811 – December 6, 1812Matthias CorwinDemocratic-RepublicanWarren
December 7, 1812 – December 3, 1815John Pollock Clermont
December 4, 1815 – December 1, 1816Matthias Corwin Democratic-RepublicanWarren
December 2, 1816 – November 30, 1817Thomas KirkerDemocratic-RepublicanAdams
December 1, 1817 – December 6, 1818Duncan McArthurDemocratic-RepublicanRoss
December 7, 1818 – December 2, 1821Joseph Richardson Columbiana
December 3, 1821 – December 1, 1822John BiggerDemocratic-RepublicanWarren
December 2, 1822 – December 5, 1824Joseph Richardson Columbiana
December 6, 1824 – December 4, 1825Micajah T. WilliamsDemocraticHamilton
December 5, 1825 – December 3, 1826William W. IrvinDemocraticFairfield
December 4, 1826 – December 2, 1827David HigginsDemocraticButler
December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829Edward KingNational RepublicanRoss
December 7, 1829 – December 5, 1830Thomas L. HamerDemocraticBrown
December 6, 1830 – December 4, 1831James M. BellWhigGuernsey
December 5, 1831 – December 2, 1832William Blackstone HubbardWhigBelmont
December 3, 1832 – December 1, 1833David T. DisneyDemocraticHamilton
December 2, 1833 – November 30, 1834John H. KeithDemocraticMuskingum
December 1, 1834 – December 6, 1835John M. CreedWhigFairfield
December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1836William SawyerDemocraticMontgomery
December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1837William MedillDemocraticFairfield
December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1838Charles AnthonyWhigClark
December 3, 1838 – December 1, 1839James J. FaranDemocraticHamilton
December 2, 1839 – December 6, 1840Thomas J. BuchananDemocraticClermont
December 7, 1840 – December 5, 1841Seabury FordWhigGeauga
December 6, 1841 – December 4, 1842Rufus P. SpaldingDemocraticSummit
December 5, 1842 – December 3, 1843John ChaneyDemocraticFairfield
December 4, 1843 – December 1, 1844John M. GallagherWhigMadison
December 2, 1844 – November 30, 1845John M. GallagherWhigClark
December 1, 1845 – December 6, 1846Elias Franklin DrakeWhigGreene
December 7, 1846 – December 5, 1847William P. CutlerWhigWashington
December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848Joseph S. HawkinsWhigPreble
December 4, 1848 – December 2, 1849John G. BreslinDemocraticSeneca
December 3, 1849 – December 1, 1850Benjamin F. LeiterDemocraticStark
December 2, 1850 – January 4, 1852John F. MorseFree SoilAshtabula
January 5, 1852 – January 1, 1854James C. JohnsonDemocraticMedina
January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1856Francis C. LeBlondDemocraticMercer
January 7, 1856 – January 3, 1858Nelson H. Van VorhesRepublicanAthens
January 4, 1858 – January 1, 1860William Burnham WoodsDemocraticLicking
January 2, 1860 – January 5, 1862Richard C. ParsonsRepublicanCuyahoga
January 6, 1862 – December 31, 1865James Randolph HubbellRepublicanDelaware
January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1868Edwin A. ParrottRepublicanMontgomery
January 6, 1868 – January 2, 1870John F. FollettDemocraticLicking
January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1871A. J. CunninghamRepublicanHamilton
January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874Nelson H. Van Vorhes RepublicanAthens
January 5, 1874 – January 2, 1876George L. ConverseDemocraticFranklin
January 3, 1876 – January 6, 1878Charles H. GrosvenorRepublicanAthens
January 7, 1878 – January 3, 1880James E. NealDemocraticButler
January 4, 1880 – January 1, 1882Thomas A. CowgillRepublicanChampaign
January 2, 1882 – January 6, 1884Orlando J. HodgeRepublicanCuyahoga
January 7, 1884 – January 3, 1886Archelaus D. MarshDemocraticMercer
January 4, 1886 – January 1, 1888John C. EntrekinRepublicanRoss
January 2, 1888 – January 5, 1890Elbert L. LampsonRepublicanAshtabula
January 6, 1890 – January 3, 1892Nial R. HysellDemocraticPerry
January 4, 1892 – January 2, 1894Lewis C. LaylinRepublicanHuron
January 3, 1894 – January 5, 1896Alexander BoxwellRepublicanWarren
January 6, 1896 – January 2, 1898David L. SleeperRepublicanAthens
January 3, 1898 – December 31, 1899Harry C. MasonRepublicanCuyahoga
January 1, 1900 – January 5, 1902Arlington G. ReynoldsRepublicanLake
January 6, 1902 – January 3, 1904William S. McKinnonRepublicanAshtabula
January 4, 1904 – December 31, 1905George T. ThomasRepublicanHuron
January 1, 1906 – January 3, 1909Carmi A. Thompson
Freeman T. Eagleson		Republican
Republican		Lawrence
Guernsey
January 4, 1909 – January 1, 1911Granville W. MooneyRepublicanAshtabula
January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1913Samuel J. ViningDemocraticMercer
January 6, 1913 – January 3, 1915Charles L. SwainDemocraticHamilton
January 4, 1915 – December 31, 1916Charles D. ConoverRepublicanChampaign
January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1919E. J. HoppleDemocraticCuyahoga
January 6, 1919 – January 2, 1921Carl R. KimballRepublicanLake
January 3, 1921 – December 31, 1922Rupert R. BeethamRepublicanHarrison
January 1, 1923 – January 4, 1925H. H. GriswoldRepublicanGeauga
January 5, 1925 – January 14, 1926Harry D. SilverRepublicanPreble
January 15, 1926 – January 2, 1927Robert A. TaftRepublicanHamilton
January 3, 1927 – January 4, 1931O. C. GrayRepublicanHarrison
January 5, 1931 – January 1, 1933Arthur HamiltonRepublicanWarren
January 2, 1933 – January 6, 1935Frank CaveDemocraticRichland
January 7, 1935 – January 3, 1937J. Freer BittingerDemocraticAshland
January 4, 1937 – January 1, 1939Frank R. UibleDemocraticCuyahoga
January 2, 1939 – December 31, 1944William M. McCullochRepublicanMiami
January 1, 1945 – January 5, 1947Jackson E. BettsRepublicanHancock
January 6, 1947 – January 2, 1949C. William O'NeillRepublicanWashington
January 3, 1949 – December 31, 1950John F. CantwellDemocraticMahoning
January 1, 1951 – January 4, 1953Gordon RennerRepublicanHamilton
January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1955William B. SaxbeRepublicanChampaign
January 3, 1955 – January 4, 1959Roger CloudRepublicanLogan
January 5, 1959 – January 1, 1961James A. LantzDemocraticFairfield
January 2, 1961 – January 1, 1967Roger Cloud RepublicanLogan
January 2, 1967 – December 31, 1972Charles F. KurfessRepublicanWood
January 1, 1973 – January 5, 1975A. G. LancioneDemocraticBelmont
January 6, 1975 – January 2, 1995Vernal G. Riffe Jr.DemocraticScioto
January 3, 1995 – January 2, 2001Jo Ann DavidsonRepublicanFranklin
January 2, 2001 – January 3, 2005Larry HouseholderRepublicanPerry
January 3, 2005 – January 5, 2009Jon A. HustedRepublicanMontgomery
January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011Armond BudishDemocraticCuyahoga
January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015William G. BatchelderRepublicanMedina
January 5, 2015 – April 12, 2018Cliff RosenbergerRepublicanClinton
April 12, 2018 – June 6, 2018Kirk Schuring - Interim SpeakerRepublicanStark
June 6, 2018 - January 7, 2019Ryan SmithRepublicanGallia
January 7, 2019 – July 30, 2020Larry Householder RepublicanPerry
July 30, 2020 –Robert R. CuppRepublicanAllen