Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives is the speaker (presiding officer) of the Louisiana House of Representatives, the lower house of the Louisiana State Legislature.

Speaker Terms of Office Parish
Pierre Bauchet St. Martin 1812 German Coast
Stephen A. Hopkins 1813 Acadia
Magloire Guichard 1817 Orleans
David C. Ker 1819–1820 Orleans
Armand Beauvais 1820–1822 Pointe Coupee
Andre B. Roman 1822–1826 St. James
Octave Labranche 1827–1828 St. Charles
Andre B. Roman 1828–1830 St. James
Alexandre Mouton 1831–1832 Lafayette
Alcée Louis la Branche 1833–1837 St. Charles
Joseph Marshall Walker 1837–1838 Rapides
William Debuys 1839–1841 Orleans
William C. C. Claiborne 1842–1843 Orleans
Charles Derbigny 1843–1844 Jefferson
Antoine Boudousquie 1845 St. John the Baptist
David A. Randall 1846 Ascension
Preston W. Farrar 1847–1850 Orleans
E. Warren Moise 1850 Plaquemines
John E. King 1852 St. Landry
E. Warren Moise 1853 Plaquemines
John M. Sandidge 1854–1855 Bossier
William W. Pugh 1856–1859 Assumption
Charles H. Morrison 1860 Ouachita
Adolphus Oliver (Confederate) 1861–1863 unknown
Joseph Barton Elam (Confederate) 1863–1864 De Soto
Simeon Belden (Union) 1864–1865 St. Martin
Duncan S. Cage 1865–1867 Terrebonne
Charles W. Lowell 1868–1869 Caddo
Mortimer Carr 1870–1871 Orleans
George W. Carter 1871 Cameron
O.H. Brewster 1872 Ouachita
Charles W. Lowell 1873–1874 Caddo
Louis A. Wiltz 1875 Orleans
Michael Hahn 1875 St. Charles
E.D. Estilette 1876 St. Landry
Michael Hahn (Packard) 1877 St. Charles
Louis Bush 1877–1878 Orleans
John Conway Moncure 1879–1880 Caddo
Robert N. Ogden 1880–1884 Orleans
Henry W. Ogden 1884–1888 Bossier
Samuel P. Henry 1888–1892 Cameron
G. W. Bolton 1892–1896 Rapides
Samuel P. Henry 1896–1900 Cameron
Jared Y. Sanders, Sr. 1900–1904 St. Mary
Robert H. Snyder 1904–1906 Tensas
Joseph W. Hyams 1906–1908 West Baton Rouge
Henry Garland Dupré 1908–1910 Orleans
L. E. Thomas 1912–1916 Caddo
Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud 1916–1920 Pointe Coupee
R. F. Walker 1920–1924 East Feliciana
J. Stuart Douglas 1924–1926 Caddo
William Clark Hughes 1926–1928 Bossier
John B. Fournet 1928–1932 Jefferson Davis
Allen J. Ellender 1932–1936 Terrebonne
Lorris M. Wimberly 1936–1936 Bienville
R. Norman Bauer 1940–1948 St. Mary
Morris A. Lottinger, Sr. 1948–1950 Terrebonne
Lorris M. Wimberly 1950–1952 Bienville
Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock 1952–1956 St. Mary
Lorris M. Wimberly 1956–1957 Bienville
Robert Joseph "Bob" Angelle 1957–1960 St. Martin
J. Thomas Jewell 1960–1964 Pointe Coupee
Vail M. Delony 1964–1967 East Carroll
John S. Garrett 1968–1972 Claiborne
E. L. "Bubba" Henry 1972–1980 Jackson
John J. Hainkel, Jr. 1980–1984 Orleans
John A. Alario, Jr 1984–1988 Jefferson
Jimmy N. Dimos 1988–1992 Ouachita
John A. Alario, Jr 1992–1996 Jefferson
Huntington Blair "Hunt" Downer, Jr. 1996–2000 Terrebonne
Charles W. "Charlie" DeWitt, Jr. 2000–2004 Rapides
Joe Reece Salter 2004–2008 Sabine
James Wayne "Jim" Tucker 2008–2012 Jefferson