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[1] Ross
1803-12-05 – 1804-12-02 Elias Langham Democratic-Republican Ross
1804-12-03 – 1805-12-01 Michael Baldwin (2nd term) Democratic-Republican Ross
1805-12-02 – 1806-11-30 John Sloane Democratic-Republican Jefferson
1806-12-01 – 1807-12-06 Abraham Shepherd Democratic-Republican Adams
1807-12-07 – 1808-12-04 Philemon Beecher Democratic-Republican Fairfield
1808-12-05 – 1809-12-03 Alexander Campbell Democratic-Republican Adams
1809-12-04 – 1811-12-01 Edward Tiffin Democratic-Republican Ross
1811-12-02 – 1812-12-06 Matthias Corwin Democratic-Republican Warren
1812-12-07 – 1815-12-03 John Pollock   Clermont
1815-12-04 – 1816-12-01 Matthias Corwin (2nd term) Democratic-Republican Warren
1816-12-02 – 1817-11-30 Thomas Kirker Democratic-Republican Adams
1817-12-01 – 1818-12-06 Duncan McArthur Democratic-Republican Ross
1818-12-07 – 1821-12-02 Joseph Richardson   Columbiana
1821-12-03 – 1822-12-01 John Bigger Democratic-Republican 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 Blackstone 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 Republican 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 Democratic Butler
1880-01-04 – 1882-01-01 Thomas A. Cowgill Republican 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 Republican 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
2011-2015 William G. Batchelder Republican Medina
2015- Cliff Rosenberger Republican Clinton
  1. ↑ The Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio) 3 (137), 1803-01-15 Missing or empty |title= (help)