List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives

Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
Alaskan state seal
Incumbent
Bryce Edgmon
since January 21, 2025
Formation1913
First holderEarnest B. Collins
Mike Chenault is the longest-serving speaker, holding the office for four terms from 2009 to 2017. He is shown seated at the speaker's chair at the start of the 29th Legislature in January 2015. A large wood carving depicting the state seal hangs on the wall behind him.
The front entrance to the Speaker's chambers in the Alaska State Capitol.

This is a list of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives. The speaker is the presiding officer of the Alaska House of Representatives. This list covers both the territorial House (convened mostly biennially between 1913 and 1957) and the state House (convened annually since 1959).

Speakers

Territorial House

No. Name Image Party Hometown Division Term Legislatures
1 Earnest B. Collins Republican Fox 4th 1913–1917 1st, 2nd
2 Luther C. Hess Democratic Fairbanks 4th 1917–1919 3rd
3 E. J. White Democratic Juneau 1st 1919–1921 4th
4 Andrew Nerland Republican Fairbanks 4th 1921–1923 5th
5 Cash Cole Republican Juneau 1st 1923–1925 6th
6 C. H. Wilcox Democratic Valdez 3rd 1925–1927 7th
7 Sumner S. Smith Republican Anchorage 3rd 1927–1929 8th
8 R. C. Rothenburg Independent Republican Fairbanks 4th 1929–1931 9th
9 Grover C. Winn Republican Juneau 1st 1931–1933 10th
10 Joe McDonald Democratic Ester Creek 4th 1933–1935 11th
11 Joseph S. Hofman Democratic Seward 3rd 1935–1937 12th
12 Joe Green Democratic Hyder 1st 1937–1939 13th
13 Howard Lyng Democratic Nome 2nd 1939–1941 14th
14 Herbert H. McCutcheon Democratic Anchorage 3rd 1941–1943 15th
15 James V. Davis Democratic Juneau 1st 1943–1945 16th
16 Jesse D. Lander Democratic Fairbanks 4th 1945–1947 17th
17 Oscar S. Gill Republican Anchorage 3rd 1947–1949 18th
18 Stanley McCutcheon Democratic Anchorage 3rd 1949–1951 19th
19 William A. Egan Democratic Valdez 3rd 1951–1953 20th
20 George Miscovich Republican Fairbanks 4th 1953–1955 21st
21 Wendell P. Kay Democratic Anchorage 3rd 1955–1957 22nd
22 Richard J. Greuel Democratic Fairbanks 4th 1957–1959 23rd

State House

No. Name Image Party Hometown District Term Legislatures
1 Warren A. Taylor Democratic Fairbanks 19 1959–1963 1st, 2nd
2 Bruce Kendall Republican Anchorage 8 1963–1965 3rd
3 Mike Gravel Democratic Anchorage 8 1965–1967 4th
4 William K. Boardman Republican Ketchikan 1 1967–1969 5th
5 Jalmar M. Kerttula Democratic Palmer 7 1969–1971 6th
6 Gene Guess Democratic Anchorage 8 1971–1973 7th
7 Tom Fink Republican
(coalition) 		Anchorage 8 1973–1975 8th
8 Mike Bradner Democratic Fairbanks 20 1975–1977 9th
9 Hugh Malone Democratic Kenai 13 1977–1979 10th
10 Terry Gardiner Democratic Ketchikan 1 1979–1981 11th
11 Jim Duncan Democratic Juneau 4 1981–1981 12th
12 Joseph L. Hayes Republican
(Tri-partisan coalition) 		Anchorage 12, 9 1981–1985 12th, 13th
13 Ben F. Grussendorf Democratic Sitka 3 1985–1989 14th, 15th
14 Samuel R. Cotten Democratic Eagle River 15 1989–1991 16th
15 Ben F. Grussendorf Democratic Sitka 3 1991–1993 17th
16 Ramona L. Barnes Republican
(Republican majority coalition) 		Anchorage 22 1993–1995 18th
17 Gail Phillips Republican Homer 7 1995–1999 19th, 20th
18 Brian Porter Republican Anchorage 20 1999–2003 21st, 22nd
19 Pete Kott Republican Eagle River 17 2003–2005 23rd
20 John Harris Republican Valdez 12 2005–2009 24th, 25th
21 Mike Chenault Republican Nikiski 34 2009–2017 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th
22 Bryce Edgmon Democratic Dillingham 37 2017–2021 30th, 31st
Independent
(Democratic majority coalition)
23 Louise Stutes Republican
(Democratic majority coalition) 		Kodiak 32 2021–2023 32nd
23 Cathy Tilton Republican
(Republican majority coalition) 		Wasilla 26 2023–2025 33rd
24 Bryce Edgmon Independent
(Democratic majority coalition) 		Dillingham 37 2025–present 34th

See also

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Alaska_House_of_Representatives