The following is a list of speakers of the Utah House of Representatives since statehood.

Speakers of the Utah House of Representatives

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Presley Denny 1896–1897 Beaver County [1]
John M. Perkins 1897–1899 Weber County [1]
William Roylance 1899–1901 Democratic Utah County [1]
William Glasmann 1901–1903 Republican Weber County [1]
Thomas Hull 1903–1907 Salt Lake County [1]
Harry Joseph 1907–1909 Salt Lake County [1]
Edward Robinson 1909–1913 Cache County [1]
William J. Seely 1913–1915 Republican Emery County [2]
Lewis R. Anderson 1915–1917 Republican Sanpete County [2]
John F. Tolton 1917–1919 Democratic Beaver County [2]
Charles C. Richards 1919–1921 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Edward R. Callister 1921–1923 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
William W. Seegmiller 1923–1925 Republican Kane County [2]
William E. McKell 1925–1927 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Samuel M. Jorgensen 1927–1929 Republican Sevier County [2]
David Lowe Stine 1929–1931 Republican Weber County [2]
James C. Hacking 1931–1933 Republican Uintah County [2]
Isaac A. Smoot 1933–1935 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Walter K. Granger 1935–1937 Democratic Iron County [2]
Joseph W. Jensen 1937–1939 Democratic Weber County [2]
Heber Bennion Jr. 1939–1941 Democratic Daggett County [2]
Sheldon R. Brewster 1941–1943 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
William Rulon White 1943–1947 Democratic Weber County [2]
Rendell Mabey 1947–1949 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Ed J. McPolin 1949–1951 Democratic Summit County [2]
Clifton Kerr 1951–1953 Republican Box Elder County [2]
Merrill K. Davis 1953–1955 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Charles Eric Peterson 1955–1957 Republican Utah County [2]
Jaren L. Jones 1957–1959 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Sheldon R. Brewster 1959–1961 Democratic Salt Lake County [1]
Ernest H. Dean 1961–1963 Democratic Utah County [2]
Charles Welch Jr. 1963–1965 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Kay C. Allen 1965–1967 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Franklin W. Gunnell 1967–1969 Republican Cache County [2]
Lorin N. Pace 1969–1971 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Richard C. Howe 1971–1973 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Howard C. Nielson 1973–1975 Republican Utah County [2]
Ronald L. Rencher 1975–1977 Democratic Weber County [2]
Glade M. Sowards 1977–1979 Republican Uintah County [2]
James V. Hansen 1979–1981 Republican Davis County [2]
Norman H. Bangerter 1981–1985 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Robert H. Garff 1985–1987 Republican Davis County [2]
Glen E. Brown 1987–1989 Republican Summit County [2]
Nolan E. Karras 1989–1991 Republican Weber County [2]
Craig Moody 1991–1993 Republican Salt Lake County [1]
Rob Bishop 1992–1994 Republican Box Elder County [1]
Melvin R. Brown 1994–1998 Republican Summit County [1]
Martin Stephens 1998–2005 Republican Salt Lake County [3][1]
Greg Curtis 2005–2009 Republican Salt Lake County [1]
David Clark 2008–2011 Republican Washington County [1]
Rebecca D. Lockhart 2011–2015 Republican Utah County [1]
Greg Hughes 2015–2018 Republican Salt Lake County [1]
Brad Wilson 2019–2023 Republican Davis County
Mike Schultz 2023– Republican Weber County

Speakers of the Utah Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
William Wines Phelps 1851–1852 Great Salt Lake [4]
Jedediah M. Grant 1852–1854 Great Salt Lake [4]
Hosea Stout 1856–1857 Great Salt Lake [4]
John Taylor 1857–1862 Great Salt Lake [4][5]
Orson Pratt 1862–1863 Salt Lake [4]
John Taylor 1863–1868 Great Salt Lake [4]
Orson Pratt 1869–1880 Salt Lake [4]
Francis M. Lyman 1881–1882 Tooele [4]
James Sharp 1884–1886 Salt Lake [4]
William W. Riter 1886–1890 Salt Lake [4][6]
James Sharp 1890–1892 Salt Lake [4][7]
William H. Seegmiller 1892–1894 Sevier [4]
Albion B. Emery 1894–1896 Park City [4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Brown, Adam R. (2018). Utah politics and government: American democracy among a unique electorate. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496207852.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302121.
  3. ^ "House Speaker Stephens packs up with a smile". Deseret News. December 29, 2004.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Utah State Archives (2007). "Territory of Utah Legislative Assembly Rosters 1851-1894" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, of the ... annual session, for the years ... 1868". HathiTrust.
  6. ^ "Journal 1886". HathiTrust.
  7. ^ "House journal of the ... session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah. Sess. 29 (1890)". HathiTrust.
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