The Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates is the presiding officer of the House of Delegates in West Virginia. Since West Virginia's founding in 1863, the following persons have served as Speaker:
Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the West Virginia House of Delegates |
Insignia: | File:Seal of West Virginia.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120 |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of West Virginia |
Incumbent: | Roger Hanshaw |
Incumbentsince: | August 29, 2018 |
Department: | West Virginia House of Delegates |
Status: | Presiding officer |
Seat: | West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston |
Appointer: | House of Delegates |
Constituting Instrument: | West Virginia Constitution |
First: | Spicer Patrick |
Succession: | Second |
Order | Portrait | Name | Party | Term | Residence | |
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1st | Spicer Patrick | 1863 - 1864 | Kanawha County | |||
2nd | Lee Roy Kramer | 1864 - 1866 | Monongalia County | |||
3rd | David S. Pinnel | 1866 - 1868 | Upshur County | |||
4th | 1868 - 1869 | Kanawha County | ||||
5th | Solomon S. Fleming | 1869 - 1870 | Harrison County | |||
6th | William M. Welch | 1870 - 1871 | Mineral County | |||
7th | Elbridge G. Cracraft | 1871 - 1872 | Ohio County | |||
8th | 1872 - 1872 | Kanawha County | ||||
9th | William M. Miller | 1872 - 1875 | Ohio County | |||
10th | 1875 - 1877 | Hampshire County | ||||
11th | 1877 - 1879 | Cabell County | ||||
12th | George H. Moffett | 1879 - 1881 | Pocahontas County | |||
13th | 1881 - 1883 | Kanawha County | ||||
14th | Joseph J. Woods | 1883 - 1885, 1889 - 1891 | Ohio County | |||
15th | Thomas H. Dennis | 1885 - 1887 | Greenbrier County | |||
16th | 1887 - 1889 | Monroe County | ||||
17th | Louis Bennett | 1891 - 1893 | Lewis County | |||
18th | David W. Shaw | 1893 - 1895 | Barbour County | |||
19th | William Seymour Edwards | 1895 - 1897 | Kanawha County | |||
20th | Samuel R. Hanen | 1897 - 1899 | Marshall County | |||
21st | Owen S. McKinney | 1899 - 1901 | Marion County | |||
22nd | William G. Wilson | 1901 - 1903 | Randolph County | |||
23rd | Frank Moats | 1903 - 1905 | Wood County | |||
24th | Fred Paul Grosscup | 1905 - 1907 | Kanawha County | |||
25th | James A. Seaman | 1907 - 1909 | Jackson County | |||
26th | J.H. Strickling | 1909 - 1911 | Tyler County | |||
27th | C.M. Wetzel | 1911 - 1913 | Jefferson County | |||
28th | William Taylor George | 1913 - 1915 | Barbour County | |||
29th | Vernon E. Johnson | 1915 - 1917, 1927 - 1929 | Morgan County | |||
30th | Joseph S. Thurmond | 1917 - 1919 | Greenbrier County | |||
31st | J. Luther Wolfe | 1919 - 1921 | Jackson County | |||
32nd | Edwin M. Keatley | 1921 - 1923, 1925 - 1927 | Kanawha County | |||
33rd | W.E.R. Byrne | 1923 - 1925 | Kanawha County | |||
34th | J. William Cummins | 1929 - 1931 | Ohio County | |||
35th | 1931 - 1933 | Fayette County | ||||
36th | Ralph M. Hiner | 1933 - 1935 | Pendleton County | |||
37th | John J. Pelter | 1935 - 1937 | Logan County | |||
38th | 1937 - 1941 | Kanawha County | ||||
39th | Malcolm R. Arnold | 1941 - 1943 | Boone County | |||
40th | John E. Amos | 1943 - 1949 | Kanawha County | |||
41st | William E. Flannery | 1949 - 1958 | Logan County | |||
42nd | Harry R. Pauley | 1958 - 1961 | McDowell County | |||
43rd | Julius W. Singleton Jr. | 1961 - 1965 | Monongalia County | |||
44th | 1965 - 1969 | Harrison County | ||||
45th | 1969 - 1971 | Kanawha County | ||||
46th | Lewis N. McManus | 1971 - 1977 | Raleigh County | |||
47th | Donald L. Kopp | 1977 - 1979 | Harrison County | |||
48th | Clyde See Jr. | 1979 - 1985 | Hardy County | |||
49th | 1985 - 1987 | Wood County | ||||
50th | 1987 - 1997 | Cabell County | ||||
51st | 1997 - 2007 | Raleigh County | ||||
52nd | 2007 - 2013 | Wayne County | ||||
53rd | 2013 - 2015 | Harrison County | ||||
54th | 2015 - 2018 | Kanawha County | ||||
Acting | 2018 | |||||
55th | 2018 - present | Clay County |