List of speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates explained

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

Speakers of the House of Delegates under the Constitution of West Virginia

Order Portrait Name Party Term Residence
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. McKinney1899 - 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. Seaman1907 - 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

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