List of speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives explained

The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives is seventh (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and President of the Senate, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois.[1] [2]

List of speakers

This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives . Each was chosen since the Illinois General Assembly's first session in 1818.

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each speaker.

Party color key
Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Republican
Independent
SpeakerPartyGeneral
Assembly
Date of election
1John MessingerDemocratic-Republicanalign=center 1stOctober 5, 1818
2John McLeanDemocratic-Republicanalign=center 2ndDecember 4, 1820
3William M. AlexanderDemocratic-Republicanalign=center 3rdDecember 2, 1822
4Thomas MatherDemocratic-Republicanalign=center rowspan=24thNovember 15, 1824
5David BlackwellDemocraticJanuary 2, 1826
6John McLeanDemocraticalign=center 5thDecember 4, 1826
align=center 6th
7William Lee D. EwingDemocraticalign=center 7thDecember 6, 1830
8Alexander M. JenkinsDemocraticalign=center 8thDecember 6, 1832
9James SempleDemocraticalign=center 9thDecember 1, 1834
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10William Lee D. EwingDemocraticalign=center 11thDecember 3, 1838
align=center 12th
11Samuel HackletonDemocraticalign=center 13thDecember 5, 1842
12William Alexander RichardsonDemocraticalign=center 14thDecember 2, 1844
13Newton CloudDemocraticalign=center 15thDecember 7, 1846
14Zadok CaseyDemocraticalign=center 16thJanuary 1, 1849
15Sidney BreeseDemocraticalign=center 17thJanuary 6, 1851
16John ReynoldsDemocraticalign=center 18thJanuary 3, 1853
17Thomas J. TurnerAnti-Nebraska Democraticalign=center 19thJanuary 1, 1855
18Samuel HolmesDemocraticalign=center 20thJanuary 5, 1857
19William Ralls MorrisonDemocraticalign=center 21stJanuary 3, 1859
20Shelby Moore CullomRepublicanalign=center 22ndJanuary 7, 1861
21Samuel A. BuckmasterDemocraticalign=center 23rdJanuary 5, 1863
22Allen C. FullerRepublicanalign=center 24thJanuary 2, 1865
23Franklin CorwinRepublicanalign=center 25thJanuary 7, 1867
align=center 26th
24William M. SmithRepublicanalign=center 27thJanuary 4, 1871
25Shelby Moore CullomRepublicanalign=center 28thJanuary 8, 1873
26Elijah M. HainesIndependentalign=center 29thJanuary 6, 1875
27James ShawRepublicanalign=center 30thJanuary 3, 1877
28William A. JamesRepublicanalign=center 31stJanuary 8, 1879
29Horace H. ThomasRepublicanalign=center 32ndJanuary 5, 1881
30Lorin C. CollinsRepublicanalign=center 33rdJanuary 3, 1883
31Elijah M. HainesIndependentalign=center 34thJanuary 29, 1885
32William F. CalhounRepublicanalign=center 35thJanuary 5, 1887
33Asa C. MatthewsRepublicanalign=center rowspan=3 36thJanuary 9, 1889
34James H. MillerRepublicanMay 10, 1889
35William Granville CochranRepublicanJuly 23, 1890
36Clayton E. CraftsDemocraticalign=center 37thJanuary 7, 1891
align=center 38th
37John MeyerRepublicanalign=center rowspan=2 39thJanuary 9, 1895
38William Granville CochranRepublicanJuly 10, 1895
39Edward C. CurtisRepublicanalign=center 40thJanuary 6, 1897
40Lawrence Y. ShermanRepublicanalign=center 41stJanuary 4, 1899
align=center 42nd
41John Henry MillerRepublicanalign=center 43rdJanuary 7, 1903
42Edward D. ShurtleffRepublicanalign=center 44thJanuary 4, 1905
align=center 45th
align=center 46th
43Charles A. AdkinsRepublicanalign=center 47thJanuary 4, 1911
44William Michael McKinleyDemocraticalign=center 48thJanuary 29, 1913
45David E. ShanahanRepublicanalign=center 49thFebruary 17, 1915
align=center 50th
align=center 51st
46Gotthard A. DahlbergRepublicanalign=center 52ndJanuary 5, 1921
47David E. ShanahanRepublicanalign=center 53rdJanuary 3, 1923
48Robert ScholesRepublicanalign=center 54thJanuary 7, 1925
align=center 55th
49David E. ShanahanRepublicanalign=center 56thJanuary 9, 1929
align=center 57th
50Arthur RoeDemocraticalign=center 58thJanuary 4, 1933
51John P. DevineDemocraticalign=center 59thJanuary 9, 1935
52Louie E. LewisDemocraticalign=center 60thJanuary 6, 1937
53Hugh W. CrossRepublicanalign=center 61stJanuary 3, 1939
54Elmer Jacob SchnackenbergRepublicanalign=center 62ndJanuary 8, 1941
align=center 63rd
55Hugh GreenRepublicanalign=center 64thJanuary 3, 1945
align=center 65th
56Paul PowellDemocraticalign=center 66thJanuary 10, 1949
57Warren L. WoodRepublicanalign=center 67thJanuary 8, 1951
align=center 68th
align=center 69th
align=center 70th
58Paul PowellDemocraticalign=center 71stJanuary 7, 1959
align=center 72nd
59John W. Lewis, Jr.Republicanalign=center 73rdJanuary 9, 1963
60John TouhyDemocraticalign=center 74thJanuary 6, 1965
61Ralph T. SmithRepublicanalign=center 75thJanuary 4, 1967
align=center rowspan=2 76th
62Jack E. WalkerRepublicanOctober 14, 1969
63W. Robert BlairRepublicanalign=center 77thJanuary 6, 1971
align=center 78th
64William A. RedmondDemocraticalign=center 79thJanuary 21, 1975
align=center 80th
align=center 81st
65George H. RyanRepublicanalign=center rowspan=2 82ndJanuary 14, 1981
66Arthur A. TelcserRepublicanJanuary 10, 1983
67Michael J. MadiganDemocraticalign=center 83rdJanuary 12, 1983
align=center 84th
align=center 85th
align=center 86th
align=center 87th
align=center 88th
68Lee A. DanielsRepublicanalign=center 89thJanuary 9, 1995
69Michael J. MadiganDemocraticalign=center 90thJanuary 8, 1997
align=center 91st
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align=center 101st
70Emanuel Chris WelchDemocraticalign=center 102ndJanuary 13, 2021
103rd

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitution of the State of Illinois. Illinois General Assembly. August 22, 2019.
  2. Web site: Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 5 — Governor Succession Act.. Illinois General Assembly. August 23, 2019.