Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the Michigan House of Representatives |
Insignia: | Seal of Michigan.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Great Seal of the State of Michigan |
Department: | Michigan House of Representatives |
Incumbent: | Joe Tate |
Incumbentsince: | January 1, 2023 |
Style: | The Honorable |
Style1: | Mister Speaker |
Appointer: | Elected by the Michigan House of Representatives |
Inaugural: | Ezra Convis |
This is a complete list of the speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives. Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Representatives specify other powers and duties of the post. The Speaker is currently elected for a two-year term in the odd-numbered years in which the Legislature convenes.[1]
Several speakers have gone on to pursue and achieve higher office, including as a member of Congress or as Governor of Michigan.
Representative | County of residence | District | Session years | |
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Calhoun | 1835–1836 | |||
Wayne | 1837 | |||
Livingston | 1838–1839 | |||
Jackson | 1840 | |||
Philo C. Fuller[2] | Lenawee | 1841 | ||
Wayne | Wayne | 1841 | ||
Livingston | Livingston | 1842 | ||
Monroe | 1843 | |||
Kalamazoo | 1844 | |||
Oakland | 1845 | |||
Calhoun | Calhoun | 1846 | ||
Livingston | Livingston | 1847 | ||
Wayne | Wayne | 1848 | ||
Jackson | Jackson | 1849 | ||
Ottawa/Kent | 1850 | |||
Monroe | Monroe | 1851 | ||
Lenawee | 1st Lenawee | 1853 | ||
Ionia | 1855 | |||
Oakland | 1st Oakland | 1857–1858 | ||
1st Eaton | 1859 | |||
3rd Macomb | 1861–1862 | |||
1st Washtenaw | 1863–1864 | |||
Kalamazoo | 1st Kalamazoo | 1865 | ||
Oakland | 3rd Oakland | 1867 | ||
1st Van Buren | 1869–1872 | |||
Lenawee | 4th Lenawee | 1873–1874 | ||
Tuscola | 1875 | |||
1st Lapeer | 1877–1879 | |||
Gd. Traverse/Wexford | 1881–1882 | |||
1st Genesee | 1883 | |||
2nd Bay | 1885 | |||
Ogemaw | 1887 | |||
Ottawa | 1st Ottawa | 1889 | ||
Cheboygan | 1891–1892 | |||
1st Kent | 1893 | |||
Midland | 1895–1898 | |||
Kent | 1st Kent | 1899–1900 | ||
Genesee | 2nd Genesee | 1901–1903 | ||
Kalamazoo | 1st Kalamazoo | 1905 | ||
Ottawa | 1st Ottawa | 1907 | ||
Kent | 3rd Kent | 1909 | ||
Cheboygan | Cheboygan | 1911–1912 | ||
Midland | Midland | 1913 | ||
Lapeer | Lapeer | 1915 | ||
Newaygo | 1917 | |||
Oceana | 1919 | |||
Ionia | Ionia | 1921–1922 | ||
Kent | 1st Kent | 1923 | ||
Cass | 1925–1926 | |||
Livingston | Livingston | 1927 | ||
Cheboygan | Cheboygan | 1929–1932 | ||
Menominee | 1933–1934 | |||
Wayne | 1st Wayne | 1935–1938 | ||
Huron | 1939–1946 | |||
Chippewa | 1947–1952 | |||
Kalamazoo | 1st Kalamazoo | 1953–1956 | ||
Ottawa | Ottawa | 1957–1958 | ||
1st Berrien | 1959–1962 | |||
Tuscola | Tuscola | 1963–1964 | ||
Wayne | 19[3] | 1965–1966 | ||
Wayne | 1967–1968 | |||
Wayne | 1969–1974 | |||
Genesee | 1975–1982 | |||
Washtenaw | 1983–1988 | |||
1989–1992 | ||||
Curtis Hertel[4] | Wayne | 1993–1994 | ||
Paul Hillegonds[5] | 1993–1996 | |||
Wayne | 1997–1998 | |||
Kalamazoo | 1999–2000 | |||
Osceola | 2001–2004 | |||
Oakland | 2005–2006 | |||
Wayne | 2007–2010 | |||
Calhoun | 2011–2014 | |||
2015–2016 | ||||
2017–2018 | ||||
2019–2020 | ||||
2021–2022 | ||||
2023–present |