List of speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives explained

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
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

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2011-2012/2011-MM-P0323-p0326.pdf Michigan Manual: Chapter III—The Legislative Branch: Speakers, Pro Tempore and Clerks of the House of Representatives 1835-2011
  2. Resigned April 3, 1841; succeeded by John Biddle
  3. The Apportionment and Districting Plan of 1964 changed the method of naming legislative districts by counties to a numbering system . Under the previous system, the county was the basis for the district name, and each county, if qualified, had numbered districts within its borders . See Const . 1835, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1850, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1963, art . 4, §3.
  4. Elected co-speaker of the house January 13, 1993 . Pursuant to the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives and the Democratic/Republican Leadership Agreement re Organization of the Michigan House of Representatives, both ratified by resolutions adopted January 13, 1993, Democratic and Republican co-speakers were elected by the Michigan House of Representatives and authorized to act as presiding officer of the house during alternating months until the election of a speaker by at least 56 votes or the conclusion of the 87th Legislature on December 31, 1994 . See 1993 Journal of the House (No . 1, January 13, 1993)
  5. Elected Speaker of the House January 11, 1995