List of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives explained

Post:	Speaker
Body:	Kansas House of Representatives
Insignia:	Seal of Kansas.svg
Insigniasize:	110px
Incumbent:	Daniel Hawkins
Incumbentsince:	January 9, 2023
Status:	Presiding officer
Appointer:	Kansas House of Representatives
Seat:	Kansas State Capitol, Topeka
Inaugural:	William Wale Updegraff

The following is a list of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives since statehood.

Speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
William Wale Updegraff	1861		Republican	Osawatomie		^[1] ^[2]
Moses S. Adams	1862		Republican	Leavenworth
Josiah Kellogg	1863		Republican	Leavenworth
Jacob Stotler	1865		Radical Republican	Leavenworth
John Taylor Burris	1866		Republican	Emporia
Preston Bierce Plumb	1867		Republican	Olathe
George W. Smith	1868		Republican	Emporia
Moses S. Adams	1869		Republican	Leavenworth
Jacob Stotler	1870		Radical Republican	Emporia
Benjamin Franklin Simpson	1871		Republican	Paola
Stephen Alonzo Cobb	1872		Republican	Wyandotte
Josiah Kellogg	1873		Republican	Leavenworth
Boyd H. McEckron	1874		Republican	Shirley
Thomas P. Fenlon	1874		Republican	Leavenworth
	1875		Republican	Carlyle
Dudley Chase Haskell	1876		Republican	Lawrence
Peter Percival Elder	Jan 1877–Feb 1877		Republican	Council Grove
Samuel Newitt Wood	Feb 1877–1879		Republican	Ottawa
Sidney Clarke	1879		Republican	Lawrence
John Blosser Johnson	1881		Republican	Topeka
James Donaldson Snoddy	1883		Republican	La Cygne
John Blosser Johnson	1885		Republican	Topeka
Abram Wentworth Smith	1887		Republican	McPherson
Henry Booth	1889		Republican	Larned
Peter Percival Elder	1891		Farmers' Alliance	Princeton
George L. Douglass	1893		Republican	Wichita
John M. Dunsmore	1893		People's Party	Thayet
Charles E. Lobdell	1895		Republican	Dighton
William Daniel Street	1897		Republican	Oberlin
Stephen J. Osborn	1899		Republican	Salina
George Jerome Barker	1901		Republican	Lawrence
James T. Pringle	1903		Republican	Burlingame
Walter Roscoe Stubbs	1905		Republican	Lawrence
John S. Simmons	1907		Republican	Dighton
Joseph N. Dolley	1909		Republican	Maple Hill
George H. Buckman	1911		Republican	Winfield		^[3]
Willis L. Brown	1913		Democratic	Kingman
Robert Stone	1915		Republican	Topeka
Austin M. Keene	1917		Republican	Fort Scott
William Purnell Lambertson	1919–1921		Republican	Fairview
William West Harvey	1921–1923		Republican	Ashland
Charles E. Mann	1923–1925		Republican	Osborne
Clifford R. Hope	1925–1927		Republican	Garden City
John D. M. Hamilton	1927–1929		Republican	Topeka
John H. Myers	1929–1931		Republican	Merriam
Hal Harlan	1931–1933		Republican	Manhattan
William H. Vernon	1933–1935		Republican	Larned
Schuyler C. Bloss	1935–1937		Republican	Winfield
Henry S. Buzick	1937–1939		Republican	Sylvan Grove
Ernest A. Briles	1939–1941		Republican	Stafford
Clay C. Carper	1941–1943		Republican	Eureka
Paul R. Wunsch	1943–1945		Republican	Kingman
Frank L. Hagaman	1945–1947		Republican	Kansas City
Frank B. Miller	1947–1949		Republican	Langman
Dale M. Bryant	1949–1951		Republican	Wichita
Lawrence M. Gibson	1951–1953		Republican	Pittsburg
Charles D. Stough	1953–1955		Republican	Lawrence
Robert H. Jennison	1955–1957		Republican	Healy
Jess E. Taylor	1957–1961		Republican	Tribune
William L. Mitchell	1961–1963		Republican	Hutchinson
Charles S. Arthur	1963–1965		Republican	Manhattan
Clyde Hill	1966–1967		Republican	Yates Center
John J. Conard	1967–1969		Republican	Greensburg
Calvin S. Strowig	1969–1973		Republican	Abilene
Duane S. McGill	1973–1975		Republican	Winfield
John W. Carlin	1975–1979		Democratic	Smolan
Wendell Lady	1979–1983		Republican	Overland Park
Mike Hayden	1983–1987		Republican	Atwood
James D. Braden	1987–1990		Republican	Clay Center
Marvin Barkis	1991–1993		Democratic	Louisburg
Robert H. Miller	1993–1995		Republican	Wellington
Tim Shallenburger	1995–1997		Republican	Baxter Springs
Robin Jennison	1999–2000		Republican	Healy
Kent Glasscock	2001–2003		Republican	Manhattan
Doug Mays	2003–2007		Republican	Topeka
Melvin Neufeld	2007–2009		Republican	Ingalls
Michael O'Neal	2009–2013		Republican	Hutchinson
Raymond Merrick	2013–2017		Republican	Stilwell
Ron Ryckman Jr.	2017–2023		Republican	Olathe
Daniel Hawkins	2023–		Republican	Wichita

Speakers of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
John H. Stringfellow	1855–1857				^[4]
W. G. Matthias	1857				^[5]
G. W. Deitzler	1857–1859		Republican	Lawrence		^[6]
Alfred Larzalere	1859–1860				^[7]
Gustavus A. Colton	1860–1861				^[8]
J. W. Scott	1861				^[9]

See also

• List of Kansas state legislatures

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kansas Legislators: Past and Present. State Library of Kansas. December 21, 2023.
2. Kansas House of Representatives Speakers of the House. State Library of Kansas. Legislative Reference Department. December 21, 2023.
3. Book: Nancy Weatherly. Sharp. James Roger. Sharp. Bloomsbury Academic. August 30, 2000. Google Books.
4. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Kansas. sess. 1 (1855).. HathiTrust. 2027/nyp.33433004423731?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 .
5. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Kansas. Sess. 2 (1857).. HathiTrust. 2027/nyp.33433004422857?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 .
6. Web site: House journal of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory, for the year ... Extra session 1857.. HathiTrust. 2027/nyp.33433004423749?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 .
7. Web site: Council journal 1859.. HathiTrust. 2027/mdp.35112203965910?urlappend=%3Bseq=129 .
8. Web site: House journal of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory. Sess. 6 (1860).. HathiTrust. 2027/nyp.33433004422873?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 .
9. Web site: American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910. Charles F.. Ritter. Jon L.. Wakelyn. September 26, 1989. Bloomsbury Academic. Google Books.