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

• List of Michigan state legislatures

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