This is a complete list of people who have served as Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives

Oregon House of Representatives

The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 57,000. The House meets at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem....

through the 2009 session. Oregon became a state on February 14, 1859, with prior sessions of the House organized under the territorial government and the provisional government. Prior to the adoption of the second set of Organic Laws

Organic Laws of Oregon

The Organic Laws of Oregon were two sets of laws passed in the 1840s that established a structure for government in the Oregon Country in the northwest corner of North America. These laws were created by a legislative committee formed after the Champoeg Meetings...

 in 1845, the legislative body of the provisional government was the legislative committee, and leaders of that body are not listed below.

Before statehood

Session	Type	Name	District/County represented	Political party
1845	Provisional Legislature	Morton M. McCarver	Tuality
1845	Provisional Legislature	Robert Newell Robert Newell (Oregon politician) Robert "Doc" Newell , was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country. He was a frontier doctor in what would become the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he served in the Provisional Government of Oregon and later was a member of the Oregon State Legislature... H. A. G. Lee	Champoeg Clackamas
1846	Provisional Legislature	Asa Lovejoy Asa Lovejoy Asa Lawrence Lovejoy was an American pioneer and politician in the region that would become the U.S. state of Oregon. He is best remembered as a founder of the city of Portland, Oregon...	Clackamas
1847	Provisional Legislature	Robert Newell Robert Newell Robert Newell VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....	Champoeg
1848-1849	Provisional Legislature	Ralph Wilcox Ralph Wilcox Doctor Ralph Wilcox , was the first teacher and practicing doctor in Portland, Oregon, United States. He also served in the Provisional Government of Oregon, was a legislator during both the territorial period and when Oregon became a state, and a judge of Twality County during the provisional... Levi A. Rice	Tuality Yamhill
1849	Territorial Legislature Oregon Territorial Legislature Oregon’s Territorial Legislature was a bicameral legislative body created by the United States Congress in 1848 as the legislative branch of the government of the Oregon Territory...	Asa Lovejoy Asa Lovejoy Asa Lawrence Lovejoy was an American pioneer and politician in the region that would become the U.S. state of Oregon. He is best remembered as a founder of the city of Portland, Oregon...	Clackamas
1850	Territorial Legislature	Ralph Wilcox Ralph Wilcox Doctor Ralph Wilcox , was the first teacher and practicing doctor in Portland, Oregon, United States. He also served in the Provisional Government of Oregon, was a legislator during both the territorial period and when Oregon became a state, and a judge of Twality County during the provisional...	Washington
1851	Territorial Legislature	William M. King	Washington
1852	Territorial Legislature	Benjamin F. Harding Benjamin F. Harding Benjamin Franklin Harding was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon.-Early life:...	Marion	Democrat
1853	Territorial Legislature	Z. C. Bishop	Washington	Democrat
1854	Territorial Legislature	L. F. Cartee	Clackamas	Democrat
1855	Territorial Legislature	Delazon Smith Delazon Smith Delazon Smith was a Democratic Party politician who briefly represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. Senate in 1859. He served for less than one month , making his term among the shortest on record in the Senate...	Linn	Democrat
1856	Territorial Legislature	La Fayette Grover La Fayette Grover La Fayette Grover was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the US state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, serving from 1870 to 1877...	Marion	Democrat
1857	Territorial Legislature	Ira F. M. Butler	Polk	Democrat
1858	Territorial Legislature

After statehood

Order	Session	Type	Name	County represented	Political party
1.	1859	Special	William G. T'Vault William G. T'Vault William Green T'Vault was a pioneer of the Oregon Country and the first editor of the first newspaper published west of the Missouri River. T'Vault led a wagon train of 300 that arrived in Oregon in 1845, after traveling on the Meek Cutoff, a branch of the Oregon Trail...	Jackson	Democrat
2.	1860	Regular	Benjamin F. Harding Benjamin F. Harding Benjamin Franklin Harding was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon.-Early life:...	Marion	Democrat
3.	1862	Regular	Joel Palmer Joel Palmer General Joel Palmer was an American pioneer of the Oregon Territory in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. He was born in Canada, and spent his early years in New York and Pennsylvania before serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives.Palmer traveled to the Oregon...	Yamhill	Republican
4.	1864	Regular	Isaac R. Moores, Jr. Isaac R. Moores, Jr. Isaac Ross Moores, Jr. was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. The son of Isaac R. Moores, he was born in Illinois and moved to the Oregon Territory in 1852. In Oregon, he would serve in the Oregon House of Representatives, including as Speaker of that body.-Early...	Marion	Republican
4.	1865	Special	Isaac R. Moores, Jr.	Marion	Republican
5.	1866	Regular	Francis A. Chenoweth Francis A. Chenoweth Francis A. Chenoweth was an American lawyer and politician in the Pacific Northwest. A native of Ohio, he lived in Iowa and Wisconsin before immigrating to the Oregon Territory. There he served in the legislature of the Oregon Territory and then the Washington Territory, including serving as...	Benton	Republican
6.	1868	Regular	John Whiteaker John Whiteaker John Whiteaker was an American politician, soldier, and judge primarily in Oregon. A native of Indiana, he joined the Army during the Mexican-American War and then prospected during the California Gold Rush. After moving to the Oregon Territory he served as a judge and member of the legislature...	Lane	Democrat
7.	1870	Regular	Benjamin Hayden	Polk	Democrat
8.	1872	Regular	Rufus Mallory Rufus Mallory Rufus Mallory was an American educator, lawyer, and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of New York, he was a teacher in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he became an attorney. He was a district attorney before he served in the Oregon House of Representatives in the early 1860s. A...	Marion	Republican
9.	1874	Regular	John C. Drain	Douglas	Democrat
10.	1876	Regular	James K. Weatherford	Linn	Democrat
11.	1878	Regular	John M. Thompson	Lane	Democrat
12.	1880	Regular	Zenas Ferry Moody Zenas Ferry Moody Zenas Ferry Moody was the seventh Governor of Oregon from 1882 to 1887.-Early life:Zenas Ferry Moody was born on May 27, 1832, in Granby, Massachusetts, to Thomas Hovey and Hannah Ferry. The family immigrated to Oregon Territory in 1851, traveling the Isthmus of Panama route...	Wasco	Republican
13.	1882	Regular	George W. McBride George W. McBride George Wycliffe McBride was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of State for two terms before election as United States Senator from Oregon. A Republican, he was...	Columbia	Republican
14.	1885	Regular Special	W. P. Keady	Benton	Republican
15.	1887	Regular	J. T. Gregg	Marion	Republican
16.	1889	Regular	E. L. Smith	Hood River	Republican
17.	1891	Regular	Theodore Thurston Geer Theodore Thurston Geer Theodore Thurston Geer was the tenth Governor of Oregon, serving from January 9, 1899 to January 14, 1903. The Republican politician was in office when the legislature adopted the "Oregon System", Oregon's system of initiative and referendum...	Marion	Republican
14.	1893	Regular	W. P. Keady	Multnomah	Republican
18.	1895	Regular	Charles B. Moores Charles B. Moores Charles Bruce Moores was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Missouri, he came from a family of politicians including his father John H. Moores, his grandfather Isaac R. Moores, and uncle Isaac R. Moores, Jr. who all served in the Oregon Legislature...	Marion	Republican
	1897	House did not organize	E.J. Davis Henry L. Benson Henry L. Benson Henry Lamdin Benson was an American politician and jurist in the state of Oregon. He was the 44th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1915 to 1921 on the state's highest court... both selected by rival factions
19.	1898	Special	E. V. Carter	Jackson	Republican
19.	1899	Regular	E. V. Carter	Jackson	Republican
20.	1901	Regular	Levi Branson Reeder Levi Branson Reeder Levi Branson "Lee" Reeder was an attorney and Republican politician from Pendleton in the US state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1901–1903.-Early life:...	Umatilla	Republican
21.	1903	Regular Special	Lawrence T. Harris Lawrence T. Harris Lawrence T. Harris was an American politician and lawyer in the state of Oregon. He was the 45th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1914 to 1924. An a native Oregonian, he also served as a state court judge and in 1903 was the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives...	Lane	Republican
22.	1905	Regular	A. L. Mills	Multnomah	Republican
23.	1907	Regular	Frank Davey	Marion	Republican
24.	1909	Regular Special	Clifton N. McArthur Clifton N. McArthur Clifton Nesmith McArthur was a U.S. Representative from Oregon, and grandson of Senator James Willis Nesmith. His father was a member of the Oregon Supreme Court, and Clifton twice served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.-Early life:McArthur was born in The Dalles, Oregon on June...	Multnomah	Republican
25.	1911	Regular	John P. Rusk	Wallowa	Republican
24.	1913	Regular	Clifton N. McArthur Clifton N. McArthur Clifton Nesmith McArthur was a U.S. Representative from Oregon, and grandson of Senator James Willis Nesmith. His father was a member of the Oregon Supreme Court, and Clifton twice served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.-Early life:McArthur was born in The Dalles, Oregon on June...	Multnomah	Republican
26.	1915	Regular	Ben Selling Ben Selling Ben Selling was a businessman, philanthropist, civil rights advocate, and politician Portland, Oregon, United States. He was a noted leader in the Jewish community, and he owned a clothing store in downtown Portland....	Multnomah	Republican
27.	1917	Regular	Robert N. Stanfield Robert N. Stanfield Robert Nelson Stanfield was an American politician and rancher from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he was a rancher before entering politics and serving in the Oregon House of Representatives, including one session as Speaker...	Umatilla	Republican
28.	1919	Regular	Seymour Jones	Marion	Republican
28.	1920	Special	Seymour Jones	Marion	Republican
29.	1921	Regular Special	Louis E. Bean	Lane	Republican
30.	1923	Regular	K. K. Kubli	Multnomah	Republican
31.	1925	Regular	Denton G. Burdick	Deschutes	Republican
32.	1927	Regular	John H. Carkin	Jackson	Republican
33.	1929 Thirty-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly The thirty-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly convened in 1929 for its biennial regular session, starting January 14 and finishing March 4. Republicans not only controlled both chambers, but also held overwhelming majorities. Only four Democrats, two in the House and two in the Senate, were members...	Regular	R. S. Hamilton R. S. Hamilton R.S. Hamilton, a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, was the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives for its 1929 regular session....	Deschutes	Republican
34.	1931	Regular	Frank J. Lonergan	Multnomah	Republican
35.	1933	Regular Special	Earl Snell Earl Snell Earl Willcox Snell was an Oregon businessman American Republican politician, serving in the Oregon House of Representatives, as the Oregon Secretary of State, and as the 23rd Governor of Oregon....	Gilliam	Republican
36.	1935	Regular	John E. Cooter	Lincoln	Democrat
37.	1935	Special	Howard Latourette	Multnomah	Democrat
38.	1937	Regular	Harry D. Boivin Harry D. Boivin Harry Dolan Boivin was an Oregon lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for four terms, from 1935 through 1942. He also served in the Oregon State Senate from 1955 to 1972...	Klamath	Democrat
39.	1939	Regular	Ernest R. Fatland	Gilliam	Republican
40.	1941	Regular	Robert S. Farrell, Jr. Robert S. Farrell, Jr. Robert S. Farrell, Jr. was an American Republican politician in the state of Oregon.-Political career:He lived in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon and served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Oregon in both 1940 and 1944. Farrell was elected as the Speaker of the Oregon...	Multnomah	Republican
41.	1943	Regular	William M. McAllister William M. McAllister William Menzies McAllister was an American politician and jurist in the state of Oregon. He served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in the 1940s, served on the Oregon Supreme Court, and was Chief Justice of the court for eight years beginning in 1959.-Early years:William...	Jackson	Republican
42.	1945	Regular	Eugene E. Marsh	Yamhill	Republican
43.	1947	Regular	John Hubert Hall John Hubert Hall John Hubert Hall was an American Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. He was Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1947, fourth in line to the governorship, when the governor, secretary of state, and senate president were all killed in a plane crash...	Multnomah	Republican
44.	1949	Regular	Frank Van Dyke	Jackson	Republican
45.	1951	Regular	John F. Steelhammer John F. Steelhammer John F. Steelhammer was an American politician in the state of Oregon. He attended Western Oregon College , and graduated from the Willamette University College of Law with a doctorate in law. He was an attorney, lobbyist, and served in the Oregon House of Representatives, including one term as...	Marion	Republican
46.	1953	Regular	Rudie Wilhelm, Jr.	Multnomah	Republican
47.	1955	Regular	Edward A Geary	Klamath	Republican
48.	1957	Regular Special	Pat Dooley	Multnomah	Democrat
49.	1959	Regular	Robert B. Duncan Robert B. Duncan Robert Blackford Duncan was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat, he served multiple terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as a U.S. congressman from Oregon. In the Oregon House of Representatives he served as speaker for four years, and in the U.S. House he...	Jackson	Democrat
49.	1961	Regular	Robert B. Duncan Robert B. Duncan Robert Blackford Duncan was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat, he served multiple terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as a U.S. congressman from Oregon. In the Oregon House of Representatives he served as speaker for four years, and in the U.S. House he...	Jackson	Democrat
50.	1963	Regular Special	Clarence Barton	Coos	Democrat
51.	1965	Regular Special	F. F. Montgomery	Lane	Republican
51.	1967	Regular Special	F. F. Montgomery	Lane	Republican
52.	1969	Regular	Robert Freeman Smith Robert Freeman Smith Robert Freeman "Bob" Smith in Portland, Oregon, is an American politician.-Early life:Smith grew up in Burns, Oregon. He attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, graduating in 1953 with an agricultural degree...	Harney	Republican
52.	1971	Regular Special	Robert Freeman Smith Robert Freeman Smith Robert Freeman "Bob" Smith in Portland, Oregon, is an American politician.-Early life:Smith grew up in Burns, Oregon. He attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, graduating in 1953 with an agricultural degree...	Harney	Republican
53.	1973 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly The 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened for its regular session from January 8 to July 6, 1973. There was also a special session from January 24 to February 24, 1974....	Regular	Richard O. Eymann Richard O. Eymann Richard O. Eymann was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Alberta, Canada, he served as an airman during World War II and then graduated from Dartmouth College...	Lane	Democrat
53.	1974 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly The 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened for its regular session from January 8 to July 6, 1973. There was also a special session from January 24 to February 24, 1974....	Special	Richard O. Eymann Richard O. Eymann Richard O. Eymann was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Alberta, Canada, he served as an airman during World War II and then graduated from Dartmouth College...	Lane	Democrat
54.	1975	Regular	Philip D. Lang	Multnomah	Democrat
54.	1977	Regular	Philip D. Lang	Multnomah	Democrat
54.	1978	Special	Philip D. Lang	Multnomah	Democrat
55.	1979	Regular	Hardy Myers Hardy Myers Hardy Myers is a lawyer and Democratic politician who served three terms as attorney general of the state of Oregon, United States...	Multnomah	Democrat
55.	1980	Special	Hardy Myers Hardy Myers Hardy Myers is a lawyer and Democratic politician who served three terms as attorney general of the state of Oregon, United States...	Multnomah	Democrat
55.	1981	Regular Special	Hardy Myers Hardy Myers Hardy Myers is a lawyer and Democratic politician who served three terms as attorney general of the state of Oregon, United States...	Multnomah	Democrat
56.	1983	Regular Special	Grattan Kerans Grattan Kerans Grattan Kerans is an American politician from Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in the House of Representatives from 1974 through 1984, and in the Oregon State Senate from 1986 to 1993. He held the position of Speaker of the House during the 1983 legislative...	Lane	Democrat
57.	1985	Regular	Vera Katz Vera Katz Vera Katz is a Democratic politician in the state of Oregon. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 45th mayor of Portland, Oregon's most populous city. Growing up in New York City, she moved to Portland in 1962 and was elected to the Oregon...	Multnomah	Democrat
57.	1987	Regular	Vera Katz Vera Katz Vera Katz is a Democratic politician in the state of Oregon. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 45th mayor of Portland, Oregon's most populous city. Growing up in New York City, she moved to Portland in 1962 and was elected to the Oregon...	Multnomah	Democrat
57.	1989	Regular Special	Vera Katz Vera Katz Vera Katz is a Democratic politician in the state of Oregon. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 45th mayor of Portland, Oregon's most populous city. Growing up in New York City, she moved to Portland in 1962 and was elected to the Oregon...	Multnomah	Democrat
58.	1991	Regular	Larry Campbell Larry Campbell (Oregon politician) Larry L. Campbell a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in the early 1990s, representing Eugene....	Lane	Republican
58.	1993	Regular	Larry Campbell Larry Campbell (Oregon politician) Larry L. Campbell a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in the early 1990s, representing Eugene....	Lane	Republican
59.	1995	Regular Special	Bev Clarno	Deschutes	Republican
60.	1997	Regular	Lynn Lundquist	Deschutes	Republican
61.	1999	Regular Special	Lynn Snodgrass Lynn Snodgrass Lynn Snodgrass is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives. A Republican, she was elected Speaker in 1998, succeeding fellow Republican Lynn Lundquist. At the time, many Republicans felt Lundquist was too accommodating to Democratic Governor John...	Clackamas	Republican
62.	2001	Regular Special	Mark Simmons	Union	Republican
63.	2003	Regular	Karen Minnis Karen Minnis Karen Minnis is a Oregon Republican politician in United States. She was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1998 to 2009, and served as Speaker of the House from 2003 to 2006.-Early life:...	Multnomah	Republican
63.	2005 Seventy-third Oregon Legislative Assembly The seventy-third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly 's period from 2005 to 2006. The seventy-third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2005 to 2006. The seventy-third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative...	Regular	Karen Minnis Karen Minnis Karen Minnis is a Oregon Republican politician in United States. She was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1998 to 2009, and served as Speaker of the House from 2003 to 2006.-Early life:...	Multnomah	Republican
64.	2007	Regular	Jeff Merkley Jeff Merkley Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley is the junior United States Senator from Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley was a five-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing House District 47, located in eastern Multnomah County within the Portland city limits...	Multnomah	Democrat
65.	2009 Seventy-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly The seventy-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for its biennial regular session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and half of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2008; the general election for those seats took place on .Democrats took...	Regular	Dave Hunt Dave Hunt (Oregon politician) Dave Hunt is an American politician in the state of Oregon. A Democrat, he is the State Representative for District 40 of the Oregon House of Representatives. He was elected House Majority Leader for the 2006–2008 session, succeeding Minority Leader Jeff Merkley, who was chosen as Speaker...	Clackamas	Democrat
66.	2011 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly The 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for its regular session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2010; the general election for those seats took place on .In 2010, Oregon voters passed Ballot...	Regular	Bruce Hanna Bruce Hanna Bruce Hanna is a Republican politician from Roseburg in the US state of Oregon. He serves in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 7, which spans Lane and Douglas counties...  (Co-Speaker)	Roseburg	Republican
			Arnie Roblan Arnie Roblan Arnold L. "Arnie" Roblan is a former educator and a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He has served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 9, which spans the southern Oregon Coast, since 2005... (Co-Speaker)	Coos Bay	Democrat