Speaker of Kansas House of Representatives
Incumbent
Daniel Hawkins
since January 9, 2023
StatusPresiding officer
SeatKansas State Capitol, Topeka
AppointerKansas House of Representatives
Inaugural holderWilliam 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 [1][2]
Josiah Kellogg 1863 Republican Leavenworth [1][2]
Jacob Stotler 1865 Radical Republican Leavenworth [1][2]
John Taylor Burris 1866 Republican Emporia [1][2]
Preston Bierce Plumb 1867 Republican Olathe [1][2]
George W. Smith 1868 Republican Emporia [1][2]
Moses S. Adams 1869 Republican Leavenworth [1][2]
Jacob Stotler 1870 Radical Republican Emporia [1][2]
Benjamin Franklin Simpson 1871 Republican Paola [1][2]
Stephen Alonzo Cobb 1872 Republican Wyandotte [1][2]
Josiah Kellogg 1873 Republican Leavenworth [1][2]
Boyd H. McEckron 1874 Republican Shirley [1][2]
Thomas P. Fenlon 1874 Republican Leavenworth [1][2]
Edward H. Funston 1875 Republican Carlyle [1][2]
Dudley Chase Haskell 1876 Republican Lawrence [1][2]
Peter Percival Elder Jan 1877–Feb 1877 Republican Council Grove [1][2]
Samuel Newitt Wood Feb 1877–1879 Republican Ottawa [1][2]
Sidney Clarke 1879 Republican Lawrence [1][2]
John Blosser Johnson 1881 Republican Topeka [1][2]
James Donaldson Snoddy 1883 Republican La Cygne [1][2]
John Blosser Johnson 1885 Republican Topeka [1][2]
Abram Wentworth Smith 1887 Republican McPherson [1][2]
Henry Booth 1889 Republican Larned [1][2]
Peter Percival Elder 1891 Farmers' Alliance Princeton [1][2]
George L. Douglass 1893 Republican Wichita [1][2]
John M. Dunsmore 1893 People's Party Thayet [1][2]
Charles E. Lobdell 1895 Republican Dighton [1][2]
William Daniel Street 1897 Republican Oberlin [1][2]
Stephen J. Osborn 1899 Republican Salina [1][2]
George Jerome Barker 1901 Republican Lawrence [1][2]
James T. Pringle 1903 Republican Burlingame [1][2]
Walter Roscoe Stubbs 1905 Republican Lawrence [1][2]
John S. Simmons 1907 Republican Dighton [1][2]
Joseph N. Dolley 1909 Republican Maple Hill [1][2]
George H. Buckman 1911 Republican Winfield [3][2]
Willis L. Brown 1913 Democratic Kingman [3][2]
Robert Stone 1915 Republican Topeka [3][2]
Austin M. Keene 1917 Republican Fort Scott [3][2]
William L. Lambertson 1919–1921 Republican Fairview [3][2]
William West Harvey 1921–1923 Republican Ashland [3][2]
Charles E. Mann 1923–1925 Republican Osborne [3][2]
Clifford R. Hope 1925–1927 Republican Garden City [3][2]
John D. M. Hamilton 1927–1929 Republican Topeka [3][2]
John H. Myers 1929–1931 Republican Merriam [3][2]
Hal Harlan 1931–1933 Republican Manhattan [3][2]
William H. Vernon 1933–1935 Republican Larned [3][2]
Schuyler C. Bloss 1935–1937 Republican Winfield [3][2]
Henry S. Buzick 1937–1939 Republican Sylvan Grove [3][2]
Ernest A. Briles 1939–1941 Republican Stafford [3][2]
Clay C. Carper 1941–1943 Republican Eureka [3][2]
Paul R. Wunsch 1943–1945 Republican Kingman [3][2]
Frank L. Hagaman 1945–1947 Republican Kansas City [3][2]
Frank B. Miller 1947–1949 Republican Langman [3][2]
Dale M. Bryant 1949–1951 Republican Wichita [3][2]
Lawrence M. Gibson 1951–1953 Republican Pittsburg [1][2]
Charles D. Stough 1953–1955 Republican Lawrence [1][2]
Robert H. Jennison 1955–1957 Republican Healy [1][2]
Jess E. Taylor 1957–1961 Republican Tribune [1][2]
William L. Mitchell 1961–1963 Republican Hutchinson [1][2]
Charles S. Arthur 1963–1965 Republican Manhattan [1][2]
Clyde Hill 1966–1967 Republican Yates Center [1][2]
John J. Conard 1967–1969 Republican Greensburg [1][2]
Calvin S. Strowig 1969–1973 Republican Abilene [1][2]
Duane S. McGill 1973–1975 Republican Winfield [1][2]
John W. Carlin 1975–1979 Democratic Smolan [1][2]
Wendell Lady 1979–1983 Republican Overland Park [1][2]
Mike Hayden 1983–1987 Republican Atwood [1][2]
James D. Braden 1987–1990 Republican Clay Center [1][2]
Marvin Barkis 1991–1993 Democratic Louisburg [1][2]
Robert H. Miller 1993–1995 Republican Wellington [1][2]
Tim Shallenburger 1995–1997 Republican Baxter Springs [1][2]
Robin Jennison 1999–2000 Republican Healy [1][2]
Kent Glasscock 2001–2003 Republican Manhattan [1][2]
Doug Mays 2003–2007 Republican Topeka [1][2]
Melvin Neufeld 2007–2009 Republican Ingalls [1][2]
Michael O'Neal 2009–2013 Republican Hutchinson [1][2]
Raymond Merrick 2013–2017 Republican Stilwell [1][2]
Ron Ryckman Jr. 2017–2023 Republican Olathe [1][2]
Daniel Hawkins 2023– Republican Wichita [1][2]

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]

References

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  6. ↑ "House journal of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory, for the year ... Extra session 1857". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004423749.
  7. ↑ "Council journal 1859". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/mdp.35112203965910.
  8. ↑ "House journal of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory. Sess. 6 (1860)". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004422873.
  9. ↑ Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (September 26, 1989). "American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910". Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
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