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The '''Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives''' is the highest official in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]], customarily elected from the ranks of the [[majority party]]. As in most [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] countries and provinces, the [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] presides over the [[lower house]] of the [[legislature]].
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}}The '''speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives''' is the highest official in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]], customarily elected from the ranks of the [[majority party]]. As in most [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] countries and provinces, the [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] presides over the [[lower house]] of the [[legislature]].


The current speaker is [[Todd Huston]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/02/fishers-rep-todd-huston-serve-indiana-house-speaker-after-brian-bosma-retires-2020/4318822002/|title=Fishers Rep. Todd Huston to serve as House speaker after Brian Bosma retires|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>
The current Speaker is [[Brian C. Bosma]].


== List of Speakers (Since Statehood, 1816-)==
==List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
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{| class=wikitable
! Speaker
! Party
! City/County
! Start of service
! End of service
! Birthyear-Death
! Notes
|-
|-
! colspan=6 | Speakers of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Speakers of the Indiana House|date=3 March 2015 |url=https://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/office/1000/|publisher=Capitol&Washington|accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
! class = unsortable | <abbr title="Assembly">Assy</abbr>.
! Name
! colspan=2 | [[Political parties in the United States|Party]]
! District
! class = unsortable | Term of service
|-
| 1st
| [[Isaac Newton Blackford]]
| [[Isaac Newton Blackford]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| No Party <sup>1</sup>
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| align=right | November 4, 1816
| align=right | January 3, 1817
| November 4, 1816 – December 1, 1817
| (1786–1859)
| First Speaker of the House after Statehood; State Supreme Court Justice (1817–53); Candidate for Governor & U.S. Senate
|-
|-
| 2nd
| [[Amos Lane]]
| [[Amos Lane]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| No Party
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Lawrenceburg, Indiana|Lawrenceburg]], [[Dearborn County]]
| [[Dearborn County, Indiana|Dearborn]]
| align=right | December 1, 1817
| align=right | January 29, 1818
| December 1, 1817 – December 7, 1818
|-
| (1778–1849)
| 3rd
| Later U.S. Congressman (1833–37)
|rowspan=3| [[Williamson Dunn]]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=3| ''Unaffiliated''
|rowspan=3| [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson]], [[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]],<br> & [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]]
|rowspan=3| December 7, 1818 – November 19, 1821
|-
|-
| 4th
| [[Williamson Dunn]]
| No Party
| [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson County]]
| align=right | December 7, 1818
| align=right | January 22, 1820
| (1781–1854)
| First Speaker to serve two terms; Father of three future State Representatives; Brother-in-law of Speaker David Hervey Maxwell
|-
|-
| 5th
| [[William Graham (Indiana politician)|William Graham]]
| No Party
| [[Jackson County, Indiana|Jackson County]]
| align=right | November 27, 1820
| align=right | January 9, 1821
| (1782–1858)
| Later U.S. Congressman (1837–39)
|-
|-
| [[Samuel Milroy]]
| 6th
| Samuel Milroy
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| No Party
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington County]]
| [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]] & [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]]
| align=right | November 19, 1821
| align=right | January 3, 1822
| November 19, 1821 – December 2, 1822
| (1780–1845)
| Father of two future State Representatives; founded town of Delphi, Indiana
|-
|-
| 7th
| [[General Washington Johnston]]
| [[General Washington Johnston]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| No Party
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| align=right | December 2, 1822
| align=right | January 11, 1823
| December 2, 1822 – December 1, 1823
| (1776–1833)
| Territorial Attorney-General (1811–14); Territorial Auditor (1813); Adjutant-General (1813); Territorial Treasurer (1813–14)
|-
|-
| 8th
| [[David Hervey Maxwell]]
| [[David Hervey Maxwell]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Adams-Clay Republican]]
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe County]]
| [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe]]
| align=right | December 1, 1823
| align=right | January 31, 1824
| December 1, 1823 – January 10, 1824
| (1786–1854)
| Later Mayor of Bloomington (1848); Brother-in-law of Speaker Williamson Dunn
|-
|-
| 9th
| [[Stephen C. Stevens]]
| [[Stephen Stevens]]
| [[John Quincy Adams|Adams Supporter]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Franklin County, Indiana|Franklin County]]
| ''Unaffiliated''
| align=right | January 10
| [[Switzerland County, Indiana|Switzerland]]
| align=right | February 12, 1825
| January 10, 1825 – December 5, 1825
| (c1793-1870)
| Later Supreme Court Justice (1831–36); 1846 Gubernatorial Candidate
|-
|-
| 10th
| [[Robert Morgan Evans]]
| [[Robert Morgan Evans]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| Adams Supporter
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Princeton, Indiana|Princeton]], [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson County]]
| [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson]]
| align=right | December 5, 1825
| align=right | January 21, 1826
| December 5, 1825 – December 4, 1826
| (1783–1844)
| 1833 Congressional Candidate; Brother of Speaker Thomas Jefferson Evans
|-
|-
| 11th
| [[Harbin H. Moore]]
|rowspan=2| [[Harbin H. Moore]]
| Adams Supporter
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison County]]
|rowspan=2| ''Unaffiliated''
| align=right | December 4, 1826
|rowspan=2| [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison]]
| align=right | January 24, 1828
|rowspan=2| December 4, 1826 – December 1, 1828
| (c1791-1834)
| First Speaker to serve three terms (non-consecutive); Attorney-General (1822); 1828 Gubernatorial Candidate; 1833 Congressional Candidate
|-
|-
| 12th
| [[Isaac Howk]]
| Adams Supporter
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]]
| align=right | December 1, 1828
| align=right | January 24, 1829
| (1793–1833)
| 1831 Congressional Candidate
|-
|-
| 13th
| [[Ross Smiley]]
| Isaac Howk
| [[Jacksonian Democrats|Jacksonian]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Dunlapsville, Indiana|Dunlapsville]], [[Union County, Indiana|Union County]]
| ''Unaffiliated''
| align=right | December 7, 1829
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]]
| align=right | January 30, 1830
| December 1, 1828 – December 7, 1829
| (1788–1878)
| 1828 Presidential Elector; Lived to age of 90
|-
|-
| 14th
| [[Isaac Howk]]
| Ross Smiley
| [[National Republican Party (United States)|Anti-Jacksonian]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]]
| ''Unaffiliated''
| align=right | December 6, 1830
| [[Union County, Indiana|Union]]
| align=right | February 10, 1831
| December 7, 1829 – December 6, 1830
| (1793–1833)
| (See note above) 2nd Term
|-
|-
| 15th
| Isaac Howk
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]]
| December 6, 1830 – December 5, 1831
|-
| 16th
| [[Harbin H. Moore]]
| [[Harbin H. Moore]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| Anti-Jacksonian
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd County]]
| [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd]]
| align=right | December 5, 1831
| align=right | February 3, 1832
| December 5, 1831 – December 3, 1832
| (c1791-1834)
| (See note above) 3rd Term
|-
|-
| 17th
| [[John Wesley Davis]]
| [[John Wesley Davis]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| Jacksonian
| ''Unaffiliated''
| [[Carlisle, Indiana|Carlisle]], [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan County]]
| [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan]]
| align=right | December 3, 1832
| align=right | February 4, 1833
| December 3, 1832 – December 2, 1833
| (1799–1859)
| Served in US Congress (1835–41; 1843–47); Speaker of the US House of Representatives (1845–47); US Commissioner to China (1848–50); Oregon Governor (1853–54)
|-
|-
| 18th
| [[Nathan B. Palmer]]
| Nathan B. Palmer
| Jacksonian
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson County]]
| ''Unaffiliated''
| align=right | December 2, 1833
| [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson]]
| align=right | February 3, 1834
| December 2, 1833 – December 1, 1834
| (1790–1875)
| 1832 Presidential Elector; State Treasurer (1834–41); 1841 Congressional Candidate
|-
|-
| 19th
| [[James Gregory (politician)|James Gregory]]
| James Gregory
| Anti-Jacksonian
|style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Warren County, Indiana|Warren County]]
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| align=right | December 1, 1834
| [[Warren County, Indiana|Warren]]
| align=right | February 9, 1835
| December 1, 1834 – December 7, 1835
| (1785–1843)
| Father of three future state legislators; 1835 Congressional Candidate; Died in Yucatán, Mexico
|-
|-
| 20th
| [[Caleb Blood Smith]]
|rowspan=2| [[Caleb Blood Smith]]
| Anti-Jacksonian
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Connersville, Indiana|Connersville]], [[Fayette County, Indiana|Fayette County]]
|rowspan=2| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| align=right | December 7, 1835
|rowspan=2| [[Fayette County, Indiana|Fayette]]
| align=right | February 6, 1837
|rowspan=2| December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1837
| (1808–1864)
| 1840 & 1856 Presidential Elector; Served in US Congress (1843–49); 1848 U.S. Senate Candidate; US Secretary of the Interior (1861–62)
|-
|-
| 21st
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[Thomas Jefferson Evans]]
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| [[Covington, Indiana|Covington]], [[Fountain County]]
| align=right | December 4, 1837
| align=right | February 18, 1839
| (c1795-1841)
| 1839 Congressional Candidate; Brother of Speaker Robert Morgan Evans
|-
|-
| 22nd
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|rowspan=2| Thomas Jefferson Evans
| [[James Gray Read]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| [[Jeffersonville, Indiana|Jeffersonville]], [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]]
|rowspan=2| [[Fountain County, Indiana|Fountain]]
| align=right | December 2, 1839
|rowspan=2| December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1839
| align=right | February 24, 1840
| (1793–1869)
| 1831 Gubernatorial Candidate; 1832 U.S. Senate Candidate; 1844 Presidential Elector
|-
|-
| 23rd
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[Samuel Judah (1798/9 - 1869)|Samuel Judah]]
| Whig
| [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
| align=right | December 7, 1840
| align=right | February 15, 1841
| (1798–1869)
| US Attorney for Indiana (1829–33); 1831 U.S. Senate Candidate
|-
|-
| 24th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| James G. Read
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]]
| December 2, 1839 – December 7, 1840
|-
| 25th
| [[Samuel Judah]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| December 7, 1840 – December 6, 1841
|-
| 26th
| [[John Wesley Davis]]
| [[John Wesley Davis]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Carlisle, Indiana|Carlisle]], [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan County]]
| [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan]]
| align=right | December 6, 1841
| align=right | January 31, 1842
| December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842
| (1799–1859)
| (See note above) 2nd Term
|-
|-
| 27th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Thomas Jefferson Henley]]
| [[Thomas Jefferson Henley]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]]
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]]
| align=right | December 5, 1842
| align=right | February 13, 1843
| December 5, 1842 – December 4, 1843
| (1808–1875)
| First native-born Speaker. Later US Congressman (1843–49); Moved to California during the '49 Gold Rush; 1852 Presidential Elector from California
|-
|-
| 28th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Andrew L. Robinson]]
| Andrew L. Robinson
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Carroll County, Indiana|Carroll County]]
| [[Carroll County, Indiana|Carroll]]
| align=right | December 4, 1843
| align=right | January 15, 1844
| December 4, 1843 – December 2, 1844
| (1807–1883)
| 1852 Gubernatorial Candidate
|-
|-
| 29th
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[Alexander Campbell Stevenson]]
| [[Alexander Campbell Stevenson]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Whig
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam County]]
| [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam]]
| align=right | December 2, 1844
| align=right | January 13, 1845
| December 2, 1844 – December 1, 1845
| (1802–1889)
|
|-
|-
| 30th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John Smith Simonson]]
| John S. Simonson
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Charlestown, Indiana|Charlestown]], [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark County]]
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]]
| align=right | December 1, 1845
| align=right | January 20, 1846
| December 1, 1845 – December 7, 1846
| (1796–1881)
| 1837 Congressional Candidate
|-
|-
| 31st
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[Robert N. Carnan]]
| Robert N. Carnan
|style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Whig
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| align=right | December 7, 1846
| align=right | January 28, 1847
| December 7, 1846 – December 6, 1847
| (1805–1887)
|
|-
|-
| 32nd
|- {{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[William Anderson Porter]]
| William A. Porter
|style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Whig
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| [[Corydon, Indiana|Corydon]], [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison County]]
| [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison]]
| align=right | December 6, 1847
| align=right | February 17, 1848
| December 6, 1847 – December 4, 1848
| (1800–1884)
| Last Whig Speaker
|-
|-
| 33rd
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|rowspan=2| George W. Carr
| [[Thomas A. Hendricks]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
|rowspan=2| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[East Fultonham, Ohio|East Fultonham]], [[Muskingum County, Ohio|Muskingum County]]
|rowspan=2| [[Lawrence County, Indiana|Lawrence]]
| align=right | February 17, 1848
| align=right | December 4, 1848
|rowspan=2| December 4, 1848 – December 30, 1850
| (1819–1885)
| U.S. Congressman (1851–55), U.S. Senator (1863–69), Governor of Indiana (1873–77), U.S. Vice President (1885)
|-
|-
| 34th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[George Whitfield Carr]]
| Democrat
| [[Leesville, Indiana|Leesville]], [[Lawrence County, Indiana|Lawrence County]]
| align=right | December 4, 1848
| align=right | January 21, 1850
| (1807–1892)
| 1848 Presidential Elector; President of the Constitutional Convention (1850–51); 1858 & 1872 Congressional Candidate
|-
|-
| 35th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Ebenezer Dumont]]
| [[Ebenezer Dumont]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Lawrenceburg, Indiana|Lawrenceburg]], [[Dearborn County]]
| [[Dearborn County, Indiana|Dearborn]]
| align=right | December 30, 1850
| align=right | February 14, 1851
| December 30, 1850 – December 1, 1851
| (1814–1871)
| 1852 Presidential Elector; US Congressman (1863–67)
|-
|-
|rowspan=3| 36th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John Wesley Davis]]
| [[John Wesley Davis]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Carlisle, Indiana|Carlisle]], [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan County]]
| [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan]]
| align=right | December 1, 1851
| align=right | March 7, 1852
| December 1, 1851 – April 6, 1852
| (1799–1859)
| 3rd Term; resigned in March 1852
|-
|-
|colspan=5 align=center| Vacant (April 6–8, 1852)
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-
| [[William Hayden English]]
| [[William Hayden English]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Lexington, Indiana|Lexington]], [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott County]]
| [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]]
| March 8, 1852
| June 21, 1852
| April 8, 1852 – November 3, 1852
| (1822–1896)
| Won election to succeed Davis. Later US Congressman (1853–61); Smithsonian Institution Regent (1853–61); 1880 Vice-Presidential Candidate
|-
|-
| 37th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Oliver Brooks Torbet]]
| Oliver Brooks Torbet
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Dearborn County, Indiana|Dearborn County]]
| [[Dearborn County, Indiana|Dearborn]]
| align=right | January 6
| November 3, 1852 – November 8, 1854
| align=right | March 7, 1853<sup>4</sup>
| (1827–1864)
| Youngest Speaker (25); Died at 37
|-
|-
| 38th
| [[David Kilgore]]
| [[David Kilgore]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party (Indiana)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Fusion/Oppositionist]]<sup>5</sup>
| [[Delaware County, Indiana|Delaware County]]
| [[People's Party (Indiana)|Indiana People's]]
| [[Delaware County, Indiana|Delaware]]
| align=right | January 4
| November 8, 1854 – November 5, 1856
| align=right | March 5, 1855
| (1804–1879)
| Later US Congressman (1857–61)
|-
|-
| 39th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Ballard Smith]]
| [[Ballard Smith]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Cannelton, Indiana|Cannelton]], [[Perry County, Indiana|Perry County]]
| [[Perry County, Indiana|Perry]]
| align=right | January 8
| November 5, 1856 – November 3, 1858
| align=right | March 9, 1857
| (1821–1866)
|
|-
|-
| 40th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Jonathan W. Gordon]]
| Jonathan W. Gordon
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| November 3, 1858 – November 7, 1860
| align=right | January 6
| align=right | March 7, 1859<sup>6</sup>
| (1820–1887)
| 1872 Presidential Elector; Clerk of the State Supreme Court (1881–82)
|-
|-
| 41st
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Cyrus McCracken Allen]]
| Cyrus M. Allen
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| align=right | January 10
| November 7, 1860 – November 5, 1862
| align=right | March 11, 1861<sup>7</sup>
| (1817–1883)
| 1860 Presidential Elector; 1864 Congressional Candidate
|-
|-
| 42nd
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Samuel Hamilton Buskirk]]
| [[Samuel Hamilton Buskirk]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe County]]
| [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe]]
| align=right | January 8
| November 5, 1862 – November 9, 1864
| align=right | March 9, 1863
| (1820–1879)
| 1856 Presidential Elector; State Supreme Court Justice (1870–76)
|-
|-
| 43rd
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[John Upfold Pettit]]
| [[John Pettit]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Wabash, Indiana|Wabash]], [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash County]]
| [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash]]
| align=right | January 5
| November 9, 1864 – November 7, 1866
| align=right | March 6, 1865<sup>8</sup>
| (1820–1881)
| US Congressman (1855–61); Father of Speaker Henry Corbin Pettet
|-
|-
| 44th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[David Cummins Branham]]
| David C. Branham
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Madison, Indiana|Madison]], [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson County]]
| [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson]]
| align=right | January 10
| November 7, 1866 – November 4, 1868
| align=right | March 11, 1867
| (1812–1877)
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 45th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Ambrose P. Stanton]]<sup>9</sup>
| Ambrose P. Stanton
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | January 7
| align=right | March 8, 1869
| November 4, 1868 – April 8, 1869
| (1834–1912)
|
|-
|-
| George A. Buskirk
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[George Abraham Buskirk]]<sup>9</sup>
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe County]]
| [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe]]
| April 8, 1869 – November 9, 1870
| align=right | April 8
| align=right | May 17, 1869
| (1829–1874)
|
|-
|-
| 46th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William Gray Mack]]
| William G. Mack
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]], [[Vigo County]]
| [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo]]
| align=right | January 5
| November 9, 1870 – November 6, 1872
| align=right | February 27, 1871
| (1827–1898)
|
|-
|-
| 47th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[William Kirkpatrick Edwards]]
| William K. Edwards
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]], [[Vigo County]]
| [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo]]
| align=right | January 9
| November 6, 1872 – November 4, 1874
| align=right | March 10, 1873<sup>10</sup>
| (1820–1878)
| Mayor of Terre Haute (1853); 1860 Presidential Elector
|-
|-
| 48th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[David Turpie]]
| [[David Turpie]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | January 7
| November 4, 1874 – November 8, 1876
| align=right | March 8, 1875<sup>11</sup>
| (1829–1909)
| 1862, 1864 & 1866 Congressional Candidate; U.S. Senator (1863; 1887–1899); U.S. District Attorney for Indiana (1886–87)
|-
|-
| 49th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[John Overmyer]]
| John Overmyer
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[North Vernon, Indiana|North Vernon]], [[Jennings County]]
| [[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]]
| align=right | January 4
| November 8, 1876 – November 6, 1878
| align=right | March 5, 1877<sup>12</sup>
| (1844–1919)
| Later switched to Democratic party in 1892
|-
|-
| 50th
| [[Henry Sullivan Cauthorn]]
| Henry Sullivan Cauthorn
|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align=right | [[January ?]]
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| align=right | [[March ?]], 1879<sup>13</sup>
| November 6, 1878 – November 3, 1880
|
|
|-
|-
| 51st
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[William Marion Ridpath]]
| William Marion Ridpath
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Clay County, Indiana|Clay County]]
| [[Clay County, Indiana|Clay]], [[Hendricks County, Indiana|Hendricks]],<br> & [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam]]
| align=right | January 6
| November 3, 1880 – November 8, 1882
| align=right | March 7, 1881<sup>14</sup>
| (1845–1914)
| Moved to Dakota Territory after leaving Speakership
|-
|-
| 52nd
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William D. Bynum]]
| [[William D. Bynum]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | January 4
| November 8, 1882 – November 5, 1884
| align=right | March 5, 1883
| (1846–1927)
| Mayor of Washington, Indiana (1875–79); 1876 Presidential Elector; US Congressman (1885–95)
|-
|-
| 53rd
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Charles LaFayette Jewett]]
| Charles L. Jewett
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[New Albany, Indiana|New Albany]], [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd County]]
| [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]], [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd]],<br> & [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]]
| align=right | January 8
| November 5, 1884 – November 3, 1886
| align=right | March 9, 1885<sup>15</sup>
| (1848–1931)
|
|-
|-
| 54th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Warren Grover Sayre]]
| Warren G. Sayre
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Wabash, Indiana|Wabash]], [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash County]]
| [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash]]
| align=right | January 6
| November 3, 1886 – November 7, 1888
| align=right | March 7, 1887
| (1844–1931)
| Mayor of Wabash (1868–76)
|-
|-
| 55th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Mason Jenks Niblack]]
|rowspan=2| Mason J. Niblack
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
|rowspan=2| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
|rowspan=2| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]
| align=right | January 10, 1889
|rowspan=2| November 7, 1888 – November 9, 1892
| align=right | March 9, 1891
| (1857–1926)
| U.S. House Parliamentarian; First consecutively reelected Speaker since 1849
|-
|-
| 56th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[James B. Curtis]]
| Democrat
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| align=right | January 5
| align=right | March 6, 1893
| (1859–1922)
|
|-
|-
| 57th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Justus C. Adams]]
| James B. Curtis
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]] & [[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby]]
| align=right | January 10
| November 9, 1892 – November 7, 1894
| align=right | March 11, 1895
| (1841–1904)
|
|-
|-
| 58th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Justus C. Adams
| [[Henry Corbin Pettit]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Wabash, Indiana|Wabash]], [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | January 7
| November 7, 1894 – November 9, 1896
| align=right | March 8, 1897
| (1863–1913)
| Mayor of Wabash (1888–90); Son of Speaker John Upfold Pettit
|-
|-
| 59th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Henry C. Petitt
| [[Frank Leslie Littleton]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]]
| [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash]]
| align=right | January 5
| November 9, 1896 – November 9, 1898
| align=right | March 6, 1899
| (1868–1935)
|
|-
|-
| 60th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Frank L. Littleton
| [[Samuel Raleigh Artman]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Lebanon, Indiana|Lebanon]], [[Boone County, Indiana|Boone County]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | January 1901
| November 9, 1898 – 7, 1900
|
| (1866–1930)
|
|-
|-
| 61st
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Samuel R. Artman
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Boone County, Indiana|Boone]], [[Hamilton County, Indiana|Hamilton]],<br> [[Madison County, Indiana|Madison]] & [[Montgomery County, Indiana|Montgomery]]
| November 7, 1900 – November 5, 1902
|-
| 62nd
| [[Henry Wright Marshall, Sr.]]
| [[Henry Wright Marshall, Sr.]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]], [[Tippecanoe County]]
| [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana|Tippecanoe]] & [[Warren County, Indiana|Warren]]
| align=right | January 1903
| November 5, 1902 – November 9, 1904
|
| (1865–1957)
| Lived to age of 92.
|-
|-
| 63rd
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Sidney W. Cantwell
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Blackford County, Indiana|Blackford]], [[Jay County, Indiana|Jay]],<br> & [[Randolph County, Indiana|Randolph]]
| November 9, 1904 – November 7, 1906
|-
| 64th
| [[Emmett Forrest Branch]]
| [[Emmett Forrest Branch]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Martinsville, Indiana|Martinsville]], [[Morgan County, Indiana|Morgan County]]
| [[Morgan County, Indiana|Morgan]]
| align=right | 1907
| November 7, 1906 – November 4, 1908
| align=right | 1909
| (May 16, 1874 - February 23, 1932)
| Later Governor of Indiana (1924–1925)
|-
|-
| 65th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Harry G. Leslie]]
| [[Thomas M. Honan|Thomas Michael Honan]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]], [[Tippecanoe County]]
| [[Jackson County, Indiana|Jackson]]
| align=right | 1925
| November 4, 1908 – November 9, 1910
| align=right | 1927
|-
| (April 6, 1878 - December 10, 1937)
| 66th
| Later Governor of Indiana (1929–1933)
| Albert Julius Veneman
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]],<br> & [[Vanderburgh County, Indiana|Vanderburgh]]
| November 9, 1910 – November 6, 1912
|-
| 67th
| Homer Livingston Cook
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| November 6, 1912 – November 4, 1914
|-
| 68th
| Charles Haddon Bedwell
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan]]
| November 4, 1914 – November 8, 1916
|-
| 69th
|rowspan=2| Jesse E. Eschbach
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=2| [[Kosciusko County, Indiana|Kosciusko]]
|rowspan=2| November 8, 1916 – November 3, 1920
|-
| 70th
|-
|rowspan=2| 71st
| John F. McClure
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Madison County, Indiana|Madison]]
| November 3, 1920 – December 14, 1921{{efn|name="died"|Died in office.}}
|-
| Claude A. Smith
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson]]
| December 14, 1921 – November 8, 1922
|-
| 72nd
| Raymond C. Morgan
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Henry County, Indiana|Henry]]
| November 8, 1922 – November 4, 1924
|-
| 73rd
|rowspan=2| [[Harry G. Leslie]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=2| [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana|Tippecanoe]] & [[Warren County, Indiana|Warren]]
|rowspan=2| November 5, 1924 – November 7, 1928
|-
| 74th
|-
| 75th
| James Merrill Knapp
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Wayne County, Indiana|Wayne]]
| November 7, 1928 – November 5, 1930
|-
| 76th
| Walter D. Myers
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| November 5, 1930 – November 9, 1932
|-
| 77th
| Henry C. Crawford
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Union County, Indiana|Union]] & [[Wayne County, Indiana|Wayne]]
| November 9, 1932 – November 7, 1934
|-
| 78th
|rowspan=2| Edward H. Stein
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan=2| [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene]]
|rowspan=2| November 7, 1934 – November 9, 1938
|-
| 79th
|-
| 80th
|rowspan=2| James M. Knapp
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=2| [[Wayne County, Indiana|Wayne]]
|rowspan=2| November 9, 1938 – November 4, 1942
|-
| 81st
|-
| 82nd
|rowspan=3| William H. Creighton
|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=3| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=3| [[Kosciusko County, Indiana|Kosciusko]]
|rowspan=3| November 4, 1942 – November 3, 1948
|-
| 83rd
|-
| 84th
|-
| 85th
| Robert H. Heller
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Adams County, Indiana|Adams]] & [[Wells County, Indiana|Wells]]
| November 3, 1948 – November 8, 1950
|-
| 86th
| Winfred O. Hughes
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Allen County, Indiana|Allen]]
| November 8, 1950 – November 5, 1952
|-
| 87th
| James D. Allen
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange]] & [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]]
| November 5, 1952 – November 3, 1954
|-
|-
| 88th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|rowspan=2| George S. Diener
| [[Edward H. Stein]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
|rowspan=2| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Bloomfield, Indiana|Bloomfield]], [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene County]]
|rowspan=2| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | 1935
|rowspan=2| November 3, 1954 – November 5, 1958
| align=right | 1937
| (September 1, 1891 - October 1, 1965)
|
|-
|-
| 89th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Hobart Creighton]]
| Republican
| [[Atwood, Indiana]], [[Kosciusko County]]
| align=right | 1942
| align=right | 1948
| (1896-1976)
| Republican Gubernatorial Candidate (1948)
|-
|-
| 90th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Birch Bayh]]
| [[Birch Bayh]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]], [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo County]]
| [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo]]
| align=right | November 5, 1958
| align=right | November 9, 1960
| November 5, 1958 – November 9, 1960
| (1928-2019)
| later a US Senator
|-
|-
| 91st
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|rowspan=2| Richard W. Guthrie
| [[Otis Bowen]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
|rowspan=2| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Bremen, Indiana|Bremen]], [[Marshall County, Indiana|Marshall County]]
|rowspan=2| [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| align=right | November 9, 1966
| align=right | November 8, 1972
|rowspan=2| November 9, 1960 – November 4, 1964
| (1918-2013)
| later Governor of Indiana and US Secretary of Health and Human Services
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[J. Roberts Dailey]]
| Republican
|
| align=right | January 1981
|
| (June 22, 1919 – August 13, 2005)
|
|-
|-
| 92nd
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Michael K. Phillips]]
| Democrat
| [[Boonville, Indiana|Boonville]], [[Warrick County, Indiana|Warrick County]]
| align=right | 1990
| align=right | 1995
|
|
|-
|-
| 93rd
|Paul Mannweiler
| Richard C. Bodine
|Republican
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|Indianapolis, Washington Township, Marion County
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1995
| [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph]]
|1996
| November 4, 1964 – November 9, 1966
|
|
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John R. Gregg]]
| Democrat
| [[Sandborn, Indiana|Sandborn]], [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
| align=right | 1996
| align=right | 2002
|
|
|-
|-
| 94th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[B. Patrick Bauer]]
|rowspan=3| [[Otis Bowen]]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Democrat
|rowspan=3| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph County]]
|rowspan=3| 8th District
| align=right | January 2003
|rowspan=3| November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972
| January 2005
|
|
|-
|-
| 95th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Brian C. Bosma]]
| Republican
|Indianapolis, Lawrence Township, Marion County
| align=right | January 2005
| January 2007
|
|
|-
|-
| 96th
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[B. Patrick Bauer]]
| Democrat
|
| align=right | January 2007
| January 2011
|
|
|-
|-
| 97th
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Brian C. Bosma]]
| Kermit O. Burrous
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| Republican
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
| 22nd District
| align=right | January 2011
| November 8, 1972 – November 6, 1974
| ''present''
|
|-
| 98th
|
| Phillip E. Bainbridge
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2nd District
| November 6, 1974 – November 3, 1976
|-
| 99th
|rowspan=2| Kermit O. Burrous
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=2| 22nd District
|rowspan=2| November 3, 1976 – November 5, 1980
|-
| 100th
|-
| 101st
|rowspan=3| J. Roberts Dailey
|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=3| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=1| 37th District
|rowspan=1| November 5, 1980 – November 3, 1982
|-
| 102nd
|rowspan=2| 35th District
|rowspan=2| November 3, 1982 – November 5, 1986
|-
| 103rd
|-
| 104th
| [[Paul Mannweiler|Paul S. Mannweiler]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 49th District
| November 5, 1986 – November 9, 1988
|-
|rowspan=2| 105th
| [[Paul Mannweiler|Paul S. Mannweiler]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 49th District
|rowspan=2| November 9, 1988 – November 7, 1990{{efn|name=split|The House of Representatives evenly divided with 50 Democratic and 50 Republican members, Mannweiler and Phillips served jointly as speaker for the duration of the 105th term.}}
|-
| Michael K. Phillips
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 74th District
|-
| 106th
|rowspan=2| Michael K. Phillips
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan=2| 74th District
|rowspan=2| November 7, 1990 – November 9, 1994
|-
| 107th
|-
| 108th
| [[Paul Mannweiler|Paul S. Mannweiler]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 87th District
| November 9, 1994 – November 6, 1996
|-
| 109th
|rowspan=3| [[John R. Gregg]]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=3| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan=3| 45th District
|rowspan=3| November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002
|-
| 110th
|-
| 111th
|-
| 112th
| [[B. Patrick Bauer|Pat Bauer]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 6th District
| November 6, 2002 – November 3, 2004
|-
| 113th
| [[Brian Bosma]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 88th District
| November 3, 2004 – November 8, 2006
|-
| 114th
|rowspan=2| [[B. Patrick Bauer|Pat Bauer]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=2| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|rowspan=2| 6th District
|rowspan=2| November 8, 2006 – November 3, 2010
|-
| 115th
|-
| 116th
|rowspan=5| [[Brian Bosma]]
|rowspan=5 style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"| &nbsp;
|rowspan=5| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan=5| 88th District
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==References==
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*1. No party labels from 1816–1823, as there were no organized partisan political groups in the state during this period (although all federal officeholders during this period were Democrat-Republicans).
*2. Reference sources list the 36th General Assembly having 2 Speakers (Davis & English)
*3. The 36th General Assembly had two separate sessions, the first from December 1, 1851 until March 10, 1852 and April 20, 1852 until June 21, 1852. This was the first time the legislature convened outside of the late fall and winter.
*4. Beginning in 1853, regular legislature sessions convened every 2 years.
*5. The Fusionists were the remaining members of differing factions of former Whigs, Free-Soilers, anti-slavery Democrats, most of whom would become Republicans.
*6. A special session of the 40th General Assembly was convened previously to the regular session from November 20 to December 25, 1858.
*7. A special session of the 41st General Assembly was convened after the regular session from April 24 to June 2, 1861. This session was mistakenly considered the 42nd General Assembly, but was later considered a special session. Because of this error, the following regular session became the 43rd General Assembly, hence there was no official 42nd General Assembly convened.
*8. A special session of the 44th General Assembly was convened after the regular session from November 13 to December 22, 1865.
*9. Ambrose P. Stanton only served as Speaker during the regular session of the 46th General Assembly. George Buskirk served as Speaker during the special session.
*10. A special session of the 48th General Assembly was convened before the regular session from November 13 to December 22, 1872.
*11. A brief special session of the 49th General Assembly was convened the day after the regular session ended, from March 9 to March 15, 1875.
*12. A brief special session of the 50th General Assembly was convened the day after the regular session ended, from March 6 to March 15, 1877.
*13. A special session of the 51st General Assembly was convened the day after the regular session ended, from March 11 to March 31, 1879.
*14. A special session of the 51st General Assembly was convened the day after the regular session ended, from March 8 to April 16, 1881.
*15. A special session of the 53rd General Assembly was convened the day after the regular session ended, from March 10 to April 13, 1885.
* Source: A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly


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==External links==
* [https://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/office/1000/ Complete list of Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives]


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Latest revision as of 21:26, 24 December 2023

Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
Seal of Indiana
Incumbent
Todd Huston
since March 9, 2020
StyleThe Honorable
AppointerElected by the Indiana House of Representatives
Inaugural holderIsaac Newton Blackford

The speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives is the highest official in the Indiana House of Representatives, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party. As in most Anglophone countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature.

The current speaker is Todd Huston.[1]

List of speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives[edit]

Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives[2]
Assy. Name Party District Term of service
1st Isaac Newton Blackford   Unaffiliated Knox November 4, 1816 – December 1, 1817
2nd Amos Lane   Unaffiliated Dearborn December 1, 1817 – December 7, 1818
3rd Williamson Dunn   Unaffiliated Jefferson, Jennings,
& Ripley 		December 7, 1818 – November 19, 1821
4th
5th
6th Samuel Milroy   Unaffiliated Washington & Scott November 19, 1821 – December 2, 1822
7th General Washington Johnston   Unaffiliated Knox December 2, 1822 – December 1, 1823
8th David Hervey Maxwell   Unaffiliated Monroe December 1, 1823 – January 10, 1824
9th Stephen Stevens   Unaffiliated Switzerland January 10, 1825 – December 5, 1825
10th Robert Morgan Evans   Unaffiliated Gibson December 5, 1825 – December 4, 1826
11th Harbin H. Moore   Unaffiliated Harrison December 4, 1826 – December 1, 1828
12th
13th Isaac Howk   Unaffiliated Clark December 1, 1828 – December 7, 1829
14th Ross Smiley   Unaffiliated Union December 7, 1829 – December 6, 1830
15th Isaac Howk   Unaffiliated Clark December 6, 1830 – December 5, 1831
16th Harbin H. Moore   Unaffiliated Floyd December 5, 1831 – December 3, 1832
17th John Wesley Davis   Unaffiliated Sullivan December 3, 1832 – December 2, 1833
18th Nathan B. Palmer   Unaffiliated Jefferson December 2, 1833 – December 1, 1834
19th James Gregory   Whig Warren December 1, 1834 – December 7, 1835
20th Caleb Blood Smith   Whig Fayette December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1837
21st
22nd Thomas Jefferson Evans   Whig Fountain December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1839
23rd
24th James G. Read   Democratic Clark December 2, 1839 – December 7, 1840
25th Samuel Judah   Whig Knox December 7, 1840 – December 6, 1841
26th John Wesley Davis   Democratic Sullivan December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842
27th Thomas Jefferson Henley   Democratic Clark December 5, 1842 – December 4, 1843
28th Andrew L. Robinson   Democratic Carroll December 4, 1843 – December 2, 1844
29th Alexander Campbell Stevenson   Whig Putnam December 2, 1844 – December 1, 1845
30th John S. Simonson   Democratic Clark December 1, 1845 – December 7, 1846
31st Robert N. Carnan   Whig Knox December 7, 1846 – December 6, 1847
32nd William A. Porter   Whig Harrison December 6, 1847 – December 4, 1848
33rd George W. Carr   Democratic Lawrence December 4, 1848 – December 30, 1850
34th
35th Ebenezer Dumont   Democratic Dearborn December 30, 1850 – December 1, 1851
36th John Wesley Davis   Democratic Sullivan December 1, 1851 – April 6, 1852
Vacant (April 6–8, 1852)
William Hayden English   Democratic Scott April 8, 1852 – November 3, 1852
37th Oliver Brooks Torbet   Democratic Dearborn November 3, 1852 – November 8, 1854
38th David Kilgore   Indiana People's Delaware November 8, 1854 – November 5, 1856
39th Ballard Smith   Democratic Perry November 5, 1856 – November 3, 1858
40th Jonathan W. Gordon   Republican Marion November 3, 1858 – November 7, 1860
41st Cyrus M. Allen   Republican Knox November 7, 1860 – November 5, 1862
42nd Samuel Hamilton Buskirk   Democratic Monroe November 5, 1862 – November 9, 1864
43rd John Pettit   Republican Wabash November 9, 1864 – November 7, 1866
44th David C. Branham   Republican Jefferson November 7, 1866 – November 4, 1868
45th Ambrose P. Stanton   Republican Marion November 4, 1868 – April 8, 1869
George A. Buskirk   Republican Monroe April 8, 1869 – November 9, 1870
46th William G. Mack   Democratic Vigo November 9, 1870 – November 6, 1872
47th William K. Edwards   Republican Vigo November 6, 1872 – November 4, 1874
48th David Turpie   Democratic Marion November 4, 1874 – November 8, 1876
49th John Overmyer   Republican Jennings November 8, 1876 – November 6, 1878
50th Henry Sullivan Cauthorn   Democratic Knox November 6, 1878 – November 3, 1880
51st William Marion Ridpath   Republican Clay, Hendricks,
& Putnam 		November 3, 1880 – November 8, 1882
52nd William D. Bynum   Democratic Marion November 8, 1882 – November 5, 1884
53rd Charles L. Jewett   Democratic Clark, Floyd,
& Scott 		November 5, 1884 – November 3, 1886
54th Warren G. Sayre   Republican Wabash November 3, 1886 – November 7, 1888
55th Mason J. Niblack   Democratic Knox November 7, 1888 – November 9, 1892
56th
57th James B. Curtis   Democratic Marion & Shelby November 9, 1892 – November 7, 1894
58th Justus C. Adams   Republican Marion November 7, 1894 – November 9, 1896
59th Henry C. Petitt   Republican Wabash November 9, 1896 – November 9, 1898
60th Frank L. Littleton   Republican Marion November 9, 1898 – 7, 1900
61st Samuel R. Artman   Republican Boone, Hamilton,
Madison & Montgomery 		November 7, 1900 – November 5, 1902
62nd Henry Wright Marshall, Sr.   Republican Tippecanoe & Warren November 5, 1902 – November 9, 1904
63rd Sidney W. Cantwell   Republican Blackford, Jay,
& Randolph 		November 9, 1904 – November 7, 1906
64th Emmett Forrest Branch   Republican Morgan November 7, 1906 – November 4, 1908
65th Thomas Michael Honan   Democratic Jackson November 4, 1908 – November 9, 1910
66th Albert Julius Veneman   Democratic Gibson, Knox,
& Vanderburgh 		November 9, 1910 – November 6, 1912
67th Homer Livingston Cook   Democratic Marion November 6, 1912 – November 4, 1914
68th Charles Haddon Bedwell   Democratic Sullivan November 4, 1914 – November 8, 1916
69th Jesse E. Eschbach   Republican Kosciusko November 8, 1916 – November 3, 1920
70th
71st John F. McClure   Republican Madison November 3, 1920 – December 14, 1921[a]
Claude A. Smith   Republican Gibson December 14, 1921 – November 8, 1922
72nd Raymond C. Morgan   Republican Henry November 8, 1922 – November 4, 1924
73rd Harry G. Leslie   Republican Tippecanoe & Warren November 5, 1924 – November 7, 1928
74th
75th James Merrill Knapp   Republican Wayne November 7, 1928 – November 5, 1930
76th Walter D. Myers   Democratic Marion November 5, 1930 – November 9, 1932
77th Henry C. Crawford   Democratic Union & Wayne November 9, 1932 – November 7, 1934
78th Edward H. Stein   Democratic Greene November 7, 1934 – November 9, 1938
79th
80th James M. Knapp   Republican Wayne November 9, 1938 – November 4, 1942
81st
82nd William H. Creighton   Republican Kosciusko November 4, 1942 – November 3, 1948
83rd
84th
85th Robert H. Heller   Democratic Adams & Wells November 3, 1948 – November 8, 1950
86th Winfred O. Hughes   Republican Allen November 8, 1950 – November 5, 1952
87th James D. Allen   Republican Orange & Washington November 5, 1952 – November 3, 1954
88th George S. Diener   Republican Marion November 3, 1954 – November 5, 1958
89th
90th Birch Bayh   Democratic Vigo November 5, 1958 – November 9, 1960
91st Richard W. Guthrie   Republican Marion November 9, 1960 – November 4, 1964
92nd
93rd Richard C. Bodine   Democratic St. Joseph November 4, 1964 – November 9, 1966
94th Otis Bowen   Republican 8th District November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972
95th
96th
97th Kermit O. Burrous   Republican 22nd District November 8, 1972 – November 6, 1974
98th Phillip E. Bainbridge   Democratic 2nd District November 6, 1974 – November 3, 1976
99th Kermit O. Burrous   Republican 22nd District November 3, 1976 – November 5, 1980
100th
101st J. Roberts Dailey   Republican 37th District November 5, 1980 – November 3, 1982
102nd 35th District November 3, 1982 – November 5, 1986
103rd
104th Paul S. Mannweiler   Republican 49th District November 5, 1986 – November 9, 1988
105th Paul S. Mannweiler   Republican 49th District November 9, 1988 – November 7, 1990[b]
Michael K. Phillips   Democratic 74th District
106th Michael K. Phillips   Democratic 74th District November 7, 1990 – November 9, 1994
107th
108th Paul S. Mannweiler   Republican 87th District November 9, 1994 – November 6, 1996
109th John R. Gregg   Democratic 45th District November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002
110th
111th
112th Pat Bauer   Democratic 6th District November 6, 2002 – November 3, 2004
113th Brian Bosma   Republican 88th District November 3, 2004 – November 8, 2006
114th Pat Bauer   Democratic 6th District November 8, 2006 – November 3, 2010
115th
116th Brian Bosma   Republican 88th District November 3, 2010 – March 9, 2020[c]
117th
118th
119th
120th
Todd Huston   Republican 37th District March 9, 2020 – incumbent[c]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Died in office.
  2. ^ The House of Representatives evenly divided with 50 Democratic and 50 Republican members, Mannweiler and Phillips served jointly as speaker for the duration of the 105th term.
  3. ^ a b Bosma resigned the speakership partway through the 120th Assembly in order to oversee a smooth transition of power to his successor, Huston.
  1. ^ "Fishers Rep. Todd Huston to serve as House speaker after Brian Bosma retires". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  2. ^ "Speakers of the Indiana House". Capitol&Washington. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

External links[edit]

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