The speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Ohio House of Representatives. The Speaker is third in line to the Office of the Governor

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!Term

!Name

!Party

!Home county

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| March 1, 1803 – December 4, 1803

|Michael Baldwin

| | Democratic-Republican

|Ross

|-

| December 5, 1803 – December 2, 1804

| Elias Langham

| | Democratic-Republican

| Ross

|-

| December 3, 1804 – December 1, 1805

| Michael Baldwin (2)

| | Democratic-Republican

| Ross

|-

| December 2, 1805 – November 30, 1806

| John Sloane

| | Democratic-Republican

| Jefferson

|-

| December 1, 1806 – December 6, 1807

| Abraham Shepherd

| | Democratic-Republican

| Adams

|-

| December 7, 1807 – December 4, 1808

| Philemon Beecher

| | Democratic-Republican

| Fairfield

|-

| December 5, 1808 – December 3, 1809

| Alexander Campbell

| | Democratic-Republican

| Adams

|-

| December 4, 1809 – December 1, 1811

| Edward Tiffin

| | Democratic-Republican

| Ross

|-

| December 2, 1811 – December 6, 1812

| Matthias Corwin

| | Democratic-Republican

| Warren

|-

| December 7, 1812 – December 3, 1815

| John Pollock

|  

| Clermont

|-

| December 4, 1815 – December 1, 1816

| Matthias Corwin (2)

| | Democratic-Republican

| Warren

|-

| December 2, 1816 – November 30, 1817

| Thomas Kirker

| | Democratic-Republican

| Adams

|-

| December 1, 1817 – December 6, 1818

| Duncan McArthur

| | Democratic-Republican

| Ross

|-

| December 7, 1818 – December 2, 1821

| Joseph Richardson

|  

| Columbiana

|-

| December 3, 1821 – December 1, 1822

| John Bigger

| | Democratic-Republican

| Warren

|-

| December 2, 1822 – December 5, 1824

| Joseph Richardson (2)

|  

| Columbiana

|-

| December 6, 1824 – December 4, 1825

| Micajah T. Williams

| | Democratic

| Hamilton

|-

| December 5, 1825 – December 3, 1826

| William W. Irvin

| | Democratic

| Fairfield

|-

| December 4, 1826 – December 2, 1827

| David Higgins

| | Democratic

| Butler

|-

| December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829

| Edward King

| | National Republican

| Ross

|-

| December 7, 1829 – December 5, 1830

| Thomas L. Hamer

| | Democratic

| Brown

|-

| December 6, 1830 – December 4, 1831

| James Martin Bell

| | Whig

| Guernsey

|-

| December 5, 1831 – December 2, 1832

| William Blackstone Hubbard

| | Whig

| Belmont

|-

| December 3, 1832 – December 1, 1833

| David T. Disney

| | Democratic

| Hamilton

|-

| December 2, 1833 – November 30, 1834

| John H. Keith

| | Democratic

| Muskingum

|-

| December 1, 1834 – December 6, 1835

| John M. Creed

| | Whig

| Fairfield

|-

| December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1836

| William Sawyer

| | Democratic

| Montgomery

|-

| December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1837

| William Medill

| | Democratic

| Fairfield

|-

| December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1838

| Charles Anthony

| | Whig

| Clark

|-

| December 3, 1838 – December 1, 1839

| James J. Faran

| | Democratic

| Hamilton

|-

| December 2, 1839 – December 6, 1840

| Thomas J. Buchanan

| | Democratic

| Clermont

|-

| December 7, 1840 – December 5, 1841

|Seabury Ford

| |Whig

| Geauga

|-

| December 6, 1841 – December 4, 1842

| Rufus P. Spalding

| | Democratic

| Summit

|-

| December 5, 1842 – December 3, 1843

| John Chaney

| | Democratic

| Fairfield

|-

| December 4, 1843 – December 1, 1844

| John M. Gallagher

| | Whig

| Madison

|-

| December 2, 1844 – November 30, 1845

| John M. Gallagher

| | Whig

| Clark

|-

| December 1, 1845 – December 6, 1846

| Elias Franklin Drake

| | Whig

| Greene

|-

| December 7, 1846 – December 5, 1847

| William P. Cutler

| | Whig

| Washington

|-

| December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848

| Joseph S. Hawkins

| | Whig

| Preble

|-

| December 4, 1848 – December 2, 1849

| John G. Breslin

| | Democratic

| Seneca

|-

| December 3, 1849 – December 1, 1850

| Benjamin F. Leiter

| | Democratic

| Stark

|-

| December 2, 1850 – January 4, 1852

| John F. Morse

| | Free Soil

| Ashtabula

|-

| January 5, 1852 – January 1, 1854

| James C. Johnson

| | Democratic

| Medina

|-

| January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1856

| Francis C. LeBlond

| | Democratic

| Mercer

|-

| January 7, 1856 – January 3, 1858

| Nelson H. Van Vorhes

| |Republican

| Athens

|-

| January 4, 1858 – January 1, 1860

| William Burnham Woods

| | Democratic

| Licking

|-

| January 2, 1860 – January 5, 1862

| Richard C. Parsons

| | Republican

| Cuyahoga

|-

| January 6, 1862 – December 31, 1865

| James Randolph Hubbell

| | Republican

| Delaware

|-

| January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1868

| Edwin A. Parrott

| | Republican

| Montgomery

|-

| January 6, 1868 – January 2, 1870

| John F. Follett

| | Democratic

| Licking

|-

| January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1871

| A. J. Cunningham

| | Republican

| Hamilton

|-

| January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874

| Nelson H. Van Vorhes (2)

| | Republican

| Athens

|-

| January 5, 1874 – January 2, 1876

| George L. Converse

| | Democratic

| Franklin

|-

| January 3, 1876 – January 6, 1878

| Charles H. Grosvenor

| | Republican

| Athens

|-

| January 7, 1878 – January 3, 1880

| James E. Neal

| | Democratic

| Butler

|-

| January 4, 1880 – January 1, 1882

| Thomas A. Cowgill

| | Republican

| Champaign

|-

| January 2, 1882 – January 6, 1884

| Orlando J. Hodge

| | Republican

| Cuyahoga

|-

| January 7, 1884 – January 3, 1886

| Archelaus D. Marsh

| | Democratic

| Mercer

|-

| January 4, 1886 – January 1, 1888

| John C. Entrekin

| | Republican

| Ross

|-

| January 2, 1888 – January 5, 1890

| Elbert L. Lampson

| | Republican

| Ashtabula

|-

| January 6, 1890 – January 3, 1892

| Nial R. Hysell

| | Democratic

| Perry

|-

| January 4, 1892 – January 2, 1894

| Lewis C. Laylin

| | Republican

| Huron

|-

| January 3, 1894 – January 5, 1896

| Alexander Boxwell

| | Republican

| Warren

|-

| January 6, 1896 – January 2, 1898

| David L. Sleeper

| | Republican

| Athens

|-

| January 3, 1898 – December 31, 1899

| Harry C. Mason

| | Republican

| Cuyahoga

|-

| January 1, 1900 – January 5, 1902

| Arlington G. Reynolds

| | Republican

| Lake

|-

| January 6, 1902 – January 3, 1904

| William S. McKinnon

| | Republican

| Ashtabula

|-

| January 4, 1904 – December 31, 1905

| George T. Thomas

| | Republican

| Huron

|-

| January 1, 1906 – January 12, 1907

| Carmi A. Thompson

| | Republican

| Lawrence

|-

| January 13, 1907 – January 3, 1909

| Freeman T. Eagleson

| | Republican

| Guernsey

|-

| January 4, 1909 – January 1, 1911

| Granville W. Mooney

| | Republican

| Ashtabula

|-

| January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1913

| Samuel J. Vining

| | Democratic

| Mercer

|-

| January 6, 1913 – January 3, 1915

| Charles L. Swain

| | Democratic

| Hamilton

|-

| January 4, 1915 – December 31, 1916

| Charles D. Conover

| | Republican

| Champaign

|-

| January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1919

| E. J. Hopple

| | Democratic

| Cuyahoga

|-

| January 6, 1919 – January 2, 1921

| Carl R. Kimball

| |Republican

| Lake

|-

| January 3, 1921 – December 31, 1922

| Rupert R. Beetham

| | Republican

| Harrison

|-

| January 1, 1923 – January 4, 1925

| H. H. Griswold

| | Republican

| Geauga

|-

| January 5, 1925 – January 14, 1926

| Harry D. Silver

| | Republican

| Preble

|-

| January 15, 1926 – January 2, 1927

| Robert A. Taft

| | Republican

| Hamilton

|-

| January 3, 1927 – January 4, 1931

| O. C. Gray

| | Republican

| Harrison

|-

| January 5, 1931 – January 1, 1933

| Arthur Hamilton

| | Republican

| Warren

|-

| January 2, 1933 – January 6, 1935

| Frank Cave

| | Democratic

| Richland

|-

| January 7, 1935 – January 3, 1937

| J. Freer Bittinger

| | Democratic

| Ashland

|-

| January 4, 1937 – January 1, 1939

| Frank R. Uible

| | Democratic

| Cuyahoga

|-

| January 2, 1939 – December 31, 1944

| William M. McCulloch

| | Republican

| Miami

|-

| January 1, 1945 – January 5, 1947

| Jackson E. Betts

| | Republican

| Hancock

|-

| January 6, 1947 – January 2, 1949

| C. William O'Neill

| | Republican

| Washington

|-

| January 3, 1949 – December 31, 1950

| John F. Cantwell

| | Democratic

| Mahoning

|-

| January 1, 1951 – January 4, 1953

| Gordon Renner

| | Republican

| Hamilton

|-

| January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1955

| William B. Saxbe

| | Republican

| Champaign

|-

| January 3, 1955 – January 4, 1959

| Roger Cloud

| | Republican

| Logan

|-

| January 5, 1959 – January 1, 1961

| James A. Lantz

| | Democratic

| Fairfield

|-

| January 2, 1961 – January 1, 1967

| Roger Cloud (2)

| | Republican

| Logan

|-

| January 2, 1967 – December 31, 1972

| Charles F. Kurfess

| | Republican

| Wood

|-

| January 1, 1973 – January 5, 1975

| A. G. Lancione

| | Democratic

| Belmont

|-

| January 6, 1975 – January 2, 1995<span class="anchor" id="Vern Riffe"></span>

| Vernal G. Riffe Jr.

| | Democratic

| Scioto

|-

| January 3, 1995 – January 2, 2001

| Jo Ann Davidson

| | Republican

| Franklin

|-

| January 2, 2001 – January 3, 2005

| Larry Householder

| | Republican

| Perry

|-

| January 3, 2005 – January 5, 2009

| Jon Husted

| | Republican

| Montgomery

|-

| January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011

| Armond Budish

| | Democratic

| Cuyahoga

|-

| January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015

| William G. Batchelder

| | Republican

| Medina

|-

| January 5, 2015 – April 12, 2018

| Cliff Rosenberger

| | Republican

| Clinton

|-

| April 12, 2018 – June 6, 2018

| Kirk Schuring - Interim Speaker

| | Republican

| Stark

|-

| June 6, 2018 - January 7, 2019

| Ryan Smith

| | Republican

| Gallia

|-

| January 7, 2019 – July 30, 2020

| Larry Householder (2)

| | Republican

| Perry

|-

|July 30, 2020 – January 3, 2023

|Robert R. Cupp

| | Republican

|Allen

|-

|January 3, 2023 – January 6, 2025

|Jason Stephens

| | Republican

|Lawrence

|-

|January 6, 2025 –

|Matt Huffman

| | Republican

|Allen

|}

See also

  • List of Ohio state legislatures

References

  • | (party affiliations for pre-1874)