List of speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives

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Speaker of Arizona House of Representatives
Incumbent
Ben Toma
since January 9, 2023
StatusPresiding officer
SeatArizona State Capitol, Phoenix
AppointerArizona House of Representatives
Inaugural holderSamuel B. Bradner

The following is a list of speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives since statehood.

Speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Samuel B. Bradner 1912–1915 Democratic Cochise [1]
William Eugene Brooks 1915–1917 Democratic Gila [1]
Anthony A. Johns 1917–1919 Democratic Yavapai [1]
Andrew C. Peterson 1919–1921 Democratic Graham [1]
Paul C. Keefe 1921–1923 Democratic Yavapai [1]
Daniel P. Jones 1923–1925 Democratic Maricopa [1]
Charles E. MacMillin 1925–1927 Democratic Pinal [1]
Albert M. Crawford 1927–1929 Democratic Yavapai [1]
M. J. Hannon 1929–1933 Democratic Greenlee [1]
Stephen A. Spear 1933–1935 Democratic Yavapai [1]
William G. Rosenbaum 1934–1935 Democratic Gila [1]
Thomas D. Tway 1935–1936 Democratic Maricopa [1]
Edward F. Bohlinger 1936–1937 Democratic Santa Cruz [1]
Vernon G. Davis 1937–1938 Democratic Cochise [1]
Frank W. Sharpe Jr. 1938–1939 Democratic Cochise [1]
Melvin Goodson 1939–1940 Democratic Maricopa [1]
William Spaid 1940–1941 Democratic Pima [1]
James R. Heron 1941–1942 Democratic Gila [1]
O. L. McDaniel 1943–1945 Democratic Maricopa [1]
Fred J. Fritz 1945–1947 Democratic Greenlee [1]
Edward L. Jameson 1947–1949 Democratic Mohave [1]
Raymond G. Langham 1949–1953 Democratic Gila [1]
John C. Smith Jr. 1953–1955 Democratic Yuma [1]
Harry S. Rupelius 1955–1957 Democratic Maricopa [1]
W. L. Cook 1957–1963 Democratic Cochise [1]
Wilbur B. Barkley 1963–1965 Democratic Maricopa [1]
Andrew J. Gilbert 1965–1967 Democratic Cochise [1]
Stan Turley 1967–1969 Republican Maricopa [1]
John H. Haugh 1969–1971 Republican Pima [1]
Timothy A. Barrow 1971–1973 Republican Maricopa [1]
Stanley W. Akers 1973–1977 Republican Maricopa [1]
Frank Kelley 1977–1985 Republican Maricopa [1]
James J. Sossaman 1985–1987 Republican Maricopa [1]
Joe Lane 1987–1989 Republican Cochise [1]
Jane Dee Hull 1989–1993 Republican Maricopa [1]
Mark Killian 1993–1997 Republican Maricopa
Donald R. Aldridge 1997 Republican Mohave
Jeff Groscost 1997–2001 Republican Maricopa
James Weiers 2001–2003 Republican Maricopa
Jake Flake 2003–2005 Republican Navajo
James Weiers 2005–2009 Republican Maricopa
Kirk Adams 2009–2011 Republican Maricopa
Andy Tobin 2011–2015 Republican Yavapai
David Gowan 2015–2017 Republican Cochise
J. D. Mesnard 2017–2019 Republican Maricopa
Russell Bowers 2019–2023 Republican Maricopa
Ben Toma 2023– Republican Maricopa

Speakers of the Arizona Territorial House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
W. Claude Jones 1864 Pima [2]
James S. Giles 1865 Yavapai [2]
Granville H. Oury 1866 Pima [2]
Oliver Lindsey 1867 Yuma [2]
Thomas J. Bidwell 1868 Yuma [2]
Marcus D. Dobbins 1871 Yuma [2]
Granville H. Oury 1873 Maricopa [2]
John T. Alsap 1875 Maricopa [2]
M. H. Calderwood 1877 Maricopa [2]
Madison W. Stewart 1879 Pima [2]
J. F. Knapp 1881 Yuma [2]
Winthorp A. Rowe 1883 Yavapai [2]
H. G. Rollins 1885 Pima [2]
Sam F. Webb 1887 Democratic Maricopa [2]
John Y. T. Smith 1889 Maricopa [2]
C. S. Clark 1891 Cochise [3]
Frank Baxter 1893 Maricopa [3]
J. H. Carpenter 1895 Yuma [3]
D. G. Chalmers 1897 Pima [3]
Henry F. Ashurst 1899 Democratic Coconino [3]
Prosper P. Parker 1901 Democratic Yavapai [3]
Theodore T. Powers 1903 Maricopa [3]
Wilfred T. Webb 1905 Democratic Graham [3]
Neil E. Bailey 1907 Cochise [3]
Sam F. Webb 1909 Democratic Maricopa [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302121.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Bancroft, Hubert Howe; Oak, Henry Lebbeus (1889). History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888. San Francisco, California: The History Company. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wagoner, Jay J. (1970). Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political history. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0816501769.
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