List of speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives

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Speaker of Iowa House of Representatives
Incumbent
Pat Grassley
since January 13, 2020
StatusPresiding officer
SeatIowa State Capitol, Des Moines
AppointerIowa House of Representatives
Inaugural holderJesse B. Browne

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

Speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Jesse B. Browne 1846–1848 Whig Lee County [1]
Smiley H. Bonham 1848–1850 Democratic Johnson County [1]
George Temple 1850–1852 Democratic Des Moines County [1]
James Grant 1852–1854 Democratic Scott County [1]
Reuben Noble 1854–1856 Whig Clayton County [1]
Samuel McFarland 1856–1858 Republican Henry County [1]
Stephen B. Shelledy 1858–1860 Republican Jasper County [1]
John Edwards 1860–1862 Republican Lucas County [1]
Rush Clark 1862–1864 Republican Johnson County [1]
Jacob Butler 1864–1866 Republican Muscatine County [1]
Ed Wright 1866–1868 Republican Cedar County [1]
John Russell 1868–1870 Republican Jones County [1]
Aylett R. Cotton 1870–1872 Republican Clinton County [1]
James Wilson 1872–1874 Republican Tama County [1]
John H. Gear 1874–1878 Republican Des Moines County [1]
John Y. Stone 1878–1880 Republican Des Moines County [1]
Lore Alford 1880–1882 Republican Mills County [1]
George R. Struble 1882–1884 Republican Black Hawk County [1]
William P. Wolf 1884–1886 Republican Tama County [1]
Albert Head 1886–1888 Republican Greene County [1]
William H. Redman 1888–1890 Republican Poweshiek County [1]
John Taylor Hamilton 1890–1892 Democratic Linn County [1]
William O. Mitchell 1892–1894 Republican Adams County [1]
Henry Stone 1894–1896 Republican Marshall County [1]
Howard W. Byers 1896–1898 Republican Shelby County [1]
James H. Funk 1898–1900 Republican Hardin County [1]
Daniel H. Bowen 1900–1902 Republican Allamakee County [1]
Willard L. Eaton 1902–1904 Republican Mitchell County [1]
George W. Clarke 1904–1908 Republican Dallas County [1]
Nathan E. Kendall 1908–1909 Republican Dallas County [1]
Guy A. Feely 1909–1911 Republican Black Hawk County [1]
Paul E. Stillman 1911–1913 Republican Greene County [2]
Edward H. Cunningham 1913–1915 Republican Buena Vista County [2]
William I. Atkinson 1915–1917 Republican Butler County [2]
Milton B. Pitt 1917–1919 Republican Harrison County [2]
Arch McFarlane 1919–1923 Republican Black Hawk County [2]
Joseph H. Anderson 1923–1925 Republican Winnebago County [2]
Willis C. Edson 1925–1927 Republican Burna Vista County [2]
L. V. Carter 1928–1929 Republican Hardin County [2]
Joseph H. Johnson 1929–1931 Republican Marion County [2]
Francis Johnson 1931–1933 Republican Dickinson County [2]
George E. Miller 1933–1935 Democratic Shelby County [2]
John H. Mitchell 1935–1937 Democratic Webster County [2]
Lamar P. Foster 1937–1939 Democratic Cedar County [2]
John R. Irwin 1939–1941 Republican Lee County [2]
Robert D. Blue 1941–1943 Republican Wright County [2]
Henry W. Burma 1943–1945 Republican Butler County [2]
Harold Felton 1945–1947 Republican Warren County [2]
Gus Kuester 1947–1955 Republican Cass County [2]
William Lynes 1951–1955 Republican Bremer County [2]
Arthur C. Hanson 1955–1957 Republican Lyon County [1]
William S. Mooty 1957–1959 Republican Grundy County [1]
Vern Lisle 1959–1961 Republican Page County [1]
Henry C. Nelson 1961–1963 Republican Winnebago County [1]
Robert W. Naden 1963–1965 Republican Hamilton County [1]
Vincent B. Steffen 1965–1967 Democratic Chickasaw County [1]
Maurice Baringer 1967–1969 Republican Fayette County [1]
William H. Harbor 1969–1973 Republican Mills County [1]
Andrew P. Varley 1973–1975 Republican Adair, Guthrie County [1]
Dale M. Cochran 1975–1979 Democratic Webster, Humboldt County [1]
Floyd H. Millen 1979–1981 Republican Van Buren County [1]
William H. Harbor 1980 Republican Mills County [1]
Del Stromer 1981–1983 Republican Hancock County [1]
Donald D. Avenson 1983–1990 Democratic Fayette County [3]
Robert C. Arnould 1991–1992 Democratic Scott County [3]
Harold Van Maanen 1993–1994 Republican Mahaska, Marion County [3]
Ron Corbett 1995–1999 Republican Linn County [3]
Brent Siegrist 1999–2002 Republican Pottawattamie County [3]
Christopher Rants 2003–2006 Republican Woodbury County [3]
Pat Murphy 2007–2011 Democratic Dubuque County [3]
Kraig Paulsen 2011–2015 Republican Linn County [3]
Linda Upmeyer 2016–2020 Republican
Pat Grassley 2020– Republican

Speakers of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
William Henson Wallace 1838–1839 Whig Henry
Edward Johnstone 1839–1840 Democratic Lee
Thomas Cox 1840–1841 Democratic Jackson
Warner Lewis 1831–1842 Democratic Dubuque
James McGowan Morgan 1842–1843 Democratic Des Moines
James P. Carleton 1843–1845 Democratic Johnson
James McGowan Morgan 1845 Democratic Des Moines
George W. McCleary 1845–1846 Democratic Louisa

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 aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar Stork, Frank J.; Clingan, Cynthia A. (1980). The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980 (PDF). Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Senate.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (August 30, 2000). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Iowa General Assembly (2014). "Members of Iowa General Assemblies 1981-2014" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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