List of speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
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| Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Appointer | Elected by the Florida House of Representatives |
| Inaugural holder | Hugh Archer |
The speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives. The Speaker and his staff provide direction and coordination to employees throughout the House and serve the members in carrying out their constitutional responsibilities. The current Speaker is Paul Renner who has held the position since November 22, 2022.
Speakers
[edit]| Picture | Speaker | Session | Start of service | End of service | Party | County | Residence |
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| 1838 Constitution | |||||||
| Hugh Archer | 1st | June 23, 1845 | July 26, 1845 | Leon | Tallahassee | ||
| Isaac Ferguson, Jr. | Adj. | November 17, 1845 | December 29, 1845 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy | |
| Robert Brown | 2nd | November 23, 1846 | January 6, 1847 | Democratic | Columbia | ||
| Joseph B. Lancaster | 3rd | November 27, 1847 | December 23, 1847 | Whig | Duval | Jacksonville | |
| John Chain | 3rd | December 23, 1847 | January 8, 1848 | Santa Rosa | Milton | ||
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Benjamin A. Putnam | 4th | November 27, 1848 | January 13, 1849 | Whig | St. Johns | St. Augustine |
| Hugh Archer | 5th | November 25, 1850 | January 24, 1851 | Whig | Leon | Tallahassee | |
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Abraham K. Allison | 6th | November 22, 1852 | January 14, 1853 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy |
| William F. Russell | 7th | November 27, 1854 | January 13, 1855 | St. Lucie | Fort Pierce | ||
| Philip Dell | Adj. | November 26, 1855 | December 15, 1855 | Democratic | Alachua | Newnansville | |
| Hamlin Valentine Snell | 8th | November 24, 1856 | December 27, 1856 | Democratic | Manatee | Manatee | |
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John B. Galbraith | 9th | November 28, 1858 | January 15, 1859 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee |
| Adj. | November 28, 1858 | December 22, 1858 | |||||
| 10th | November 26, 1860 | February 14, 1861 | |||||
| Samuel B. Love | 11th | November 18, 1861 | December 17, 1861 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy | |
| Thomas Jefferson Eppes | 12th | November 17, 1862 | December 15, 1862 | Democratic | Franklin | Apalachicola | |
| November 16, 1863 | December 4, 1863 | ||||||
| Philip Dell | 13th | November 21, 1864 | December 7, 1864 | Democratic | Alachua | Newnansville | |
| Joseph John Williams | 14th | December 18, 1865 | January 16, 1866 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
| 14th (2nd) | November 14, 1866 | December 14, 1866 | |||||
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| William W. Moore | 1st | June 8, 1868 | August 6, 1868 | Republican | Columbia | Wellborn | |
| Extra. | November 3, 1868 | November 7, 1868 | |||||
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Marcellus L. Stearns | 2nd | January 5, 1869 | February 1, 1869 | Republican | Gadsden | Quincy |
| William W. Moore | Extra. | June 8, 1869 | June 24, 1869 | Republican | Columbia | Wellborn | |
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Simon B. Conover | 1873 | 1873 | Republican | Leon | Tallahassee | |
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Malachi Martin | 1874 | 1874 | Republican | Gadsden | Chattahoochee | |
| Thomas Hannah | 1875 | 1875 | Democratic | Washington | Vernon | ||
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G.G. McWhorter | 1877 | 1877 | Democratic | Santa Rosa | Milton | |
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Charles Dougherty | 1879 | 1879 | Democratic | Volusia | Port Orange | |
| Junius J. Harris | 1881 | 1881 | Democratic | Orange | Tuscawilla | ||
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Charles Dougherty | 1883 | 1883 | Democratic | Volusia | Port Orange | |
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Robert Wyche Davis | 1885 | 1885 | Democratic | Clay | Green Cove Springs | |
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Samuel Pasco | 1887 | May 23, 1887 | Democratic | Jefferson | Monticello | |
| George H. Browne | 1887 | 1887 | Democratic | Orange | Oviedo | ||
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John L. Gaskins | 1889 | 1893 | Democratic | Bradford | Starke | |
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William Sherman Jennings | 1895 | 1895 | Democratic | Hernando | Brooksville | |
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Dannitte Hill Mays | 1897 | 1897 | Democratic | Jefferson | Monticello | |
| Robert McNamee | 1899 | 1899 | Democratic | Lake | Leesburg | ||
| John W Watson | 1901 | 1901 | Democratic | Osceola | Kissimmee | ||
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Cromwell Gibbons | 1903 | 1903 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
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Albert W. Gilchrist | 1905 | 1905 | Democratic | DeSoto | Punta Gorda | |
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Eugene S. Matthews | 1907 | 1907 | Democratic | Bradford | Starke | |
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Ion Farris | 1909 | 1909 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
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Thomas Albert Jennings | 1911 | 1911 | Democratic | Escambia | Pensacola | |
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Ion Farris | 1913 | 1913 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
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Cary A. Hardee | 1915 | 1917 | Democratic | Suwannee | Live Oak | |
| George H. Wilder | 1918 | 1919 | Democratic | Hillsborough | Plant City | ||
| Frank E. Jennings | 1921 | 1921 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | ||
| L.D. Edge | 1923 | 1923 | Democratic | Lake | Groveland | ||
| A. Y. Milam | 1925 | 1927 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | ||
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Fred Henry Davis | 1927 | 1929 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
| Samuel W. Getzen | 1929 | 1931 | Democratic | Sumter | Bushnell | ||
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E. Clay Lewis Jr. | 1931 | 1933 | Democratic | Gulf | Port St. Joe | |
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Peter Tomasello Jr. | 1933 | 1935 | Democratic | Okeechobee | Okeechobee | |
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W. B. Bishop | 1935 | 1937 | Democratic | Jefferson | Nash | |
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William McLean Christie | 1937 | 1939 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
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George Pierce Wood | 1939 | 1941 | Democratic | Liberty | Wilma | |
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Daniel T. McCarty | 1941 | 1943 | Democratic | St. Lucie | Fort Pierce | |
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Richard H. Simpson | 1943 | 1945 | Democratic | Jefferson | Monticello | |
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Evans Crary | 1945 | 1947 | Democratic | Martin | Stewart | |
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Tom Beasley | 1947 | 1949 | Democratic | Walton | DeFuniak Springs | |
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Perry E. Murray | 1949 | 1951 | Democratic | Polk | Frostproof | |
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Elmer B. Elliott | 1951 | 1953 | Democratic | Palm Beach | Pahokee | |
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C. Farris Bryant | 1953 | 1955 | Democratic | Marion | Ocala | |
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Thomas E. David | 1955 | 1957 | Democratic | Broward | Hollywood | |
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Doyle Conner | 1957 | 1959 | Democratic | Bradford | Starke | |
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Tom Beasley | 1959 | 1961 | Democratic | Walton | DeFuniak Springs | |
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William V. Chappell, Jr. | 1961 | 1963 | Democratic | Marion | Ocala | |
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Mallory Horne | 1963 | 1965 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
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E. C. Rowell | 1965 | 1967 | Democratic | Sumter | Wildwood | |
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Ralph Turlington | 1967 | 1969 | Democratic | Alachua | Gainesville | |
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Frederick H. Schultz | 1969 | 1970 | Democratic | Duval | Jacksonville | |
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Richard A. Pettigrew | 1971 | 1972 | Democratic | Dade | Miami | |
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T. Terrell Sessums | 1973 | 1974 | Democratic | Hillsborough | Tampa | |
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Donald L. Tucker | 1974 | 1978 | Democratic | Leon | Tallahassee | |
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J. Hyatt Brown | 1978 | 1980 | Democratic | Volusia | Daytona Beach | |
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Ralph Haben | 1981 | 1982 | Democratic | Manatee | Palmetto | |
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H. Lee Moffitt | 1983 | 1984 | Democratic | Hillsborough | Tampa | |
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James Harold Thompson | 1985 | 1986 | Democratic | Gadsden | Quincy | |
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Jon L. Mills | November 18, 1987 | November 14, 1988 | Democratic | Alachua | Gainesville | |
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Tom Gustafson | November 14, 1988 | November 20, 1990 | Democratic | Broward | Fort Lauderdale | |
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T. K. Wetherell | November 20, 1990 | November 17, 1992 | Democratic | Volusia | Daytona Beach | |
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Bolley Johnson | November 17, 1992 | November 22, 1994 | Democratic | Santa Rosa | Milton | |
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Peter Rudy Wallace | November 22, 1994 | November 19, 1996 | Democratic | Pinellas | St. Petersburg | |
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Daniel Webster | November 19, 1996 | November 17, 1998 | Republican | Orange | Orlando | |
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John Thrasher | November 17, 1998 | November 21, 2000 | Republican | Duval | Orange Park | |
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Tom Feeney | November 21, 2000 | November 19, 2002 | Republican | Seminole | Oviedo | |
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Johnnie Byrd | November 19, 2002 | November 16, 2004 | Republican | Hillsborough | Plant City | |
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Allan Bense | November 16, 2004 | November 21, 2006 | Republican | Bay | Panama City | |
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Marco Rubio | November 21, 2006 | November 18, 2008 | Republican | Miami-Dade | West Miami | |
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Ray Sansom | November 18, 2008 | February 2, 2009 (resigned) | Republican | Okaloosa | Destin | |
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Larry Cretul | March 3, 2009 | November 16, 2010 | Republican | Marion | Ocala | |
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Dean Cannon | November 16, 2010 | November 20, 2012 | Republican | Orange | Winter Park | |
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Will Weatherford | November 20, 2012 | November 18, 2014 | Republican | Pasco | Wesley Chapel | |
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Steve Crisafulli | November 18, 2014 | November 22, 2016 | Republican | Brevard | Merritt Island | |
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Richard Corcoran | November 22, 2016 | November 20, 2018 | Republican | Pasco | Land O' Lakes | |
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José R. Oliva | November 20, 2018 | November 17, 2020 | Republican | Miami-Dade | Miami Lakes | |
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Chris Sprowls | November 17, 2020 | November 22, 2022 | Republican | Pinellas | Palm Harbor | |
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Paul Renner | November 22, 2022 | Incumbent | Republican | Flagler | Palm Coast | |
See also
[edit]- Florida Democratic Party
- Republican Party of Florida
- List of presidents of the Florida Senate
- List of Florida state legislatures
References
[edit]- The Florida Handbook: 2011-2012. Peninsular Pub. 1 August 2011. pp. 171–72. ISBN 978-0-9765846-4-3.
- Sessions of the Florida Senate