List of speakers of the Montana House of Representatives
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The following is a list of speakers of the Montana House of Representatives since statehood.[1]
# | Name | Party | Term in office | Session(s) |
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1 | Charles Blakely | Democratic | 1889–1890 | 1st |
Aaron Witter | Republican | |||
2 | Harry Comly | Democratic | 1891–1892 | 2nd |
3 | Thomas Matthews | Populist | 1893–1894 | 3rd |
4 | Wilbra Swett | Republican | 1895–1896 | 4th |
5 | Jacob Kennedy | Democratic | 1897–1898 | 5th |
6 | Henry Stiff | Democratic | 1899–1900 | 6th |
7 | Frank Corbett | Democratic | 1901–1902 | 7th |
8 | Benjamin F. White | Republican | 1903–1904 | 8th |
9 | Wyllis Hedges | Republican | 1905–1906 | 9th |
10 | E. W. King | Republican | 1907–1908 | 10th |
11 | W. W. McDowell | Democratic | 1909–1912 | 11th 12th |
12 | Alexander MacDonald | Democratic | 1913–1914 | 13th |
13 | George Ramsey | Democratic | 1915–1916 | 14th |
14 | James F. O'Connor | Democratic | 1917–1918 | 15th |
15 | O. W. Belden | Republican | 1919–1920 | 16th |
16 | Fred L. Gibson | Republican | 1921–1922 | 17th |
17 | Calvin Crumbaker | Republican | 1923–1924 | 18th |
18 | Ralph Bricker | Republican | 1925–1926 | 19th |
19 | Glenn Davis | Republican | 1927–1928 | 20th |
(18) | Ralph Bricker | Republican | 1929–1930 | 21st |
20 | W. R. Flachsenhar | Republican | 1931–1932 | 22nd |
21 | Dennis Dellwo | Democratic | 1933–1934 | 23rd |
22 | William P. Pilgeram | Democratic | 1935–1936 | 24th |
23 | H. D. Rolph | Democratic | 1937–1938 | 25th |
24 | D. M. Manning | Democratic | 1939–1940 | 26th |
25 | E. J. Stromnes | Democratic | 1941–1942 | 27th |
26 | George O'Connor | Republican | 1943–1946 | 28th 29th |
27 | Charles Scofield | Republican | 1947–1948 | 30th |
28 | Leo Graybill | Democratic | 1949–1950 | 31st |
29 | Ory Armstrong | Republican | 1951–1952 | 32nd |
30 | Dean Chaffin | Republican | 1953–1954 | 33rd |
(28) | Leo Graybill | Democratic | 1955–1956 | 34th |
31 | Eugene Mahoney | Democratic | 1957–1958 | 35th |
32 | John MacDonald | Democratic | 1959–1960 | 36th |
33 | Clyde Hawks | Republican | 1961–1962 | 37th |
34 | Frank W. Hazelbaker | Republican | 1963–1964 | 38th |
35 | Ray Wayrynen | Democratic | 1965–1966 | 39th |
36 | James Felt | Republican | 1967–1968 | 40th |
37 | James P. Lucas | Republican | 1969–1972 | 41st 42nd |
38 | Harold Gerke | Democratic | 1973–1974 | 43rd |
39 | Pat McKittrick | Democratic | 1975–1976 | 44th |
40 | John Driscoll | Democratic | 1977–1978 | 45th |
(38) | Harold Gerke | Democratic | 1979–1980 | 46th |
41 | Bob Marks | Republican | 1981–1982 | 47th |
42 | Dan Kemmis | Democratic | 1983–1984 | 48th |
43 | John Vincent | Democratic | 1985–1986 | 49th |
(41) | Bob Marks | Republican | 1987–1988 | 50th |
(43) | John Vincent | Democratic | 1989–1990 | 51st |
44 | Hal Harper | Democratic | 1991–1992 | 52nd |
45 | John Mercer | Republican | 1993–2000 | 53rd 54th 55th 56th |
46 | Dan McGee | Republican | 2001–2002 | 57th |
47 | Doug Mood | Republican | 2003–2004 | 58th |
48 | Gary Matthews | Democratic | 2005–2006 | 59th |
49 | Scott Sales | Republican | 2007–2008 | 60th |
50 | Bob Bergren | Democratic | 2009–2010 | 61st |
51 | Mike Milburn | Republican | 2011–2012 | 62nd |
52 | Mark Blasdel | Republican | 2013–2014 | 63rd |
53 | Austin Knudsen | Republican | 2015–2018 | 64th 65th |
54 | Greg Hertz | Republican | 2019–2021 | 66th |
55 | Wylie Galt | Republican | 2021–2023 | 67th |
56 | Matt Regier | Republican | 2023–present | 68th |