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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)
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

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