Speaker | Portrait | District | Party | Term of service |
1. Thomas J. White | | Sacramento | Unaffiliated 1 | December 1849–February 1850 |
2. John Bigler | | Sacramento | Democratic | February 1850–May 1851 |
3. Richard P. Hammond | | 7 | Democratic | January 1852–May 1852 |
4. Isaac B. Wall | | 6 | Democratic | January 1853–May 1853 |
5. Charles S. Fairfax | | 15 | Democratic | January 1854–May 1854 |
6. William W. Stow | | 3 | Whig | January 1855–May 1855 |
7. James T. Farley | | 19 | American | January 1856–April 1856 |
8. Elwood T. Beatty | | 19 | Democratic | January 1857–April 1857 |
9. Ninian E. Whiteside | | 15 | Democratic | January 1858–April 1858 |
10. William C. Stratton | | 17 | Democratic | January 1859–April 1859 |
11. Phillip Moore | | 16 | Democratic | January 1860–April 1860 |
12. Ransom Burnell | | 19 | Douglas Democratic | January 1861–May 1861 |
13. George Barstow | | 8 | Republican | January 1862–May 1862 |
14. Tim N. Machin | | 12 | National Union | January 1863–April 1863 |
15. William H. Sears | | 21 | National Union | December 1863–April 1864 |
16. John Yule | | 20 | National Union | December 1865–April 1866 |
17. Caius T. Ryland | | 7 | Democratic | December 1867–March 1868 |
18. George H. Rogers | | 8 | Democratic | December 1869–April 1870 |
19. Thomas Bowles Shannon | | 8 | Republican | December 1871–April 1872 |
20. Morris M. Estee | | 8 | Independent 2 | December 1873–March 1874 |
21. Gideon J. Carpenter | | 23 | Democratic | December 1875–April 1876 |
22. Campbell Polson Berry | | 25 | Democratic | December 1877–April 1878 |
23. Jabez F. Cowdery | | 13 | Republican | January 1880–April 1880 |
24. William H. Parks | | 25 | Republican | January 1881–May 1881 |
25. Hugh McElroy LaRue | | 18 | Democratic | January 1883–May 1884 |
– William H. Parks | | 25 | Republican | January 1885–September 1886 |
26. William H. Jordan | | 55 | Republican | January 1887–March 1887 |
27. Robert Howe | | 25 | Democratic | January 1889–March 1889 |
28. Frank Leslie Coombs | | 22 | Republican | January 1891–March 1891 |
29. Frank H. Gould | | 57 | Democratic | January 1893–March 1893 |
30. John C. Lynch | | 8 | Republican | January 1895–March 1895 |
– Frank Leslie Coombs | | 18 | Republican | January 1897–March 1897 |
31. Howard E. Wright | | 51 | Republican | January 1899 |
32. Alden Anderson | | 19 | Republican | January 1899–February 1900 |
33. Cornelius W. Pendleton | | 74 | Republican | January 1901–March 1901 |
34. Arthur G. Fisk | | 37 | Republican | January 1903–March 1903 |
35. Frank C. Prescott | | 76 | Republican | January 1905–June 1906 |
36. Robert L. Beardslee Sr. | | 23 | Republican | January 1907–November 1909 |
37. Phillip A. Stanton | | 71 | Republican | January 1909–October 1910 |
38. Arthur Hathaway Hewitt | | 8 | Republican | January 1911–December 1911 |
39. C. C. Young | | 41 | Republican, Progressive 3 | January 1913–April 1917 |
40. Henry W. Wright | | 69 | Republican | January 1919–April 1921 |
41. Frank F. Merriam | | 70 | Republican | January 1923–October 1926 |
42. Edgar C. Levey | | 28 | Republican | January 1927–May 1931 |
43. Walter J. Little | | 60 | Republican | January 1933–July 1933 |
44. Forsythe Charles Clowdsley | | 11 | Democratic | September 1934 (extraordinary session) |
45. Edward Craig | | 75 | Republican | January 1935–May 1936 |
46. William Moseley Jones | | 51 | Democratic | January 1937–March 1938 |
47. Paul Peek | | 71 | Democratic | January 1939–June 1939 |
48. Gordon Hickman Garland | | 38 | Democratic | January 1940–January 1942 |
49. Charles W. Lyon | | 59 | Republican | January 1943–July 1946 |
50. Sam L. Collins | | 75 | Republican | January 1947–August 1952 |
51. James W. Silliman | | 34 | Republican | January 1953–April 1954 |
52. Luther H. Lincoln | | 15 | Republican | January 1955–April 1958 |
53. Ralph M. Brown | | 30 | Democratic | January 1959–September 1961 |
54. Jesse M. Unruh | | 65 | Democratic | September 1961–January 1969 |
55. Robert T. Monagan | | 12 | Republican | January 1969–September 1970 |
56. Bob Moretti | | 42 | Democratic | January 1971–June 1974 |
57. Leo T. McCarthy | | 19/184 | Democratic | June 1974–November 1980 |
58. Willie Brown | | 17/135 | Democratic | December 2, 1980 – June 5, 1995 |
59. Doris Allen | | 67 | Republican 6 | June 5, 1995 – September 14, 1995 |
60. Brian Setencich | | 30 | Republican 6 | September 14, 1995 – January 4, 1996 |
61. Curt Pringle | | 68 | Republican | January 4, 1996 – November 30, 1996 |
62. Cruz M. Bustamante | | 31 | Democratic | December 2, 1996 – February 26, 1998 |
63. Antonio Villaraigosa | | 45 | Democratic | February 26, 1998 – April 13, 2000 |
64. Robert M. Hertzberg | | 40 | Democratic | April 13, 2000 – February 6, 2002 |
65. Herb J. Wesson, Jr. | | 47 | Democratic | February 6, 2002 – February 9, 2004 |
66. Fabian Núñez | | 46 | Democratic | February 9, 2004 – May 13, 2008 |
67. Karen Bass | | 47 | Democratic | May 13, 2008 – March 1, 2010 |
68. John Pérez | | 46/537 | Democratic | March 1, 2010 – May 12, 2014 |
69. Toni Atkins | | 78 | Democratic | May 12, 2014 – March 7, 2016 |
70. Anthony Rendon | | 63 | Democratic | March 7, 2016–June 30, 2023 |
71. Robert Rivas | | 29 | Democratic | June 30, 2023-present |