Speaker_of_the_Arkansas_House_of_Representatives

Speaker of Arkansas House of Representatives
Speaker of Arkansas House of Representatives
	House of Representatives seal
	Incumbent; Matthew Shepherd; since June 15, 2018
Style	The Honorable (diplomatic); Mister Speaker (within the assembly)
Seat	Arkansas State Capitol
Appointer	Arkansas House of Representatives
Term length	Two years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Arkansas
Inaugural holder	John Wilson
Formation	September 12, 1836
Succession	4th
Website	http://www.arkansashouse.org/

List of speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives is the speaker (presiding officer) of the Arkansas House of Representatives, the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly. They serve as the leader and head of the Arkansas House, and can control what legislation comes to a vote. The Speaker's counterpart in the State Senate is the President of the Senate. There has never been a woman speaker.^[1]

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[6] Expelled from the House for killing J. J. Anthony.^[5]

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[96] Resigned.^[92]

[100] Elected Speaker for the Third Extraordinary Session of the 42nd General Assembly.^[95]

[174] Resigned.^[168]

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#	Speaker	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes	Session
1	John Wilson	September 12, 1836^[3]	December 4, 1837^[4]	Democratic	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1st
2	Grandson D. Royce	December 4, 1837^[6]	November 5, 1838^[7]	Democratic	^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1st
3	Gilbert Marshall	November 5, 1838^[9]	November 2, 1840^[10]	Democratic		2nd
4	George Hill	November 2, 1840^[11]	November 7, 1842^[12]	Democratic		3rd
5	W. S. Oldham	November 7, 1842^[13]	November 4, 1844^[14]	Democratic		4th
6	John S. Roane	November 4, 1844^[15]	November 2, 1846^[16]	Democratic		5th
7	Albert Rust	November 2, 1846^[17]	November 4, 1848^[18]	Democratic		6th
8	Edward A. Warren	November 4, 1848^[19]	November 4, 1850^[20]	Democratic		7th
9	T. B. Flournoy	November 4, 1850^[21]	November 1, 1852^[22]	Democratic		8th
10	Benjamin P. Jett	November 1, 1852^[23]	November 6, 1854^[24]	Democratic		9th
11	Samuel Mitchell	November 6, 1854^[25]	November 1, 1858^[26]	Democratic		10th, 11th
12	O. H. Oates	November 1, 1858^[27]	November 5, 1860^[28]	Democratic		12th
13	Bradley Bunch^[29]	November 5, 1860^[30]	November 5, 1862^[31]	Democratic		13th
14	John Harrell	November 5, 1862^[32]	April 11, 1864^[33]	Democratic		14th
15	H. B. Allis	April 11, 1864^[34]	September 22, 1864^[35]	Democratic		15th
—	J. F. Lowry	September 22, 1864^[36]	October 2, 1864^[37]	Democratic		In exile
16	Bradley Bunch	November 5, 1866^[38]	April 2, 1868^[39]	Democratic		16th
17	J. G. Price	April 2, 1868^[40]	January 2, 1871^[41]	Democratic		17th
18	C. W. Tankersley	January 2, 1871^[42]	May 11, 1874^[43]	Democratic		18th, 19th
19	James Berry	May 11, 1874^[44]	May 28, 1874^[45]	Democratic	^{[lower-alpha 3]}	19th
20	A. A. Pennington	November 10, 1874^[47]	January 8, 1877^[48]	Democratic		20th
21	D. L. Kilgore	January 8, 1877^[49]	January 13, 1879^[50]	Democratic		21st
22	J. T. Bearden	January 13, 1879^[51]	January 8, 1881^[52]	Democratic		22nd
23	George Thornburgh	January 8, 1881^[53]	January 8, 1883^[54]	Democratic		23rd
24	W. C. Braley	January 8, 1883^[55]	January 12, 1885^[56]	Democratic		24th
25	James P. Eagle	January 12, 1885^[57]	January 10, 1887^[58]	Democratic		25th
26	J. M. Hewitt	January 10, 1887^[59]	January 10, 1889^[60]	Democratic		26th
27	B. B. Hudgins	January 10, 1889^[61]	January 12, 1891^[62]	Democratic		27th
28	Elias W. Rector	January 12, 1891^[63]	January 9, 1893^[64]	Democratic		28th
29	T. C. Humphrey	January 9, 1893^[65]	January 14, 1895^[66]	Democratic		29th
30	John C. Colquitt	January 14, 1895^[67]	January 11, 1897^[68]	Democratic		30th
31	J. C. Tappan	January 11, 1897^[69]	January 9, 1899^[70]	Democratic		31st
32	A. F. Vandeventer	January 9, 1899^[71]	January 14, 1901^[72]	Democratic		32nd
33	T. H. Humphreys	January 14, 1901^[73]	January 12, 1903^[74]	Democratic		33rd
34	John I. Moore	January 12, 1903^[75]	January 9, 1905^[76]	Democratic		34th
35	William W. Cate	January 9, 1905^[77]	January 14, 1907^[78]	Democratic		35th
36	Allen Hamiter	January 14, 1907^[79]	January 11, 1909^[80]	Democratic		36th
37	F. E. Brown	January 11, 1909^[81]	January 12, 1911^[82]	Democratic		37th
38	R. F. Milwee	January 12, 1911^[83]	January 13, 1913^[84]	Democratic		38th
39	Joe Hardage	January 13, 1913^[85]	January 11, 1915^[86]	Democratic		39th
40	L. E. Sawyer	January 11, 1915^[87]	January 8, 1917^[88]	Democratic		40th
41	Lee Cazort	January 8, 1917^[89]	January 13, 1919^[90]	Democratic		41st
42	C. P. Newton	January 13, 1919^[91]		Democratic	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	42nd
43	Joe Joiner	January 26, 1920^[93]	January 8, 1923^[94]	Democratic	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	42nd, 43rd
44	Howard Reed	January 8, 1923^[96]	January 12, 1925^[97]	Democratic		44th
45	Thomas A. Hill	January 12, 1925^[98]	January 10, 1927^[99]	Democratic		45th
46	Reece Caudle	January 10, 1927^[100]	January 14, 1929^[101]	Democratic		46th
47	W. H. Abington	January 14, 1929^[102]	January 12, 1931^[103]	Democratic		47th
48	Irving C. Neale	January 12, 1931^[104]	January 9, 1933^[105]	Democratic		48th
49	Kemp Toney	January 9, 1933^[106]	January 14, 1935^[107]	Democratic		49th
50	Harve B. Thorn	January 14, 1935^[108]	January 11, 1937^[109]	Democratic		50th
51	John M. Bransford	January 11, 1937^[110]	January 13, 1941^[111]	Democratic		51st, 52nd
52	Means Wilkinson	January 13, 1941^[112]	January 11, 1943^[113]	Democratic		53rd
53	R. W. Griffith	January 11, 1943^[114]	January 8, 1945^[115]	Democratic		54th
54	Horace Northcutt	January 8, 1945^[116]	January 13, 1947^[117]	Democratic		55th
55	Roy L. Riales Sr.	January 13, 1947^[118]	January 10, 1949^[119]	Democratic		56th
56	Carl Hendrix	January 10, 1949^[120]	January 8, 1951^[121]	Democratic		57th
57	James R. Campbell	January 8, 1951^[122]	January 12, 1953^[123]	Democratic		58th
58	Carroll Hollensworth	January 12, 1953^[124]	January 10, 1955^[125]	Democratic		59th
59	Charles F. Smith	January 10, 1955^[126]	January 14, 1957^[127]	Democratic		60th
60	Glenn Walther	January 14, 1957^[128]	January 12, 1959^[129]	Democratic		61st
61	E. C. Fleeman	January 12, 1959^[130]	January 9, 1961^[131]	Democratic		62nd
62	John P. Bethell	January 9, 1961^[132]	January 14, 1963^[133]	Democratic		63rd
63	Marion Crank	January 14, 1963^[134]	January 11, 1965^[135]	Democratic		64th
64	J. H. Cottrell Jr.	January 11, 1965^[136]	January 19, 1967^[137]	Democratic		65th
65	Sterling R. Cockrill	January 9, 1967^[138]	January 13, 1969^[139]	Democratic		66th
66	Hayes McClerkin	January 13, 1969^[140]	January 11, 1971^[141]	Democratic		67th
67	Ray S. Smith, Jr.	January 11, 1971^[142]	January 8, 1973^[143]	Democratic		68th
68	Buddy Turner	January 8, 1973^[144]	January 13, 1975^[145]	Democratic		69th
69	Cecil L. Alexander	January 13, 1975^[146]	January 10, 1977^[147]	Democratic		70th
70	James L. Shaver, Jr.	January 10, 1977^[148]	January 8, 1979^[149]	Democratic		71st
71	John E. Miller	January 8, 1979^[150]	January 12, 1981^[151]	Democratic		72nd
72	Lloyd McCuiston	January 12, 1981^[152]	January 10, 1983^[153]	Democratic		73rd
73	John Paul Capps	January 10, 1983^[154]	January 14, 1985^[155]	Democratic		74th
74	Lacy Landers	January 14, 1985^[156]	January 1987^[157]	Democratic		75th
75	Ernest Cunningham	January 1987^[158]	January 1989^[159]	Democratic		76th
76	B. G. Hendrix	January 1989^[160]	January 1991^[161]	Democratic		77th
77	John Lipton	January 1991^[162]	January 1993^[163]	Democratic		78th
78	Doc Bryan	January 1993^[164]	January 1995^[165]	Democratic		79th
79	Bobby Hogue	January 1995^[166]	January 1999^[167]	Democratic		80th, 81st
80	Bob Johnson	January 1999	January 2001	Democratic		82nd
81	Shane Broadway	January 2001	January 2003	Democratic		83rd
82	Herschel W. Cleveland	January 2003	January 2005	Democratic		84th
83	Bill Stovall	January 2005	January 2007	Democratic		85th
84	Benny Petrus	January 2007	January 2009	Democratic		86th
85	Robbie Wills	January 2009	January 2011	Democratic		87th
86	Robert S. Moore Jr.	January 2011	January 2013	Democratic		88th
87	Davy Carter	January 2013	January 2015	Republican		89th
88	Jeremy Gillam	January 2015	June 15, 2018	Republican	^{[lower-alpha 6]}	90th, 91st
89	Matthew Shepherd	June 15, 2018	Present	Republican		91st, 92nd
Notes: Expelled from the House for killing J. J. Anthony.^[5] Special session^[8] Extraordinary Session^[46] Resigned.^[92] Elected Speaker for the Third Extraordinary Session of the 42nd General Assembly.^[95] Resigned.^[168]

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Speaker of Arkansas House of Representatives
House of Representatives seal
Incumbent Matthew Shepherd since June 15, 2018
Style	The Honorable (diplomatic) Mister Speaker (within the assembly)
Seat	Arkansas State Capitol
Appointer	Arkansas House of Representatives
Term length	Two years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Arkansas
Inaugural holder	John Wilson
Formation	September 12, 1836
Succession	4th
Website	http://www.arkansashouse.org/