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List of speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives

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Field	Value
post	Speaker
body	the Michigan House of Representatives
insignia	Seal of Michigan.svg
insigniacaption	Great Seal of the State of Michigan
department	Michigan House of Representatives
image	File: Matt Hall in 2024.jpg
incumbent	Matt Hall
incumbentsince	January 8, 2025
style	The Honorable
appointer	Elected by the Michigan House of Representatives
inaugural	Ezra Convis
succession	Fifth

This is a complete list of the speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives. Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Representatives specify other powers and duties of the post. The Speaker is currently elected for a two-year term in the odd-numbered years in which the Legislature convenes.

Several speakers have gone on to pursue and achieve higher office, including as a member of Congress or as Governor of Michigan.

Representative	Party	District	Session years
Ezra Convis	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Calhoun	Calhoun
Charles W. Whipple	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	Wayne
Kinsley S. Bingham	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Livingston	Livingston
Henry Acker	Whig Party (United States)}}	Whig	Jackson	Jackson
Philo C. Fuller	Whig Party (United States)}}	Whig	Lenawee	Lenawee
John Biddle	Whig Party (United States)}}	Whig	Wayne	Wayne
Kinsley S. Bingham	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Livingston	Livingston
Robert McClelland	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Monroe	Monroe
Edwin H. Lothrop	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo
Alfred H. Hanscom	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Oakland	Oakland
Isaac E. Crary	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Calhoun	Calhoun
George W. Peck	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Livingston	Livingston
Alexander W. Buel	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	Wayne
Leander Chapman	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Jackson	Jackson
Silas G. Harris	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Ottawa	Ottawa/Kent
Jefferson G. Thurber	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Monroe	Monroe
Daniel G. Quackenboss	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Lenawee	1st Lenawee
Cyrus Lovell	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Ionia	Ionia
Byron G. Stout	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Oakland	1st Oakland
Henry A. Shaw	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Eaton	1st Eaton
Dexter Mussey	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Macomb	3rd Macomb
Sullivan M. Cutcheon	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Washtenaw	1st Washtenaw
Gilbert E. Read	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo
P. Dean Warner	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Oakland	3rd Oakland
Jonathan J. Woodman	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Van Buren	1st Van Buren
Charles M. Croswell	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Lenawee	4th Lenawee
John P. Hoyt	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Tuscola	Tuscola
John T. Rich	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Lapeer	1st Lapeer
Seth C. Moffatt	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Grand Traverse	Gd. Traverse/Wexford
Sumner Howard	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Genesee	1st Genesee
Newcomb Clark	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Bay	2nd Bay
Daniel P. Markey	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Ogemaw	Ogemaw
Gerrit J. Diekema	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Ottawa	1st Ottawa
Philip B. Wachtel	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Cheboygan	Cheboygan
William A. Tateum	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kent	1st Kent
William D. Gordon	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Midland	Midland
Edgar J. Adams	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kent	1st Kent
John J. Carton	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Genesee	2nd Genesee
Sheridan F. Master	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo
Nicholas J. Whelan	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Ottawa	1st Ottawa
Colin P. Campbell	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kent	3rd Kent
Herbert F. Baker	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Cheboygan	Cheboygan
Gilbert A. Currie	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Midland	Midland
Charles Wallace Smith	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Lapeer	Lapeer
Wayne R. Rice	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Newaygo	Newaygo
Thomas Read	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Oceana	Oceana
Fred L. Warner	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Ionia	Ionia
George W. Welsh	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kent	1st Kent
Fred B. Wells	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Cass	Cass
Lynn C. Gardner	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Livingston	Livingston
Fred R. Ming	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Cheboygan	Cheboygan
Martin R. Bradley	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Menominee	Menominee
George A. Schroeder	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	1st Wayne
Howard Nugent	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Huron	Huron
Victor A. Knox	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Chippewa	Chippewa
Wade Van Valkenburg	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kalamazoo	1st Kalamazoo
George Van Peursem	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Ottawa	Ottawa
Don R. Pears	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Berrien	1st Berrien
Allison Green	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Tuscola	Tuscola
Joseph J. Kowalski	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	19
Robert E. Waldron	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Wayne	1
William A. Ryan	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	3
Bobby Crim	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Genesee	82
Gary Owen	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Washtenaw	22
Lewis N. Dodak	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Saginaw	86
Curtis Hertel	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	2
Paul Hillegonds	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Allegan	88
Curtis Hertel	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	2
Charles R. Perricone	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kalamazoo	61
Rick Johnson	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Osceola	102
Craig DeRoche	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Oakland	38
Andy Dillon	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	17
James "Jase" Bolger	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Calhoun	63
Kevin Cotter	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Isabella	99
Tom Leonard	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Clinton	93
Lee Chatfield	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Emmet	107
Jason Wentworth	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Clare	97
Joe Tate	Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic	Wayne	2
Matt Hall	Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican	Kalamazoo	42

References

[http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2011-2012/2011-MM-P0323-p0326.pdf Michigan Manual: Chapter III—The Legislative Branch: Speakers, Pro Tempore and Clerks of the House of Representatives 1835-2011]
"Legislator Details - Kinsley Scott Bingham". [[Library of Michigan]].
Resigned April 3, 1841; succeeded by John Biddle
"Legislator Details - Philip B. Wachtel". [[Library of Michigan]].
"Legislator Details - Herbert F. Baker". [[Library of Michigan]].
The Apportionment and Districting Plan of 1964 changed the method of naming legislative districts by counties to a numbering system . Under the previous system, the county was the basis for the district name, and each county, if qualified, had numbered districts within its borders . See Const . 1835, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1850, art . 4, §§3, 4; Const . 1963, art . 4, §3.
Elected co-speaker of the house January 13, 1993 . Pursuant to the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives and the Democratic/Republican Leadership Agreement re Organization of the Michigan House of Representatives, both ratified by resolutions adopted January 13, 1993, Democratic and Republican co-speakers were elected by the Michigan House of Representatives and authorized to act as presiding officer of the house during alternating months until the election of a speaker by at least 56 votes or the conclusion of the 87th Legislature on December 31, 1994 . See 1993 Journal of the House (No . 1, January 13, 1993)
Elected Speaker of the House January 11, 1995

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