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List of speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates

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FieldValue
postSpeaker
bodythe Virginia House of Delegates
insigniaSeal of Virginia.svg
insigniacaptionGreat Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia
departmentVirginia House of Delegates
imageFile:Virginia Delegate Don Scott (cropped).jpg
incumbentDon Scott
incumbentsinceJanuary 10, 2024
styleThe Honorable
residenceVirginia General Assembly
appointerElected by the Virginia House of Delegates
inauguralEdmund Pendleton

This is a complete list of the speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates. 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 Delegates 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.

List of speakers

; Parties

#NameCounty or cityTerm beganTerm endedParty
1[[File:Edmund Pendleton.jpg75px]]Edmund PendletonCaroline County17761776
2[[File:George Wythe.jpg75px]]George WytheWilliamsburg17771778
3[[File:Benjamin Harrison V portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg75px]]Benjamin Harrison VCharles City County17781781
4[[File:Charles Willson Peale - Richard Henry Lee - NPG.74.5 - National Portrait Gallery (cropped).jpg75px]]Richard Henry LeeWestmoreland County17811781
3[[File:Benjamin Harrison V portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg75px]]Benjamin Harrison VCharles City County17811781
5[[File:John Tyler Sr.jpg75px]]John Tyler Sr.Charles City County17811785
3[[File:Benjamin Harrison V portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg75px]]Benjamin Harrison VCharles City County17851786
6[[File:Joseph Prentis.png75px]]Joseph PrentisWilliamsburg17861788
7[[File:Genmathews.jpg75px]]Thomas MathewsNorfolk County17881794
8[[File:John Wise (Virginia politician).png75px]]John WiseAccomack County17941799
9Larkin SmithKing and Queen County17991802
10Edmund HarrisonAmelia County18021803
11Hugh HolmesFrederick County18031805
12[[File:Peter Johnston, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007676925.jpg75px]]Peter Johnston Jr.Prince Edward County18051807
13[[File:Speaker Peter Johnston Jr.png75px]]Hugh NelsonAlbemarle County18071809
14[[File:Portrait of James Barbour, by Chester Harding.jpg75px]]James BarbourOrange County18091812
15[[File:Speaker Andrew Stevenson.png75px]]Andrew StevensonAlbemarle County18121816
16[[File:Speaker Robert Stanard.png75px]]Robert StanardSpotsylvania County18161817
17[[File:Speaker Linn Banks.png75px]]Linn BanksMadison County18171838
18[[File:Thomas W. Gilmer.jpg75px]]Thomas W. GilmerAlbemarle County18391840
19Valentine W. SouthallAlbemarle County18401842
20[[File:Joel Holleman.jpg75px]]Joel HollemanIsle of Wight County18421844
21[[File:William O. Goode.jpg75px]]William O. GoodeMecklenburg County18451846
22[[File:JohnWinstonJones.jpg75px]]John W. JonesChesterfield County18471847
23[[File:James F. Strother.jpg75px]]James F. StrotherRappahannock County18471848
24[[File:Speaker Henry Laurens Hopkins.png75px]]Henry L. HopkinsPowhatan County18481850
25[[File:George Washington Hopkins.png75px]]George W. HopkinsWashington County18501852
26[[File:Speaker Oscar Minor Crutchfield.png75px]]Oscar M. CrutchfieldSpotsylvania County18521861
27[[File:James L Kemper.jpg75px]]James L. KemperMadison County18611863
28[[File:Hugh White Sheffey.png75px]]Hugh W. SheffeyAugusta County18631865
29[[File:John Brown Baldwin by Anderson Studio, Richmond.png75px]]John B. BaldwinAugusta County18651869
30[[File:Speaker Zephaniah Turner Jr.png75px]]Zephaniah Turner Jr.Rappahannock County18691871
31[[File:Delegate Hanger 1874.jpg75px]]J. Marshall HangerAugusta County18711877
32[[File:Speaker Henry Clay Allen.png75px]]Henry C. AllenShenandoah County18771879
33[[File:Benjamin Lacy.jpg75px]]Benjamin W. LacyNew Kent County18791881
34[[File:Speaker Isaac Fowler.png75px]]Isaac C. FowlerWashington County18811882
35[[File:Delegate Stuart 1886.jpg75px]]Charles E. StuartAlexandria18831887
36[[File:Richard Cardwell square.jpg75px]]Richard H. CardwellHanover County18871894
37[[File:John F Ryan.jpg75px]]John F. RyanLoudoun County18941899
38[[File:Edward W. Saunders.jpg75px]]Edward W. SaundersFranklin County18991901
37[[File:John F Ryan.jpg75px]]John F. RyanLoudoun County19011906
39[[File:William D Cardwell 1906.jpg75px]]William D. CardwellHanover County19061908
40[[File:Richard E Byrd 1912.jpg75px]]Richard E. ByrdWinchester19081914
41[[File:Edwin P Cox 1914 square.jpg75px]]Edwin P. CoxRichmond19141916
42[[File:Harry R Houston 1916 square.jpg75px]]Harry R. HoustonElizabeth City County19161920
43[[File:Richard L Brewer square.jpg75px]]Richard L. Brewer Jr.Suffolk19201926
44[[File:Thomas W Ozlin square.jpg75px]]Thomas W. OzlinLunenburg County19261930
45[[File:J Sinclair Brown 1916.jpg75px]]J. Sinclair BrownRoanoke County19301936
46[[File:Speaker Grover Ashton Dovell.png75px]]G. Aston DovellWilliamsburg19361942
47[[File:Thomas Bahnson Stanley.jpg75px]]Thomas B. StanleyHenry County19421946
48[[File:Speaker George Alvin Massenburg.png75px]]G. Alvin MassenburgHampton19471950
49[[File:Speaker Edgar Blackburn Moore.png75px]]E. Blackburn MooreFrederick County19501968
50[[File:Speaker John Warren Cooke.png75px]]John Warren CookeMathews County19681980
51[[File:Delegate Philpott 1988.jpg75px]]Albert L. PhilpottHenry County19801991
52[[File:Delegate Moss 1988.jpg75px]]Tom MossNorfolk19912000
53[[File:Delegate Wilkins 1988.jpg75px]]S. Vance Wilkins Jr.Amherst County20002002
54[[File:Speaker Bill Howell with GCC President David Sam and Germanna delegation (8506402049) (cropped).jpg75px]]William J. HowellStafford County20032018
55[[File:Del. Kirk Cox at False Cape State Park (cropped).jpg75px]]Kirk CoxColonial Heights20182020
56[[File:Eileen Filler-Corn (cropped).jpg75px]]Eileen Filler-CornFairfax County20202022
57[[File:Todd Gilbert 4-4-24 (cropped).jpg75px]]Todd GilbertShenandoah County20222024
58[[File:Virginia Delegate Don Scott (cropped).jpg75px]]Don ScottPortsmouth2024Incumbent

Acting Speaker

According to Rules 2 and 16 of the House of Delegates, the chair of the Committee on Privileges and Elections serves as Acting Speaker when there is a vacancy in the Speaker's office. This has occurred twice since 1990:

  • Ford C. Quillen of Scott County was Acting Speaker from the death of A. L. Philpott on September 28, 1991, until the House met in a special redistricting session in November, when Thomas W. Moss Jr. was elected Speaker.
  • Lacey E. Putney of Bedford was Acting Speaker from the resignation of S. Vance Wilkins Jr. on June 15, 2002, until the House met in regular session in January 2003, when William J. Howell was elected Speaker.

List of speakers by time in office (incomplete)

RankNameTime in officeTEYear(s) in which elected
(tie)
(tie)
(tie)
20 years, 148 days; 1819; 1821; 1823; 1825; 1827; 1829; 1831; 1833; 1835; 1837
17 years, 364 days; 1952; 1954; 1956; 1958; 1960; 1962; 1964; 1966
15 years, 2 days; 2004; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2016
11 years, 364 days; 1970; 1972; 1974; 1976; 1978
11 years, 262 days; 1982; 1984; 1986; 1988; 1990
9 years, 315 days; 1895; 1897; 1901; 1904
9 years, 123 days; 1853; 1855; 1857; 1859
8 years, 54 days; 1992; 1994; 1996; 1998
6 years, 85 days; 1889; 1891; 1893
6 years, 6 days; 1910; 1912
; 1938; 1940
6 years; 1932; 1934
5 years, 364 days; 1873; 1875
; 1922; 1924
4 years, 295 days; 1944; 1946
4 years, 3 days; 1885
4 years, 2 days; 1918
3 years, 360 days; 1928
3 years, 305 days
3 years, 5 days; 1948
2 years, 324 days; 1863
2 years, 154 days; 2002
2 years, 62 days
2 years, 3 days
1 year, 363 days
1 year, 43 days
97 days

References

References

  1. (1976). "Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776–1976". Virginia House of Delegates.
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