List of speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives since statehood.

Speaker of Arizona House of Representatives
Incumbent Ben Toma since January 9, 2023
Status	Presiding officer
Seat	Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix
Appointer	Arizona House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Samuel B. Bradner

Speakers of the Arizona House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
Samuel B. Bradner	1912–1915	Democratic	Cochise		[1]
William Eugene Brooks	1915–1917	Democratic	Gila		[1]
Anthony A. Johns	1917–1919	Democratic	Yavapai		[1]
Andrew C. Peterson	1919–1921	Democratic	Graham		[1]
Paul C. Keefe	1921–1923	Democratic	Yavapai		[1]
Daniel P. Jones	1923–1925	Democratic	Maricopa		[1]
Charles E. MacMillin	1925–1927	Democratic	Pinal		[1]
Albert M. Crawford	1927–1929	Democratic	Yavapai		[1]
M. J. Hannon	1929–1933	Democratic	Greenlee		[1]
Stephen A. Spear	1933–1935	Democratic	Yavapai		[1]
William G. Rosenbaum	1934–1935	Democratic	Gila		[1]
Thomas D. Tway	1935–1936	Democratic	Maricopa		[1]
Edward F. Bohlinger	1936–1937	Democratic	Santa Cruz		[1]
Vernon G. Davis	1937–1938	Democratic	Cochise		[1]
Frank W. Sharpe Jr.	1938–1939	Democratic	Cochise		[1]
Melvin Goodson	1939–1940	Democratic	Maricopa		[1]
William Spaid	1940–1941	Democratic	Pima		[1]
James R. Heron	1941–1942	Democratic	Gila		[1]
O. L. McDaniel	1943–1945	Democratic	Maricopa		[1]
Fred J. Fritz	1945–1947	Democratic	Greenlee		[1]
Edward L. Jameson	1947–1949	Democratic	Mohave		[1]
Raymond G. Langham	1949–1953	Democratic	Gila		[1]
John C. Smith Jr.	1953–1955	Democratic	Yuma		[1]
Harry S. Rupelius	1955–1957	Democratic	Maricopa		[1]
W. L. Cook	1957–1963	Democratic	Cochise		[1]
Wilbur B. Barkley	1963–1965	Democratic	Maricopa		[1]
Andrew J. Gilbert	1965–1967	Democratic	Cochise		[1]
Stan Turley	1967–1969	Republican	Maricopa		[1]
John H. Haugh	1969–1971	Republican	Pima		[1]
Timothy A. Barrow	1971–1973	Republican	Maricopa		[1]
Stanley W. Akers	1973–1977	Republican	Maricopa		[1]
Frank Kelley	1977–1985	Republican	Maricopa		[1]
James J. Sossaman	1985–1987	Republican	Maricopa		[1]
Joe Lane	1987–1989	Republican	Cochise		[1]
Jane Dee Hull	1989–1993	Republican	Maricopa		[1]
Mark Killian	1993–1997	Republican	Maricopa
Donald R. Aldridge	1997	Republican	Mohave
Jeff Groscost	1997–2001	Republican	Maricopa
James Weiers	2001–2003	Republican	Maricopa
Jake Flake	2003–2005	Republican	Navajo
James Weiers	2005–2009	Republican	Maricopa
Kirk Adams	2009–2011	Republican	Maricopa
Andy Tobin	2011–2015	Republican	Yavapai
David Gowan	2015–2017	Republican	Cochise
J. D. Mesnard	2017–2019	Republican	Maricopa
Russell Bowers	2019–2023	Republican	Maricopa
Ben Toma	2023–	Republican	Maricopa

Speakers of the Arizona Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
W. Claude Jones	1864		Pima		[2]
James S. Giles	1865		Yavapai		[2]
Granville H. Oury	1866		Pima		[2]
Oliver Lindsey	1867		Yuma		[2]
Thomas J. Bidwell	1868		Yuma		[2]
Marcus D. Dobbins	1871		Yuma		[2]
Granville H. Oury	1873		Maricopa		[2]
John T. Alsap	1875		Maricopa		[2]
M. H. Calderwood	1877		Maricopa		[2]
Madison W. Stewart	1879		Pima		[2]
J. F. Knapp	1881		Yuma		[2]
Winthorp A. Rowe	1883		Yavapai		[2]
H. G. Rollins	1885		Pima		[2]
Sam F. Webb	1887	Democratic	Maricopa		[2]
John Y. T. Smith	1889		Maricopa		[2]
C. S. Clark	1891		Cochise		[3]
Frank Baxter	1893		Maricopa		[3]
J. H. Carpenter	1895		Yuma		[3]
D. G. Chalmers	1897		Pima		[3]
Henry F. Ashurst	1899	Democratic	Coconino		[3]
Prosper P. Parker	1901	Democratic	Yavapai		[3]
Theodore T. Powers	1903		Maricopa		[3]
Wilfred T. Webb	1905	Democratic	Graham		[3]
Neil E. Bailey	1907		Cochise		[3]
Sam F. Webb	1909	Democratic	Maricopa		[3]

See also

• List of Arizona state legislatures

References

1. Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302121.
2. Bancroft, Hubert Howe; Oak, Henry Lebbeus (1889). History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888. San Francisco, California: The History Company. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
3. Wagoner, Jay J. (1970). Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political history. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0816501769.