List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives

This is a complete list of people who have served as speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives through the most recent session. Oregon became a state on February 14, 1859, with prior sessions of the House organized under the territorial government and the provisional government. Prior to the adoption of the second set of Organic Laws in 1845, the legislative body of the provisional government was the legislative committee, and leaders of that body are not listed below.

As of 2024 and the end of the 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly, Julie Fahey is serving as the current speaker.

Before statehood

Benjamin F. Harding

La Fayette Grover

Session	Type	Name	District/County represented	Political party
1845[1]	Provisional Legislature	Morton M. McCarver	Tuality
1845[2]	Provisional Legislature	Robert Newell H. A. G. Lee	Champoeg Clackamas
1846[3]	Provisional Legislature	Asa Lovejoy	Clackamas
1847[4]	Provisional Legislature	Robert Newell	Champoeg
1848-1849[5]	Provisional Legislature	Ralph Wilcox Levi A. Rice	Tuality Yamhill
1849[6]	Territorial Legislature	Asa Lovejoy	Clackamas
1850[7]	Territorial Legislature	Ralph Wilcox	Washington
1851[8]	Territorial Legislature	William M. King	Washington
1852[9]	Territorial Legislature	Benjamin F. Harding	Marion	Democratic
1853[10]	Territorial Legislature	Z. C. Bishop	Washington	Democratic
1854[11]	Territorial Legislature	Lafayette Cartee	Clackamas	Democratic
1855[12]	Territorial Legislature	Delazon Smith	Linn	Democratic
1856[13]	Territorial Legislature	La Fayette Grover	Marion	Democratic
1857[14]	Territorial Legislature	Ira F. M. Butler	Polk	Democratic
1858[15]	Territorial Legislature	Nathaniel H. Gates	Wasco	Democratic

After statehood

George W. McBride

Charles B. Moores

Levi Branson Reeder

Lawrence T. Harris

Clifton N. McArthur

Robert N. Stanfield

Grattan Kerans

Vera Katz

Dave Hunt

Arnie Roblan

Order	Session	Type	Name	County represented	Political party
1	1859[16]	Special	William G. T'Vault	Jackson	Democratic
2	1860[17]	Regular	Benjamin F. Harding	Marion	Democratic
3	1862[17]	Regular	Joel Palmer	Yamhill	Republican
4	1864[17]	Regular	Isaac R. Moores, Jr.	Marion	Republican
	1865[17]	Special
5	1866[17]	Regular	Francis A. Chenoweth	Benton	Republican
6	1868[17]	Regular	John Whiteaker	Lane	Democratic
7	1870[17]	Regular	Benjamin Hayden	Polk	Democratic
8	1872[17]	Regular	Rufus Mallory	Marion	Republican
9	1874[17]	Regular	John C. Drain	Douglas	Democratic
10	1876[17]	Regular	James K. Weatherford	Linn	Democratic
11	1878[17]	Regular	John M. Thompson	Lane	Democratic
12	1880[17]	Regular	Zenas Ferry Moody	Wasco	Republican
13	1882[17]	Regular	George W. McBride	Columbia	Republican
14	1885[17]	Regular Special	W. P. Keady	Benton	Republican
15	1887[17]	Regular	J. T. Gregg	Marion	Republican
16	1889[17]	Regular	E. L. Smith	Hood River	Republican
17	1891[17]	Regular	Theodore Thurston Geer	Marion	Republican
14	1893[17]	Regular	W. P. Keady	Multnomah	Republican
18	1895[17]	Regular	Charles B. Moores	Marion	Republican
	1897[17]	House did not organize	E.J. Davis Henry L. Benson both selected by rival factions
19	1898[17]	Special	E. V. Carter	Jackson	Republican
	1899[17]	Regular
20	1901[17]	Regular	Levi Branson Reeder	Umatilla	Republican
21	1903[17]	Regular Special	Lawrence T. Harris	Lane	Republican
22	1905[17]	Regular	A. L. Mills	Multnomah	Republican
23	1907[17]	Regular	Frank Davey	Marion	Republican
24	1909[17]	Regular Special	Clifton N. McArthur	Multnomah	Republican
25	1911[17]	Regular	John P. Rusk	Wallowa	Republican
24	1913[17]	Regular	Clifton N. McArthur	Multnomah	Republican
26	1915[17]	Regular	Ben Selling	Multnomah	Republican
27	1917[17]	Regular	Robert N. Stanfield	Umatilla	Republican
28	1919[17]	Regular	Seymour Jones	Marion	Republican
	1920[17]	Special
29	1921[17]	Regular Special	Louis E. Bean	Lane	Republican
30	1923[17]	Regular	Kaspar K. Kubli	Multnomah	Republican
31	1925[17]	Regular	Denton G. Burdick	Deschutes	Republican
32	1927[17]	Regular	John H. Carkin	Jackson	Republican
33	1929[17]	Regular	R. S. Hamilton	Deschutes	Republican
34	1931[17]	Regular	Frank J. Lonergan	Multnomah	Republican
35	1933[17]	Regular Special	Earl Snell	Gilliam	Republican
36	1935[17]	Regular	John E. Cooter	Lincoln	Democratic
37	1935[17]	Special	Howard Latourette	Multnomah	Democratic
38	1937[17]	Regular	Harry D. Boivin	Klamath	Democratic
39	1939[17]	Regular	Ernest R. Fatland	Gilliam	Republican
40	1941[17]	Regular	Robert S. Farrell, Jr.	Multnomah	Republican
41	1943[17]	Regular	William M. McAllister	Jackson	Republican
42	1945[17]	Regular	Eugene E. Marsh	Yamhill	Republican
43	1947[17]	Regular	John Hubert Hall	Multnomah	Republican
44	1949[17]	Regular	Frank J. Van Dyke	Jackson	Republican
45	1951[17]	Regular	John F. Steelhammer	Marion	Republican
46	1953[17]	Regular	Rudie Wilhelm, Jr.	Multnomah	Republican
47	1955[17]	Regular	Edward A. Geary	Klamath	Republican
48	1957[17]	Regular Special	Pat Dooley	Multnomah	Democratic
49	1959[17]	Regular	Robert B. Duncan	Jackson	Democratic
	1961[17]	Regular
50	1963[17]	Regular Special	Clarence Barton	Coos	Democratic
51	1965[17]	Regular Special	F. F. Montgomery	Lane	Republican
	1967[17]	Regular Special
52	1969[17]	Regular	Robert Freeman Smith	Harney	Republican
	1971[17]	Regular Special
53	1973[17]	Regular	Richard O. Eymann	Lane	Democratic
	1974[17]	Special
54	1975[17]	Regular	Philip D. Lang	Multnomah	Democratic
	1977[17]	Regular
1978[17]	Special
55	1979[17]	Regular	Hardy Myers	Multnomah	Democratic
	1980[17]	Special
	1981[17]	Regular Special
56	1983[17]	Regular Special	Grattan Kerans	Lane	Democratic
57	1985[17]	Regular	Vera Katz	Multnomah	Democratic
	1987[17]	Regular
	1989[17]	Regular Special
58	1991[17]	Regular	Larry Campbell	Lane	Republican
	1993[17]	Regular
59	1995[17]	Regular Special	Bev Clarno	Deschutes	Republican
60	1997[17]	Regular	Lynn Lundquist	Deschutes	Republican
61	1999[17]	Regular Special	Lynn Snodgrass	Clackamas	Republican
62	2001[17]	Regular Special	Mark Simmons	Union	Republican
63	2003[17]	Regular	Karen Minnis	Multnomah	Republican
63	2005[17]	Regular
64	2007[17]	Regular	Jeff Merkley[18]	Multnomah	Democratic
65	2009[17]	Regular	Dave Hunt	Clackamas	Democratic
66-67	2011[17]	Regular	Bruce Hanna (Co-Speaker)	Douglas	Republican
			Arnie Roblan (Co-Speaker)	Coos	Democratic
68	2013[17]	Regular	Tina Kotek	Multnomah	Democratic
	2015[17]	Regular
	2017[17]	Regular
	2019[17]	Regular
	2021[17]	Regular
69	2022[19]	Special	Dan Rayfield	Benton	Democratic
	2023[17]	Regular
70	2025[20]	Regular	Julie Fahey	Lane	Democratic

See also

• List of presidents of the Oregon State Senate
• List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies

References

1. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1845 Special Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
2. Newell served first, then Lee. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1845 Regular Session (1st Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
3. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1846 Regular Session (2nd Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
4. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1847 Regular Session (3rd Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
5. Wilcox resigned, replaced by Rice. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1848-1849 Regular Session (4th Provisional). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
6. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1849 Regular Session (1st Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
7. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1850 Regular Session (2nd Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
8. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1851 Regular Session (3rd Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
9. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1852 Regular Session (4th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
10. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1853 Regular Session (5th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
11. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1854 Regular Session (6th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
12. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1855 Regular Session (7th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
13. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1856 Regular Session (8th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
14. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1857 Regular Session (9th Territorial). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
15. Bancroft, Hubert Howe, "Oregon Becomes a State, 1856-1859", Chapter 17, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Volume20: History of Oregon, Volume 2, 1848-1888; San Francisco, California: The History Company, p. 434 (note 38).
16. Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1859 Special Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
17. Speakers of the House of Representatives of Oregon. Oregon Blue Book, Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 18, 2011.
18. Diane Rosenbaum served as Oregon House Speaker for 7 days during the interim of 2009 after Merkley was elected to the U.S. Senate "Rosenbaum Is New Oregon House Speaker".
19. Radnovich, Connor (February 2, 2022). "First day of session: Call for empathy, then a public protest". Register-Guard.
20. VanderHart, Dirk (March 21, 2024). "Oregon House Democrats pick Rep. Ben Bowman as new majority leader". OPB. Retrieved March 21, 2024.