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Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Seal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
since February 28, 2023
StyleThe Honorable
StatusPresiding officer
AppointerPennsylvania House of Representatives
Inaugural holderWilliam Bingham
Formation1791

The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Since its first session under the Frame of Government in 1682, presided over by William Penn, over 130 house members have been elevated to the speaker's chair. The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore.

The current speaker is Joanna McClinton, who is the first female and first female African-American speaker.

Speakers of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly

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Speaker Elected Notes Citations
Thomas Wynne 1682/1683 [1]
Nicholas More 1684 [1]
John White 1685 [1]
unknown (probably Wynne or More) 1687/1688 [1]
John White 1688 [1]
Arthur Cook 1689 [1]
Joseph Growdon 1690/1691 [1]
unknown 1691 [1]
William Clark 1692 [1]
Joseph Growdon 1693 [1]
David Lloyd 1694 [1]
Edward Shippen 1695 [1]
John Simcock 1696 [1]
John Blunston 1697 [1]
Phineas Pemberton 1698 [1]
John Blunston 1699 [1]
Joseph Growdon 1700 [1]
David Lloyd 1703 [1]
Joseph Growden 1705 [1]
David Lloyd 1706 [1]
Richard Hill 1710 [1]
Isaac Norris 1712 [1]
Joseph Growdon 1713 [1]
David Lloyd 1714 [1]
Joseph Growdon 1715 [1]
Richard Hill 1716 [1]
William Trent 1717 [1]
Jonathan Dickinson 1718 [1]
William Trent 1719 [1]
Isaac Norris 1720 [1]
Jeremiah Langhorne 1721 [1]
Joseph Growdon 1722 [1]
David Lloyd 1723 [1]
William Biles Jr. 1724 [1]
David Lloyd 1725 [1]
Andrew Hamilton 1729 [1]
Jeremiah Langhorne 1733 [1]
Andrew Hamilton 1734 [1]
John Kinsey 1739 [1]
John Wright 1745 [1]
John Kinsey 1745/1746 [1]
Isaac Norris II 1750 [1]
Thomas Leech 1758 [1]
Isaac Norris II 1758 [1]
Thomas Leech 1759 [1]
Isaac Norris II 1759 [1]
Benjamin Franklin 1764 [1]
Isaac Norris II 1764 [1]
Joseph Fox 1764 [1]
Joseph Galloway 1766 [1]
Joseph Fox 1769 [1]
Joseph Galloway 1769 [1]
Edward Biddle 1774 [1]
John Morton 1775 [1]

Speakers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

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Speaker Elected Notes Citations
John Jacobs 1776 under the 1776 Constitution [1]
John Bayard 1777 [1]
Frederick Muhlenberg 1780 [1]
George Gray 1783 [1]
John Bayard 1784 [1]
Thomas Mifflin 1785 [1]
Gerardus Wynkoop II 1786 (four days) [2][3]
Richard Peters 1788 [1]
William Bingham 1790 under the 1790 constitution [1]

Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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Speaker Term Party County Notes Citations
William Bingham 1791–1792 Federalist Philadelphia [4]
Gerardus Wynkoop II 1793 Federalist Philadelphia [4]
George Latimer 1794–1798 Federalist Philadelphia [4]
Cadwalader Evans 1799 Federalist Montgomery [4]
Isaac Weaver Jr. 1800–1803 Democratic-Republican Greene [4]
Simon Snyder 1804–1805 Democratic-Republican Northumberland [4]
Charles Porter 1806 Democratic-Republican Fayette [4]
Simon Snyder 1807 Democratic-Republican Northumberland [4]
Nathaniel Boileau 1808 Democratic-Republican Montgomery [4]
James Engle 1809 Democratic-Republican Philadelphia [4]
John Weber 1810 Democratic-Republican Montgomery [4]
John Tod 1812 Democratic-Republican Bedford [4]
Robert Smith 1813 Democratic-Republican Franklin resigned February 14, 1813 [4]
John St. Clair 1814 Democratic-Republican Fayette [4]
Jacob Holgate 1815 Democratic-Republican Philadelphia [4]
Rees Hill 1816 Democratic-Republican Greene [4]
William Davidson 1818 Democratic Montgomery [4]
Rees Hill 1819 Democratic-Republican Greene [4]
Joseph Lawrence 1820 Democratic-Republican Washington [4]
John Gilmore 1821 Democratic-Republican Allegheny/Butler [4]
Joseph Lawrence 1822 Democratic-Republican Washington [4]
Joel B. Sutherland 1825 Democratic Philadelphia [4]
Joseph Ritner 1826 Democratic-Republican Washington [4]
Ner Middleswarth 1828 Whig Union [4]
Frederick Smith 1830 Democratic-Republican Franklin [4]
John Laporte 1832 Democratic Bradford/Tioga [4]
James Findley 1833 Democratic Westmoreland [4]
Samuel Anderson 1833 Democratic Delaware [4]
William Patterson 1834 Democratic Washington [4]
James Thompson 1834 Democratic Venango/Warren [4]
Ner Middleswarth 1836 Whig Union [4]
Lewis Dewart 1837 Democratic Northumberland [4]
William Hopkins 1839 Democratic Washington [4]
William A. Crabb 1841 Whig Northumberland [4]
James Ross Snowden 1842 Democratic Venango/Clarion [4]
Hendrick Bradley Wright 1843 Democratic Luzerne/Wyoming [4]
James Ross Snowden 1844 Democratic Venango/Clarion [4]
Findley Patterson 1845–1846 Democratic Washington [4]
James Cooper 1847 Whig Adams [4]
William F. Packer 1848–1849 Democratic Lycoming/Clinton [4]
John S. McCalmont 1850 Democratic Venango [4]
John Cessna 1851 Democratic Bedford [4]
John S. Rhey 1852 Democratic Armstrong/Cambria [4]
William P. Schell 1853 Democratic Bedford [4]
E.B. Chase 1854 Democratic Susquehanna/Wyoming [4]
Henry K. Strong 1855 Whig Philadelphia [4]
Richard L. Wright 1856 Democratic Philadelphia [4]
J. Lawrence Getz 1857 Democratic Berks [4]
A.B. Longaker 1858 Democratic Montgomery [4]
William Lawrence 1859–1860 Republican Dauphin [4]
Elisha W. Davis 1861 Republican Mercer/Venango [4]
William Kinsey 1862 Democratic Franklin [4]
John Cessna 1863 Republican Bedford [4]
Henry C. Johnson 1864 Republican Crawford [4]
Arthur G. Olmsted 1865 Republican Potter [4]
James R. Kelley 1866 Republican Fulton [4]
John P. Glass 1867 Republican Allegheny [4]
Elisha W. Davis 1868 Republican Philadelphia [4]
John Clark 1869 Republican Washington [4]
Butler B. Strang 1870 Republican Tioga [4]
James H. Webb 1871 Republican Bradford [4]
William Elliott 1872 Republican Philadelphia [4]
H. H. McCormick 1874 Republican Allegheny [4]
Samuel D. Patterson 1875 Republican Allegheny [4][5]
E. Reed Myer 1877 Republican Bradford [4]
Henry M. Long 1879 Republican Allegheny [4]
Benjamin L. Hewit 1881 Republican Blair [4]
John E. Faunce 1883 Democratic Philadelphia [4]
James L. Graham 1885 Republican Allegheny [4]
Henry K. Boyer 1887–1889 Republican Philadelphia [4]
Caleb C. Thompson 1891 Republican Warren [4]
Henry F. Walton 1895 Republican Philadelphia [4]
Henry K. Boyer 1897 Republican Philadelphia resigned January 17, 1898 [4]
John R. Farr 1899 Republican Lackawanna [4]
William T. Marshall 1901 Republican Allegheny [4]
Henry F. Walton 1903 Republican Philadelphia [4]
Frank B. McClain 1907 Republican Lancaster [4]
John F. Cox 1909–1911 Republican Allegheny died in office November 6, 1911 [4]
Milton W. Shreve 1911 Republican Erie [4]
George E. Alter 1913 Republican Allegheny [4]
Charles A. Ambler 1915 Republican Montgomery [4]
Richard J. Baldwin 1917 Republican Delaware [4]
Robert S. Spangler 1919–1921 Republican York [4]
Samuel A. Whitaker 1921 Republican Chester elected to fill unexpired term April 26, 1921 [4]
C.J. Goodnough 1923 Republican Cameron [4]
Thomas Bluett 1925–1927 Republican Philadelphia resigned to become a judge [4]
James H. McClure 1927 Republican Allegheny elected to fill an unexpired term [4]
Aaron B. Hess 1929 Republican Lancaster [4]
C.J. Goodnough 1931 Republican Cameron [4]
Grover C. Talbot 1933–1935 Republican Delaware
Wilson G. Sarig 1935–1936 Democratic Berks died in office March 14, 1936
Roy E. Furman 1936–1938 Democratic Greene
Ellwood J. Turner 1939–1941 Republican Delaware
Elmer Kilroy 1941–1942 Democratic Philadelphia
Ira T. Fiss 1943–1946 Republican Snyder
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter 1947–1948 Republican Lehigh
Herbert P. Sorg 1949–1952 Republican Elk
Charles C. Smith 1953–1955 Republican Philadelphia
Hiram G. Andrews 1955–1956 Democratic Cambria
W. Stuart Helm 1957–1958 Republican Armstrong
Hiram G. Andrews 1959–1962 Democratic Cambria
W. Stuart Helm 1963–1964 Republican Armstrong
Robert K. Hamilton 1965–1966 Democratic Beaver
Kenneth B. Lee 1967–1968 Republican Sullivan
Herbert Fineman 1969–1970 Democratic Philadelphia
Kenneth B. Lee 1971–1974 Republican Sullivan
Herbert Fineman 1975–1976 Democratic Philadelphia
K. Leroy Irvis 1977–1979 Democratic Allegheny elected May 23, 1977
H. Jack Seltzer 1979–1981 Republican Lebanon
Matthew J. Ryan 1981–1983 Republican Delaware
K. Leroy Irvis 1983–1988 Democratic Allegheny
James J. Manderino 1989 Democratic Westmoreland died in office December 26, 1989
Robert W. O'Donnell 1990–1993 Democratic Philadelphia
H. William DeWeese 1993–1994 Democratic Greene
Matthew J. Ryan 1995–2003 Republican Delaware died in office March 29, 2003
John Perzel 2003–2007 Republican Philadelphia elected to fill unexpired term April 15, 2003
Dennis M. O'Brien 2007–2008 Republican Philadelphia minority-party speaker
Keith R. McCall 2009–2010 Democratic Carbon
Samuel H. Smith 2011–2014 Republican Jefferson
Michael C. Turzai 2015–2020 Republican Allegheny resigned June 15, 2020
Bryan Cutler 2020–2023 Republican Lancaster
Mark Rozzi 2023 Democratic Berks resigned February 28, 2023 [6]
Joanna McClinton 2023–present Democratic Philadelphia

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Philadelphia, December 27". Freeman's Journal. December 27, 1786. p. 2.
  3. ^ Hiltzheimer, Jacob; Parsons, Jacob Cox (1893). Extracts from the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer: of Philadelphia. 1765-1798. Press of W. F. Fell & co.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck "Speakers of the House of Representatives since 1791" (PDF). The Pennsylvania Manual, Volume 117 (2005-2006 General Assembly). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications. Retrieved March 1, 2007.
  5. ^ "Samuel D. Patterson". legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Caruso, Stephen (February 28, 2023). "PA House Speaker Mark Rozzi steps down". Spotlight PA. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
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