List of speakers of the Utah House of Representatives

Speaker of Utah House of Representatives
Incumbent
Mike Schultz
since November 15, 2023
StatusPresiding officer
SeatUtah State Capitol, Salt Lake City
AppointerUtah House of Representatives
Inaugural holderPresley Denny

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

Speakers of the Utah House of Representatives

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Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Presley Denny 1896–1897 Beaver County [1]
John M. Perkins 1897–1899 Weber County [1]
William Roylance 1899–1901 Democratic Utah County [1]
William Glasmann 1901–1903 Republican Weber County [1]
Thomas Hull 1903–1907 Salt Lake County [1]
Harry Joseph 1907–1909 Salt Lake County [1]
Edward Robinson 1909–1913 Cache County [1]
William J. Seely 1913–1915 Republican Emery County [2]
Lewis R. Anderson 1915–1917 Republican Sanpete County [2]
John F. Tolton 1917–1919 Democratic Beaver County [2]
Charles C. Richards 1919–1921 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Edward R. Callister 1921–1923 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
William W. Seegmiller 1923–1925 Republican Kane County [2]
William E. McKell 1925–1927 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Samuel M. Jorgensen 1927–1929 Republican Sevier County [2]
David Lowe Stine 1929–1931 Republican Weber County [2]
James C. Hacking 1931–1933 Republican Uintah County [2]
Isaac A. Smoot 1933–1935 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Walter K. Granger 1935–1937 Democratic Iron County [2]
Joseph W. Jensen 1937–1939 Democratic Weber County [2]
Heber Bennion Jr. 1939–1941 Democratic Daggett County [2]
Sheldon R. Brewster 1941–1943 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
William Rulon White 1943–1947 Democratic Weber County [2]
Rendell Mabey 1947–1949 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Ed J. McPolin 1949–1951 Democratic Summit County [2]
Clifton Kerr 1951–1953 Republican Box Elder County [2]
Merrill K. Davis 1953–1955 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Charles Eric Peterson 1955–1957 Republican Utah County [2]
Jaren L. Jones 1957–1959 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Sheldon R. Brewster 1959–1961 Democratic Salt Lake County [1]
Ernest H. Dean 1961–1963 Democratic Utah County [2]
Charles Welch Jr. 1963–1965 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Kay C. Allen 1965–1967 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Franklin W. Gunnell 1967–1969 Republican Cache County [2]
Lorin N. Pace 1969–1971 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Richard C. Howe 1971–1973 Democratic Salt Lake County [2]
Howard C. Nielson 1973–1975 Republican Utah County [2]
Ronald L. Rencher 1975–1977 Democratic Weber County [2]
Glade M. Sowards 1977–1979 Republican Uintah County [2]
James V. Hansen 1979–1981 Republican Davis County [2]
Norman H. Bangerter 1981–1985 Republican Salt Lake County [2]
Robert H. Garff 1985–1987 Republican Davis County [2]
Glen E. Brown 1987–1989 Republican Summit County [2]
Nolan E. Karras 1989–1991 Republican Weber County [2]
Craig Moody 1991–1993 Republican Salt Lake County [1]
Rob Bishop 1992–1994 Republican Box Elder County [1]
Melvin R. Brown 1994–1998 Republican Summit County [1]
Martin Stephens 1998–2005 Republican Salt Lake County [3][1]
Greg Curtis 2005–2009 Republican Salt Lake County [1]
David Clark 2008–2011 Republican Washington County [1]
Rebecca D. Lockhart 2011–2015 Republican Utah County [1]
Greg Hughes 2015–2018 Republican Salt Lake County [1]
Brad Wilson 2019–2023 Republican Davis County
Mike Schultz 2023– Republican Weber County

Speakers of the Utah Territorial House of Representatives

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Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
William Wines Phelps 1851–1852 Great Salt Lake [4]
Jedediah M. Grant 1852–1854 Great Salt Lake [4]
Hosea Stout 1856–1857 Great Salt Lake [4]
John Taylor 1857–1862 Great Salt Lake [4][5]
Orson Pratt 1862–1863 Salt Lake [4]
John Taylor 1863–1868 Great Salt Lake [4]
Orson Pratt 1869–1880 Salt Lake [4]
Francis M. Lyman 1881–1882 Tooele [4]
James Sharp 1884–1886 Salt Lake [4]
William W. Riter 1886–1890 Salt Lake [4][6]
James Sharp 1890–1892 Salt Lake [4][7]
William H. Seegmiller 1892–1894 Sevier [4]
Albion B. Emery 1894–1896 Park City [4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Brown, Adam R. (2018). Utah politics and government: American democracy among a unique electorate. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496207852.
  2. ^ 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 Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302121.
  3. ^ "House Speaker Stephens packs up with a smile". Deseret News. December 29, 2004.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Utah State Archives (2007). "Territory of Utah Legislative Assembly Rosters 1851-1894" (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, of the ... annual session, for the years ... 1868". HathiTrust.
  6. ^ "Journal 1886". HathiTrust.
  7. ^ "House journal of the ... session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah. Sess. 29 (1890)". HathiTrust.
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