Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1846 - present
| Name | Party | Sessions | Dates of Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dade Phelan | Republican | 88th (R.S.) 87th (R.S.) |
Jan 10, 2023 - Jan 14, 2025 Jan 12, 2021 - Jan 10, 2023 |
| Dennis Bonnen | Republican | 86th (R.S.) |
Jan 8, 2019 - Jan 12, 2021 |
| Joe Straus | Republican | 85th (R.S.) 84th (R.S.) 83rd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) 82nd (R.S., 1st C.S.) 81st (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 10, 2017 - Jan 8, 2019 Jan 13, 2015 - Jan 10, 2017 Jan 8, 2013 - Jan 13, 2015 Jan 11, 2011 - Jan 8, 2013 Jan 13, 2009 - Jan 11, 2011 |
| Tom Craddick | Republican | 80th (R.S.) 79th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) 78th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Jan 9, 2007 - Jan 13, 2009 Jan 11, 2005 - Jan 9, 2007 Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005 |
| James E. "Pete" Laney | Democrat | 77th (R.S.) 76th (R.S.) 75th (R.S.) 74th (R.S.) 73rd (R.S.) |
Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003 Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001 Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999 Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997 Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995 |
| Gib Lewis | Democrat | 72nd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) 71st (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S., 5th C.S., 6th C.S.) 70th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) 69th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) 68th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 8, 1991 - Jan 12, 1993 Jan 10, 1989 - Jan 8, 1991 Jan 13, 1987 - Jan 10, 1989 Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 13, 1987 Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985 |
| Bill Clayton | Democrat | 67th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) 66th (R.S.) 65th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) 64th (R.S.) |
Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983 Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981 Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979 Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977 |
| Price Daniel, Jr. | Democrat | 63rd (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975 |
| Rayford Price | Democrat | 62nd (2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Mar 28, 1972 - Jan 9, 1973 |
| Gus Mutscher | Democrat | 62nd (R.S., 1st C.S.) 61st (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 12, 1971 - Mar 28, 1972 Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971 |
| Ben Barnes | Democrat | 60th (R.S., 1st C.S.) 59th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 |
| Byron M. Tunnell | Democrat | 58th (R.S.) |
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 8, 1965 |
| James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman | Democrat | 57th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) |
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 |
| Waggoner Carr | Democrat | 56th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) 55th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 |
| Jim T. Lindsey | Democrat | 54th (R.S.) |
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 |
| Reuben E. Senterfitt | Democrat | 53rd (R.S., 1st C.S.) 52nd (R.S.) |
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 |
| Durwood Manford | Democrat | 51st (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 |
| William Otey Reed | Democrat | 50th (R.S.) |
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949 |
| Claud Henry Gilmer | Democrat | 49th (R.S.) |
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | Democrat | 48th (R.S.) |
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 |
| Homer LaKirby Leonard | Democrat | 47th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 |
| Robert Emmett Morse | Democrat | 46th (R.S.) |
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 |
| Robert Wilburn Calvert | Democrat | 45th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 |
| Coke Robert Stevenson | Democrat | 44th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) 43rd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 |
| Fred Hawthorne Minor | Democrat | 42nd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 |
| Wingate Stuart Barron | Democrat | 41st (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S., 5th C.S.) |
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 |
| Robert Lee Bobbitt | Democrat | 40th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 |
| Lee Satterwhite | Democrat | 39th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 |
| Richard Ernest Seagler | Democrat | 38th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) |
Jan 9, 1923 - Apr 5, 1924 |
| Charles Graham Thomas | Democrat | 37th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 |
| Robert Ewing Thomason | Democrat | 36th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 |
| Franklin Oliver Fuller | Democrat | 35th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Jan 9, 1917 - Dec 4, 1918 |
| John William Woods | Democrat | 34th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 |
| Chester Hunter Terrell | Democrat | 33rd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.) |
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 |
| Sam Rayburn | Democrat | 32nd (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 |
| John Wesley Marshall | Democrat | 31st (1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.) |
Mar 15, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 |
| Austin Milton Kennedy | Democrat | 31st (R.S.) |
Jan 12, 1909 - Mar 15, 1909 |
| Thomas Bell Love | Democrat | 30th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 8, 1907 - Aug 31, 1907 |
| Francis William Seabury | Democrat | 29th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 |
| Pat Morris Neff | Democrat | 28th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 |
| Robert Emmett Prince | Democrat | 27th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 |
| James Stevens Sherrill | Democrat | 26th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 |
| L. Travis Dashiell | Democrat | 25th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 |
| Thomas Slater Smith | Democrat | 24th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 8, 1895 - Oct 21, 1896 |
| John Hughes Cochran | Democrat | 23rd (R.S.) |
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 |
| Robert Teague Milner | Democrat | 22nd (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 |
| Franklin Pierce Alexander | Democrat | 21st (R.S.) |
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 |
| George Cassety Pendleton | Democrat | 20th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889 |
| Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | Democrat | 19th (R.S.) |
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 |
| Charles Reese Gibson | Democrat | 18th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 |
| George Robertson Reeves | Democrat | 17th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 11, 1881 - Sep 5, 1882 |
| John Hughes Cochran | Democrat | 16th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 |
| Thomas Reuben Bonner | Democrat | 15th (R.S.) |
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 |
| Guy Morrison Bryan | Democrat | 14th (R.S., 2nd R.S.) |
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 |
| Marion DeKalb Taylor | Democrat | 13th (R.S.) |
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 |
| William Henry Sinclair | Republican | 12th (R.S., Adjourned) |
May 10, 1871 - Jan 14, 1873 |
| Ira Hobart Evans | Republican | 12th (R.S., 1st C.S., Provisional) |
Feb 10, 1870 - May 10, 1871 |
| Nathaniel Macon Burford | - | 11th (R.S.) |
Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 8, 1870 |
| Marion DeKalb Taylor | - | 10th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Nov 3, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 |
| Constantine W. Buckley | - | 9th (1st C.S.) |
Feb 2, 1863 - Mar 7, 1863 |
| Nicholas Henry Darnell | - | 9th (R.S.) |
Dec 7, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862 |
| Constantine W. Buckley | - | 9th (R.S.) |
Nov 4, 1861 - Dec 7, 1861 |
| Marion DeKalb Taylor | - | 8th (R.S., 1st C.S., Adjourned) |
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 |
| Matthew F. Locke | - | 7th (R.S.) |
Jan 18, 1858 - Nov 7, 1859 |
| Willliam S. Taylor | - | 7th (R.S.) |
Nov 2, 1857 - Jan 18, 1858 |
| Hamilton Prioleau Bee | - | 6th (R.S., Adjourned) |
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 |
| Hardin Richard Runnels | - | 5th (R.S.) |
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 |
| David Catchings Dickson | - | 4th (R.S., 1st C.S.) |
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 |
| Charles G. Keenan | - | 3rd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S.) |
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 |
| James Wilson Henderson | - | 2nd (R.S.) |
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 |
| Stephen William Perkins | - | 1st (R.S.) |
May 11, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 |
| William Howard Bourland | - | 1st (R.S.) |
May 1, 1846 - May 11, 1846 |
| William Edmond Crump | - | 1st (R.S.) |
Mar 16, 1846 - May 1, 1846 |
| Edward Thomas Branch | - | 1st (R.S.) |
Mar 9, 1846 - Mar 16, 1846 |
| John 'Red' Brown | - | 1st (R.S.) |
Mar 3, 1846 - Mar 9, 1846 |
| William Edmond Crump | - | 1st (R.S.) |
Feb 16, 1846 - Mar 3, 1846 |