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List of speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives is seventh (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and President of the Senate, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/conent.htm|title=Constitution of the State of Illinois|work=Illinois General Assembly|access-date=August 22, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=183&ChapterID=4|title=Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 5 — Governor Succession Act.|work=Illinois General Assembly|access-date=August 23, 2019}}

List of speakers

This is a complete list of the Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives {{as of| January 2021|lc=y}}. Each was chosen since the Illinois General Assembly's first session in 1818.

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each speaker.

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! Party color key

{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican
{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
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| Independent

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! #

! Speaker

! Party

! General
Assembly

! Date of election

1

| John Messinger

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| align=center | 1st

| October 5, 1818

2

| John McLean

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| align=center | 2nd

| December 4, 1820

3

| William M. Alexander

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| align=center | 3rd

| December 2, 1822

4

| Thomas Mather

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| align=center rowspan=2| 4th

| November 15, 1824

5

| David Blackwell

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| January 2, 1826

rowspan=2 | 6

| rowspan=2 | John McLean

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 5th

| rowspan=2 | December 4, 1826

align=center | 6th
7

| William Lee D. Ewing

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 7th

| December 6, 1830

8

| Alexander M. Jenkins

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 8th

| December 6, 1832

rowspan=2 | 9

| rowspan=2 | James Semple

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 9th

| rowspan=2 | December 1, 1834

align=center | 10th
rowspan=2 | 10

| rowspan=2 | William Lee D. Ewing

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 11th

| rowspan=2 | December 3, 1838

align=center | 12th
11

| Samuel Hackleton

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 13th

| December 5, 1842

12

| William Alexander Richardson

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 14th

| December 2, 1844

13

| Newton Cloud

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 15th

| December 7, 1846

14

| Zadok Casey

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 16th

| January 1, 1849

15

| Sidney Breese

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 17th

| January 6, 1851

16

| John Reynolds

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 18th

| January 3, 1853

17

| Thomas J. Turner

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anti-Nebraska Democratic

| align=center | 19th

| January 1, 1855

18

| Samuel Holmes

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 20th

| January 5, 1857

19

| William Ralls Morrison

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 21st

| January 3, 1859

20

| Shelby Moore Cullom

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 22nd

| January 7, 1861

21

| Samuel A. Buckmaster

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 23rd

| January 5, 1863

22

| Allen C. Fuller

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 24th

| January 2, 1865

rowspan=2 | 23

| rowspan=2 | Franklin Corwin

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 25th

| rowspan=2 | January 7, 1867

align=center | 26th
24

| William M. Smith

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 27th

| January 4, 1871

25

| Shelby Moore Cullom

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 28th

| January 8, 1873

26

| Elijah M. Haines

| {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent

| align=center | 29th

| January 6, 1875

27

| James Shaw

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 30th

| January 3, 1877

28

| William A. James

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 31st

| January 8, 1879

29

| Horace H. Thomas

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 32nd

| January 5, 1881

30

| Lorin C. Collins

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 33rd

| January 3, 1883

31

| Elijah M. Haines

| {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent

| align=center | 34th

| January 29, 1885

32

| William F. Calhoun

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 35th

| January 5, 1887

33

| Asa C. Matthews

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center rowspan=3 | 36th

| January 9, 1889

34

| James H. Miller

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| May 10, 1889

35

| William Granville Cochran

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| July 23, 1890

rowspan=2 | 36

| rowspan=2 | Clayton E. Crafts

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 37th

| rowspan=2 | January 7, 1891

align=center | 38th
37

| John Meyer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center rowspan=2 | 39th

| January 9, 1895

38

| William Granville Cochran

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| July 10, 1895

39

| Edward C. Curtis

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 40th

| January 6, 1897

rowspan=2 | 40

| rowspan=2 | Lawrence Y. Sherman

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 41st

| rowspan=2 | January 4, 1899

align=center | 42nd
41

| John Henry Miller

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 43rd

| January 7, 1903

rowspan=3 | 42

| rowspan=3 | Edward D. Shurtleff

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 44th

| rowspan=3 | January 4, 1905

align=center | 45th
align=center | 46th
43

| Charles A. Adkins

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 47th

| January 4, 1911

44

| William Michael McKinley

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 48th

| January 29, 1913

rowspan=3 | 45

| rowspan=3 | David E. Shanahan

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 49th

| rowspan=3 | February 17, 1915

align=center | 50th
align=center | 51st
46

| Gotthard A. Dahlberg

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 52nd

| January 5, 1921

47

| David E. Shanahan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 53rd

| January 3, 1923

rowspan=2 | 48

| rowspan=2 | Robert Scholes

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 54th

| rowspan=2 | January 7, 1925

align=center | 55th
rowspan=2 | 49

| rowspan=2 | David E. Shanahan

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 56th

| rowspan=2 | January 9, 1929

align=center | 57th
50

| Arthur Roe

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 58th

| January 4, 1933

51

| John P. Devine

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 59th

| January 9, 1935

52

| Louie E. Lewis

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 60th

| January 6, 1937

53

| Hugh W. Cross

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 61st

| January 3, 1939

rowspan=2 | 54

| rowspan=2 | Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 62nd

| rowspan=2 | January 8, 1941

align=center | 63rd
rowspan=2 | 55

| rowspan=2 | Hugh Green

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 64th

| rowspan=2 | January 3, 1945

align=center | 65th
56

| Paul Powell

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 66th

| January 10, 1949

rowspan=4 | 57

| rowspan=4 | Warren L. Wood

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 67th

| rowspan=4 | January 8, 1951

align=center | 68th
align=center | 69th
align=center | 70th
rowspan=2 | 58

| rowspan=2 | Paul Powell

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 71st

| rowspan=2 | January 7, 1959

align=center | 72nd
59

| John W. Lewis, Jr.

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 73rd

| January 9, 1963

60

| John Touhy

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 74th

| January 6, 1965

rowspan=2 | 61

| rowspan=2 | Ralph T. Smith

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 75th

| rowspan=2 | January 4, 1967

align=center rowspan=2 | 76th
62

| Jack E. Walker

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| October 14, 1969

rowspan=2 | 63

| rowspan=2 | W. Robert Blair

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 77th

| rowspan=2 | January 6, 1971

align=center | 78th
rowspan=3 | 64

| rowspan=3 | William A. Redmond

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 79th

| rowspan=3 | January 21, 1975

align=center | 80th
align=center | 81st
65

| George H. Ryan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center rowspan=2 | 82nd

| January 14, 1981

66

| Arthur A. Telcser

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| January 10, 1983

rowspan=6 | 67

| rowspan=6 | Michael J. Madigan

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 83rd

| rowspan=6 | January 12, 1983

align=center | 84th
align=center | 85th
align=center | 86th
align=center | 87th
align=center | 88th
68

| Lee A. Daniels

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| align=center | 89th

| January 9, 1995

rowspan=12 | 69

| rowspan=12 | Michael J. Madigan

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 90th

| rowspan=12 | January 8, 1997

align=center | 91st
align=center | 92nd
align=center | 93rd
align=center | 94th
align=center | 95th
align=center | 96th
align=center | 97th
align=center | 98th
align=center | 99th
align=center | 100th
align=center | 101st
rowspan=3|70

| rowspan=3|Emanuel Chris Welch

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| align=center | 102nd

| rowspan=3|January 13, 2021

align=center|103rd
align=center|104th

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.ilga.gov/house/ Illinois General Assembly - House] official government site
  • [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook Illinois Blue Book 2009–10] official government document

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