List of speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives
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| incumbent = Matt Huffman
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The speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Ohio House of Representatives. The Speaker is third in line to the Office of the Governor
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!Term !Name !Party !Home county |
| March 1, 1803 – December 4, 1803
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican{{Citation | newspaper=The Scioto Gazette | date=January 15, 1803 | publication-place=Chillicothe, Ohio | volume=3 | issue=137}} |Ross |
| December 5, 1803 – December 2, 1804
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Ross |
| December 3, 1804 – December 1, 1805
| Michael Baldwin (2) | {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Ross |
| December 2, 1805 – November 30, 1806
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican |
| December 1, 1806 – December 6, 1807
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Adams |
| December 7, 1807 – December 4, 1808
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican |
| December 5, 1808 – December 3, 1809
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Adams |
| December 4, 1809 – December 1, 1811
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Ross |
| December 2, 1811 – December 6, 1812
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Warren |
| December 7, 1812 – December 3, 1815
| | Clermont |
| December 4, 1815 – December 1, 1816
| Matthias Corwin (2) | {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Warren |
| December 2, 1816 – November 30, 1817
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Adams |
| December 1, 1817 – December 6, 1818
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Ross |
| December 7, 1818 – December 2, 1821
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| December 3, 1821 – December 1, 1822
| {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | Warren |
| December 2, 1822 – December 5, 1824
| Joseph Richardson (2) | |
| December 6, 1824 – December 4, 1825
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Hamilton |
| December 5, 1825 – December 3, 1826
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| December 4, 1826 – December 2, 1827
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Butler |
| December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829
| {{Party shading/National Republican}} | National Republican | Ross |
| December 7, 1829 – December 5, 1830
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Brown |
| December 6, 1830 – December 4, 1831
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Guernsey |
| December 5, 1831 – December 2, 1832
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Belmont |
| December 3, 1832 – December 1, 1833
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Hamilton |
| December 2, 1833 – November 30, 1834
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| December 1, 1834 – December 6, 1835
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig |
| December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1836
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| December 5, 1836 – December 3, 1837
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| December 4, 1837 – December 2, 1838
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Clark |
| December 3, 1838 – December 1, 1839
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Hamilton |
| December 2, 1839 – December 6, 1840
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Clermont |
| December 7, 1840 – December 5, 1841
| {{party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Geauga |
| December 6, 1841 – December 4, 1842
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Summit |
| December 5, 1842 – December 3, 1843
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| December 4, 1843 – December 1, 1844
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Madison |
| December 2, 1844 – November 30, 1845
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Clark |
| December 1, 1845 – December 6, 1846
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Greene |
| December 7, 1846 – December 5, 1847
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig |
| December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848
| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | Preble |
| December 4, 1848 – December 2, 1849
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Seneca |
| December 3, 1849 – December 1, 1850
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Stark |
| December 2, 1850 – January 4, 1852
| {{Party shading/Free Soil}} | Free Soil |
| January 5, 1852 – January 1, 1854
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Medina |
| January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1856
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Mercer |
| January 7, 1856 – January 3, 1858
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | Athens |
| January 4, 1858 – January 1, 1860
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Licking |
| January 2, 1860 – January 5, 1862
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Cuyahoga |
| January 6, 1862 – December 31, 1865
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Delaware |
| January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1868
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 6, 1868 – January 2, 1870
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Licking |
| January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1871
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Hamilton |
| January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874
| Nelson H. Van Vorhes (2) | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Athens |
| January 5, 1874 – January 2, 1876
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Franklin |
| January 3, 1876 – January 6, 1878
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Athens |
| January 7, 1878 – January 3, 1880
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Butler |
| January 4, 1880 – January 1, 1882
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 2, 1882 – January 6, 1884
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Cuyahoga |
| January 7, 1884 – January 3, 1886
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Mercer |
| January 4, 1886 – January 1, 1888
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Ross |
| January 2, 1888 – January 5, 1890
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 6, 1890 – January 3, 1892
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Perry |
| January 4, 1892 – January 2, 1894
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Huron |
| January 3, 1894 – January 5, 1896
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Warren |
| January 6, 1896 – January 2, 1898
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Athens |
| January 3, 1898 – December 31, 1899
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Cuyahoga |
| January 1, 1900 – January 5, 1902
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lake |
| January 6, 1902 – January 3, 1904
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 4, 1904 – December 31, 1905
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Huron |
| January 1, 1906 – January 12, 1907
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lawrence |
| January 13, 1907 – January 3, 1909
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Guernsey |
| January 4, 1909 – January 1, 1911
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1913
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Mercer |
| January 6, 1913 – January 3, 1915
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Hamilton |
| January 4, 1915 – December 31, 1916
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1919
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Cuyahoga |
| January 6, 1919 – January 2, 1921
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican | Lake |
| January 3, 1921 – December 31, 1922
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Harrison |
| January 1, 1923 – January 4, 1925
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Geauga |
| January 5, 1925 – January 14, 1926
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Preble |
| January 15, 1926 – January 2, 1927
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Hamilton |
| January 3, 1927 – January 4, 1931
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Harrison |
| January 5, 1931 – January 1, 1933
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Warren |
| January 2, 1933 – January 6, 1935
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Richland |
| January 7, 1935 – January 3, 1937
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Ashland |
| January 4, 1937 – January 1, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Cuyahoga |
| January 2, 1939 – December 31, 1944
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami |
| January 1, 1945 – January 5, 1947
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Hancock |
| January 6, 1947 – January 2, 1949
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 3, 1949 – December 31, 1950
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Mahoning |
| January 1, 1951 – January 4, 1953
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Hamilton |
| January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1955
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 3, 1955 – January 4, 1959
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Logan |
| January 5, 1959 – January 1, 1961
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| January 2, 1961 – January 1, 1967
| Roger Cloud (2) | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Logan |
| January 2, 1967 – December 31, 1972
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Wood |
| January 1, 1973 – January 5, 1975
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Belmont |
| January 6, 1975 – January 2, 1995
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Scioto |
| January 3, 1995 – January 2, 2001
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Franklin |
| January 2, 2001 – January 3, 2005
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Perry |
| January 3, 2005 – January 5, 2009
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Cuyahoga |
| January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Medina |
| January 5, 2015 – April 12, 2018
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Clinton |
| April 12, 2018 – June 6, 2018
| Kirk Schuring - Interim Speaker | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Stark |
| June 6, 2018 - January 7, 2019
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Gallia |
| January 7, 2019 – July 30, 2020
| Larry Householder (2) | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Perry |
| July 30, 2020 – January 3, 2023
|{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 3, 2023 – January 6, 2025
|{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
| January 6, 2025 –
|{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican |
See also
References
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- {{cite book |title=Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |ref=bell| year=1876 |first=William Jr. |last=Bell |author-link=William Bell Jr. (politician)
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbhXD5zfqQcC&pg=PA52}} | (party affiliations for pre-1874)