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speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Wyoming House of Representatives. The Speaker has historically been a member of the majority party who is the de facto leader of their party. The current House Speaker is Chip Neiman of Hullet.[https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/H/2070]. Retrieved: February 12, 2024.

Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives

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! colspan=6 | Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives[http://soswy.state.wy.us/information/docs/LegOfficers.pdf Past Officers of Wyoming's State Legislature] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212044948/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Information/docs/LegOfficers.pdf |date=2014-12-12 }}. Retrieved: January 5, 2017.

Number

! Name

! Term

! Party

! Residence

! Notes

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| 1

| Oliver P. Kellogg

| 1890-1893

| Republican

| Sundance

|

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| 2

| L.C. Tidball

| 1893-1895

| Populist

| Sheridan

| Elected Speaker with Democratic support

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| 3

| Jay L. Torrey

| 1895-1897

| Republican

| Big Piney

|

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| 4

| Albert D. Kelley

| 1897-1899

| Republican

| Buffalo

|

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| 5

| Levi R. Davis

| 1899-1901

| Republican

| Newcastle

|

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| 6

| Jerome S. Atherly

| 1901-1905

| Republican

| Worland

| Served two consecutive terms as Speaker

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| 7

| Lyman B. Cooper

| 1905-1907

| Republican

| Riverton

|

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| 8

| Scott K. Snively

| 1907-1909

| Republican

| Sheridan

|

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| 9

| Charles E. Hayden

| 1909-1911

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 10

| Levi R. Davis

| 1911-1913

| Republican

| Newcastle

| Previously served as Speaker (1899–1901)

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| 11

| Martin L. Pratt

| 1913-1915

| Republican

| Powell

|

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| 12

| James M. Graham

| 1915-1917

| Republican

| Lander

|

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| 13

| W.K. Jones

| 1917-1919

| Republican

| Powell

|

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| 14

| E.J. Sullivan

| 1919-1921

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 15

| Lewis R. Ewart

| 1921-1923

| Republican

| Cody

|

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| 16

| J.D. Noblitt

| 1923-1925

| Republican

| Cokeville

|

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| 17

| J.C. Underwood

| 1925-1927

| Republican

| Gillette

|

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| 18

| A.W. McCollough

| 1927-1929

| Republican

| Laramie

|

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| 19

| Marvin L. Bishop, Jr.

| 1929-1931

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 20

| Charles B. Mann

| 1931-1933

| Republican

| Cowley

|

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| 21

| William M. Jack

| 1933-1935

| Democratic

| Casper

| Later served as State Auditor and Secretary of State
Nominee for governor in 1954

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| 22

| Henry Watenpaugh

| 1935-1937

| Democratic

| Sheridan

|

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| 23

| Herman F. Krueger

| 1937-1939

| Democratic

| Powell

|

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| 24

| Herbert Fowler

| 1939-1941

| Republican

| Newcastle

|

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| 25

| Carl Robinson

| 1941-1943

| Democratic

| Afton

| Later served as State Auditor

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| 26

| Richard J. Luman

| 1943-1945

| Republican

| Pinedale

| Later served as State Treasurer

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| 27

| Walter W. Hudson

| 1945-1947

| Republican

| Veteran

|

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| 28

| Homer Oxley

| 1947-1949

| Republican

| Lingle

|

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| 29

| Herman Mayland

| 1949-1951

| Republican

| Lovell

|

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| 30

| Frank C. Mockler

| 1951-1953

| Republican

| Dubois

|

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| 31

| David Foote

| 1953-1955

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 32

| T.C. Daniels

| 1955-1957

| Republican

| Douglas

|

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| 33

| Lee E. Keith

| 1957-1959

| Republican

| Kaycee

|

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| 34

| Jay House

| 1959-1961

| Democratic

| Rawlins

|

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| 35

| Joseph L. Budd

| 1961-1963

| Republican

| Big Piney

|

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| 36

| Marlin Kurtz

| 1963-1965

| Republican

| Cody

|

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| 37

| Walter Phelan

| 1965-1966

| Democratic

| Cheyenne

| Died

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| 38

|Edness Kimball Wilkins

| 1966-1967

| Democratic

| Casper

| First female Speaker of the House

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| 39

| William Swanton

| 1967-1969

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 40

|Verda James

| 1969-1971

| Republican

| Casper

| First Republican female Speaker of the House

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| 41

| Ward Myers

| 1971-1973

| Republican

| Lovell

|

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| 42

| Cliff Davis

| 1973-1975

| Republican

| Gillette

|

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| 43

| Harold Hellbaum

| 1975-1977

| Republican

| Chugwater

|

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| 44

| Nels J. Smith

| 1977-1979

| Republican

| Sundance

|

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| 45

| Warren Morton

| 1979-1981

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 46

| Bob Burnett

| 1981-1983

| Republican

| Laramie

|

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| 47

| Russell Donley III

| 1983-1985

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 48

| Jack Sidi

| 1985-1987

| Republican

| Casper

| Later served as State Auditor

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| 49

| Patrick Meenan

| 1987-1989

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 50

|Bill McIlvain

| 1989-1991

| Republican

| Cheyenne

|

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| 51

| William Cross

| 1991-1993

| Republican

| Douglas

|

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| 52

| Douglas Chamberlain

| 1993-1995

| Republican

| LaGrange

|

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| 53

| John Marton

| 1995-1997

| Republican

| Buffalo

|

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| 54

| Bruce Hinchey

| 1997-1999

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 55

| Eli Bebout

| 1999-2001

| Republican

| Riverton

| Nominee for governor in 2002
Later elected to the Wyoming Senate

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| 56

| Rick Tempest

| 2001-2003

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 57

| Fred Parady

| 2003-2005

| Republican

| Rock Springs

|

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| 58

| Randall Luthi

| 2005-2007

| Republican

| Freedom

|

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| 59

| Roy Cohee

| 2007-2009

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 60

| Colin Simpson

| 2009-2011

| Republican

| Cody

| Candidate for governor in 2010

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| 61

| Edward Buchanan

| 2011-2013

| Republican

| Torrington

| Former Wyoming Secretary of State (2018–2022)

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| 62

| Tom Lubnau

| 2013-2015

| Republican

| Gillette

|

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| 63

| Kermit Brown

| 2015-2017

| Republican

| Laramie

|

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| 64

| Steve Harshman

| 2017–2021

| Republican

| Casper

|

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| 65

| Eric Barlow

| 2021–2023

| Republican

| Gillette

|

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| 66

| Albert Sommers

| 2023–2025

| Republican

| Pinedale

|

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| 67

| Chip Neiman

| 2025–present

| Republican

| Hulett

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References

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See also

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