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List of speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates

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Lists of speakers of state lower houses in the United States
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in 1863, the following persons have served as Speaker:
1641:"West Virginia Legislature: Speakers of the House" 1938:Speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates 1919: 1691:Speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates 197: 44:Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates 20:Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates 1675: 191:Speakers of the House of Delegates under the 1682: 1668: 1628:List of West Virginia state legislatures 1920: 1663: 13: 1933:Lists of West Virginia politicians 14: 1954: 1906: 1623:West Virginia House of Delegates 1538: 1510: 1434: 1406: 1375: 1349: 1321: 1293: 1265: 1239: 1211: 1185: 1159: 1131: 1103: 1075: 1047: 1017: 991: 959:1921–1923, 1925–1927 894:1915–1917, 1927–1929 609: 550:1883–1885, 1889–1891 512: 459: 429: 79:West Virginia House of Delegates 49: 1583: 1561: 1533: 1505: 1480: 1457: 1429: 1401: 1370: 1344: 1316: 1288: 1260: 1234: 1206: 1180: 1154: 1126: 1098: 1070: 1042: 1012: 986: 965: 944: 923: 902: 879: 858: 835: 812: 789: 768: 745: 722: 699: 676: 655: 632: 604: 579: 556: 535: 507: 484: 454: 424: 403: 380: 357: 334: 311: 288: 265: 242: 219: 199: 1: 1633: 193:Constitution of West Virginia 7: 1928:Government of West Virginia 1611: 101:West Virginia State Capitol 10: 1959: 125:West Virginia Constitution 72:since August 29, 2018 1904: 1697: 1618:West Virginia Legislature 166: 156: 148: 130: 120: 110: 94: 84: 77: 62: 48: 43: 36:West Virginia's founding 1246:Julius W. Singleton Jr. 662:William Seymour Edwards 136:; 161 years ago 121:Constituting instrument 865:William Taylor George 520:Emanuel Willis Wilson 56:Seal of West Virginia 364:Elbridge G. Cracraft 1192:William E. Flannery 437:Alexander W. Monroe 1600:2018–present 1257:Monongalia County 998:J. William Cummins 920:Greenbrier County 909:Joseph S. Thurmond 775:Fred Paul Grosscup 318:Solomon S. Fleming 296:Henry C. McWhorter 134:June 20, 1863 115:House of Delegates 28:House of Delegates 1915: 1914: 1645:www.wvculture.org 1609: 1608: 1138:Malcolm R. Arnold 886:Vernon E. Johnson 729:William G. Wilson 575:Greenbrier County 503:Pocahontas County 491:George H. Moffett 410:William M. Miller 388:Albert E. Summers 261:Monongalia County 188: 187: 89:Presiding officer 24:presiding officer 1950: 1910: 1684: 1677: 1670: 1661: 1660: 1656: 1654: 1652: 1542: 1530:Harrison County 1514: 1488:Richard Thompson 1438: 1410: 1379: 1367:Harrison County 1353: 1328:Lewis N. McManus 1325: 1301:Ivor F. Boiarsky 1297: 1285:Harrison County 1269: 1243: 1215: 1189: 1163: 1135: 1111:James Kay Thomas 1107: 1079: 1066:Pendleton County 1051: 1025:J. Alfred Taylor 1021: 995: 951:Edwin M. Keatley 854:Jefferson County 706:Owen S. McKinney 613: 563:Thomas H. Dennis 516: 463: 450:Hampshire County 433: 341:William M. Welch 198: 184: 181: 179: 177: 175: 173: 144: 142: 137: 53: 41: 40: 1958: 1957: 1953: 1952: 1951: 1949: 1948: 1947: 1918: 1917: 1916: 1911: 1902: 1693: 1688: 1650: 1648: 1639: 1636: 1614: 1569:John Overington 1558:Kanawha County 1555:2015–2018 1527:2013–2015 1497:2007–2013 1477:Raleigh County 1474:1997–2007 1451:1987–1997 1423:1985–1987 1414:Joseph Albright 1393:1979–1985 1364:1977–1979 1336:1971–1977 1313:Kanawha County 1310:1969–1971 1282:1965–1969 1254:1961–1965 1230:McDowell County 1226:1958–1961 1218:Harry R. Pauley 1200:1949–1958 1177:Kanawha County 1174:1943–1949 1146:1941–1943 1123:Kanawha County 1120:1937–1941 1090:1935–1937 1062:1933–1935 1034:1931–1933 1006:1929–1931 983:Kanawha County 980:1923–1925 962:Kanawha County 941:Jackson County 938:1919–1921 930:J. Luther Wolfe 917:1917–1919 876:Barbour County 873:1913–1915 850:1911–1913 827:1909–1911 819:J.H. Strickling 804:1907–1909 796:James A. Seaman 786:Kanawha County 783:1905–1907 760:1903–1905 741:Randolph County 737:1901–1903 714:1899–1901 695:Marshall County 691:1897–1899 683:Samuel R. Hanen 673:Kanawha County 670:1895–1897 647:1893–1895 624:1891–1893 596:1887–1889 571:1885–1887 542:Joseph J. Woods 532:Kanawha County 529:1881–1883 499:1879–1881 476:1877–1879 446:1875–1877 418:1872–1875 400:Kanawha County 397:1872–1872 372:1871–1872 349:1870–1871 330:Harrison County 326:1869–1870 308:Kanawha County 305:1868–1869 280:1866–1868 272:David S. Pinnel 257:1864–1866 234:1863–1864 196: 170: 140: 138: 135: 73: 71: 70: 66: 58: 12: 11: 5: 1956: 1946: 1945: 1940: 1935: 1930: 1913: 1912: 1905: 1903: 1901: 1900: 1895: 1890: 1885: 1880: 1875: 1870: 1865: 1860: 1857: 1854: 1849: 1844: 1841: 1838: 1835: 1832: 1829: 1824: 1821: 1818: 1813: 1810: 1807: 1804: 1801: 1798: 1795: 1792: 1789: 1786: 1783: 1780: 1777: 1774: 1771: 1768: 1765: 1762: 1759: 1754: 1751: 1748: 1743: 1740: 1735: 1730: 1727: 1722: 1719: 1716: 1713: 1708: 1705: 1702: 1698: 1695: 1694: 1687: 1686: 1679: 1672: 1664: 1658: 1657: 1635: 1632: 1631: 1630: 1625: 1620: 1613: 1610: 1607: 1606: 1601: 1598: 1593: 1588: 1586: 1582: 1581: 1579: 1576: 1571: 1566: 1564: 1560: 1559: 1556: 1553: 1548: 1543: 1536: 1532: 1531: 1528: 1525: 1520: 1515: 1508: 1504: 1503: 1498: 1495: 1490: 1485: 1483: 1479: 1478: 1475: 1472: 1467: 1465:Robert S. Kiss 1462: 1460: 1456: 1455: 1454:Cabell County 1452: 1449: 1444: 1442:Chuck Chambers 1439: 1432: 1428: 1427: 1424: 1421: 1416: 1411: 1404: 1400: 1399: 1394: 1391: 1386: 1380: 1373: 1369: 1368: 1365: 1362: 1357: 1356:Donald L. Kopp 1354: 1347: 1343: 1342: 1340:Raleigh County 1337: 1334: 1329: 1326: 1319: 1315: 1314: 1311: 1308: 1303: 1298: 1291: 1287: 1286: 1283: 1280: 1275: 1273:H. Laban White 1270: 1263: 1259: 1258: 1255: 1252: 1247: 1244: 1237: 1233: 1232: 1227: 1224: 1219: 1216: 1209: 1205: 1204: 1201: 1198: 1193: 1190: 1183: 1179: 1178: 1175: 1172: 1167: 1164: 1157: 1153: 1152: 1147: 1144: 1139: 1136: 1129: 1125: 1124: 1121: 1118: 1113: 1108: 1101: 1097: 1096: 1091: 1088: 1083: 1082:John J. Pelter 1080: 1073: 1069: 1068: 1063: 1060: 1055: 1054:Ralph M. Hiner 1052: 1045: 1041: 1040: 1038:Fayette County 1035: 1032: 1027: 1022: 1015: 1011: 1010: 1007: 1004: 999: 996: 989: 985: 984: 981: 978: 973: 970: 968: 964: 963: 960: 957: 952: 949: 947: 943: 942: 939: 936: 931: 928: 926: 922: 921: 918: 915: 910: 907: 905: 901: 900: 895: 892: 887: 884: 882: 878: 877: 874: 871: 866: 863: 861: 857: 856: 851: 848: 843: 840: 838: 834: 833: 828: 825: 820: 817: 815: 811: 810: 808:Jackson County 805: 802: 797: 794: 792: 788: 787: 784: 781: 776: 773: 771: 767: 766: 761: 758: 753: 750: 748: 744: 743: 738: 735: 730: 727: 725: 721: 720: 715: 712: 707: 704: 702: 698: 697: 692: 689: 684: 681: 679: 675: 674: 671: 668: 663: 660: 658: 654: 653: 651:Barbour County 648: 645: 640: 637: 635: 631: 630: 625: 622: 617: 614: 607: 603: 602: 597: 594: 589: 584: 582: 578: 577: 572: 569: 564: 561: 559: 555: 554: 551: 548: 543: 540: 538: 534: 533: 530: 527: 522: 517: 510: 506: 505: 500: 497: 492: 489: 487: 483: 482: 477: 474: 469: 467:Eustace Gibson 464: 457: 453: 452: 447: 444: 439: 434: 427: 423: 422: 419: 416: 411: 408: 406: 402: 401: 398: 395: 390: 385: 383: 379: 378: 373: 370: 365: 362: 360: 356: 355: 353:Mineral County 350: 347: 342: 339: 337: 333: 332: 327: 324: 319: 316: 314: 310: 309: 306: 303: 298: 293: 291: 287: 286: 281: 278: 273: 270: 268: 264: 263: 258: 255: 250: 249:Lee Roy Kramer 247: 245: 241: 240: 238:Kanawha County 235: 232: 227: 226:Spicer Patrick 224: 222: 218: 217: 214: 211: 208: 205: 202: 195: 189: 186: 185: 174:.wvlegislature 168: 164: 163: 158: 154: 153: 152:Spicer Patrick 150: 146: 145: 132: 128: 127: 122: 118: 117: 112: 108: 107: 98: 92: 91: 86: 82: 81: 75: 74: 64: 63: 60: 59: 54: 46: 45: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1955: 1944: 1941: 1939: 1936: 1934: 1931: 1929: 1926: 1925: 1923: 1909: 1899: 1896: 1894: 1891: 1889: 1886: 1884: 1881: 1879: 1876: 1874: 1871: 1869: 1866: 1864: 1861: 1858: 1855: 1853: 1850: 1848: 1845: 1842: 1839: 1836: 1833: 1830: 1828: 1825: 1822: 1819: 1817: 1814: 1811: 1808: 1805: 1802: 1799: 1796: 1793: 1790: 1787: 1784: 1781: 1778: 1775: 1772: 1769: 1766: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1752: 1749: 1747: 1744: 1741: 1739: 1736: 1734: 1731: 1728: 1726: 1723: 1720: 1717: 1714: 1712: 1709: 1706: 1703: 1700: 1699: 1696: 1692: 1685: 1680: 1678: 1673: 1671: 1666: 1665: 1662: 1646: 1642: 1638: 1637: 1629: 1626: 1624: 1621: 1619: 1616: 1615: 1605: 1602: 1599: 1597: 1594: 1592: 1591:Roger Hanshaw 1589: 1587: 1584: 1580: 1577: 1575: 1572: 1570: 1567: 1565: 1562: 1557: 1554: 1552: 1549: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1537: 1534: 1529: 1526: 1524: 1521: 1519: 1516: 1513: 1509: 1506: 1502: 1499: 1496: 1494: 1491: 1489: 1486: 1484: 1481: 1476: 1473: 1471: 1468: 1466: 1463: 1461: 1458: 1453: 1450: 1448: 1445: 1443: 1440: 1437: 1433: 1430: 1425: 1422: 1420: 1417: 1415: 1412: 1409: 1405: 1402: 1398: 1395: 1392: 1390: 1387: 1384: 1381: 1378: 1374: 1371: 1366: 1363: 1361: 1358: 1355: 1352: 1348: 1345: 1341: 1338: 1335: 1333: 1330: 1327: 1324: 1320: 1317: 1312: 1309: 1307: 1304: 1302: 1299: 1296: 1292: 1289: 1284: 1281: 1279: 1276: 1274: 1271: 1268: 1264: 1261: 1256: 1253: 1251: 1248: 1245: 1242: 1238: 1235: 1231: 1228: 1225: 1223: 1220: 1217: 1214: 1210: 1207: 1203:Logan County 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1191: 1188: 1184: 1181: 1176: 1173: 1171: 1168: 1165: 1162: 1158: 1155: 1151: 1148: 1145: 1143: 1140: 1137: 1134: 1130: 1127: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1114: 1112: 1109: 1106: 1102: 1099: 1095: 1092: 1089: 1087: 1084: 1081: 1078: 1074: 1071: 1067: 1064: 1061: 1059: 1056: 1053: 1050: 1046: 1043: 1039: 1036: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1020: 1016: 1013: 1008: 1005: 1003: 1000: 997: 994: 990: 987: 982: 979: 977: 974: 971: 969: 966: 961: 958: 956: 953: 950: 948: 945: 940: 937: 935: 932: 929: 927: 924: 919: 916: 914: 911: 908: 906: 903: 899: 898:Morgan County 896: 893: 891: 888: 885: 883: 880: 875: 872: 870: 867: 864: 862: 859: 855: 852: 849: 847: 844: 841: 839: 836: 832: 829: 826: 824: 821: 818: 816: 813: 809: 806: 803: 801: 798: 795: 793: 790: 785: 782: 780: 777: 774: 772: 769: 765: 762: 759: 757: 754: 751: 749: 746: 742: 739: 736: 734: 731: 728: 726: 723: 719: 718:Marion County 716: 713: 711: 708: 705: 703: 700: 696: 693: 690: 688: 685: 682: 680: 677: 672: 669: 667: 664: 661: 659: 656: 652: 649: 646: 644: 641: 639:David W. Shaw 638: 636: 633: 629: 626: 623: 621: 618: 616:Louis Bennett 615: 612: 608: 605: 601: 600:Monroe County 598: 595: 593: 590: 588: 587:John M. Rowan 585: 583: 580: 576: 573: 570: 568: 565: 562: 560: 557: 552: 549: 547: 544: 541: 539: 536: 531: 528: 526: 523: 521: 518: 515: 511: 508: 504: 501: 498: 496: 493: 490: 488: 485: 481: 480:Cabell County 478: 475: 473: 470: 468: 465: 462: 458: 455: 451: 448: 445: 443: 440: 438: 435: 432: 428: 425: 420: 417: 415: 412: 409: 407: 404: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 377: 374: 371: 369: 366: 363: 361: 358: 354: 351: 348: 346: 343: 340: 338: 335: 331: 328: 325: 323: 320: 317: 315: 312: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 292: 289: 285: 284:Upshur County 282: 279: 277: 274: 271: 269: 266: 262: 259: 256: 254: 251: 248: 246: 243: 239: 236: 233: 231: 228: 225: 223: 220: 215: 212: 209: 206: 203: 200: 194: 183: 169: 165: 162: 159: 155: 151: 147: 133: 129: 126: 123: 119: 116: 113: 109: 106: 102: 99: 97: 93: 90: 87: 83: 80: 76: 69: 68:Roger Hanshaw 61: 57: 52: 47: 42: 39: 37: 33: 32:West Virginia 29: 25: 21: 16: 1776:W. G. Wilson 1746:E. W. Wilson 1690: 1649:. 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Constitution of West Virginia
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Kanawha County
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Monongalia County
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Upshur County
Henry C. McWhorter
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