List of speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives holds the oldest statewide elected office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1] Since its first session under the Frame of Government in 1682, presided over by William Penn, over 130 House members have been elevated to the speaker's chair. The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore.
| Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honorable |
| Appointer | Elected by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Inaugural holder | William Bingham |
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Speaker K. Leroy Irvis was the first African-American elected speaker of any state legislature in the United States since the Reconstruction era.
Current Speaker Joanna McClinton is the first female and first female African-American speaker.
List of speakers of the Provincial Assembly
Speakers of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly (1682–1775) and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (following the 1776 Constitution).
| Name | Date elected |
|---|---|
| unknown (probably Wynne or More, below) | 1687/1688 |
| Thomas Wynne | 1688 |
| Nicholas More | 1689 |
| John White | 1690 |
| Arthur Cook | 1692 |
| Joseph Growdon | 1695 |
| unknown | 1696 |
| William Clark | 1700 |
| Joseph Growdon | 1701 |
| David Lloyd | 1702 |
| Edward Shippen | 1703 |
| John Simcock | 1707 |
| John Blunston | 1709 |
| Phineas Pemberton | 1710/1711 |
| John Blunston | 1711 |
| Joseph Growdon | 1713/1714 |
| David Lloyd | 1714 |
| Joseph Growden | 1715 |
| David Lloyd | 1716/1717 |
| Richard Hill | 1717 |
| Isaac Norris | 1718 |
| Joseph Growdon | 1719 |
| David Lloyd | 1721 |
| Joseph Growdon | 1723 |
| Richard Hill | 1724 |
| William Trent | 1725 |
| Jonathan Dickinson | 1726 |
| William Trent | 1727 |
| Isaac Norris | 1728 |
| Jeremiah Langhorne | 1729 |
| Joseph Growdon | 1730 |
| David Lloyd | 1732/1733 |
| William Biles, Jr. | 1733 |
| David Lloyd | 1734 |
| Andrew Hamilton | 1736 |
| Jeremiah Langhorne | 1737 |
| Andrew Hamilton | 1741 |
| John Kinsey | 1749 |
| John Wright | 1755 |
| John Kinsey | 1758 |
| Isaac Norris (II) | 1763 |
| Thomas Leech | 1766 |
| Isaac Norris (II) | 1769 |
| Thomas Leech | 1770 |
| Isaac Norris (II) | 1772 |
| Benjamin Franklin | 1773 |
| Isaac Norris (II) | 1776 |
| Joseph Fox | 1779 |
| Joseph Galloway | 1780 |
| Joseph Fox | 1781 |
| Joseph Galloway | 1782 |
| Edward Biddle | 1785 |
| John Morton | 1787 |
| John Jacobs (under the 1776 Constitution) | 1790 |
| John Bayard | 1791 |
| Frederick Muhlenberg | 1793 |
| George Gray | 1795 |
| John Bayard | 1784 |
| Thomas Mifflin | 1785 |
| Gerardus Wynkoop II[2] | 1786 (four days)[3] |
| Richard Peters | 1788 |
| William Bingham (under the 1790 constitution) | 1790 |
List of speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
References
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives web site Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- "Philadelphia, December 27". Freeman's Journal. December 27, 1786. p. 2.
- Hiltzheimer, Jacob; Parsons, Jacob Cox (1893). Extracts from the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer: of Philadelphia. 1765-1798. Press of W. F. Fell & co.
- "Samuel D. Patterson". legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- Caruso, Stephen (February 28, 2023). "PA House Speaker Mark Rozzi steps down". Spotlight PA. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- Schmedlen, Jeanne Hearn (1998). Wisdom, Vision and Diplomacy: Speakers of the Pennsylvania House (A Biographical History of the Speakers of the Provincial Assembly and the House of Representatives, 1682-1998). Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania House of Representatives. ISBN 978-0-9667794-0-0. OCLC 40553654.
- "Speakers of the Provincial Assembly (1682-1790)" (PDF). The Pennsylvania Manual, Volume 117 (2005-2006 General Assembly). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications. Retrieved March 1, 2007.
- "Speakers of the House of Representatives since 1791" (PDF). The Pennsylvania Manual, Volume 117 (2005-2006 General Assembly). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications. Retrieved March 1, 2007.
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