Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
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This is a list of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives. The speaker is the presiding officer of the Alaska House of Representatives
. This list covers both the territorial
House (convened mostly biennially between 1913 and 1957) and the state House (convened annually since 1959).
Alaska House of Representatives
The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of about 15,673 people . Members serve two-year terms without term limits...
. This list covers both the territorial
Alaska Territory
The Territory of Alaska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 24, 1912, until January 3, 1959, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska...
House (convened mostly biennially between 1913 and 1957) and the state House (convened annually since 1959).
Territorial House
| No. | Name | Party | Hometown | Division | Term | Legislatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earnest B. Collins | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
Fox Fox, Alaska Fox is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2007 census the population was 353.-Geography:... |
4th | 1913 - 1917 | First, Second |
| 2 | Luther C. Hess | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage... |
4th | 1917 - 1919 | Third |
| 3 | E. J. White | Democratic | Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900... |
1st | 1919 - 1921 | Fourth |
| 4 | Andrew Nerland | Republican | Fairbanks | 4th | 1921 - 1923 | Fifth |
| 5 | Cash Cole | Republican | Juneau | 1st | 1923 - 1925 | Sixth |
| 6 | C. H. Wilcox | Democratic | Valdez Valdez, Alaska Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y... |
3rd | 1925 - 1927 | Seventh |
| 7 | Sumner S. Smith | Republican | Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... |
3rd | 1927 - 1929 | Eighth |
| 8 | R. C. Rothenburg | Independent Republican Independent Republican (United States) Independent Republican is a term occasionally adopted by members of Congress in the United States to refer to their party affiliation and is also used for those on the state level who are Republicans but do not affiliate with the national Republican Party.... |
Fairbanks | 4th | 1929 - 1931 | Ninth |
| 9 | Grover C. Winn Grover C. Winn Grover C. Winn was Speaker of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives.-Biography:Winn was born Grover Cleveland Winn in Wisconsin in 1886. His son, William, became a noted art dealer and critic in Juneau, Alaska. Winn passed away in 1943.-Career:... |
Republican | Juneau | 1st | 1931 - 1933 | Tenth |
| 10 | Joe McDonald | Democratic | Ester Creek Ester, Alaska Ester is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the 'Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 2,422 at the 2010 census... |
4th | 1933 - 1935 | Eleventh |
| 11 | Joseph S. Hofman | Democratic | Seward Seward, Alaska Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016.... |
3rd | 1935 - 1937 | Twelfth |
| 12 | Joe Green | Democratic | Hyder Hyder, Alaska Hyder is a census-designated place in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 97. Hyder has achieved fame as a point in Alaska accessible to automobile and motorbike travelers in Canada who want to say that they have been to Alaska... |
1st | 1937 - 1939 | Thirteenth |
| 13 | Howard Lyng | Democratic | Nome Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... |
2nd | 1939 - 1941 | Fourteenth |
| 14 | Herbert H. McCutcheon | Democratic | Anchorage | 3rd | 1941 - 1943 | Fifteenth |
| 15 | James V. Davis | Democratic | Juneau | 1st | 1943 - 1945 | Sixteenth |
| 16 | Jesse D. Lander | Democratic | Fairbanks | 4th | 1945 - 1947 | Seventeenth |
| 17 | Oscar S. Gill Oscar S. Gill Oscar S. Gill was an Alaskan Republican politician. He was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1932-1933 and 1934-1936.-Biography:Oscar Stephen Gill was born April 3, 1880 in St. Lawrence, Pennsylvania. He moved with his wife, Emma Dohrman Gill, to Alaska in 1907... |
Republican | Anchorage | 3rd | 1947 - 1949 | Eighteenth |
| 18 | Stanley J. McCutcheon | Democratic | Anchorage | 3rd | 1949 - 1951 | Nineteenth |
| 19 | William A. Egan | Democratic | Valdez | 3rd | 1951 - 1953 | Twentieth |
| 20 | George J. Miscovich | Republican | Fairbanks | 4th | 1953 - 1955 | Twenty-First |
| 21 | Wendell P. Kay Wendell P. Kay Wendell Palmer Kay was an American Democratic politician from Alaska.Born in Illinois Wendell Palmer Kay, a lawyer, was a member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives from 1951 to 1956, representing 3rd district, and the Speaker of this body during his last term .In addition, during... |
Democratic | Anchorage | 3rd | 1955 - 1957 | Twenty-Second |
| 22 | Richard J. Greuel Richard J. Greuel Richard J. Greuel was Speaker of the Alaska Territory House of Representatives.-Biography:Greuel was born in Wisconsin in 1928. He would go on to work in real estate. Greuel was Presbyterian.-Political career:... |
Democratic | Fairbanks | 4th | 1957 - 1959 | Twenty-Third |
State House
| No. | Name | Party | Hometown | District | Term | Legislatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren A. Taylor Warren A. Taylor Warren Arthur Taylor was an American Democratic politician from Alaska active during its territorial period and first years of statehood. He became the first Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage... |
19 | 1959 - 1963 | First 1st Alaska State Legislature The 1st Alaska State Legislature served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 25, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a territory.-Terms:... , Second 2nd Alaska State Legislature -Sessions:*1st session: January 23, 1961–April 7, 1961*2nd session: January 23, 1962–April 12, 1962-Make-up:-Members:-Sessions:*1st session: January 23, 1961–April 7, 1961*2nd session: January 23, 1962–April 12, 1962-Make-up:... |
| 2 | Bruce Biers Kendall Bruce Biers Kendall Bruce Biers Kendall is a retired American hotelier and Republican politician from Alaska.A Methodist, Kendall was born in Martinsburg, Nebraska and grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. He later moved to Alaska, living in Cordova, Valdez and Anchorage... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... |
8 | 1963 - 1965 | Third |
| 3 | Mike Gravel Mike Gravel Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from 1969 to 1981, and a former candidate in the 2008 presidential election.... |
Democratic | Anchorage | 8 | 1965 - 1967 | Fourth |
| 4 | William K. Boardman William K. Boardman William Knight Boardman was a Republican United States legislator who served as Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1967 to 1968.Born in Iowa, Boardman was a resident of Ketchikan, Alaska... |
Republican | Ketchikan Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state.... |
1 | 1967 - 1969 | Fifth |
| 5 | Jalmar M. Kerttula Jalmar M. Kerttula Jalmar M. Kerttula is a retired Alaska politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Kerttula served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1961 to 1972... |
Democratic | Palmer Palmer, Alaska Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937.... |
7 | 1969 - 1971 | Sixth |
| 6 | Gene Guess | Democratic | Anchorage | 8 | 1971 - 1973 | Seventh |
| 7 | Tom Fink Tom Fink Thomas A. "Tom" Fink is a Republican politician in Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1987-1994 and Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1973-1975. He is also a former member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board after being appointed by President George W... |
Republican | Anchorage | 8 | 1973 - 1975 | Eighth |
| 8 | Mike Bradner | Democratic | Fairbanks | 20 | 1975 - 1977 | Ninth |
| 9 | Hugh Malone | Democratic | Kenai Kenai, Alaska Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464... |
13 | 1977 - 1979 | Tenth |
| 10 | Terry Gardiner | Democratic | Ketchikan | 1 | 1979 - 1981 | Eleventh |
| 11 | Jim Duncan | Democratic | Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900... |
4 | 1981 - 1981 | Twelfth |
| 12 | Joe L. Hayes | Republican | Anchorage | 12, 9 | 1981 - 1985 | Twelfth, Thirteenth |
| 13 | Ben Grussendorf | Democratic | Sitka | 3 | 1985 - 1989 | Fourteenth, Fifteenth |
| 14 | Samuel R. Cotten | Democratic | Eagle River Eagle River, Alaska Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577... |
15 | 1989 - 1991 | Sixteenth |
| 15 | Ben Grussendorf | Democratic | Sitka | 3 | 1991 - 1993 | Seventeenth |
| 16 | Ramona L. Barnes | Republican | Anchorage | 22 | 1993 - 1995 | Eighteenth |
| 17 | Gail Phillips | Republican | Homer Homer, Alaska Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"... |
7 | 1995 - 1999 | Nineteenth, Twentieth |
| 18 | Brian S. Porter | Republican | Anchorage | 20 | 1999 - 2003 | Twenty-First, Twenty-Second |
| 19 | Pete Kott Pete Kott Peter "Pete" Kott is a former Republican state representative for District 17 serving Eagle River, Alaska, in the Alaska Legislature for seven terms, from 1993 until 2007. He was Speaker of the House during his sixth term in 2003-2004... |
Republican | Eagle River | 17 | 2003 - 2005 | Twenty-Third |
| 20 | John Harris John Harris (Alaska politician) John Harris is an American politician and member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He served as Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2008. He was first elected in 1998 and represents the 12th district, as a member of the Republican Party. He was the mayor of Valdez from 1992 to 1996 and a... |
Republican | Valdez | 12 | 2005 - 2009 | Twenty-Fourth 24th Alaska State Legislature The 24th Alaska State Legislature served during 2005 and 2006. 9 members of the Alaska Senate were elected on November 5, 2002. The remaining senators and all members of the Alaska House of Representatives were elected on November 2, 2004.-Sessions:... , Twenty-Fifth 25th Alaska State Legislature -Sessions:*First session: January 16, 2007–May 16, 2007*Second session: January 15, 2008–April 13, 2008*Special session: June 3, 2008–August 7, 2008-Composition:-Leadership:... |
| 21 | Mike Chenault Mike Chenault Charles Michael "Mike" Chenault is the Republican Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives for the 26th Alaska State Legislature. He currently represents Alaska's 34th District, which encompasses most of the central Kenai Peninsula, exclusive of the cities of Kenai and Soldotna and the area... |
Republican | Nikiski Nikiski, Alaska Nikiski is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 4,327 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nikiski is located at .... |
34 | 2009 - present | Twenty-Sixth 26th Alaska State Legislature The 26th Alaska State Legislature was elected in November 2008.-Sessions:* First session: January 20, 2009–May 19, 2009* Special session: August 10, 2009* Second session: January 19, 2010–April 18, 2010... |