List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives since statehood.

Speaker of Colorado House of Representatives
Incumbent Julie McCluskie since January 9, 2023
Status	Presiding officer
Seat	Colorado State Capitol, Denver
Appointer	Colorado House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Webster Anthony

Speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
Webster Anthony	1876–1877	Republican	Arapahoe County		[1]
Rienzi Streeter	1879–1880	Republican	Longmont		[1]
William H. Doe	1881–1882	Republican	Idaho Springs		[1]
Elisha W. Davis	1883–1884	Republican	Lake County		[1]
Thomas B. Stuart	1885–1888	Republican	Denver		[1]
H. H. Eddy	1889–1890	Republican	Axial		[1]
James W. Hanna	1891	Republican	Cliff		[1]
Jesse White	1891–1892	Republican	Cortez		[1]
Elias M. Ammons	1893–1895	Republican	Symes		[2][1]
Arthur L. Humphrey	1895–1896	Republican	Colorado Springs		[1]
Edwin W. Hurlbut	1897–1898	Silver Republican	Cripple Creek		[3][1]
William G. Smith	1899–1900	Silver Republican	Golden		[4][1]
Benjamin F. Montgomery	1901–1902	Democratic	Cripple Creek		[5][1]
James B. Sanford	1903–1904	Republican	Castle Rock		[6][1]
William H. Dickson	1905–1906	Republican	Denver		[7][1]
Robert G. Breckenridge	1907–1909	Republican	Monte Vista		[8][1]
Harry L. Lubers	1909–1910	Democratic	Las Animas		[9][1]
George McLachlin	1911–1913	Democratic	Denver		[10][1]
Onias C. Skinner	1913–1914	Democratic	Montrose County		[10]
John H. Slattery	1914–1915	Democratic	Silverton		[10]
Philip B. Stewart	1915–1917	Republican	Colorado Springs		[10]
Boon Best	1917–1919	Democratic	Arlington		[10]
Allyn Cole	1919–1921	Republican	Lamar		[10]
Roy A. Davis	1921–1923	Republican	Colorado Springs		[10]
Charles C. Sackmann	1923–1925	Republican	Denver		[10]
William T. Lambert	1925–1927	Republican	Sedalia		[10]
John A. Holmberg	1927–1929	Republican	Orchard		[10]
Royal W. Calkins	1929–1931	Republican	Cortez		[10]
Delmer E. Hunter	1931–1933	Democratic	Manzanola		[10]
Byron G. Rogers	1933	Democratic	Las Animas		[10]
Warren H. Twining	1933–1935	Democratic	Aspen		[10]
Moses E. Smith	1933–1935	Democratic	Ault		[10]
Wayne N. Aspinall	1935–1937	Democratic	Palisade		[10]
William E. Higby	1939–1941	Republican	Monument		[10]
Homer L. Pearson	1941–1947	Republican	Wheat Ridge		[10]
William A. Carlson	1947–1949	Republican	Greely		[10]
Patrick Magill	1949–1950	Democratic	Steamboat Springs		[10]
Ben Bezoff	1950–1951	Republican	Denver		[10]
David A. Hamil	1951–1957	Republican	Atwood		[10]
Charles R. Conklin	1957–1961	Democratic	Delta		[10]
Albert J. Tomsic	1961–1963	Democratic	Walsenburg		[10]
John D. Vanderhoof	1963–1965	Republican	Glenwood Springs		[10]
Allen Dines	1965–1971	Democratic	Denver		[10]
John Fuhr	1971–1975	Republican	Aurora		[10]
Ruben A. Valdez	1975–1977	Democratic	Denver		[10]
Ronald H. Strahle	1977–1979	Republican	Fort Collins		[10]
Robert F. Burford	1981–1979	Republican	Grand Junction		[10]
Carl Bledsoe	1981–1991	Republican	Hugo		[10]
Chuck Berry	1991–1998	Republican	Colorado Springs		[1]
Russell George	1999–2000	Republican	Rifle		[1]
Doug Dean	2001–2003	Republican	Colorado Springs		[1]
Lola Spradley	2003–2005	Republican	Beulah		[1]
Andrew Romanoff	2005–2009	Democratic	Denver		[1]
Terrance Carroll	2009–2011	Democratic	Denver		[1]
Frank McNulty	2011–2013	Republican	Highlands Ranch		[1]
Mark Ferrandino	2013–2015	Democratic	Denver		[1]
Dickey Lee Hullinghorst	2015–2017	Democratic	Longmont		[1]
Crisanta Duran	2017–2019	Democratic
KC Becker	2019–2021	Democratic
Alec Garnett	2021–2023	Democratic
Julie McCluskie	2023–	Democratic

Speakers of the Colorado Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
C. F. Holly	September 9, 1861 – November 7, 1861				[11]
George F. Crocker	July 7, 1862 – August 15, 1862				[12]
Jerome B. Chaffee	February 1, 1864 – March 11, 1864				[13]
Levi H. Harsh	January 2, 1865 – February 10, 1865				[14]
E. N. Stearns	January 1, 1866 – February 9, 1866				[15]
Edward L. Berthoud	December 3, 1866 – January 11, 1867				[16]
C. H. McLaughlin	December 2, 1867 – January 10, 1868				[17]
George W. Miller	January 3, 1870 – February 11, 1870				[18]
Alvin Marsh	January 1, 1872 – February 9, 1872				[19]
D. H. Nichols	January 5, 1874 – February 13, 1874				[20]
Alfred Butters	January 3, 1876 – February 11, 1876				[21]