List of speakers of the New Mexico House of Representatives

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

Speaker of New Mexico House of Representatives
Seal of the New Mexico House of Representatives
Incumbent Javier Martínez since January 17, 2023
Status	Presiding officer
Seat	New Mexico State Capitol, Santa Fe
Appointer	New Mexico House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Roman L. Baca

Speakers of the New Mexico House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
Roman L. Baca	1912–1915	Republican	Santa Fe		[1]
Secundino Romero	1915–1916	Republican	San Miguel		[2]
William H. H. Llewellyn	1916–1919	Republican	Las Cruces		[1]
Antonio A. Sedillo	1919–1921	Republican	Socorro		[2][1]
Albert H. Clancy	1921–1923	Republican	Santa Fe		[2][1]
Byron O. Beall	1923–1925	Democratic	Chaves		[2][1]
D. W. Smith	1925–1931	Democratic	Grant		[2][1]
Alvan N. White	1931–1939	Democratic	Grant		[2][1]
George W. Armijo	1939–1941	Democratic	Santa Fe		[2][1]
Frank J. McCarthy	1941–1943	Democratic	Chaves		[2][1]
M. S. Smith	1943–1949	Democratic	Curry		[2][1]
Harry Vearle Payne	1949–1945	Democratic	Hidalgo		[2][1]
John F. Sims	1949–1951	Democratic	Bernalillo		[2][1]
Calvin P. Horn	1951–1953	Democratic	Bernalillo		[2][1]
Alvin Stockton	1953–1955	Republican	Colfax		[2][1]
Donald D. Hallam	1955–1959	Democratic	Lea		[2][1]
Mack Easley	1959–1961	Democratic	Lea		[2][1]
Jack M. Campbell	1961–1963	Democratic	Chaves		[2][1]
Bruce King	1963–1969	Democratic	Santa Fe		[2][1]
David L. Norvell	1969–1971	Democratic	Curry		[2][1]
Walter K. Martinez	1971–1979	Democratic	Valencia		[2][1]
C. Gene Samberson	1979–1982	Democratic	Lea		[2][1]
Raymond G. Sanchez	1983–1985	Democratic	Bernalillo		[2][1]
Gene Samberson	1985–1987	Democratic	Lea		[2][1]
Raymond G. Sanchez	1987–2001	Democratic	Bernalillo		[2][1]
Ben Luján	2001–2012	Democratic	Santa Fe		[1]
W. Ken Martinez	2012–2015	Democratic	Albuquerque		[1]
Don Tripp	2015–2017	Republican			[1]
Brian Egolf	2017–2023	Democratic
Javier Martínez	2023–	Democratic

Speakers of the New Mexico Territorial House of Representatives

Speaker	Term	Party	County/Residence	Notes	Citation
Theodore D. Wheaton	1851–1854		Taos		[3][4]
Facundo Pino	1854–1855				[4]
Celedonio Valdés	1855–1856				[4]
José S. Ramirez	1856–1857				[4]
Merrill Ashurst	1857–1858				[4]
José Guadalupe Gallegos	1858–1859				[4]
Levi J. Keithly C. C. Medina	1859–1860				[4]
José Manuel Gallegos	1860–1863				[4]
Vicente García	1863–1864				[4]
Pedro Valdés	1864–1865				[4]
Samuel Ellison	1865–1866				[4]
Richard M. Stephens	1866–1867				[4]
Jose Manuel Gallegos	1867–1868				[4]
Richard M. Stephens	1868–1869				[4]
Gregorio M. Otero	1869–1870				[4]
Milnor Louis Rudulph	1871–1872				[4]
Gregorio M. Otero	1873–1874				[4]
Roman A. Vaca	1875–1876				[4]
Juan B. Patron	1878–1880		Lincoln		[4][5]
Rafael Romero	1880–1882				[4]
Pedro Sanchez	1882–1884				[4]
Amado Chavez	1884–1886				[4]
Manuel C. de Baca	1886–1887	Republican	Conant		[4][6]
Albert J. Fountain	1888–1889		Lincoln, Doña Ana		[7]
William Burns	1890–1891		Kingston		[8]
Alejandro J. Branch	1892–1893		Mora		[9]
William E. Dame	1894–1895		Cerrillos		[10]
William H. H. Llewellyn	1897	Republican	Las Cruces		[11]
Maximiliano Luna	1899		Los Lunas		[12]
Benjamin M. Read	1901		Santa Fe		[13]
Carl A. Dalies	1905	Republican	Belen		[14]
Roman L. Baca	1907–1909	Republican	Santa Fe
E. A. Miera	1909	Republican	Cuba		[15]

See also

• List of New Mexico state legislatures