List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates

The following persons have served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.

OrderNameCounty or CityBornTerm beganTerm endedDied
1stPendleton, EdmundCaroline County1721177617761803
2ndWythe, GeorgeWilliamsburg1726177717781806
3rdHarrison, BenjaminCharles City County1726177817811791
4thLee, Richard HenryWestmoreland County1732178117811794
5thTyler, John Sr.Charles City County1747178117851813
3rdHarrison, BenjaminCharles City County1726178517861791
6thPrentis, JosephWilliamsburg1754178617881809
7thMathews, ThomasNorfolk Borough1742178817941812
8thWise, JohnAccomack Countybefore 1768179417991812
9thSmith, LarkinKing and Queen Countyc. 1757179918021813
10thHarrison, EdmundAmelia County1764180218031826
11thHolmes, HughFrederick County1768180318051825
12thJohnston, Peter Jr.Prince Edward County1763180518071831
13thNelson, Hugh (D-R)Albemarle County1768180718091836
14thBarbour, James (D-R)Orange County1775180918121842
15thStevenson, Andrew (D-R)Richmond1784181218161857
16thStanard, RobertSpotsylvania County1781181618171846
17thBanks, Linn (D)Madison County1784181718381842
18thGilmer, Thomas W. (W)Albemarle County1802183918401844
19thSouthall, Valentine W.Albemarle County1789–1790184018421861
20thHolleman, Joel (D)Isle of Wight County1799184218441844
19thSouthall, Valentine W.Albemarle County1789–1790184418451861
21stGoode, William O. (D)Mecklenburg County1798184518461859
22ndJones, John W. (D)Chesterfield County1791184718471848
23rdStrother, James F. (W)Rappahannock County1811184718481860
24thHopkins, Henry L. (D)Powhatan County1805184818501872
25thHopkins, George W.Washington County1804185018521861
26thCrutchfield, Oscar M.Spotsylvania County1800185218611861
27thKemper, James L. (D)Madison County1823186118631895
28thSheffey, Hugh W.Augusta County1815186318651889
29thBaldwin, John B. (C)Augusta County1820186518691873
30thTurner, Zephaniah Jr. (D)Rappahannock County1812186918711876
31stHanger, J. Marshall (D)Augusta County1833187118771912
32ndAllen, Henry C. (D)Shenandoah County1838187718791889
33rdLacy, Benjamin W. (D)New Kent County1839187918811895
34thFowler, Isaac C. (Rea)Washington County1831188118821904
35thStuart, Charles E. (D)Alexandria1850188318871889
36thCardwell, Richard H. (D)Hanover County1846188718941931
37thRyan, John F. (D)Loudoun County1848189418991936
38thSaunders, Edward W. (D)Franklin County1860189919011921
37thRyan, John F. (D)Loudoun County1848190119061936
39thCardwell, William D. (D)Hanover County1868190619081954
40thByrd, Richard E. (D)Winchester1860190819141925
41stCox, Edwin P. (D)Richmond1870191419161938
42ndHouston, Harry R. (D)Elizabeth City County1878191619201960
43rdBrewer, Richard L. Jr. (D)Suffolk1864192019261947
44thOzlin, Thomas W. (D)Lunenburg County1884192619301944
45thBrown, J. Sinclair (D)Roanoke County1880193019361965
46thDovell, G. Ashton (D)Williamsburg1885193619421949
47thStanley, Thomas B. (D)Henry County1890194219461970
48thMassenburg, G. Alvin (D)Hampton1894194719501968
49thMoore, E. Blackburn (D)Frederick County1897195019681980
50thCooke, John Warren (D)Mathews County1915196819802009
51stPhilpott, Albert L. (D)Henry County1919198019911991
52ndMoss. Thomas W. Jr. (D)Norfolk1928199120002015
53rdWilkins, S. Vance Jr. (R)Amherst County193620002002 
54thHowell, William J. (R)Stafford County194320032018 
55thCox, M. Kirkland (R)Colonial Heights19572018present 

Acting Speaker

According to Rules 2 and 16 of the House of Delegates, the chair of the Committee on Privileges and Elections serves as Acting Speaker when there is a vacancy in the Speaker's office. This has occurred twice since 1990:

  • Ford C. Quillen of Scott County was Acting Speaker from the death of A. L. Philpott on September 28, 1991, until the House met in a special redistricting session in November, when Thomas W. Moss Jr. was elected Speaker.
  • Lacey E. Putney of Bedford was Acting Speaker from the resignation of S. Vance Wilkins Jr. on June 15, 2002, until the House met in regular session in January 2003, when William J. Howell was elected Speaker.

See also

References

  • Jamerson, Bruce F. (Fall 2002). "Interpreting the Rules: Speaker's Resignation Challenges; Virginia House of Delegates" (PDF). Journal of the American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  • Jamerson, Bruce F., Clerk of the House of Delegates, supervising (2007). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-2007. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia House of Delegates.
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