List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Presidents and Speakers of the Colorado General Assembly: A Biographical Portrait from 1876. Denver, CO, 2016 edition.
2. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
3. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
4. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado. | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
5. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
6. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
7. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
8. Web site: Senate Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
9. Web site: House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
10. Book: 9780313302121. Sharp. James Roger. Sharp. Nancy Weatherly. 1999. Bloomsbury Academic .
11. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
12. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
13. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
14. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
15. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
16. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
17. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
18. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado. | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
19. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
20. Web site: Council Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado, Tenth Session, Convened at Denver, on the 5TH Day of January, 1874. | Colorado House and Senate Journals.
21. Web site: House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado | Colorado House and Senate Journals.