List of speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates
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This is a complete list of the speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates. Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Delegates specify other powers and duties of the post. The Speaker is currently elected for a two-year term in the odd-numbered years in which the Legislature convenes.
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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Virginia House of Delegates | |
Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Virginia General Assembly |
Appointer | Elected by the Virginia House of Delegates |
Inaugural holder | Edmund Pendleton |
List of speakers
- Parties
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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.
List of speakers by time in office (incomplete)
Rank | Name | Time in office | TE | Year(s) in which elected |
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1 | Linn Banks | 20 years, 148 days | 11 | 1817; 1819; 1821; 1823; 1825; 1827; 1829; 1831; 1833; 1835; 1837 |
2 | E. Blackburn Moore | 17 years, 364 days | 9 | 1950; 1952; 1954; 1956; 1958; 1960; 1962; 1964; 1966 |
3 | William J. Howell | 15 years, 2 days | 8 | 2003; 2004; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2016 |
4 | John Warren Cooke | 11 years, 364 days | 6 | 1968; 1970; 1972; 1974; 1976; 1978 |
5 | A. L. Philpott | 11 years, 262 days | 6 | 1980; 1982; 1984; 1986; 1988; 1990 |
6 | John F. Ryan | 9 years, 315 days | 5 | 1894; 1895; 1897; 1901; 1904 |
7 | Oscar M. Crutchfield | 9 years, 123 days | 5 | 1852; 1853; 1855; 1857; 1859 |
8 | Thomas W. Moss Jr. | 8 years, 54 days | 5 | 1991; 1992; 1994; 1996; 1998 |
9 | Richard H. Cardwell | 6 years, 85 days | 4 | 1887; 1889; 1891; 1893 |
10 (tie) | Richard E. Byrd Sr. | 6 years, 6 days | 3 | 1908; 1910; 1912 |
Ashton Dovell | 3 | 1936; 1938; 1940 | ||
11 | J. Sinclair Brown | 6 years | 3 | 1930; 1932; 1934 |
12 (tie) | J. Marshall Hanger | 5 years, 364 days | 3 | 1871; 1873; 1875 |
Richard L. Brewer Jr. | 3 | 1920; 1922; 1924 | ||
13 | Thomas B. Stanley | 4 years, 295 days | 3 | 1942; 1944; 1946 |
14 | Charles E. Stuart | 4 years, 3 days | 2 | 1883; 1885 |
15 | Harry R. Houston | 4 years, 2 days | 2 | 1916; 1918 |
16 | Thomas W. Ozlin | 3 years, 360 days | 2 | 1926; 1928 |
17 | John Brown Baldwin | 3 years, 305 days | 1 | 1865 |
18 | G. Alvin Massenburg | 3 years, 5 days | 2 | 1947; 1948 |
19 | Hugh W. Sheffey | 2 years, 324 days | 2 | 1863; 1863 |
20 | Vance Wilkins | 2 years, 154 days | 2 | 2000; 2002 |
21 | Zephaniah Turner Jr. | 2 years, 62 days | 1 | 1869 |
22 | Eileen Filler-Corn | 2 years, 3 days | 1 | 2019 |
23 (tie) | Henry Clay Allen | 1 year, 363 days | 1 | 1877 |
Isaac C. Fowler | 1 | 1881 | ||
Edward W. Saunders | 1 | 1899 | ||
William D. Cardwell | 1 | 1906 | ||
Edwin P. Cox | 1 | 1914 | ||
Kirk Cox | 1 | 2018 | ||
Todd Gilbert | 1 | 2021 | ||
24 | James L. Kemper | 1 year, 43 days | 1 | 1861 |
25 | Benjamin W. Lacy | 97 days | 1 | 1879 |
26 | Donald L. Scott | 110 days | 1 | 2023 |
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. [dead link]
- 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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