List of speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives
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List of speakers
| Speaker | Party | Start of service | End of service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Wimberly Jones | Whig | 1777 | May 2, 1778 |
| James Whitefield[1] | Whig | May 2, 1778 | October 30, 1778 |
| Noble Wimberly Jones | Whig | October 30, 1778 | November 15, 1778 |
| **no quorum** | 1779 | 1779 | |
| William Glascock | Whig | 1780 | 1780 |
| Nathan Brownson | 1781 | 1781 | |
| William Gibbons, Sr. | 1782 | 1782 | |
| Samuel Saltus[2] | 1782 | 1782 | |
| Joseph Clay | Federalist | 1782 1st Adjournment | 1782 1st Adjournment |
| Joseph Habersham[3] | Independent | 1782 2nd Adjournment | 1782 3rd Adjournment |
| John Houstoun | Whig | 1783 | 1783
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| Noble Wimberly Jones | Whig | 1783 | 1783 1st Session |
| William Gibbons, Sr. | 1783 2nd Session | 1783 2nd Session | |
| James Habersham, Jr.[3] | 1784 | 1784 | |
| Joseph Habersham[3] | Independent | 1785 | 1785 |
| William Gibbons, Sr. | 1786 | 1787 | |
| Nathan Brownson | 1788 | 1788 2nd Session | |
| John Powell[4] | 1789 | 1789 | |
| Seaborn Jones[5] | 1789 | 1790 | |
| William Gibbons | 1791 | 1793 | |
| Thomas Napier[6] | 1794 | 1795 | |
| Thomas Stevens[7] | 1796 | 1796 | |
| David Meriwether | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | 1801 |
| Abraham Jackson[8] | 1802 | 1805 | |
| Benjamin Whitaker[9] | 1806 | 1810 | |
| Robert Iverson[9] | 1811 | 1811 | |
| Benjamin Whitaker[9] | 1812 | 1818 | |
| David Adams|[10] | 1819 | 1820 | |
| David Witt[11] | 1821 | 1821 | |
| David Adams[10] | 1821 | 1821 | |
| Allen Daniel Jr.[12] | 1822 | 1822 | |
| David Adams[10] | 1823 | 1823 | |
| John Abercrombie[13] | 1824 | 1825 | |
| Thomas W. Murray | Democratic-Republican | 1825 | 1825 |
| Irby Hudson[14] | 1826 | 1828 | |
| Warren Jourdan[15] | 1829 | 1829 | |
| Asbury Hull | Democratic | 1830 | 1832 |
| Thomas Glascock | 1833 | 1834 | |
| Joseph Day | Democratic | 1836 | 1839 |
| Charles J. Jenkins | Democrat | 1840 | 1840 |
| William B. Wofford | 1841 | 1842 | |
| Charles J. Jenkins | Whig | 1843 | 1848 |
| John W. Anderson | Democrat | 1849 | 1850 |
| James Archibald Meriwether | Democrat | 1851 | 1852 |
| John Elliott Ward | Democrat | 1853 | 1854 |
| William Henry Stiles | Democrat | 1855 | 1856 |
| John H.W. Underwood | Democrat | 1857 | 1858 |
| Isaiah Tucker Irvin | Democrat | 1859 | 1859 |
| Charles J. Williams | Democrat | 1860 | 1860 |
| Warren Akin Sr. | Democrat | 1861 | 1863 Extraordinary Session |
| Thomas Hardeman, Jr. | Democrat | 1863 | 1866 Extraordinary Session |
| Robert McWhorter | Republican | 1868 | 1870 Extraordinary Session |
| James Milton Smith | Democrat | 1871 | 1871 |
| Joseph B. Cumming | Democrat | 1872 | 1873 Late Adjournment |
| Augustus Octavius Bacon | Democrat | 1873 | 1874 |
| Thomas Hardeman, Jr. | Democrat | 1875 | 1876 |
| Augustus Octavius Bacon | Democrat | 1877 | 1881 Late Adjournment |
| Louis F. Garrard | Democrat | 1882 | 1883 Extraordinary Session |
| William A. Little[16][17][18] | Democrat | 1884 | 1887 Late Adjournment |
| Alexander S. Clay | Democratic | 1888 | 1889 Late Adjournment |
| Clark Howell | Democratic | 1890 | 1891 Late Adjournment |
| William Yates Atkinson | Democratic | 1892 | 1893 |
| William H. Fleming | Democratic | 1894 | 1895 |
| Hudson A. Jenkins | Democrat | 1896 | 1897 Late Adjournment |
| John D. Little[17][18] | Democrat | 1898 | 1901 |
| Newton Morris | Democratic | 1902 | 1904 |
| John M. Slaton | Democratic | 1905 | 1908 Extraordinary Session |
| John N. Holder | Democratic | 1909 | 1912 Extraordinary Session |
| William H. Burwell | Democratic | 1913 | 1917 Extraordinary Session |
| John N. Holder | Democratic | 1917 | 1920 |
| William Cecil Neill | Democrat | 1921 | 1926 2nd Extraordinary Session |
| Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic | 1927 | 1931 Extraordinary Session |
| Arlie Daniel Tucker[19] | Democratic | 1931 | 1932 |
| Eurith Dickerson Rivers | Democratic | 1933 | 1936 |
| Roy V. Harris | Democratic | 1937 | 1940 Extraordinary Session |
| Randall Evans, Jr. | Democratic | 1941 Extraordinary Session | 1942 |
| Roy V. Harris | Democratic | 1943 | 1946 Extraordinary Session |
| Frederick Barrow Hand[20] | Democratic | 1947 | 1954 |
| Marvin E. Moate[21] | Democratic | 1955 | 1958 |
| George L. Smith | Democratic | 1959 | 1962 Extraordinary Session |
| George T. Smith | Democratic | 1963 | 1966 |
| George L. Smith | Democratic | 1967 | 1972 |
| Thomas B. Murphy | Democratic | 1973 | 2002 |
| Terry Coleman | Democratic | 2003 | 2005 |
| Glenn Richardson[22] | Republican | 2005 | 2010 (January 1) |
| Mark Burkhalter[22] | Republican | 2010 Interim Speaker | 2010 |
| David Ralston[22] | Republican | 2010 (January 11) | 2022 |
| Jan Jones | Republican | 2022 (November 16) | 2023 |
| Jon G. Burns | Republican | 2023 (January 9) |