Speaker of the Texas House election documents
| Session | Date | Election type | Speaker | Documents | Candidates on final ballot | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88th R.S. | 1/10/2023 | Record Vote | Dade Phelan | View | Dade Phelan (145), Tony Tinderhold (3), present-not voting (2) | |
| 87th R.S. | 1/12/2021 | Record Vote | Dade Phelan | View | Dade Phelan: yeas (143), nays (2), present-not voting (0) | |
| 86th R.S. | 1/8/2019 | Record Vote | Dennis Bonnen | View | Dennis Bonnen: yeas (147), nays (0), present-not voting (0) | |
| 85th R.S. | 1/10/2017 | Record Vote | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus: yeas (150), nays (0), present-not voting (0) | |
| 84th R.S. | 1/13/2015 | Record Vote | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus (127), Scott Turner (19) | |
| 83rd R.S. | 1/8/2013 | Acclamation | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus | |
| 82nd R.S. | 1/11/2011 | Record Vote | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus: yeas (132), nays (15), present-not voting (2) | |
| 81st R.S. | 1/13/2009 | Acclamation | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus | |
| 80th R.S. | 1/9/2007 | Record Vote | Tom Craddick | View | Tom Craddick: yeas(121), nays(27), present-not voting(0) | |
| 79th R.S. | 1/18/2005 | Record Vote | Tom Craddick | View | Tom Craddick: yeas (142), nays (4), present-not voting (1) | |
| 78th R.S. | 1/14/2003 | Record Vote | Tom Craddick | View | Tom Craddick; yeas (149), nays (1) | |
| 77th R.S. | 1/9/2001 | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney | |
| 76th R.S. | 1/12/1999 | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney | |
| 75th R.S. | 1/14/1997 | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney | |
| 74th R.S. | 1/10/1995 | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney | |
| 73rd R.S. | 1/12/1993 | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney | |
| 72nd R.S. | 1/8/1991 | Record Vote | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (146), nays (1), present-not voting (2) | |
| 71st R.S. | 1/10/1989 | Record Vote | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (149), nays (0), present-not voting (1) | |
| 70th R.S. | 1/13/1987 | Acclamation | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis | |
| 69th R.S. | 1/8/1985 | Acclamation | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis | |
| 68th R.S. | 1/11/1983 | Record Vote | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (144), nays (2), present- not voting (2) | |
| 67th R.S. | 1/13/1981 | Record Vote | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton; yeas (120), nays (21), not voting (8) | |
| 66th R.S. | 1/9/1979 | Record Vote | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton; yeas (137), nays (8), not voting (4) | |
| 65th R.S. | 1/11/1977 | Acclamation | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton | |
| 64th R.S. | 1/14/1975 | Record Vote | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton (112), Carl Parker (33), present-not voting (3) | |
| 63rd R.S. | 1/9/1973 | Motion | Price Daniel, Jr. | View | Price Daniel, Sr.; present-not-voting (5) | |
| 62nd 2nd C.S. | 3/28/1972 | Record Vote | Rayford Price | View | Rayford Price (77), L.DeWitt Hale (65). | Resignation letter of Gus Mutscher, dated 3/27/72 and effective upon the election of his successor, was laid before the House on 3/28/72. James L. Slider appointed to call the House to order by Gus Mutscher in his letter resigning as Speaker upon the election of his successor. |
| 62nd R.S. | 1/12/1971 | Acclamation | Gus Mutscher | View | G.F. Mutscher | |
| 61st R.S. | 1/14/1969 | Acclamation | Gus Mutscher | View | G.F. Mutscher | |
| 60th R.S. | 1/10/1967 | Acclamation | Ben Barnes | View | Ben Barnes | |
| 59th R.S. | 1/12/1965 | Acclamation | Ben Barnes | View | Ben Barnes | |
| 58th R.S. | 1/8/1963 | Secret ballot | Byron M. Tunnell | View | Byron M. Tunnell (141), John C. Alaniz (9) | |
| 57th R.S. | 1/10/1961 | Secret ballot | James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman | View | James A. Turman (83), Wade F. Spilman (66) | |
| 56th R.S. | 1/13/1959 | Secret ballot | Waggoner Carr | View | Waggoner Carr (79), Joe Burkett, Jr. (71) | |
| 55th R.S. | 1/8/1957 | Acclamation | Waggoner Carr | View | Waggoner Carr | |
| 54th R.S. | 1/11/1955 | Acclamation | Jim T. Lindsey | View | Jim Lindsey | |
| 53rd R.S. | 1/13/1953 | Acclamation | Reuben E. Senterfitt | View | Reuben E. Senterfitt | |
| 52nd R.S. | 1/9/1951 | Acclamation | Reuben E. Senterfitt | View | Reuben E. Senterfitt | |
| 51st R.S. | 1/11/1949 | Secret, Acclamation | Durwood Manford | View | Durwood Manford, Joe M. Kilgore; while the vote was being counted, Kilgore moved that Manford be elected by acclamation; motion prevailed unanimously; motion prevailed to destroy all ballots cast | |
| 50th R.S. | 1/14/1947 | Acclamation | William Otey Reed | View | W.O. Reed | |
| 49th R.S. | 1/9/1945 | Acclamation | Claud Henry Gilmer | View | Claud Gilmer | |
| 48th R.S. | 1/12/1943 | Acclamation | Price Daniel, Sr. | View | Price Daniel, Sr. | |
| 47th R.S. | 1/14/1941 | Acclamation | Homer LaKirby Leonard | View | Homer Leonard | |
| 46th R.S. | 1/10/1939 | Acclamation | Robert Emmett Morse | View | R. Emmett Morse | |
| 45th R.S. | 1/12/1937 | Acclamation | Robert Wilburn Calvert | View | Robert W. Calvert | |
| 44th R.S. | 1/8/1935 | Secret, Acclamation | Coke Robert Stevenson | View | Coke R. Stevenson (80), Robert W. Calvert (68); the vote being cast and counted, Calvert moved that the Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed | |
| 43rd R.S. | 1/10/1933 | Secret, Acclamation | Coke Robert Stevenson | View | Coke R. Stevenson (82), A.P. Johnson (68); the vote being cast and counted, Johnson moved that the temporary Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed. | |
| 42nd R.S. | 1/13/1931 | Acclamation | Fred Hawthorne Minor | View | Fred. H. Minor | |
| 41st R.S. | 1/8/1929 | Secret, Acclamation | Wingate Stuart Barron | View | W.S. Barron (87), W.R. Montgomery (59); the vote being deposited and counted, Montgomery moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Barron | |
| 40th R.S. | 1/11/1927 | Acclamation | Robert Lee Bobbitt | View | R.L. Bobbitt | |
| 39th R.S. | 1/13/1925 | Secret | Lee Satterwhite | View | Lee Satterwhite (78), T.K. Irwin (57), J.W. Hall (10); Satterwhite having been declared the winner by the Secretary of State, Irwin moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Satterwhite | |
| 38th R.S. | 1/9/1923 | Secret | Richard Ernest Seagler | View | R.E. Seagler (127), Lewis T. Carpenter (19); Seagler having been declared the winner, Carpenter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Seagler | |
| 37th R.S. | 1/11/1921 | Secret | Charles Graham Thomas | View | Chas G. Thomas (134) | |
| 36th R.S. | 1/14/1919 | Secret | Robert Ewing Thomason | View | R.E. Thomason (134) | |
| 35th R.S. | 1/9/1917 | Secret | Franklin Oliver Fuller | View | F.O. Fuller (140) | |
| 34th R.S. | 1/12/1915 | Secret | John William Woods | View | John B. Woods (72), Newt B. Williams (57), H.B. Savage (10); Woods having been declared the winner, Williams moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Woods. | |
| 33rd R.S. | 1/14/1913 | Secret | Chester Hunter Terrell | View | Chester H. Terrell (87), W.C. McKamy (51), J.C. Hunt (1); Terrell having been declared the winner, McKamy moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Terrell. | |
| 32nd R.S. | 1/10/1911 | Secret | Sam Rayburn | View | Sam Rayburn (70), C.E. Gilmore (63); Rayburn having been declared the winner, Gilmore moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Rayburn. | |
| 31st 1st C.S. | 3/15/1909 | Secret | John Wesley Marshall | View | John Marshall (104), A.M. Kennedy (2), Sam Rayburn (4), John A. Mobley (1). | Austin Kennedy called the session to order then resigned his position as Speaker of the House. |
| 31st R.S. | 1/12/1909 | Secret | Austin Milton Kennedy | View | A. M. Kennedy (69), John A. Mobley (63); prior to the counting of the ballots, Mobley successfully moved that Kennedy be unanimously elected speaker. | |
| 30th R.S. | 1/8/1907 | Secret | Thomas Bell Love | View | Thos B. Love (87); H.B. Terrell (45) | |
| 29th R.S. | 1/10/1905 | Secret | Francis William Seabury | View | F. W. Seabury (126) | |
| 28th R.S. | 1/13/1903 | Secret | Pat Morris Neff | View | Pat Neff (73), L.S. Schluter (57); Neff having been declared the winner, Schluter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Neff. | |
| 27th R.S. | 1/8/1901 | Secret | Robert Emmett Prince | View | Prince (125) | |
| 26th R.S. | 1/10/1899 | Secret | James Stevens Sherrill | View | Sherrill (70), Bailey (54); Sherrill having been declared the winner, Bailey moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Sherrill. | |
| 25th R.S. | 1/12/1897 | Secret | L. Travis Dashiell | View | Dashiell (120), Burney (8); Dashiell having been elected, Burney moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Dashiell. | |
| 24th R.S. | 1/8/1895 | Secret | Thomas Slater Smith | View | Smith (102), Floyd (22); Smith having been elected, Floyd moved that the entire vote of the house be cast for Smith. | |
| 23rd R.S. | 1/10/1893 | Secret | John Hughes Cochran | View | Cochran (63), Gosset (35), Wilson (20) | |
| 22nd R.S. | 1/13/1891 | Secret | Robert Teague Milner | View | Milner (53), Browning (50) | |
| 21st R.S. | 1/8/1889 | Secret | Franklin Pierce Alexander | View | Alexander (103) | |
| 20th R.S. | 1/11/1887 | Secret | George Cassety Pendleton | View | Pendleton (103) | |
| 19th R.S. | 1/13/1885 | Secret | Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | View | Foster (56), Upton (49) | |
| 18th R.S. | 1/9/1883 | Secret | Charles Reese Gibson | View | C. R. Gibson (64), W.F. Upton (33) | |
| 17th R.S. | 1/11/1881 | Secret | George Robertson Reeves | View | George Reeves (50), George Finlay (35), Hill (1) | |
| 16th R.S. | 1/14/1879 | Secret | John Hughes Cochran | View | Dan Cochran (57), Guy Bryan (26), M.D.K. Taylor (4), Smith of Harris (1) | |
| 15th R.S. | 4/18/1876 | Secret | Thomas Reuben Bonner | View | T.R. Bonner (45), D.U. Barziza (43) | |
| 14th R.S. | 1/13/1874 | Secret | Guy Morrison Bryan | View | Guy M. Bryan (75), B.H. Epperson (2) | |
| 13th R.S. | 1/14/1873 | Secret | Marion DeKalb Taylor | View | M.D.K. Taylor (67), W.A. Ellett (10) | |
| 12th R.S. | 5/10/1871 | William Henry Sinclair | View | William Henry Sinclair (42); L.B. Camp (12); B.F. Williams (10); A. Dorris (3); Other (5) | ||
| 12th R.S. | 1/10/1871 | Acclamation | Ira Hobart Evans | View | Ira H. Evans | |
| 12th Provisional | 2/10/1870 | Acclamation | Ira Hobart Evans | View | Ira H. Evans | |
| 11th R.S. | 8/7/1866 | Secret | Nathaniel Macon Burford | View | N.M. Burford (39), Smith (30) | |
| 10th R.S. | 11/3/1863 | Secret | Marion DeKalb Taylor | View | M.D.K. Taylor (45), Buckley(18) | |
| 9th 1st C.S. | 2/5/1863 | Secret | Constantine W. Buckley | View | C.W. Buckley (54), Flewellen (5), Smith (1) | |
| 9th R.S. | 12/7/1861 | Nicholas Henry Darnell | View | Nicolas Henry Darnell | ||
| 9th R.S. | 11/4/1861 | Constantine W. Buckley | View | C.W. Buckley | ||
| 8th R.S. | 11/7/1859 | Secret | Marion DeKalb Taylor | View | M.D.K. Taylor (42), Darnell ( 33) | |
| 7th R.S. | 1/18/1858 | Secret | Matthew F. Locke | View | Matthew Fielding Locke (39), Dennis (14), Brown (13), blank (1) | |
| 7th R.S. | 11/2/1857 | Secret | Willliam S. Taylor | View | William S. Taylor | |
| 6th R.S. | 11/5/1855 | Secret | Hamilton Prioleau Bee | View | H.P. Bee (78), N.B. Charlton (1), Kittrell (1), Blank (1) | |
| 5th R.S. | 11/7/1853 | Secret | Hardin Richard Runnels | View | H.R. Runnels (41), William Fields (37), Blank (1) | |
| 4th R.S. | 11/3/1851 | Secret | David Catchings Dickson | View | Dickson (30), Runnels (27) | |
| 3rd R.S. | 11/5/1849 | Secret | Charles G. Keenan | View | Keenan (27), Tarrant (16) | |
| 2nd R.S. | 12/13/1847 | Secret | James Wilson Henderson | View | J.W. Henderson (34), M.B. Lamar (24) | |
| 1st R.S. | 5/11/1846 | Secret | Stephen William Perkins | View | Stephen Perkins (42), John Brown (1), Edward Clark (2), Benjamin Gooch (1), Volney Howard (1), blank (1) | |
| 1st R.S. | 5/1/1846 | Secret | William Howard Bourland | View | William H. Bourland (48), Echols (1), Darnell (1), Tankersly (2), Smith(1), blank (1) | |
| 1st R.S. | 3/16/1846 | Secret | William Edmond Crump | View | W.E. Crump (42), Edward Branch (14), Edward Clark (1), Benjamin Gooch (1) | |
| 1st R.S. | 3/9/1846 | Secret | Edward Thomas Branch | View | Edward Branch (31), Edward Clark (21), blank (1) | Resigned as Speaker of the House March 16, 1846 upon the return to Austin of William Crump. |
| 1st R.S. | 3/3/1846 | Secret | John 'Red' Brown | View | John Brown (32), William H. Bourland (23), none (1) | Elected Speaker pro tem on March 3, 1846. Resigned March 9, 1846. Upon his resignation, the House decided that the office of Speaker was vacant at the time of the election, and that therefore, the election of John Brown on March 3, 1846 constituted him Speaker of the House. |
| 1st R.S. | 2/16/1846 | Secret | William Edmond Crump | View | W.E. Crump (27), E.T. Branch (8), J.W. Rose (7) | William Crump was granted a leave of absence on March 3, 1846, and John Brown was elected Speaker pro tem. On March 9. 1846, the House decided that, by granting a leave of absence to William Crump, the office of Speaker was vacated. |
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