List of speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates

Parties

  No party   Democratic   Republican   Democratic-Republican   Whig   Re-adjuster   Conservative

#	Picture	Name	County or city	Party	Term began	Term ended
1		Edmund Pendleton	Caroline County	None	1776	1776
2		George Wythe	Williamsburg	None	1777	1778
3		Benjamin Harrison V	Charles City County	None	1778	1781
4		Richard Henry Lee	Westmoreland County	None	1781	1781
5		John Tyler Sr.	Charles City County	None	1781	1785
3		Benjamin Harrison V	Charles City County	None	1785	1786
6		Joseph Prentis	Williamsburg	None	1786	1788
7	-	William Duke	James City County	None	1788	1794
8	-	John Wise	Accomack County	None	1794	1799
9	-	Larkin Smith	King and Queen County	None	1799	1802
10	-	Edmund Harrison	Amelia County	None	1802	1803
11	-	Hugh Holmes	Frederick County	None	1803	1805
12	-	Peter Johnston Jr.	Prince Edward County	None	1805	1807
13		Hugh Nelson	Albemarle County	Democratic-Republican	1807	1809
14		James Barbour	Orange County	Democratic-Republican	1809	1812
15	-	Francis Edward Duke	Albemarle County	Democratic-Republican	1812	1816
16		Robert Stanard	Spotsylvania County	None	1816	1817
17		Linn Banks	Madison County	Democratic	1817	1838
18		Thomas W. Gilmer	Albemarle County	Whig	1839	1840
19	-	Valentine W. Southall	Albemarle County	None	1840	1842
20		Joel Holleman	Isle of Wight County	Democratic	1842	1844
21		William O. Goode	Mecklenburg County	Democratic	1845	1846
22		John W. Jones	Chesterfield County	Democratic	1847	1847
23		James F. Strother	Rappahannock County	Whig	1847	1848
24	-	Henry L. Hopkins	Powhatan County	Democratic	1848	1850
25		George W. Hopkins	Washington County	None	1850	1852
26	-	Oscar M. Crutchfield	Spotsylvania County	None	1852	1861
27		James L. Kemper	Madison County	Democratic	1861	1863
28		Hugh W. Sheffey	Augusta County	None	1863	1865
29		John B. Baldwin	Augusta County	Conservative	1865	1869
30	-	Zephaniah Turner Jr.	Rappahannock County	Democratic	1869	1871
31		J. Marshall Hanger	Augusta County	Democratic	1871	1877
32		Henry C. Allen	Shenandoah County	Democratic	1877	1879
33		Benjamin W. Lacy	New Kent County	Democratic	1879	1881
34		Isaac C. Fowler	Washington County	Readjuster	1881	1882
35		Charles E. Stuart	Alexandria	Democratic	1883	1887
36		Richard H. Cardwell	Hanover County	Democratic	1887	1894
37		John F. Ryan	Loudon County	Democratic	1894	1899
38		Edward W. Saunders	Franklin County	Democratic	1899	1901
37		John F. Ryan	Franklin County	Democratic	1901	1906
39		William D. Cardwell	Hanover County	Democratic	1906	1908
40		Richard E. Byrd	Winchester	Democratic	1908	1914
41		Edwin P. Cox	Richmond	Democratic	1914	1916
42		Harry R. Houston	Elizabeth City County	Democratic	1916	1920
43		Richard L. Brewer Jr.	Suffolk	Democratic	1920	1926
44		Thomas W. Ozlin	Lunenburg County	Democratic	1926	1930
45		J. Sinclair Brown	Roanoke County	Democratic	1930	1936
46		G. Aston Dovell	Williamsburg	Democratic	1936	1942
47		Thomas B. Stanley	Henry County	Democratic	1942	1946
48		G. Alvin Massenburg	Hampton	Democratic	1947	1950
49		E. Blackburn Moore	Frederick County	Democratic	1950	1968
50	-	John Warren Cooke	Mathews County	Democratic	1968	1980
51		Albert L. Philpott	Henry County	Democratic	1980	1991
52		Tom Moss	Norfolk	Democratic	1991	2000
53		S. Vance Wilkins Jr.	Amherst County	Republican	2000	2002
54		William J. Howell	Stafford County	Republican	2003	2018
55		Kirk Cox	Colonial Heights	Republican	2018	2020
56		Eileen Filler-Corn	Fairfax County	Democratic	2020	2022
57	-	Todd Gilbert	Shenandoah County	Republican	2022	Incumbent

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.

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• 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.