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List of African-American speakers of U.S. state legislatures

Summary

The following is a list of African-American speakers of U.S. state legislatures.

Upper houses edit

Portrait Name Party Title Legislature Term start Term end Notes
  Barbara Jordan Democratic President pro tempore Texas Senate March 28, 1972 March 30, 1972
  Cecil A. Partee Democratic President Illinois Senate January 8, 1975 February 16, 1977
  Craig Washington Democratic President pro tempore Texas Senate December 8, 1989 December 12, 1989
  Joe Neal Democratic President pro tempore Nevada Senate 1991 1991
  Rodney Ellis Democratic President pro tempore Texas Senate May 31, 1999 January 9, 2001
  Rosa Franklin Democratic President pro tempore Washington State Senate January 8, 2001 January 13, 2003
June 30, 2004 January 10, 2011
  Shirley Turner Democratic President pro tempore New Jersey Senate January 8, 2002 January 12, 2010
  Emil Jones Democratic President Illinois Senate January 8, 2003 January 3, 2009
  Diana Bajoie Democratic President pro tempore Louisiana State Senate January 12, 2004 January 14, 2008
  Margaret Carter Democratic President pro tempore Oregon State Senate 2005 2009
  Peter Groff Democratic President pro tempore Colorado Senate January 12, 2005 January 9, 2008
President January 9, 2008 January 7, 2009
  Royce West Democratic President pro tempore Texas Senate April 17, 2006 January 8, 2007
  Nathaniel J. McFadden Democratic President pro tempore Maryland Senate January 10, 2007 January 9, 2019
  Sharon Weston Broome Democratic President pro tempore Louisiana State Senate January 14, 2008 January 11, 2016
  Malcolm Smith Democratic Temporary President New York State Senate January 7, 2009 June 8, 2009
  Nia Gill Democratic President pro tempore New Jersey Senate January 12, 2010 January 9, 2018
  Harold Metts Democratic President pro tempore Rhode Island Senate January 3, 2017 January 5, 2021
  Andrea Stewart-Cousins Democratic Temporary President New York State Senate January 9, 2019 Incumbent
  Melony G. Griffith Democratic President pro tempore Maryland Senate January 8, 2020 January 11, 2023
  Louise Lucas Democratic President pro tempore Virginia Senate January 8, 2020 Incumbent
  James Manning Jr. Democratic President pro tempore Oregon State Senate January 11, 2021 Incumbent
  Sandra Bolden Cunningham Democratic President pro tempore New Jersey Senate January 11, 2022 Incumbent
  Malcolm Augustine Democratic President pro tempore Maryland Senate January 11, 2023 Incumbent

Lower houses edit

Portrait Name Party Title Legislature Term start Term end Notes
  John R. Lynch Republican Speaker Mississippi House of Representatives January 1872 January 1873 First African-American Speaker of any state legislature
  Samuel J. Lee Republican Speaker South Carolina House of Representatives 1872 1874
  Robert B. Elliott Republican Speaker South Carolina House of Representatives November 24, 1874 April 14, 1876
  Isaac Shadd Republican Speaker Mississippi House of Representatives 1874 1876
  S. Howard Woodson Democratic Speaker New Jersey General Assembly 1974 1976 First African-American speaker of any state legislature in the United States since the Reconstruction era
  K. Leroy Irvis Democratic Speaker Pennsylvania House of Representatives May 23, 1977 November 30, 1978
January 4, 1983 November 30, 1988
  Willie Brown Democratic Speaker California State Assembly December 2, 1980 June 5, 1995
  Lois DeBerry Democratic Speaker pro tempore Tennessee House of Representatives 1987 2010
  Dan Blue Democratic Speaker North Carolina House of Representatives January 1, 1991 January 1, 1995
  Sherman Copelin Democratic Speaker pro tempore Louisiana House of Representatives January 13, 1992 January 15, 1996
  Donald Kofi Tucker Democratic Speaker pro tempore New Jersey General Assembly January 8, 2002 October 17, 2005
  Adrienne A. Jones Democratic Speaker pro tempore Maryland House of Delegates January 8, 2003 May 1, 2019
Speaker May 1, 2019 Incumbent
  John Lovick Democratic Speaker pro tempore Washington House of Representatives January 13, 2003 January 5, 2008 Served as acting speaker from 2019–2020
January 8, 2018 January 11, 2021
  Sharon Weston Broome Democratic Speaker pro tempore Louisiana House of Representatives January 12, 2004 January 12, 2005
  Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb Democratic Speaker pro tempore Louisiana House of Representatives January 12, 2005 January 14, 2008
  Jerry Green Democratic Speaker pro tempore New Jersey General Assembly January 8, 2008 April 18, 2018
  Karen Carter Peterson Democratic Speaker pro tempore Louisiana House of Representatives January 14, 2008 March 8, 2010
  Karen Bass Democratic Speaker California State Assembly May 13, 2008 March 1, 2010 First African-American woman to serve as Speaker of any state legislature
  Terrance Carroll Democratic Speaker Colorado House of Representatives January 7, 2009 January 12, 2011
  Sheila Oliver Democratic Speaker New Jersey General Assembly January 12, 2010 January 14, 2014
  Gordon Fox Democratic Speaker Rhode Island House of Representatives February 11, 2010 March 22, 2014
  Darrin Williams Democratic Speaker pro tempore Arkansas House of Representatives 2012 2012
  T. W. Shannon Republican Speaker Oklahoma House of Representatives January 8, 2013 February 10, 2014
  Jeffrion L. Aubry Democratic Speaker pro tempore New York State Assembly January 9, 2013 Incumbent
  Carl Heastie Democratic Speaker New York State Assembly February 3, 2015 Incumbent
  Jason Frierson Democratic Speaker Nevada Assembly February 6, 2017 April 28, 2022
  Gordon M. Johnson Democratic Speaker pro tempore New Jersey General Assembly May 24, 2018 January 11, 2022
  Janet Buckner Democratic Speaker pro tempore Colorado House of Representatives January 4, 2019 January 13, 2021
  Sheree Sample-Hughes Democratic Speaker pro tempore Maryland House of Delegates September 9, 2019 January 10, 2024
  Chris Welch Democratic Speaker Illinois House of Representatives January 13, 2021 Incumbent
  Jehan Gordon-Booth Democratic Speaker pro tempore Illinois House of Representatives January 21, 2021 Incumbent
  Benjie E. Wimberly Democratic Speaker pro tempore New Jersey General Assembly January 11, 2022 Incumbent
  Rachel Talbot Ross Democratic Speaker Maine House of Representatives December 7, 2022 Incumbent
  Joanna McClinton Democratic Speaker Pennsylvania House of Representatives February 28, 2023 Incumbent
  Don Scott Democratic Speaker Virginia House of Delegates January 10, 2024 Incumbent

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