Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Totally Explained

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The Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is the presiding officer of one of the houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the members of the house when they convene for their regular session in January of each odd-numbered year. Perhaps the most important duty of the Speaker is to appoint members and chairs of the various standing committees of the House. The office evolved from the office of Speaker of the lower house of the legislature in the Province of Carolina, called the House of Burgesses. Since the House was the only elected body in the colony, the Speaker was often seen as the leading voice of the people. In 1776, North Carolina established its first constitution, which created a Senate and a House of Commons, both of which were elected. In 1868, the name of the house was changed to "House of Representatives."
   For most of the twentieth century, the office's power was limited, because Speakers usually only served for a single legislative session. This changed with Speakers Carl J. Stewart, Jr. (1977-1980), Liston B. Ramsey (1981-1988) and James B. Black (1999-2006).
   Democrats held the speaker's chair continuously from 1899 until 1994, when Republicans gained a majority and elected Harold J. Brubaker.
   In the 2003-2004 session, a unique power-sharing arrangement was created by Democrats and a handful of Republicans. This resulted in the first election of two speakers simultaneously, Jim Black (Democrat) and Richard T. Morgan (Republican). The two held roughly equal power and took turns presiding over the House. After Democrats won a majority in the 2004 election, this arrangement was ended, but Morgan again supported Black and was named Speaker Pro Tempore.

List of Speakers

Speakers of the House of Burgesses

Note that some sources refer to the lower House as the House of Commons before the Revolution as well as afterward.

George Catchmaid 1666
Valentine Bird 1672-73
Thomas Eastchurch 1675
Thomas Cullen 1677
George Durant 1679
John Nixon 1689
John Porter 1697-98
William Wilkison 1703
Thomas Boyd 1707
Edward Moseley 1708
Richard Sanderson 1709
William Swann 1711
Thomas Snoden 1711-12
Edward Moseley 1715-23
Maurice Moore 1725
John Baptista Ashe 1726
Thomas Swann 1729
Edward Moseley 1731-34
William Downing 1735-39
John Hodgson 1739-41
Samuel Swann 1742-54
John Campbell 1754-c. 1760
Samuel Swann c. 1760-62
John Ashe 1762-65
John Harvey 1766-69
Richard Caswell 1770-71
John Harvey 1773-75

Speakers of the House of Commons

Abner Nash 1777

John Williams 1778

Thomas Benbury 1778-82

Edward Starkey 1783

Thomas Benbury 1784 (April)

William Blount 1784 (October)

Richard Dobbs Spaight 1785

John Baptista Ashe 1786-87

John Sitgreaves 1787-88

Stephen Cabarrus 1789-93

John Leigh 1793-94

Timothy Bloodworth 1794-95

John Leigh 1795-96

Musendine Matthews 1797-99

Stephen Cabarrus 1800-05

John Moore 1806

Joshua Grainger Wright 1807-08

William Gaston 1808

Thomas Davis 1809

William Hawkins 1810-11

William Miller 1812-14

John Craig 1815

Thomas Ruffin 1816

James Iredell, Jr. 1816-18

Romulus M. Saunders 1819-20

James Mebane 1821

John D. Jones 1822

Alfred Moore 1823-25

John Stanly 1825-27

James Iredell, Jr. 1827-28

Thomas Settle 1828-29

William J. Alexander 1829-30

Charles Fisher 1830-32

Louis D. Henry 1832-33

William J. Alexander 1833-35

William H. Haywood, Jr. 1835-37

William A. Graham 1838-41

Robert B. Gilliam 1840-41

Clavin Graves 1842-43

Edward Stanly 1844-47

Robert B. Gilliam 1846-49

James C. Dobbin 1850-51

John Baxter 1852

Samuel P. Hill 1854-55

Jesse G. Shepherd 1856-57

Thomas Settle, Jr. 1858-59

William T. Dortch 1860-61

Nathan N. Fleming 1861

Robert B. Gilliam 1862-63

Richard Spaight Donnell 1863

Marmaduke S. Robbins 1862-64 (?)

Richard Spaight Donnell 1864-65

Samuel F. Phillips 1865-66

Rufus Y. McAden 1866-67

Speakers of the House of Representatives

Joseph W. Holden 1868-70 ¹

W. A. Moore 1870 ¹

Thomas J. Jarvis 1870-72

James L. Robinson 1872-75

Charles Price 1876-77

John M. Moring 1879

Charles M. Cooke 1881

George M. Rose 1883

Thomas Michael Holt 1885

John R. Webster 1887

Augustus Leazar 1889

Rufus A. Doughton 1891

Lee S. Overman 1893

Zeb V. Walser 1895

A.F. Hileman 1897

Henry G. Connor 1899-1900

Walter E. Moore 1901

S. M. Gattis 1903

Owen H. Guion 1905

E. J. Justice 1907

A. W. Graham 1909

W. C. Dowd 1911

George Whitfield Connor 1913 ²

Walter Murphy 1913

Emmett R. Wooten 1915

Walter Murphy 1917

Dennis G. Brummitt l919

Harry P. Grier 1921

John G. Dawson 1923-24

Edgar W. Pharr 1925

Richard T. Fountain 1927

A. H. Graham 1929

Willis Smith 1931

R. L. Harris 1933

Robert Johnson 1935-36

R. Gregg Cherry 1937

D. L. Ward 1939

O. M. Mull 1941

John Kerr, Jr. 1943

Oscar L. Richardson 1945

Thomas J. Pearsall 1947

Kerr Craig Ramsay 1949

W. Frank Taylor 1951

Eugene T. Bost, Jr. 1953

Larry I. Moore, Jr. 1955-56

James K. Doughton 1957

Addison Hewlett 1959

Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. 1961

H. Clifton Blue 1963

Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr. 1965-66

David M. Britt 1967

Earl W. Vaughn 1969

Philip P. Godwin 1971

James E. Ramsey 1973-74

James C. Green 1975-76

Carl J. Stewart, Jr. 1977-80

Liston B. Ramsey 1981-88

Josephus L. Mavretic 1989-90

Daniel T. Blue, Jr. 1991-94

Harold J. Brubaker 1995-98

James B. Black 1999-2002

James B. Black 2003-2004 (Co-Speaker or "Democratic Speaker")

Richard T. Morgan 2003-2004 (Co-Speaker or "Republican Speaker")

James B. Black 2005-2006

Joe Hackney 2007-present ==

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