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Rhode Island: House Speakers

Speakers of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1696-1797 (May be incomplete!)
Jonathan Holmes 1696-98 Joseph Jencks, Jr. 1698-99 Benjamin Newbery 1699-1700 Jonathan Holmes 1700-03 Jonathan Spreage 1703 Benjamin Barton 1703-04 Edward Greenman 1704 John Dexter 1704-05 William Wanton 1705-06 Benjamin Arnold 1706-07 John Wanton 1707 Joseph Jencks, Jr. 1707 James Greene 1707 Richard Arnold 1707-08 Joseph Jencks, Jr. 1708 William Wanton 1708-09 Simon Smith 1709 Abraham Anthony 1709-10 John Wanton 1710 William Wanton 1710-11 James Greene 1711-12 John Spencer 1712 Ebenezer Slocum 1712-13 John Wanton 1713 Thomas Fry 1713-14 Randall Holden 1714-15 William Wanton 1715 William Hopkins 1715-16 John Cranston 1716 William Wanton 1716-17 Thomas Fry 1717-18 William Wanton 1718 Nathaniel Sheffield 1718-19 William Wanton 1719-22 Thomas Fry 1722 William Coddington 1722-23 William Wanton 1723-24 William Coddington 1724 Thomas Fry 1724 William Coddington 1724-25 Thomas Fry 1725-26 William Coddington 1726 Jeremiah Gould 1726-27 Thomas Fry 1727 Job Greene 1727-28 Henry Bull 1728 Joseph Whipple 1728-29 John Spencer 1729 Samuel Clarke 1729 Thomas Fry 1729-30 Samuel Clarke 1730-31 Jeremiah Gould 1731-32 Samuel Clarke 1732 George Hazard 1732-33 Jeremiah Gould 1733 George Hazard 1733 Jeremiah Gould 1733 Samuel Clarke 1733-34 Henry Bull 1734 William Greene 1734 Samuel Clarke 1734-35 William Robinson 1735-36 Francis Willett 1736 Samuel Clarke 1736-37 Francis Willett 1737 Daniel Abbott 1737-38 Thomas Spenser 1738 Stephen Hopkins 1738-39 Francis Willett 1739 William Greene 1739 Stephen Hopkins 1739-40 Samuel Clarke 1740-41 Stephen Hopkins 1741 Joseph Whipple 1741 Stephen Hopkins 1741 William Robinson 1741-42 Stephen Hopkins 1742-43 John Potter 1743 Joseph Stafford 1743-44 Stephen Hopkins 1744 Peter Bours 1744-46 Jeremiah Niles 1746-47 Samuel Wickham 1747 Daniel Jencks 1747-48 Thomas Cranston 1748-49 Stephen Hopkins 1749 Joshua Babcock 1749-50 Thomas Cranston 1750-57 Benjamin Wickham 1757 Peter Bours 1757-59 Joshua Babcock 1759 Job Randall 1759-60 Thomas Cranston 1760-62 Daniel Ayrault, Jr. 1762 Philip Greene 1762-63 John Dexter 1763-64 Daniel Ayrault, Jr. 1764 William Bradford 1764-65 Richard Bailey 1765-66 William Bradford 1766-67 Metcalfe Bowler 1767 John Cole 1767 Metcalfe Bowler 1767-76 William Greene, Jr. 1776-78 Joshua Babcock 1778 Stephen Potter 1778-79 Othniel Gorton 1779-80 William Bradford 1780 Welcome Arnold 1780 William Bradford 1780-86 Othniel Gorton 1786-87 William Bradford 1787-88 Othniel Gorton 1788 Joseph Stanton, Jr. 1788-89 William Bradford 1789-90 Joseph Stanton, Jr. 1790 Welcome Arnold 1790-91 William Bradford 1791-93 Welcome Arnold 1793 George Champlin 1793 Welcome Arnold 1793-95 Joseph Stanton, Jr. 1795 Elisha R. Potter 1795-97 Joseph Stanton, Jr. 1797 George Champlin 1797

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