Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives

The speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the South Carolina House of Representatives, whose main role is to ensure that general order is maintained in the house by recognizing members to speak, ensuring members are following established rules, and to call for votes.The speaker is third in the line of succession behind the lieutenant governor and the president of the senate.Incumbent Speaker Murrell Smith was elected intra-term in 2022 following the resignation of Jay Lucas.[4] The speaker of the house "preserve[s] order and decorum" in the chamber and oversees the proceeding of the House of Representatives by recognizing members to speak, calling for votes, and maintaining general order.[4][5] The speaker also serves an ex officio member of the Committee on Operations and Managementof the House of Representatives.
South Carolina House of RepresentativesMurrell Smith, Jr.Term lengthJames Parsonsper diemlieutenant governorpresident of the senateRepublicangovernorSolomon Blatt Sr.simple majority voteMurrell SmithJay LucasDemocratsDemocratic-RepublicansRepublicansNullifiersex officioPresident of the South Carolina SenateJohn MatthewsThomas BeeJohn Faucheraud GrimkéFederalistJacob ReadRobert BarnwellWilliam JohnsonDemocratic-RepublicanJoseph AlstonJohn GeddesThomas Bennett Jr.Patrick NobleJohn Belton O'NeallNullifier (Democratic)Henry L. PinckneyDemocraticWilliam F. ColcockJohn Izard MiddletonUnion ArmyFranklin J. Moses Jr.Samuel Jones LeeWilliam Henry WallaceJohn Calhoun SheppardJohn L. M. IrbyIra B. JonesFrank B. GaryWilliam Francis StevensonRichard S. WhaleyThomas P. CothranEdgar Allan BrownClaude A. TaylorC. Bruce LittlejohnRex L. CarterRamon Schwartz Jr.Robert SheheenDavid WilkinsBobby HarrellList of South Carolina state legislatures