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The legislature of the U.S. state of Wyoming has convened many times since statehood became effective on July 10, 1890. Legislatures. Number [1] Start date [1] [2]
Speakers of the Wyoming House of Representatives [2] Number Name Term Party Residence Notes 1 Oliver P. Kellogg 1890-1893 Republican Sundance: 2 L.C. Tidball 1893-1895 Populist Sheridan: Elected Speaker with Democratic support 3 Jay L. Torrey 1895-1897 Republican Big Piney: 4 Albert D. Kelley 1897-1899 Republican Buffalo: 5 Levi R. Davis 1899 ...
The House convenes at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. Members of the House serve two year terms without term limits. [2] Term limits were declared unconstitutional by the Wyoming Supreme Court in 2004, overturning a decade-old law that had restricted Representatives to six terms (twelve years). [3] The current Speaker of the House is ...
The 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election saw victories in primaries for hard-right Republican members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, increasing their seat share from twenty-eight to thirty-four, a simple majority in the sixty-two seat chamber, in what was the first takeover of any legislature by a state Freedom Caucus.
Mike Madigan is cumulatively the longest-serving state legislative speaker in U.S. history (serving from 1983-1995 and again from 1997 to 2021). Tom Murphy served the longest consecutive tenure as state legislative speaker from 1973 to 2002. Tina Kotek is the longest-serving female state legislative speaker in U.S history (serving from 2013-2022).
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The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature, consisting of a 62-member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 31-member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. There are no term limits for either chamber.