<page_title> List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives </page_title> <section_title> Before statehood </section_title> <table> <cell> 1845 <col_header> Session </col_header> </cell> <cell> Provisional Legislature <col_header> Type </col_header> </cell> <cell> Morton M. McCarver <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Tuality <col_header> District/County represented </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1845, Morton M. McCarver was elected to the Provisional Legislature of Oregon from Tuality District and was selected as the speaker of the House of Representatives, the first to hold that position.