Has any USA state legislature speaker ever resigned? .. ooi, surely there must have been at least one, just can't find the answer .. i'm wondering as it looks Ken Smith speaker of the Victorian parliament in Australia may have to .. Former speaker says Ken Smith may have no choice but to resign if Parliament remains unworkable http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-15/former-speaker-says-ken-smith-may-have-no-choice-but-to-resign-/5094124