Arthur G. Fisk (November 23, 1868 – February 25, 1938), was an American politician and attorney who served as the Speaker of the California State Assembly.

[3] In 1900, Fisk was elected to the California State Assembly for the 37th district[4] and served as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee in 1901.

In the wake of the 1906 earthquake, Fisk had allowed mail to be sent without postage, which was technically illegal, and was estimated to cost the federal government $60,000.

They went into the mail bags and I was liable to criminal prosecution...Thousands were homeless, without food and without means of communicating with relatives.

Unable to adequately fund his legal defense, Fisk embezzled bail bond money in his custody to fight the government charges against him.