If dead folks can vote for Presidential candidates then dead statesmen should be able to serve as Speaker. I hearby & forthwith nominate from the great state of Kansas the Honerable but dead Senator Bob Dole. Likewise nominate the statesman Founding Father, also dead, from Nevis first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
What say yes @BobDole and @Interviewed_at_Weehawken? We need a Speaker!