2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
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The 2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on January 3, 2017, on the opening day of the 115th United States Congress, two months after the 2016 elections. This was the 125th speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789. The incumbent speaker, Paul Ryan, received 239 votes, a majority of the votes cast, and was re-elected speaker.
Immediately after the election, the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, John Conyers, administered the oath of office to the speaker. Ryan in turn administered the oath of office en masse to the rest of the members of the House of Representatives.
Results[]
The vote count in the January 3, 2017 speaker of the House election was:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Paul Ryan* (WI 1) | 239 | 55.19 | |
Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (CA 12) | 189 | 43.65 | |
Democratic | Tim Ryan (OH 13) | 2 | 0.47 | |
Democratic | Jim Cooper (TN 5) | 1 | 0.23 | |
Democratic | John Lewis (GA 5) | 1 | 0.23 | |
Republican | Dan Webster (FL 10) | 1 | 0.23 | |
Total votes | 433 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 217 | >50 |
Representatives voting for someone other than their party's speaker nominee were:[3]
■ Jim Cooper of Tennessee and Kathleen Rice of New York voted for Tim Ryan;
■ Ron Kind of Wisconsin voted for Jim Cooper;
■ Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona voted for John Lewis;
■ Thomas Massie of Kentucky voted for Dan Webster.
References[]
- ^ Heitshusen, Valerie; Beth, Richard S. (January 4, 2019). "Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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