2011 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

none October 2023 2011 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election Seal of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.svg legislative no 2009 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election 2009 2013 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election 2013 2011 01 05 Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast432 votes cast, 217 needed for a majority Members' 160x180px John Boehner official portrait (3x4b).jpg John Boehner OH 8 T Republican Party (United States) 241 55.88% Nancy Pelosi 2012 (3x4a).jpg Nancy Pelosi CA 12 T Democratic Party (United States) 173 39.96% 85px|link=|alt= Others 28 6.86% Speaker Nancy Pelosi Democratic Party (United States) John Boehner Republican Party (United States) On January 5, 2011, the first convening of the United States House of Representatives during the 112th United States Congress, and two months after the 2010 U.S. House elections, the incoming House members held an election for its speaker. This was 121st speaker election since the office was created in 1789. Since House Republicans had gained the previously-Democrat-held majority in the 2010 elections, Republican House Leader John Boehner unseated Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi as speaker. 3 Background 2010 House elections 2010 United States House of Representatives elections Democratic had held the House majority for the previous two congresses, with their leader Nancy Pelosi serving as speaker.Nancy Pelosi Fast Facts https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/nancy-pelosi-fast-facts/index.html CNN 28 October 2023 en 1 March 2013 The November 2010 elections were the first midterm election of Democrat Barack Obama's presidency and the first election held under redistricted maps drawn after the reapportionment that followed the 2010 census. The election saw the Democrats lose their House majority to Republicans by losing 63 seats.GreenfieldJ Jeff Perspective We’re still feeling the aftershocks of the 2010 midterm elections https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/12/2010-elections-politics-effects/ Washington Post 13 May 2021 This was the biggest midterm-election seat change since 1938.Republicans Win Control of House With Historic Gains https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-win-control-house-abc-news-projects-vote-2010-election-results/story?id=12035796 ABC News 28 October 2023 en November 2, 2010 Process and conventions The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote.Forte David F. Essays on Article I: Speaker of the House https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/10/speaker-of-the-house https://web.archive.org/web/20120421180046/http://www.heritage.org/constitution#!/articles/1/essays/10/speaker-of-the-house unfit April 21, 2012 Heritage Guide to The Constitution Heritage Foundation January 11, 2019 Traditionally, each party's caucus or conference selects a candidate for the speakership from among its senior leaders prior to the roll call. Representatives are not restricted to voting for the candidate nominated by their party, but generally do, as the outcome of the election effectively determines which party has the majority and consequently will organize the House.Heitshusen Valerie Beth Richard S. Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019 January 4, 2019 CRS Report for Congress https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30857.pdf Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress Washington, D.C. January 11, 2019 Representatives that choose to vote for someone other than their party's nominated candidate usually vote for another member within the party or vote "present". Moreover, as the Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years.Grier Peter September 25, 2015 https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/0925/John-Boehner-exit-Anyone-can-run-for-House-speaker-even-you John Boehner exit: Anyone can run for House speaker, even you The Christian Science Monitor January 11, 2019 Nevertheless, every person elected speaker has been a member. To be elected speaker, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast, as opposed to an absolute majority of the full membership of the Housepresently 218 votes, in a House of 435. There have only been a few instances during the past century where a person received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, while failing to obtain a majority of the full membership. At the time, it happened most recently in January 2015 (114th Congress), when John Boehner was elected with 216 votes (as opposed to 218). Such a variation in the number of votes necessary to win a given election might arise due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting. If no candidate wins a majority of the "votes cast for a person by name," then the roll call is repeated until a speaker is elected. Multiple roll calls have previously been needed only once since the American Civil War; they last occurred in 1923 and would not occur again until 2023.Speaker Elections Decided by Multiple Ballots http://history.house.gov/People/Office/Speakers-Multiple-Ballots/ history.house.gov United States House of Representatives January 22, 2019 Upon winning election the new speaker is immediately sworn in by the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, the chamber's longest-serving member.Fathers/Deans of the House https://history.house.gov/Institution/Seniority/Deans-of-the-House/ history.house.gov United States House of Representatives January 11, 2019https://constitution.laws.com/house-of-representatives/election-of-the-speaker Election of the Speaker Overview constitution.laws.com January 11, 2019 Democratic nomination Nancy Pelosi of California and Heath Shuler of North Carolina ran in the House Democratic Caucus' vote to select its leader and nominee for speaker.Pelosi wins Democratic leadership fight https://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/17/house.leadership/index.html CNN 28 October 2023 en November 17, 2010 Pelosi had led the House Democratic Caucus since 2003.Breuninger Kevin Nancy Pelosi to step down as House Democratic leader after two decades, with GOP set to take narrow majority https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/nancy-pelosi-to-step-down-as-house-democratic-leader-as-gop-to-take-majority.html CNBC 28 October 2023 en 17 November 2022 Shuler was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a conservative faction of Democrats that had seen a large loss of House seats in the 2010 elections. The Democratic Caucus held their vote on November 30, 2010. After a motion to postpone the election until December 8 was defeated 68–129, the caucus voted for Pelosi. The result of the vote was: Candidate Votes Percent Nancy Pelosi 150 77.72% Heath Shuler 43 22.28% Republican nomination In a closed-door meeting held at the Longworth House Office Building, the House Republican Conference unanimously selected their incumbent leader John Boehner as their speaker nominee.U.S. House Republicans pick Boehner as speaker https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-congress/u-s-house-republicans-pick-boehner-as-speaker-idUSN1723279320101117 Reuters 28 October 2023 en 17 November 2010Sherman Jake Unanimous GOP vote for Boehner https://www.politico.com/story/2010/11/unanimous-gop-vote-for-boehner-045287 Politico 28 October 2023 en 17 November 2010 Candidate Votes Percent John Boehner — 100% Vote for speaker Boehner received a majority of the votes cast and was elected speaker. A number of frustrated Blue Dog members of the Democratic Party refused to vote for Pelosi.Ostermeier Eric November 1, 2015 Notable House Speaker Votes Over the Decades http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2015/11/01/notable-house-speaker-votes-over-the-decades February 11, 2019 Smart Politics University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MinnesotaJenkins Jeffrey January 6, 2011 Pelosi makes history again https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/pelosi-makes-history-again-047163 August 5, 2019 Politico 2011 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives electionGPO 157 Cong. Rec. 75 (2011). Republican Party (US) John Boehner (OH 8 B) 241 55.88 Democratic Party (US) Nancy Pelosi (CA 8 B) (incumbent) 173 39.96 Democratic Party (US) Heath Shuler (NC 11 B) 11 2.53 Democratic Party (US) John Lewis (GA 5 B) 2 0.48 Democratic Party (US) Dennis Cardoza (CA 18 B) 1 0.23 Democratic Party (US) Jim Costa (CA 20 B) 1 0.23 Democratic Party (US) Jim Cooper (TN 5 B) 1 0.23 Democratic Party (US) Steny Hoyer (MD 5 B) 1 0.23 Democratic Party (US) Marcy Kaptur (OH 9 B) 1 0.23 432 100 217 >50 Boehner did not cast a vote in the election, while Pelosi did.The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30725/29 crsreports.congress.gov Congressional Research Office 28 October 2023 December 19, 2018 Representatives voting for someone other than their party's speaker nominee were: blue 75  Jason Altmire, Dan Boren, Jim Cooper, Joe Donnelly, Tim Holden, Larry Kissell, Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre, Mike Michaud, Mike Ross, Heath Shuler, who voted for Shuler blue 75  John Barrow and Gabby Giffords, who voted for Lewis blue 75  Dennis Cardoza, who voted for Costa blue 75  Jim Costa, who voted for Cardoza blue 75  Ron Kind, who voted for Cooper blue 75  Dan Lipinski, who voted for Kaptur blue 75  Kurt Schrader, who voted for Hoyer Representatives who voted "present" were: blue 75 Sanford Bishop Representatives that did not cast votes were: red 75 John Boehner of Ohio blue 75 Peter DeFazio of Oregon References Sources Congressional Record (Bound Edition) https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/crecb_gpo/_crecb govinfo.gov United States Government Publishing Office Washington, D.C. GPO 2011 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election