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List of speakers. The House has elected a speaker 128 times since 1789: at the start of each of the 118 congresses, plus on 10 occasions when a vacancy arose during a Congress via death, resignation, or motion to vacate.
Main article: 2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. An election for speaker took place on January 3, 2021, at the start of the 117th Congress, two months after the 2020 elections in which Democrats won a slim majority of the seats.
Following the removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker in October 2023 on a motion to vacate (the first time in history that a speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was successfully removed by the House), Patrick McHenry was revealed to be the first name on McCarthy's list and became acting speaker.
- $223,500 annually
- Constitution of the United States, article I, § 2, cl. 5
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List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives. It includes the congressional district and political affiliation of each speaker as well as the number of their Congress and time they spent in the position. List of living former speakers. References. ↑ 11.Congressional Globe, House, 42nd Cong., 2nd sess. (13 May 1872): 3383.
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- U.S. Constitution, March 4, 1789
- Elected by the U.S. House of Representatives
- Frederick Muhlenberg, April 1, 1789
Nominates chairs and members of the Committee on Rules and the Committee on House Administration. The Speaker also appoints: [2] Speakers pro tempore. The chair who presides over the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Members to House-Senate conference committees.
List of speakers. The House has elected a speaker 128 times since 1789: [3] at the start of each of the 118 congresses, plus on 10 occasions when a vacancy arose during a Congress via death, resignation, or motion to vacate.
Jan 5, 2021 · Members of the 117th Congress Sworn In. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was voted in for another two years as Speaker of the House. Photo by Eric Connolly. The 117th Congress is the most diverse Congress in history, with a record amount of gender and racial diversity. Photo by Franmarie Metzler.
