2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

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 United States 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.

2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03)
Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast
433 votes cast, 217 needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Paul Ryan Nancy Pelosi
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Wisconsin 1st California 12th
Members' vote 239 189
 
Candidate Others
Members' vote 5
Speaker before election

Paul Ryan
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Paul Ryan
Republican

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]

2017 election for Speaker – 115th Congress[2]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
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
  1. 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.
  2. "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. "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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