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PHOTO: Rep. Mike Johnson is sworn in as Speaker of the House after being re-elected, on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 3, 2025.
On October 25, the full House voted, 220–209, [72] to elect Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [73] with every Republican member in attendance voting for him. [74] Johnson was also sworn in as speaker on the same day. [72] He is the first speaker in U.S. history from Louisiana. [75]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,receives the gavel from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,as he's swon in for another term leading the House of Representatives, Jan. 3, 2025.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to avoid the same fate that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, experienced two years ago: an embarrassing, drawn-out floor fight for the speaker ...
Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected as House speaker on Friday, Jan. 3, after his initial vote tally came up short. During the first round of voting, House representatives weren't ...
Speaker-elect Mike Johnson (R-La.) holds the gavel after being elected Speaker on the first day of the 119th session of Congress the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 3, 2025.
The speaker is the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after Election Day) 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. [3]
In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana ...