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Votes % Republican: Frederick H. Gillett (incumbent) 197 47.58 Democratic: Finis J. Garrett 195 47.10 Republican: Henry A. Cooper 17 4.11 Republican: Martin B. Madden 5 1.21 Total votes: 414: 100: Votes necessary: 208 >50: December 5, 1923 – 9th ballot [116] [126] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Frederick H. Gillett (incumbent) 215: 51.94
[3] [4] This was the first time since 2004 that the Republican Party made net gains in the House during a presidential election year. This led to Democrats' smallest majority since 1942. As of 2024, this remains the last time that the Democrats have won a majority in the United States House of Representatives.
The House elects a new speaker by roll call vote when it first convenes after a general election for its two-year term, or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. A majority of votes cast (as opposed to a majority of the full membership of the House) is necessary to elect a speaker. [1]
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 ...
This time period corresponds to the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Party Systems of the United States. For the purposes of counting partisan divisions in the U.S. House of Representatives, "Independent Democrats", "Independent Republicans", and other members loosely affiliated with the two main parties have been included in the "Democrat" and ...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. gavels in the first session of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber to vote for a new Speaker of the House, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan ...
The House then proceeded to vote on a motion to adjourn until 12 p.m. on January 9, with McHenry making the motion to adjourn. The plan was to give time to convince the four Republicans who continued to vote for someone other than McCarthy on the 14th ballot to switch their votes to present in order to lower the threshold needed to elect a ...
It was the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker could not take the gavel on the first vote, but McCarthy appeared undeterred. Instead, he vowed to fight to the finish. Instead ...