House · Roll call 2 · Jan. 3, 2025

A vote to elect the Speaker of the House, the member who presides over the chamber and manages its business.

Johnson (LA)218–216 Speaker election Party-line vote
Question
Election of the Speaker
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
YesNoPresentDid not vote
Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 215
Republicans
Yes 218 · No 1

Most Democrats voted No (215 of 215).

Most Republicans voted Yes (218 of 219).

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

House members vote by calling out the name of their choice for Speaker, and the winner needs a majority of the votes cast for a named candidate. This vote elected the Speaker.

This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error

How each member voted

MemberSeatTheir vote
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