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On January 6, 2015, the first day of the 114th United States Congress and two months after the 2014 U.S. House elections, the incoming House members held an election for its speaker. This was 123rd speaker election since the office was created in 1789. The incumbent, John Boehner, received 216 votes, a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected to office, despite a coordinated effort by Freedom Caucus Republicans to oust him.[1][2]
Immediately after the election, the dean of the United States House of Representatives, John Conyers, administered the oath of office to the speaker. Boehner in turn administered the oath of office en masse to the rest of the members of the House. He resigned later that same year, triggering a speaker election in October.
- ^ French, Lauren; Bresnahan, John (January 9, 2015). "How not to oust a speaker: House conservatives spent almost a year pondering a challenge to John Boehner but couldn't deliver". Politico. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Walsh, Deirdre (January 6, 2015). "Boehner Overcomes Big Opposition to Remain Speaker". CNN. Retrieved January 25, 2019.