The House took 15 ballots to elect a Speaker in January 2023, 4 in October 2023 and 1 in January 2025
Source. House Clerk, Election of the Speaker roll calls of 2023 (the deciding ballots, roll 20 and roll 527) and of 2025 (roll 2)
Method and data
Method. Ballots are the House Clerk’s roll calls on the question “Election of the Speaker,” counted by election; every ballot’s tally, with its Clerk page, is in the data.
| Election | Roll call | Date | All candidates | Present | Not voting | Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 2 | January 3, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 203; Biggs 10; Jordan 6; Banks 1; Zeldin 1; Donalds 1 | 0 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20232 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 3 | January 3, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 203; Jordan 19 | 0 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20233 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 4 | January 3, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 202; Jordan 20 | 0 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20234 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 5 | January 4, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 201; Donalds 20 | 1 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20235 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 6 | January 4, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 201; Donalds 20 | 1 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20236 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 7 | January 4, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 201; Donalds 20 | 1 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20237 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 9 | January 5, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 201; Donalds 19; Donald J. Trump 1 | 1 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20239 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 10 | January 5, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 201; Donalds 17; Hern 2; Donald J. Trump 1 | 1 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202310 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 11 | January 5, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 200; Donalds 17; Hern 3 | 1 | 1 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202311 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 12 | January 5, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 200; Donalds 13; Hern 7 | 1 | 1 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202312 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 13 | January 5, 2023 | Jeffries 212; McCarthy 200; Donalds 12; Hern 7; Donald J. Trump 1 | 1 | 1 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202313 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 15 | January 6, 2023 | McCarthy 213; Jeffries 211; Jordan 4; Hern 3 | 0 | 3 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202315 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 16 | January 6, 2023 | McCarthy 214; Jeffries 212; Jordan 6 | 0 | 2 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202316 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 18 | January 6, 2023 | McCarthy 216; Jeffries 212; Jordan 2; Biggs 2 | 2 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202318 |
| 118th opening, Jan 3–7, 2023 | 2023 roll 20 | January 7, 2023 | McCarthy 216; Jeffries 212 | 6 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202320 |
| 118th vacancy, Oct 17–25, 2023 | 2023 roll 521 | October 17, 2023 | Jeffries 212; Jordan 200; Scalise 7; McCarthy 6; Zeldin 3; Garcia, Mike 1; Emmer 1; Cole 1; Massie 1 | 0 | 1 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023521 |
| 118th vacancy, Oct 17–25, 2023 | 2023 roll 523 | October 18, 2023 | Jeffries 212; Jordan 199; Scalise 7; McCarthy 5; Zeldin 3; Donalds 1; Emmer 1; Garcia, Mike 1; Boehner 1; Granger 1; Westerman 1; Miller, Candice 1 | 0 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023523 |
| 118th vacancy, Oct 17–25, 2023 | 2023 roll 525 | October 20, 2023 | Jeffries 210; Jordan 194; Scalise 8; McHenry 6; Zeldin 4; Donalds 2; McCarthy 2; Garcia, Mike 1; Emmer 1; Westerman 1 | 0 | 4 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023525 |
| 118th vacancy, Oct 17–25, 2023 | 2023 roll 527 | October 25, 2023 | Johnson (LA) 220; Jeffries 209 | 0 | 4 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023527 |
| 119th opening, Jan 3, 2025 | 2025 roll 2 | January 3, 2025 | Johnson (LA) 218; Jeffries 215; Emmer 1 | 0 | 0 | https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20252 |
