the speaker of the house is elected by congress.
the speaker of the house is elected by congress.
who is the speaker of the house elected by?
congress
as a result of the 1980 elections, the new progressive party had won 26 seats and the popular democratic party 25, but the latter challenged the results of the 35th representative district, creating a tie with each party holding 25 seats, pending the final results of that district. since the new house in 1981 was tied, it was unable to elect a speaker, as required, by an absolute majority. to complicate matters, ramón muñiz (ppd-32nd district) died on the house floor in january 1981 and representative-elect fernando tonos florenzán's election was invalidated due to him not having the constitutionally required 25 years to serve in the house, leaving the house with 25 new progressives and 23 popular democrats. house secretary cristino bernazard, who normally would have presided over the house only until it elected its new speaker in its inaugural session, became the first unelected acting speaker of the house. during bernazard's incumbency, he appointed co-chairs to the house standing committees and required that all house decisions and legislation be approved by consensus. after some political wrangling, in what became known as the viera-colberg pact, the house elected viera martínez once again as speaker for the remainder of 1981 and maverick popular democratic rep. severo colberg ramírez as speaker from 1982 until 1984. in late 1981, the supreme court ruled in favor of the popular democratic candidate in the 35th district, and with the popular democrats finally filling in the two vacancies they had, that party gained control of the house, with a majority of 26.
house of representatives of puerto rico
in the first close presidential election since the 1812 election, four major candidates ran, all of whom were members of the democratic-republican party. the democratic-republicans had largely been successful in fielding only one presidential candidate in previous elections (except in 1812), but the breakdown of the congressional nominating caucus and a lack of meaningful opposition from the federalists allowed for a multi-candidate field. senator andrew jackson from tennessee, secretary of state john quincy adams, secretary of the treasury william crawford, and speaker of the house henry clay all received electoral votes. with no candidate receiving a majority of the electoral vote, the house chose among the three candidates (jackson, adams, and crawford) with the most electoral votes. although jackson won a plurality of electoral and popular votes, the house elected adams as president. despite the chaos in the presidential election, john c. calhoun won the vice presidency with a majority of electoral votes. the 1824 presidential election was the only time that the house elected the president under the terms of the twelfth amendment, and the only time that the winner of the most electoral votes did not win the presidency. adams's victory ended the virginia dynasty of presidents, but continued the trend of the incumbent secretary of state winning election as president.
1824 united states elections