Speaker of the United States House of Representatives by Minority Whip Newt Gingrich. Speaker Gingrich would regularly clash with Democratic President Bill Clinton, leading to the United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996, in which Clinton was largely seen to have prevailed. Gingrich's hold on the leadership was weakened significantly by that and several other controversies, and he faced a caucus revolt in 1997. After the Republicans lost House seats in 1998 (although retaining a majority) he did not stand for a third term as Speaker. His successor, Dennis Hastert, had been chosen as a compromise candidate, since the other Republicans in the leadership were more
October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election is a Speaker election, and we will look at his body of work and determine whether he gets a passing grade or not." October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election An election for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives took place on October 29, 2015, during the 114th U.S. Congress. The election was necessitated by the announcement of Speaker John Boehner's resignation, set for October 30. Boehner was the first Speaker to resign in the middle of a Congressional term since Jim Wright in 1989. Boehner had been the leader of the House Republican