01/03/17 2:27 PM
ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE - The Dean of the House administered the Oath of Office to the Speaker-elect.
01/03/17 2:15 PM
ADDRESS BY THE SPEAKER-ELECT - The Speaker-elect addressed the House prior to taking the Oath of Office which will be administered by the Dean of the House, Representative-elect John Conyers of Michigan.
01/03/17 2:05 PM
The Speaker-elect was escorted into the Chamber by the Escort Committee and introduced by Representative-elect Pelosi, Democratic Leader, before assuming the Chair.
01/03/17 1:52 PM
COMMITTEE TO ESCORT THE SPEAKER-ELECT - The Clerk appointed a Committee of Members-elect to escort the Speaker-elect into the Chamber and to the Chair.
01/03/17 1:43 PM
Roll call 2 - Election of the Speaker. Mr. Ryan (WI) 239, Ms. Pelosi 189, Mr. Ryan (OH) 2, Mr. Webster (FL) 1, Mr. Cooper 1, and Mr. Lewis (GA) 1 (Roll no. 2). Mr. Ryan (WI) was elected Speaker.
01/03/17 12:47 PM
APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS - The Clerk announced the appointment of the following Members-elect to act as Tellers during the Roll Call for Election of Speaker: Mr. Harper; Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania; Ms. Kaptur; and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen.
01/03/17 12:37 PM
NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE OF SPEAKER - Pursuant to law and precedent, the Clerk announced that the next order of business was the election of Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 115th Congress and that nominations would now be in order. Accordingly, the Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington placed the name of the Honorable Paul D. Ryan into nomination for the Office of Speaker and the Honorable Joseph Crowley placed the name of the Honorable Nancy Pelosi into nomination for the Office of Speaker.
01/03/17 12:37 PM
ELECTION CREDENTIALS FOR DELEGATES - The Clerk notified the House that election credentials for all Delegates and Resident Commissioners had been received.
01/03/17 12:36 PM
Call by States Quorum responded: 434 present (Roll no. 1).
01/03/17 12:03 PM
CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION - The Clerk announced that Certificates of Election covering 435 seats in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress had been received and the names of those persons whose credentials show that they were regularly elected as Representatives in accordance with the laws of their respective States of the United States would be called. Without objection, the Representatives-elect were directed to record their presence by electronic device in order to determine whether a quorum was present.
