Jan 4, 2023 · For the first time, two Black people were nominated to be speaker of the House of Representatives. Conservatives opposed to Kevin McCarthy nominated Rep. Byron Donalds on the 4th ballot on...

Of the 56 people who have served as speaker of the House over the past 235 years, 32 served multiple terms; seven of them served nonconsecutive terms: Frederick Muhlenberg, Henry Clay, John W. Taylor, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph W. Martin Jr., Sam Rayburn, and Nancy Pelosi.

There currently are 57 African-American representatives and two African-American delegates in the United States House of Representatives, representing 29 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Most are members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Republican. Former slave? Republican. Former slave?

Jan 4, 2023 · House Republicans, in a dizzying and apparent state of complete disarray, have moved to nominate a Black congressman for Speaker of the House in an effort to deny a much more senior legislator who...

Jan 5, 2023 · Florida Rep. Byron Donalds made history Wednesday when 20 Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for House Speaker nominated him for the post.

Jan 5, 2023 · One of two Black Republicans in the House, 44-year-old Donalds would make history were he elected, becoming the first Black speaker of the house. What are Byron Donalds political views?

Jan 4, 2023 · Donalds is currently one of only four Black Republicans in the House. After four contentious days of voting, negotiations and Republican infighting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was voted in...

Jan 4, 2023 · Hakeem Jeffries made history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress, addressing the 118th Congress for the first time in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Oct 23, 2023 · The successful protest vote taken by a group of House Republicans to defeat Conservative Rep. Jim Jordan in his bid to become the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives may have ushered in an even more conservative and principled House Speaker, Rep. Byron Donalds.

Feb 28, 2024 · Jeffries, a New York Democrat who became minority leader in November 2022, handed the speaker’s gavel to Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, on Oct. 25.