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{{Short description|53rd speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = John Boehner
|image        = John Boehner official portrait.jpg
|caption      = Official portrait, 2009
|office       = 53rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]
|term_start   = January 5, 2011
|term_end     = October 29, 2015
|predecessor  = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
|successor    = [[Paul Ryan]]
|office1      = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]]
|deputy1      = [[Roy Blunt]]<br />[[Eric Cantor]]
|term_start1  = January 3, 2007
|term_end1    = January 3, 2011
|predecessor1 = Nancy Pelosi
|successor1   = Nancy Pelosi
|office2      = Leader of the [[House Republican Conference#Caucus Leader|House Republican Conference]]
|term_start2  = January 3, 2007
|term_end2    = October 29, 2015
|predecessor2 = [[Dennis Hastert]]
|successor2   = Paul Ryan
|office3      = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]]
|1blankname3  = Speaker
|1namedata3   = Dennis Hastert
|term_start3  = February 2, 2006
|term_end3    = January 3, 2007
|predecessor3 = [[Roy Blunt]] (acting)
|successor3   = [[Steny Hoyer]]
|office4      = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce|House Education Committee]]
|term_start4  = January 3, 2001
|term_end4    = January 3, 2006
|predecessor4 = [[William F. Goodling]]
|successor4   = [[Howard McKeon]]
|office5      = [[Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Chair of the House Republican Conference]]
|deputy5      = [[Susan Molinari]]<br />[[Jennifer Dunn (politician)|Jennifer Dunn]]
|leader5      = [[Newt Gingrich]]
|term_start5  = January 3, 1995
|term_end5    = January 3, 1999
|predecessor5 = [[Dick Armey]]
|successor5   = [[J. C. Watts]]
|state6       = [[Ohio]]
|district6    = {{ushr|OH|8|8th}}
|term_start6  = January 3, 1991
|term_end6    = October 31, 2015
|predecessor6 = [[Buz Lukens]]
|successor6   = [[Warren Davidson]]
|state_house7 = Ohio
|district7    = 57th
|term_start7  = January 3, 1985
|term_end7    = December 31, 1990
|predecessor7 = [[Bill Donham]]
|successor7   = [[Scott Nein]]
|birth_name   = John Andrew Boehner
|birth_date   = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1949|11|17}}}}
|birth_place  = [[Reading, Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date   =
|death_place  =
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = {{marriage|Deborah Gunlack|1973}}
|children     = 2
|education    = [[Xavier University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|signature    = John Boehner Signature.svg
|allegiance   = {{flag|United States}}
|branch       = {{flag|United States Navy}}
|serviceyears = 1968 (8 weeks)
}}

'''John Andrew Boehner''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|eɪ|n|ər}} {{respell|BAY|nər}};{{efn|The German pronunciation of the [[Low German]] surname Boehner/Böhner is {{IPA-de|ˈbøːnər|}};<ref name="DictFamNames">{{cite book |editor-last=Hanks |editor-first=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |location=New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2003 |page=181 |isbn=0-19-508137-4}}</ref> however, Boehner's biography at House.gov recommends the pronunciation {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|eɪ|n|ər}} {{respell|BAY|nər}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://boehner.house.gov/about-john/biography/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312172850/http://boehner.house.gov/about-john/biography/ |access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2015 }}</ref> }}<ref name="bio" /> born {{nowrap|November 17}}, 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the [[List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives|53rd]] [[speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] from 2011 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/05/pelosi.boehner/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |title=Boehner takes charge as new Congress convenes |date=January 5, 2011}}</ref> A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he  served 13 terms as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|OH|8}} from 1991 to 2015. The district included several rural and suburban areas near [[Cincinnati]] and [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]].

Boehner previously served as the [[Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]] from 2007 until 2011, and [[Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] from 2006 until 2007. In January 2011, he was elected Speaker. Boehner resigned from the House of Representatives in October 2015 due to opposition from within the Republican caucus.

In September 2016, [[Squire Patton Boggs]], the third-largest lobbying firm in the U.S., announced that Boehner would join their firm. It was also announced that he would become a board member of [[Reynolds American]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2016/09/20/john-boehner-squire-patton-boggs/ |title=John Boehner Joins Squire Patton Boggs, Law Firm Known for Lobbying |publisher=Fortune.com |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Boehner was born in [[Reading, Ohio]], the son of Mary Anne (''[[née]]'' Hall; 1926–1998) and Earl Henry Boehner (1925–1990), the second of twelve children. His father was of [[German American|German]] descent and his mother had German and [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry.{{refn|<ref>{{cite news |last=Harnden |first=Toby |title=John Boehner: the second of twelve kids |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=September 17, 2010 |access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=175380149169318&set=a.175380095835990.35084.175082565865743 |title=Office of Speaker Boehner's Photos – January 2011 |publisher=Facebook}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://johnboehner.house.gov/Biography |title=John Boehner – 8th District of Ohio |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513191556/http://johnboehner.house.gov/Biography/ |archive-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Clifford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yZnDW7PT4QC&q=%22Earl+Henry+Boehner%22+HALL |title=Current Biography Yearbook 2006 |year=2006 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Company |page=58 |isbn=978-0-8242-1074-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/boehner.htm |title=boehner |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=October 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015195051/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/boehner.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} He grew up in modest circumstances, sharing one bathroom with his eleven siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati.<ref name="abcnews1">{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/american-dream-john-boehner-set-house-helm/story?id=12048868&page=1 |title='American Dream': John Boehner Set to Take House Helm |work=ABC News |date=November 3, 2010 |first1=Susie |last1=Banikarim |first2=Enjoli |last2=Francis }}</ref> He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938.<ref name="abcnews1" /> He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Toby | last=Harnden | title=John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama's elitist target | date=September 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Grunwald |first1=Michael |first2=Jay |last2=Newton-Small |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2029476-2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715030925/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2029476-2,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |title=Tanned, Tested, Ready: John Boehner |publisher=Time |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>

Boehner attended Cincinnati's [[Moeller High School]] and was a [[linebacker]] on the school's football team, where he was coached by future [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] coach [[Gerry Faust]].{{refn|<ref>{{cite video|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540|title=Boehner talks about tearfulness: 'It's who I am' |people=[[Brian Williams]] (interviewer) and John Boehner (interviewee)|work=[[NBC Nightly News]] |date=January 6, 2011 |time=3:03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_boyer?currentPage=all |title=House Rule |magazine=The New Yorker |date=December 13, 2010 |author=Peter J. Boyer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/12/john-boehner-speaker-new-yorker-/1 |title=Boehner: Tea Party rally showed him need for strong GOP |work=[[USA Today]] |date=December 6, 2010 |author=Catalina Camia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/politics/main6979283.shtml |title=John Boehner: Speaker-in-Waiting? |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=October 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/us/politics/15boehner.html |title=Boehner's Path to Power Began in Southern Ohio |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Jennifer Steinhauer and [[Carl Hulse]] |date=October 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101004/NEWS0108/110040002/John-Boehner-rose-from-humble-roots |title=John Boehner rose from humble roots |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=October 4, 2010 |author=Eric Bradley}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-31/politics/boehner.profile_1_boehner-john-boehner-house-gop |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707172334/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-31/politics/boehner.profile_1_boehner-john-boehner-house-gop |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |title=President's critic powerful insider, little-known outside the Beltway |publisher=CNN |date=August 31, 2010 |author=Deirdre Walsh}}</ref>}} Graduating from Moeller in 1968, when United States involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] was at its peak, Boehner enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] but was [[honorably discharged]] after eight weeks because of a bad back.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/23/loc_military_service.html |title=Military service rare on delegation |access-date=June 2, 2009 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529190844/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/23/loc_military_service.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[business administration]] from [[Xavier University (Cincinnati)|Xavier University]] in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.<ref name="abcnews1" />

== Early career ==
Shortly after his graduation in 1977, Boehner accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the [[plastics industry]]. He was steadily promoted and eventually became president of the firm, resigning in 1990 when he was elected to Congress.<ref name="bio" />

From 1981 to 1984, Boehner served on the board of trustees of [[Union Township, Butler County, Ohio]]. He then served as a member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] from 1985 to 1990.<ref>[http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/9538 Boehner, John Andrew]. US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. Retrieved March 16, 2015.</ref>

== U.S. House of Representatives ==
[[File:Representative John Boehner in 1993.jpg|thumb|left|Boehner in 1993]]
In 1990, Boehner ran against incumbent Congressman [[Buz Lukens]], who was under fire for having a sexual relationship with a minor. He was all but unknown when he entered a Republican primary that included Lukens and former Congressman [[Tom Kindness]]. Despite being dramatically outspent, Boehner won with 49 percent of the vote.<ref name="talberta">{{cite news |last1=Alberta |first1=Tim |title=John Boehner Unchained |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/29/john-boehner-trump-house-republican-party-retirement-profile-feature-215741 |access-date=30 October 2017 |publisher=[[Politico]] |date=1 November 2017}}</ref> He then handily beat his Democratic opponent, [[Greg Jolivette]], in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1990|November election]]. He was subsequently re-elected to Congress 12 times, each by a substantial margin.

Boehner's closest races were those in:
* [[2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 8|2006]], when he defeated the Democratic Party candidate, [[U.S. Air Force]] [[veteran]] Mort Meier, 64% to 36%;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/results/states/OH/index.html |title=State Races: Ohio 2006 Elections |publisher=CNN |date=November 2006 |access-date=March 16, 2006}}</ref>
* [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 8|2008]], when he defeated Nicholas Von Stein, 68% to 32%;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#OH |title=State Election Results |date=January 12, 2009 |publisher=CNN |access-date=November 22, 2010}}</ref>
* [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 8|2010]], when he garnered 66% percent of the vote in a four-way race against Democratic nominee [[Justin Coussoule]], [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] nominee Jim Condit, and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] nominee David Harlow.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/2010/gen/usrep.pdf Official candidate list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614222218/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/2010/gen/usrep.pdf |date=June 14, 2011}}, Ohio Secretary of State</ref>

=== Gang of Seven and ''Contract with America'' ===
During his freshman year, Boehner was a member of the [[Gang of Seven]] which was involved in bringing media attention to the [[House banking scandal]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us/politics/05boehner.html A Rabble-Rouser, Then and Now], ''The New York Times'', [[Carl Hulse]], July 4, 2009</ref> The group also [[Congressional Post Office scandal|investigated the Congressional Post Office]], leading to the indictment of Congressman [[Dan Rostenkowski]].<ref name="talberta"/> Later, he, along with [[Newt Gingrich]] and several other Republican lawmakers, was one of the engineers of the ''[[Contract with America]]'' in 1994 that politically helped Republicans during the [[United States elections, 1994|1994 elections]] during which they won the majority in Congress for the first time in four decades.

=== Republican leadership ===
From 1995 to 1999, Boehner served as [[Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Conference Chairman]], making him fourth-ranking House Republican behind Gingrich, [[House Majority Leader|Majority Leader]] [[Dick Armey]] and [[House Majority Whip|Majority Whip]] [[Tom DeLay]].<ref name="talberta"/> During his time as Conference Chairman, Boehner championed the [[Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996|Freedom to Farm Act]] that, among other provisions, revised and simplified direct payment programs for crops and eliminated milk price supports through direct government purchases.

In the summer of 1997 several House Republicans, who saw [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] [[Newt Gingrich]]'s public image as a liability, attempted to replace him as Speaker. The attempted "coup" began July 9 with a meeting between Republican conference chairman Boehner and Republican leadership chairman [[Bill Paxon]] of New York. According to their plan, [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] [[Dick Armey]], [[Party whips of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Whip]] [[Tom DeLay]], Boehner and Paxon were to present Gingrich with an ultimatum: resign, or be voted out. However, Armey balked at the proposal to make Paxon the new Speaker, and told his chief of staff to warn Gingrich about the coup.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/07/21/time/gingrich.html |publisher=CNN |title=Attempted Republican Coup: Ready, Aim, Misfire |access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref>

On July 11, Gingrich met with senior Republican leadership to assess the situation. He explained that under no circumstance would he step down. If he was voted out, there would be a new election for Speaker, which would allow for the possibility that Democrats{{snd}}along with dissenting Republicans{{snd}}would vote in [[Dick Gephardt]] as Speaker. On July 16, Paxon offered to resign his post, feeling that he had not handled the situation correctly. Paxon was the only unelected member of the leadership group, having been appointed to his position by Gingrich.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lessons Learned the Hard Way |last=Gingrich |first=Newt |year=1998 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |isbn=978-0-06-019106-1 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lessonslearnedha0000ging/page/159 159–160] |url=https://archive.org/details/lessonslearnedha0000ging/page/159}}</ref>

After Republicans lost seats in the [[United States elections, 1998|1998 elections]], the House Republican leadership underwent a reorganization. Armey and DeLay kept their positions, but Gingrich was replaced by [[Dennis Hastert]], and Boehner lost his position as conference chairman to [[J.C. Watts]].<ref name="talberta"/>

=== Chairman of Committee on Education and Labor ===
[[File:Leader Boehner addresses the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) (4370442351).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Boehner addresses the 2010 [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC) while serving as [[House Minority Leader]]|alt=]]

Following the election of President [[George W. Bush]], Boehner was elected as chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce|House Education and the Workforce Committee]], serving from 2001 until 2006. There he authored several reforms including the [[Pension Protection Act of 2006|Pension Protection Act]] and a successful school choice voucher program for low-income children in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news |author=George F. Will |url=http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/will/s_154631.html |title=Today's principle civil rights fight |newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=September 14, 2003 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720204738/http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/will/s_154631.html |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Boehner and Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] authored the passage of the [[No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]], which was signed by President George W. Bush in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rotherham |first=Andrew J. |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2029309,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105114735/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2029309,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |title=Will John Boehner Be Good for Education? |publisher=Time |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> Boehner said that it was his "proudest achievement" in two decades of public service.<ref>{{cite conference |first=Andrew |last=Rudalevige |title=Accountability and Avoidance in the Bush Education Plan: The 'No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.' |book-title="Taking Account of Accountability" Conference, Program on Education Policy and Governance|date=June 10, 2002|location=Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University|url=http://users.dickinson.edu/~rudaleva/ed_final.pdf}}</ref> Boehner was friends with Kennedy, also a Catholic, and every year they chaired fundraisers for cash-strapped Catholic schools.<ref name="Time">{{cite news|last1=Grunwald |first1=Michael |first2=Jay |last2=Newton-Small |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2029476,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711220704/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2029476,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |title=Tanned, Tested, Ready: John Boehner |publisher=Time |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>

=== House Republican Leader ===
[[File:John Boehner portrait.jpg|thumb|right|upright|2006 portrait of Boehner]]
After DeLay resigned as majority leader in 2005, Boehner, House Majority Whip [[Roy Blunt]] of [[Missouri]], and Representative [[John Shadegg]] of [[Arizona]], all sought to become Majority Leader.<ref name="talberta"/> Boehner campaigned as a reform candidate who wanted to reform the so-called "[[Earmark (politics)|earmark]]" process and rein in government spending. In the second round of voting by the House Republican Conference, Boehner defeated Blunt with 122 to 109 votes. Blunt kept his previous position as majority whip, the no. 3 leadership position in the House. There was some confusion on the first ballot for majority leader when the first count showed one more vote cast than Republicans present,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/12015-1.html |title=Roll Call |access-date=2006-02-04 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204102043/http://rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/12015-1.html |archive-date=February 4, 2006 |df=mdy }}</ref> due to a misunderstanding as to whether the rules allowed [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico]] [[Luis Fortuño]] to vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/02/lol.01.html |title=CNN |publisher=CNN |date=February 2, 2006 |access-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref>

After the Republicans lost control of the House in the 2006 elections, the House Republican Conference chose Boehner as minority leader. While as Majority Leader he was second-in-command behind Speaker Dennis Hastert, as minority leader he was the leader of the House Republicans. As such, he was the Republican nominee for Speaker in 2006 and 2008, losing both times to [[Nancy Pelosi]].

According to the 2008 Congress.org Power Ranking, Boehner was the 6th most powerful congressman (preceded by Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Ways and Means Committee Chairman [[Sander M. Levin]], Dean of the House [[John Dingell]], and Appropriations Committee Chairman [[Dave Obey]], all Democrats) and the most powerful Republican.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/overall.tt |title=Find and Contact Your Legislator |access-date=2009-04-25 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918155340/http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/overall.tt |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref> As minority leader, Boehner served as an ''ex officio'' member of the [[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]].

== Speaker of the House (2011–2015) ==
[[File:Obama Boehner State of the Union 2011.jpg|thumb|Speaker Boehner greets U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] before the [[2011 State of the Union Address]]]]
The Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives during the 2010 midterm elections, with a net gain of 63 seats. During his solemn victory speech, Boehner broke into tears when talking about "economic freedom, individual liberty and personal responsibility...I hold these values dear because I've lived them...I've spent my whole life chasing the American Dream".<ref name="Time" /> On November 17, 2010, Boehner was unanimously chosen by the House Republicans as their nominee for Speaker,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gopleader.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=215305 |title=Boehner: New Leadership "Reflects a New Majority Ready to Listen and Go to Work |publisher=Office of the House Republican Leader |date=November 17, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122033220/http://gopleader.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=215305 |archive-date=November 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hooper |first=Molly K. |date=November 17, 2010 |title=Boehner favored as 61st House Speaker on his 61st birthday |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/129727-boehner-elected-61st-speaker-of-the-house-on-his-61st-birthday |website=The Hill |access-date=November 17, 2010 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714034257/http://thehill.com/homenews/house/129727-boehner-elected-61st-speaker-of-the-house-on-his-61st-birthday |url-status=dead }}</ref> all but assuring his formal election to the post when the new Congress convened with a Republican majority in January 2011. He received the gavel from outgoing Speaker Pelosi on Wednesday, January 5, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sanburn |first=Josh |date=January 6, 2011 |title=Boehner's Large Gavel: Why Is New Speaker's Gavel So Big? |url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2041119,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109151128/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2041119,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2011 |magazine=Time |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> He was the first Speaker from Ohio since fellow Republicans [[Nicholas Longworth]] (1925 to 1931) and [[J. Warren Keifer]] (1881 to 1883). He was also the first Speaker who has served both as majority and minority floor leader for his party since Texas Democrat [[Sam Rayburn]].{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

[[File:Pope Francis and Speaker Boehner.jpg|thumb|left|Speaker Boehner meets with [[Pope Francis]] during [[Pope Francis' visit to the United States|his visit]] to the United States Congress]]
As Speaker, he was still the leader of the House Republicans. However, by tradition, he normally did not take part in debate, although he had the right to do so, and almost never voted from the floor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Representative John Boehner's Voting Records |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27015/john-boehner |publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]] |access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> He was not a member of any House committees during his Speakership.

Boehner was narrowly re-elected as Speaker of the House on January 3, 2013, at the beginning of the [[113th United States Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/were-the-g-o-p-votes-against-boehner-a-historic-rejection/ |title=Were the G.O.P. Votes Against Boehner a Historic Rejection? |last=Silver |first=Nate |date=January 4, 2013 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> He received 220 votes, needing 214 to win.<ref name="WP20130103">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/boehner-reelected-as-house-speaker/2013/01/03/c60b0970-55cb-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html |title=John Boehner reelected as House speaker |last=Kane |first=Paul |date=January 3, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>

In July 2014, Boehner moved forward on a [[United States House of Representatives v. Obama|lawsuit]] to force the President to impose penalties on companies who failed to provide health care coverage for their employees.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/boehner-disagrees-call-obama-impeachment-24505648 |title=House GOP Moves Ahead on Suing Obama |last1=Cassata |first1=Donna |date=July 10, 2014 |website=abcnews.go.com |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> Boehner had pressed for legislation to delay this mandate the previous year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/11/politics/republicans-obamacare-white-house-sue/ |title=White House: GOP voted to delay Obamacare mandate |last1=Acosta |first1=Jim |date=July 11, 2014 |website=www.cnn.com |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 11, 2014}}</ref> The third law firm selected finally filed the suit in November 2014, after Boehner criticized Obama's unilateral moves on immigration policy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levey |first1=Noam N. |date=November 22, 2014 |title=House Republicans sue Obama over Affordable Care Act enactment |url=http://www.stripes.com/house-republicans-sue-obama-over-affordable-care-act-enactment-1.315574 |website=www.stripes.com |publisher=Tribune Washington Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2014 |archive-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123032248/http://www.stripes.com/house-republicans-sue-obama-over-affordable-care-act-enactment-1.315574 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Resignation ===
{{see also|Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, October 2015}}
[[File:Speaker's Farewell.tif|thumb|300px|Speaker Boehner looks at the National Mall from the Speaker's balcony at the U.S. Capitol for one final time before leaving office]]
On September 25, 2015, Boehner announced that he would step down as Speaker and resign from Congress at the end of October 2015. Boehner's resignation took place after [[Pope Francis]]' [[2015 visit by Pope Francis to North America|address to Congress the day before]], an event considered by Boehner personally as the highest point in his legislative career. Sources in his office indicated he was stepping aside in the face of increasing discord while trying to manage passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government. Conservative opposition to funding [[Planned Parenthood]] as part of the resolution, and stronger threats to Boehner's leadership on account of the controversy, prompted the resignation.<ref name="resign1">{{cite news |title=John Boehner Will Resign From Congress |first=Jennifer |last=Steinhauer |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/boehner-will-resign-from-congress.html |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> Originally, House Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy (California politician)|Kevin McCarthy]] of California had intended to run for Speaker and was seen as the prohibitive favorite. On October 8, 2015, McCarthy abruptly rescinded his candidacy, citing that he felt he could not effectively lead a fractured Republican Caucus. After McCarthy's announcement, Boehner stayed on as Speaker until a successor was chosen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeBonis|first1=Mike |last2=Costa|first2=Robert |last3=Helderman|first3=Rosalind S. |date=October 8, 2015 |title=House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/08/house-majority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-drops-out-of-race-for-house-speaker/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> After initially turning down requests from Republican leaders, [[Paul Ryan]] of Wisconsin, [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee Chairman]] and [[Vice presidential candidacy of Paul Ryan|2012 Republican Vice Presidential nominee]] ran for Speaker with Boehner's blessing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raju|first1=Manu |last2=Walsh|first2=Deirdre |last3=Kopan|first3=Tal |last4=Bash|first4=Dana |date=October 21, 2015 |title=After caucus vote, Paul Ryan is pushing ahead with speaker bid |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/politics/paul-ryan-house-speaker-freedom-caucus/ |work=CNN |access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> On October 29, 2015, in his final act as Speaker, Boehner presided over Ryan's election.<ref>{{cite news |last=DeBonis |first=Mike |date=October 29, 2015 |title=Paul Ryan elected House speaker |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/29/paul-ryan-set-to-be-elected-62nd-house-speaker/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> Boehner's resignation from Congress became official on October 31, 2015, at 11:59&nbsp;p.m.<ref name=resign>{{cite web |last=Gomez |first=Henry J. |date=October 30, 2015 |title=John Boehner exits, John Kasich books Stephen Colbert: Ohio Politics Roundup |url=http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/10/john_boehner_exits_john_kasich.html |work=Cleveland.com |access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
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=== Connections to lobbyists ===
In June 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from [[tobacco industry]] [[lobbyist]]s on the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dana Milbank |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202571_pf.html |title=Boehner Makes His Political Comeback |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 3, 2006 |access-date=November 22, 2010}}</ref> In a 1996 documentary by [[PBS]] called ''The People and the Power Game'', Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that's gone on here for a long time that we're trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again."<ref>{{cite web|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' (transcript) |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39459613|website=Nbcnews.com|date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> Boehner eventually led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from being distributed on the House floor.<ref>See [http://www.rules.house.gov/ruleprec/109th.pdf House Rule IV 7] at rules.house.gov. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829022048/http://www.rules.house.gov/ruleprec/109th.pdf |date=August 29, 2006}}</ref>

A September 2010 story in ''[[The New York Times]]'' said Boehner was "Tightly Bound to Lobbyists" and that "He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation's biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R.J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/us/politics/12boehner.html |title=A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 11, 2010 |first=Eric |last=Lipton}}</ref>

=== Smithsonian ===
In November 2010, Boehner, along with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, called for the cancellation of an exhibit in the [[Smithsonian]]'s [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] after he learned that it featured a video by [[David Wojnarowicz]], ''A Fire in My Belly'', that contained an image of a [[crucifix]] with ants crawling on it. Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said, "Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the new majority in the House moves [in]."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113006801.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Jacqueline |last=Trescott |title=Portrait Gallery removes crucifix video from exhibit after complaints |date=December 1, 2010}}</ref>

=== Hurricane Sandy relief bill ===
On January 1, 2013, after passing the [[fiscal cliff]] [[American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012|deal]], Boehner adjourned the House without passing the $60 million [[Hurricane Sandy relief bill]]. Some Representatives, especially from the Northeast and including Republicans as well as Democrats, and [[New Jersey]] Governor [[Chris Christie]] harshly criticized Boehner.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/chris-christie-slams-john-boehner-hurricane-sandy-presser-18120271 |title=Gov. Chris Christie Slams GOP Leader Boehner |publisher=ABC News |date=January 2013 |access-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref> Boehner later promised to pass the bill.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/275141-boehner-committed-to-passing-sandy-aid-in-jan |title=Boehner committed to move Hurricane Sandy relief bill in January |work=The Hill |date=January 2013 |access-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref>

=== Challenged 2015 House Chair election ===
Many [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] were ready for a new [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] Chairman following the 2014 mid-term elections. ''EMC Research'' reported 60% of participants in their telephone survey wanted a new chairman.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/251502982/National-Telephone-Survey-of-Republican-Voters |title=National Telephone Survey of Republican Voters |publisher=EMC Research |date=January 2014 |access-date=January 5, 2014}}</ref> In the end there were a total of 25 votes against Boehner, 29 were needed in order to choose a new speaker. Boehner responded by removing those who opposed him from influential committees.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/boehner-allies-out-for-revenge-114007.html |title=Boehner takes revenge |publisher=Politico |date=January 6, 2014 |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref>

== Political positions ==
[[File:JBoehnerandbush.JPG|thumb|Boehner introducing then-president [[George W. Bush]] in [[Troy, Ohio]] in 2003]]
[[File:CPAC 2009 IMG 9962 (3314407560).jpg|thumb|Boehner speaking at the 2009 [[Conservative Political Action Conference]]]]
A profile in the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' said, "On both sides of the aisle, Boehner earns praise for candor and an ability to listen."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_624471.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513183352/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_624471.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 13, 2009|title=Boehner's job: Recapture 'squandered' GOP brand|author=Salena Zito|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|date=May 10, 2009|access-date=June 3, 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' says Boehner "has perfected the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable."<ref>{{cite news|last=Eaton|first=Sabrina|date=March 8, 2009|title=House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio helps unite GOP|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/waiting_for_the_banana_peel_ho.html|work=The Plain Dealer|access-date=June 3, 2009}}</ref>

Boehner has been classified as a "hard-core conservative" by [[OnTheIssues]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John Boehner on the Issues|url=http://www.issues2000.org/OH/John_Boehner.htm|publisher=Issues2000.org |access-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> Although Boehner has a conservative voting record, when he was running for House leadership, religious conservatives in the GOP expressed that they were not satisfied with his positions. According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'': "From [[illegal immigration]] to sanctions on China to an overhaul of the pension system, Boehner, as chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, took ardently pro-business positions that were contrary to those of many in his party. Religious conservatives – examining his voting record – see him as a policymaker driven by small-government economic concerns, not theirs."<ref>{{cite news |last=Weisman |first=Jonathan |date=February 12, 2006 |title=Boehner, or GOP, Must Bend |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100842.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref>

Boehner opposes [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]], as evidenced by his vote for the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]] in both 2004 and 2006. In a letter to the [[Human Rights Campaign]], Boehner stated, "I oppose any legislation that would provide special [[LGBT rights by country or territory|rights for homosexuals]]... Please be assured that I will continue to work to protect the idea of [[Traditional family|the traditional family]] as one of the fundamental tenets of [[Western culture|western civilization]]."<ref>Equality magazine. Winter 2011 issue. "Vigilance!", page 5.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/OH/John_Boehner_Civil_Rights.htm |title=John Boehner on Civil Rights |publisher=On the Issues |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>

On May 25, 2006, Boehner issued a statement defending his agenda and attacking his "[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] friends" such as Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]]. Boehner said regarding national security that voters "have a choice between a Republican Party that understands the stakes and is dedicated to victory, and a [[Democrat Party (epithet)|Democrat Party]] with a non-existent national security policy that sheepishly dismisses the challenges of a post-[[9/11]] world and is all too willing to concede defeat on the battlefield in [[Iraq]]."

Boehner is a signer of [[Taxpayer Protection Pledge|Americans for Tax Reform]]'s [[Taxpayer Protection Pledge]].<ref name="ATR">{{cite web|title=The Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers 112th Congressional List|url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/atrfiles/files/files/091411-federalpledgesigners.pdf|publisher=Americans for Tax Reform|access-date=November 30, 2011}}</ref>

In June 2013, Boehner labeled former NSA contractor [[Edward Snowden]] a traitor after his [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|leaks]] went public.<ref name=20130611sfchron>{{cite news |last=LoGiurato |first=Brett |date=June 11, 2013 |title=John Boehner: Edward Snowden Is A 'Traitor' |url=http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/JOHN-BOEHNER-Edward-Snowden-Is-A-Traitor-4593261.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref>

"I'm not qualified to debate the science over [[climate change]]", Boehner said at a press conference on May 29, 2014, at which he criticized proposed federal regulations on [[Fossil-fuel power station|coal-fired power plants]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Berman |first=Russell |date=May 29, 2014 |title=Boehner 'not qualified' to debate climate change |url=http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207580-boehner-not-qualified-to-debate-climate-change |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Frumin |first=Aliyah |date=May 29, 2014 |title=John Boehner: I'm 'not qualified' to debate climate change |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/boehner-not-qualified-debate-climate-change |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davenport |first=Coral |date=October 30, 2014 |title=Why Republicans Keep Telling Everyone They're Not Scientists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/us/why-republicans-keep-telling-everyone-theyre-not-scientists.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref>

In 2011, Boehner opposed the NATO-led [[2011 military intervention in Libya|military intervention in Libya]].<ref>"[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/22/war.powers.libya/ Boehner: House not with McCain on Libya campaign]". CNN. June 22, 2011.</ref> In 2015, Boehner supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]], saying: "I applaud the Saudis for taking this action to protect their homeland and to protect their own neighborhood."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/27/saudi-arabia-gets-bipartisan-backing-for-yemen-airstrikes |title=Saudi Arabia Gets Bipartisan Backing for Yemen Airstrikes |work=U.S. News. |date=March 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328004338/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/27/saudi-arabia-gets-bipartisan-backing-for-yemen-airstrikes |archive-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>

=== Financial crisis ===
[[File:President Obama & John Boehner debt ceiling negotiations.jpg|thumb|left|Speaker Boehner meets with President Obama at the White House during the 2011 debt ceiling increase negotiations]]
On September 18, 2008, Congressman Boehner attended a closed meeting with congressional leaders, then-Treasury Secretary [[Henry Paulson]] and [[Chair of the Federal Reserve|Federal Reserve Chairman]] [[Ben Bernanke]], and was urged to craft legislation to help financially troubled banks. That same day (trade effective the next day), Congressman Boehner cashed out of an equity mutual fund.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawmakers' inside advantage to trading |url=http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/lawmakers-inside-advantage-trading |website=Marketplace |date=September 17, 2009 |access-date=September 20, 2009}}</ref>

On October 3, 2008, Boehner voted in favor of the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] (TARP),<ref>{{cite web |title=Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml |website=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |date=October 3, 2008}}</ref> believing that [[Article One of the United States Constitution|the enumerated powers]] grant Congress the authority to "purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen its financial sector."

Boehner has been highly critical of several initiatives by the Democratic Congress and President [[Barack Obama]], including the "[[cap and trade]]" plan that Boehner says would hurt job growth in his congressional district and elsewhere. He opposed the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] and said that, if Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections, they would do whatever it takes to stop the act. One option would be to defund the administrative aspect of the Act, not paying "one dime" to pay the salaries of the workers who would administer the plan.<ref name="Wereschagin" /> He also led an opposition to the 2009 stimulus and to Obama's first budget proposal, promoting instead an alternative economic recovery plan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=109659 |title=House GOP Economic Recovery Alternative Will Create 6.2 Million New American Jobs &#124; Republican Leader John Boehner |publisher=Republicanleader.house.gov |access-date=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608232152/http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=109659 |archive-date=June 8, 2010 }}</ref> and a Republican budget (authored by Ranking Rep. [[Paul Ryan (politician)|Paul Ryan]], R-[[Wisconsin|WI]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/hbcrepbudget.shtml |title=Budget Committee Republicans, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. |publisher=House.gov |date=January 4, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306115414/http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/hbcrepbudget.shtml |archive-date=March 6, 2010 }}</ref> He has advocated for an across-the-board [[budget freeze|spending freeze]], including [[entitlement programs]].
Boehner favors making changes in [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], such as by raising the retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, as well as tying cost-of-living increases to the [[consumer price index]] rather than [[inflation|wage inflation]], and limiting payments to those who need them.<ref name="Wereschagin">{{Citation| last1 = Wereschagin| first1 = Mike| last2 = Zito| first2 = Salena| title = Obama's good for GOP, Boehner says| newspaper = [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]| date = June 29, 2010| url = http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_688102.html| access-date = September 12, 2010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100702154122/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_688102.html| archive-date = July 2, 2010| df = mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2011, Boehner called the [[No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act]] "one of our highest legislative priorities."<ref>Somashekhar, Sandhya. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/31/AR2011013105207.html "Legislative proposal puts abortion rights supporters on alert."] ''Washington Post'', February 1, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Boehner |first=John |date=January 20, 2011 |title=Boehner press release on HR 3 |url=http://www.speaker.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=220673 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204081738/http://www.speaker.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=220673 |archive-date=February 4, 2011}}</ref>

In 2013, Boehner led his caucus in a strategy to hold Defense spending hostage in order to avoid reducing the deficit with revenue increases.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson |first=Loren |date=January 18, 2012 |title=Republicans Target Their Own Voters In Defense Budget Switch |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2013/02/04/republicans-target-their-own-voters-in-defense-budget-switch/ |work=Forbes |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>

As Republican House Leader, Boehner was a Democratic target for criticism of Republican views and political positions. In July 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] began singling out Boehner for criticism during his speeches.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/06/target-gop-obama-takes-aim-at-boehner-barton-.html |title=Target GOP: Obama Takes Aim at Boehner, Barton - Political Punch |access-date=September 19, 2010 |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204063748/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/06/target-gop-obama-takes-aim-at-boehner-barton-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In one speech, Obama mentioned Boehner's name nine times,<ref>{{cite web|last=Harnden |first=Toby |date=September 17, 2010 |title=John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama's elitist target |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html |work=The Telegraph |access-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref> and accused him of believing that police, firefighters, and teachers were jobs "not worth saving".<ref>{{cite news|last=James |first=Frank |date=September 12, 2010 |title=Obama Takes Boehner On By Name; Shades Of Clinton-Gingrich |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/08/129732461/obama-take-on-boehner-by-name-shades-of-clinton-gingrich |work=NPR |access-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref>

== Later career ==
=== Politics ===
Boehner made headlines in April 2016 when he referred to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Ted Cruz]] as "[[Lucifer]] in the flesh" in an interview at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Kristina |date=April 28, 2016 |title=John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz 'Lucifer in the Flesh' |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/04/28/john-boehner-calls-ted-cruz-lucifer-in-the-flesh/ |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref> On May 12, after [[Donald Trump]] became the presumptive Republican nominee, Boehner's support for him (while distancing himself from Trump on several policies) became public; he also expressed satisfaction with Cruz not securing the nomination: "Thank God the guy from Texas didn't win."<ref>{{cite news|last=Mattingly |first=Phil |date=May 12, 2016 |title=John Boehner backs Donald Trump, thanks God Cruz didn't win |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/politics/john-boehner-backs-donald-trump/ |publisher=CNN}}</ref> On February 23, 2017, Boehner predicted Republicans would "fix" the Affordable Care Act and give it a different name as opposed to their stated intent to repeal and replace.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burlij |first=Terence |date=February 24, 2017 |title=Boehner: Obamacare repeal and replace 'not what's going to happen' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/john-boehner-obamacare/ |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

On August 17, 2020, a spokesperson for Boehner stated that he would not endorse either President Trump or [[Joe Biden]] for the [[2020 United States presidential election]], saying: "The answer is no. I think he'd rather set himself on fire than get involved in the election. Nothing to see here."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morrow |first1=Brendan |date=August 17, 2020 |title=John Boehner would 'rather set himself on fire' than get involved in the 2020 election |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/931711/john-boehner-rather-set-himself-fire-than-involved-2020-election |work=[[The Week]] |access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref>

After the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol]] by a mob of Trump supporters, Boehner called on Republicans to "awaken", saying: "The invasion of our Capitol by a mob, incited by lies from some entrusted with power, is a disgrace to all who sacrificed to build our Republic."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Jordan|date=January 7, 2021|title=Ex-Speaker Boehner after Capitol violence: 'The GOP must awaken'|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533130-former-republican-speaker-boehner-after-capitol-violence-the-gop-must-awaken|access-date=April 2, 2021|website=The Hill|language=en}}</ref> Boehner later congratulated Biden on his victory after the vote was certified.<ref name=":0" /> He has frequently reiterated his feelings, on one account noting how Trump "Incited That Bloody Insurrection",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Haberman|first=Maggie|date=April 7, 2021|title=Boehner Blasts Trump, Saying He 'Incited That Bloody Insurrection'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/politics/john-boehner-trump-capitol-riot.html|access-date=April 8, 2021|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|language=en-US}}</ref> and called [[Ted Cruz]] "a reckless asshole who thinks he is smarter than everyone else".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Relman|first=Eliza|date=April 2, 2021|title=Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner in new book excerpt calls Ted Cruz a 'reckless a--hole who thinks he is smarter than everyone else'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/john-boehner-calls-ted-cruz-a-reckless-asshole-book-excerpt-2021-4|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Business Insider}}</ref> Boehner said that Trump should "consider resigning" and that President Trump had "violated his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/12/john-boehner-trump-should-consider-resigning/6635846002/ |title=John Boehner: Trump should 'consider resigning'|newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021}}</ref>

Boehner's political memoir, entitled ''On the House: A Washington Memoir'', was published by [[St. Martin's Press]] on April 13, 2021. Excerpts began appearing early in April.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehner |first1=John |title=Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/02/john-boehner-book-memoir-excerpt-478506 |access-date=April 3, 2021 |work=[[Politico]] |date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> In this memoir, he lambasts Cruz, [[Michele Bachmann]], [[Sean Hannity]], [[Rush Limbaugh]], and Trump. It also covers how the [[Tea Party movement]] led to the far-right [[Freedom Caucus]], which forced him to retire, and then morphed into [[Trumpism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/547423-boehner-finally-calls-it-as-he-sees-it|title=Boehner finally calls it as he sees it|last=Wong|first=Scott|website=The Hill|date=April 11, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> In response to the criticism he received in the book, Cruz threatened to burn Boehner’s book if his supporters could fulfil his “72-hour drive to raise $250,000” in campaign funds.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=April 15, 2021 |title=Ted Cruz threatens to burn John Boehner's book over criticisms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/15/ted-cruz-john-boehner-burn-book |website=The Guardian |location=New York |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>

In spite of his critiques, Boehner confirmed he voted for Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Explaining his vote, he said: "At the end of the day, who gets nominated to the federal courts is really the most important thing a President does."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/547884-boehner-says-he-voted-for-trump-didnt-push-back-on-election-claims-because-hes|title=Boehner says he voted for Trump, didn't push back on election claims because he's retired|last=Schnell|first=Mychael|website=The Hill|date=April 13, 2021|access-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref>

=== Business ===
Boehner joined the board of tobacco company [[Reynolds American]] on September 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Egan |first=Matt |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Heavy smoker John Boehner joins tobacco company's board |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/15/investing/john-boehner-smoking-joins-tobacco-company/ |work=CNN Business |access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

In 2018 Boehner joined the board of [[Acreage Holdings]], a [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] corporation, to promote the [[Medical cannabis in the United States|medical use of cannabis]] and advocate for [[Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act|federal de-scheduling]] of the drug (a shift from his previous stance while in Congress).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gstalter |first1=Morgan |title=Boehner joins cannabis company board to push for medical use |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/382614-boehner-joins-board-of-cannabis-company-for-push-for-medical |website=The Hill |date=April 11, 2018 |access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Boehner was named chair of the National Cannabis Roundtable, a cannabis lobbying organization.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tucker|first1=Randy |last2=Borchardt|first2=Jackie |title=John Boehner to chair new national cannabis lobbying group |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2019/02/08/cannabis-former-house-speaker-john-boehner-chair-new-lobbying-group/2810644002/ |access-date=March 5, 2019 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=February 8, 2019}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
In reporting his pending retirement, ''[[Politico]]'' summarized his Speakership:
:Boehner came into power on the momentum of the 2010 tea party wave. But it was that movement that gave him constant problems. He clashed with [[Social conservatism|social conservatives]] over the [[debt limit]], government funding, Obamacare<ref>{{cite news|last=Gautreaux |first=Ryan J.|date=2016|title=Framing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:A Content Analysis of Democratic and Republican Twitter Feeds|url=https://www.academia.edu/35311502|access-date=March 26, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120195817/https://www.academia.edu/35311502/Framing_the_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act_A_Content_Analysis_of_Democratic_and_Republican_Twitter_Feeds|url-status=live}}</ref> and taxes. But his tenure will also be remembered for his complicated relationship with President Barack Obama. He and Obama tried{{snd}}but repeatedly failed{{snd}}to cut a deal on a sweeping fiscal agreement. But Boehner has had some significant victories, including the trade deal that Congress passed this year, and changes to entitlement programs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Jake |last2=Palmer|first2=Anna |last3=Bresnahan|first3=John |last4=French |first4=Lauren|date=September 25, 2015|title=John Boehner heads for the exits|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/speaker-john-boehner-retiring-from-congress-at-the-end-of-october-214056#ixzz3mlVEHpBf|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>

Paul Kane in ''The Washington Post'' emphasizes how none of the "big deals" he sought were ever reached:
:Boehner never landed the really big deal he craved. Not the $4 trillion tax-and-entitlement deal he reached for in 2011, not the repackaged version a year later and not the immigration overhaul he sought in 2014.<ref name=waposept25>{{cite news|last=Kane|first=Paul|date=September 25, 2015|title=After nearly five years, Boehner could never land the 'big deal' he wanted|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-nearly-five-years-boehner-could-never-land-the-big-deal-he-wanted/2015/09/25/6bf22bd2-63b3-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>

Furthermore, Kane argues, Boehner's persona alienated conservative Republicans who demanded more vigorous attacks on Obama and instead perceived, "a country club Republican who loved to play 18 holes of golf and drink merlot afterward while cutting deals. In an era of shouting and confrontation, on talk radio or cable TV, Boehner's easygoing style did not fit."<ref name=waposept25/>

== Personal life ==
Boehner and his wife Debbie were married in 1973, and lived in the [[Wetherington, Ohio|Wetherington]] section of [[West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio|West Chester Township, Ohio]]. They have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia.<ref>{{cite journal |author=James Rowley |date=October 28, 2010 |title=Boehner's Blue-Collar Roots Frame Possible Next Speaker's Views |journal=Business Week |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |location=New York, NY |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-28/boehner-s-blue-collar-roots-frame-possible-next-speaker-s-views.html |access-date=November 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628225642/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-28/boehner-s-blue-collar-roots-frame-possible-next-speaker-s-views.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref>

On May 15, 2016, Boehner was awarded the [[Laetare Medal]], considered the highest honor for [[American Catholics]], by the [[University of Notre Dame]]. The medal was awarded to [[Joe Biden]] at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |author=Religion News Service |date=16 May 2016 |title=Biden, Boehner receive high Catholic honor |url=https://newbostonpost.com/2016/05/16/biden-boehner-receive-high-catholic-honor/ |website=New Boston Post |access-date=July 31, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hale |first=Christopher J. |date=May 16, 2016 |title=Joe Biden and John Boehner: Our Faith Inspires Political Compromise |url=https://time.com/4336490/joseph-biden-john-boehner-catholic-faith/ |magazine=Time |access-date=July 31, 2020}}</ref>

== Publications ==
* {{cite book |last=Boehner |first=John |year=2021 |title=On the House: A Washington Memoir |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1250238443 |oclc=1200038796 }}

==Honors==
* {{flag|Japan}}:
** [[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] (14 March 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnboehner.com/2017/03/14/japans-order-of-rising-sun-conferred-upon-speaker-boehner-by-prime-minister-abe-in-tokyo/|title=Japan's Order of Rising Sun Conferred Upon Speaker Boehner by Prime Minister Abe in Tokyo – John Boehner|website=Johnboehner.com|access-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
=== Congressional elections ===
* <small>Note: election numbers may not total 100% because of rounding.</small>
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[1990 United States House of Representatives elections|1990]]<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |access-date=January 10, 2008 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226190314/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archive-date=December 26, 2007 |df=mdy}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner
  |votes      = 99,955
  |percentage = 61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gregory Jolivette
  |votes      = 63,584
  |percentage = 39
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[1992 United States House of Representatives elections|1992]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 176,362
  |percentage = 74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Sennet
  |votes      = 62,033
  |percentage = 26
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|1994]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 148,338
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
  |party      =
  |candidate  = ''[[Write-in candidate|write-in]]''
  |votes      = 87
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[1996 United States House of Representatives elections|1996]]<ref name="1996-election">[https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/election-results-and-data/1990-1999-official-election-results/u.s.-house-of-representatives-november-5-1996/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205200725/https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/election-results-and-data/1990-1999-official-election-results/u.s.-house-of-representatives-november-5-1996/ |date=February 5, 2021 }}[] {{dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 165,815
  |percentage = 70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jeffrey Kitchen
  |votes      = 61,515
  |percentage = 26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Natural Law Party (United States)
  |candidate  = William Baker
  |votes      = 8,613
  |percentage = 4
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[1998 United States House of Representatives elections|1998]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 127,979
  |percentage = 71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John W. Griffin (politician)|John W. Griffin]]
  |votes      = 52,912
  |percentage = 29
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2000 United States House of Representatives elections|2000]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 179,756
  |percentage = 71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John G. Parks
  |votes      = 66,293
  |percentage = 26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David Shock
  |votes      = 7,254
  |percentage = 3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2002 United States House of Representatives elections|2002]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 119,947
  |percentage = 71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jeff Hardenbrook
  |votes      = 49,444
  |percentage = 29
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2004 United States House of Representatives elections|2004]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 201,675
  |percentage = 69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jeff Hardenbrook
  |votes      = 90,574
  |percentage = 31
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2006 United States House of Representatives elections|2006]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 136,863
  |percentage = 64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mort Meier
  |votes      = 77,640
  |percentage = 36
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections|2008]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 202,063
  |percentage = 68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nicholas Van Stein
  |votes      = 95,510
  |percentage = 32
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections|2010]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 142,731
  |percentage = 66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Justin Coussoule
  |votes      = 65,883
  |percentage = 30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David Harlow
  |votes      = 5,121
  |percentage = 2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = James Condit
  |votes      = 3,701
  |percentage = 2
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2012 United States House of Representatives elections|2012]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 246,378
  |percentage = 99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = James Condit
  |votes      = 1,938
  |percentage = 1
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Ohio's 8th congressional district]] election, [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections|2014]]<ref name="clerkresults"/><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner*
  |votes      = 126,539
  |percentage = 67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Poetter
  |votes      = 51,534
  |percentage = 27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = James Condit
  |votes      = 10,257
  |percentage = 5
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Speaker of the House selections ===
* <small>Note: [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives#Selection|selection]] numbers may not total 100% because of rounding.</small>
{{Election box begin no change | title=2007 selection as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web |title=153 ''Cong. Rec.'' 2 (2007) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2007-pt1/pdf/CRECB-2007-pt1-Pg2-2.pdf |work=Congressional Record |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[California's 8th congressional district|CA 8]])
  |votes      = 233
  |percentage = 54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner ([[Ohio's 8th congressional district|OH 8]])
  |votes      = 202
  |percentage = 46
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 435
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 218
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=2009 selection as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[111th United States Congress|111th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web |title=155 ''Cong. Rec.'' 3 (2009) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2009-pt1/pdf/CRECB-2009-pt1-Pg3.pdf |work=Congressional Record |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]]* ([[California's 8th congressional district|CA 8]])
  |votes      = 255
  |percentage = 54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner ([[Ohio's 8th congressional district|OH 8]])
  |votes      = 174
  |percentage = 41
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 429
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 215
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=2011 selection as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[112th United States Congress|112th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web |title=157 ''Cong. Rec.'' 75 (2011) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2011-pt1/pdf/CRECB-2011-pt1-Pg75-2.pdf |work=Congressional Record |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner ([[Ohio's 8th congressional district|OH 8]])
  |votes      = 241
  |percentage = 56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]]* ([[California's 8th congressional district|CA 8]])
  |votes      = 173
  |percentage = 40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Heath Shuler]] ([[North Carolina's 11th congressional district|NC 11]])
  |votes      = 11
  |percentage = 3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John Lewis]] ([[Georgia's 5th congressional district|GA 5]])
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Dennis Cardoza]] ([[California's 18th congressional district|CA 18]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Costa]] ([[California's 20th congressional district|CA 20]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Cooper]] ([[Tennessee's 5th congressional district|TN 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Steny Hoyer]] ([[Maryland's 5th congressional district|MD 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Marcy Kaptur]] ([[Ohio's 9th congressional district|OH 9]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 432
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 217
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=2013 selection as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[113th United States Congress|113th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web |title=159 ''Cong. Rec.'' 21 (2013) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2013-pt1/pdf/CRECB-2013-pt1-Pg21-2.pdf |work=Congressional Record |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner* ([[Ohio's 8th congressional district|OH 8]])
  |votes      = 220
  |percentage = 52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[California's 12th congressional district|CA 12]])
  |votes      = 192
  |percentage = 45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Eric Cantor]] ([[Virginia's 7th congressional district|VA 7]])
  |votes      = 3
  |percentage = 1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Cooper]] ([[Tennessee's 5th congressional district|TN 5]])
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Allen West (politician)|Allen West]]{{efn|name=notin|Not a member of the House at the time.<ref name=CRS-RL30857>{{cite web| last1=Heitshusen| first1=Valerie| last2=Beth| first2=Richard S.| title=Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019| date=January 4, 2019| work=CRS Report for Congress| url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30857.pdf| publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]], the [[Library of Congress]]| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>}}
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Justin Amash]] ([[Michigan's 3rd congressional district|MI 3]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John Dingell]] ([[Michigan's 12th congressional district|MI 12]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Jordan (U.S. politician)|Jim Jordan]] ([[Ohio's 4th congressional district|OH 4]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Raúl Labrador]] ([[Idaho's 1st congressional district|ID 1]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John Lewis]] ([[Georgia's 5th congressional district|GA 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Colin Powell]]{{efn|name=notin}}
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[David M. Walker (U.S. Comptroller General)|David Walker]]{{efn|name=notin}}
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 426
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 214
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{further|January 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2015 selection as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] (Regular){{snd}}[[114th United States Congress|114th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=161 ''Cong. Rec.'' 29 (2015)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2015-pt1/pdf/CRECB-2015-pt1-Pg29-3.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref><br />* denotes incumbent}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Boehner* ([[Ohio's 8th congressional district|OH 8]])
  |votes      = 216
  |percentage = 53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Nancy Pelosi]] ([[California's 12th congressional district|CA 12]])
  |votes      = 164
  |percentage = 40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Daniel Webster (Florida politician)|Dan Webster]] ([[Florida's 10th congressional district|FL 10]])
  |votes      = 12
  |percentage = 3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Louie Gohmert]] ([[Texas's 1st congressional district|TX 1]])
  |votes      = 3
  |percentage = 1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Ted Yoho]] ([[Florida's 3rd congressional district|FL 3]])
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Jordan (American politician)|Jim Jordan]] ([[Ohio's 4th congressional district|OH 4]])
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jeff Duncan (politician)|Jeff Duncan]] ([[South Carolina's 3rd congressional district|SC 3]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Rand Paul]]{{efn|name=notin}}
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Colin Powell]]{{efn|name=notin}}
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Trey Gowdy]] ([[South Carolina's 4th congressional district|SC 4]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Kevin McCarthy (California politician)|Kevin McCarthy]] ([[California's 23rd congressional district|CA 23]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jim Cooper]] ([[Tennessee's 5th congressional district|TN 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Peter DeFazio]] ([[Oregon's 4th congressional district|OR 4]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jeff Sessions]]{{efn|name=notin}}
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[John Lewis]] ([[Georgia's 5th congressional district|GA 5]])
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0
}}
{{Election box total no change|
  |votes      = 408
  |percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no change|
  |votes      = 205
  |percentage = >50
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Boehner received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the selection, but failed to obtain a majority of the full membership (218).<ref name=CRS-RL30857/>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, ''The Almanac of American Politics 2006: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts'' (2005) pp.&nbsp;1328–32.

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140704002616/http://johnboehner.house.gov/ Congressman John Boehner] ''official U.S. House website''
* [http://www.johnboehner.com/ Friends of John Boehner] ''official campaign website''
* [http://www.freedomproject.org/ The Freedom Project] political action committee
* {{Curlie|Regional/North_America/United_States/Ohio/Government/Federal/US_House_of_Representatives/John_Boehner_%5BR-08%5D}}
* {{C-SPAN|16740}}
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