Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, 2017 - Wikipedia Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, 2017 The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia 's general notability guideline. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention. If notability can not be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources : `` Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, 2017 '' -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( January 2017 ) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, 2017 ← October 2015 January 3, 2017 ( 2017 - 01 - 03 ) 2019 → 435 eligible voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Candidate Paul Ryan Nancy Pelosi Party Republican Democratic Leader 's seat Wisconsin 's 1st California 's 12th Members ' vote 239 189 Percentage 55.2 % 43.6 % Speaker before election Paul Ryan Republican Elected Speaker Paul Ryan Republican An election for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives took place on January 3, 2017, during the opening day of the 115th United States Congress. The incumbent speaker, Paul Ryan, was re-elected. The election took place following the Republican Party 's victory in the United States House of Representatives elections, 2016. John Conyers, the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, administered the oath of office to Paul Ryan who, in turn, administered the oath of office en masse to the rest of the members of the 115th United States House of Representatives. All Republicans voted for Ryan except for Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who voted for Dan Webster. All Democrats voted for Pelosi except for Kathleen Rice of New York and Jim Cooper of Tennessee, who voted for Tim Ryan of Ohio ; Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who voted for John Lewis of Georgia ; and Ron Kind of Wisconsin, who voted for Cooper. Two members, Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Paul Ryan, did not vote. Results Candidate Votes % √ Paul Ryan ( R ) 239 55.2 % Nancy Pelosi ( D ) 189 43.6 % Tim Ryan ( D ) 0.5 % Jim Cooper ( D ) 0.2 % John Lewis ( D ) 0.2 % Dan Webster ( R ) 0.2 % Total 433 Not voting Vacant 0 References Jump up ^ `` Final Vote Results For Roll Call 2 ''. Clerk of US House of Representatives. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2017. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election,_2017&oldid=805230546 '' Categories : 115th United States Congress 2017 in American politics United States House of Representatives Paul Ryan Nancy Pelosi January 2017 events in the United States 2017 elections in the United States Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections Hidden categories : Articles with topics of unclear notability from January 2017 All articles with topics of unclear notability Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 October 2017, at 23 : 07. About Wikipedia

Question: name the current speaker of the united states house of representatives
Answer: Paul Ryan