Claim: January 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election had five candidates, one of whom was John Boehner who received 216 votes.
Evidence: The January 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, the first of two Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections held that year, took place on January 6, 2015, at the start of the 114th Congress, two months after the 2014 elections. The incumbent, John Boehner, received 216 votes, a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected to office, despite a coordinated effort by Freedom Caucus Republicans to oust him. John Boehner* (OH 8) Nancy Pelosi (CA 12) Dan Webster (FL 10) Louie Gohmert (TX 1) Ted Yoho (FL 3) Jim Jordan (OH 4) Jeff Duncan (SC 3) Rand Paul Colin Powell Trey Gowdy (SC 4) Kevin McCarthy (CA 23) Jim Cooper (TN 5) Peter DeFazio (OR 4) Jeff Sessions John Lewis (GA 5)