Claim: January 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election (took place on January 6, 2015) had five candidates, one of whom was John Boehner who received 216 votes.
Evidence: 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)