Jefferson Franklin Long (March 3, 1836 – February 4, 1901) was an American politician from Georgia.
 He was the second African American sworn into the US House of Representatives, and the only African American to represent Georgia until Andrew Young was elected in 1972.
 Long was the first African American to speak on the floor of the US House, opposing the Amnesty Bill that exempted former confederate serving in the House from swearing allegiance to the Constitution.
The political positions of Paul Ryan, since 1999 the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district and currently the 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, are generally conservative, with a focus on fiscal policy.
 Ryan was Chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015 and of Ways and Means in 2015.
 Ryan was the Republican nominee for Vice President as the running mate of Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
Linda L. Upmeyer (born July 23, 1952) is the Iowa State Representative from the 54th District.
 She has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003 and is the current Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives.
 She is the first female Speaker in Iowa's history.
 She received her BSN from the University of Northern Iowa and her MSN from Drake University.
 On August 19, 2015 was elected by the members of the Iowa House of Representatives Republican majority to serve as the Speaker of the House.
 Upmeyer's father, Del Stromer served as Speaker from 1981–82.
Newton Leroy Gingrich ( ; born Newton Leroy McPherson; June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author from the state of Georgia who served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999.
 He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in 1999.
 In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination.
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County, Waukesha County and Milwaukee County.
 The district's current Representative is Republican Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in the United States presidential election of 2012.
G. Steven Rowe, known commonly as Steve Rowe, is a former Maine politician.
 A Democrat, he first entered politics in 1992 as a member of the Maine House of Representatives.
 In 1998, he became the 94th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, serving until he was term-limited from the House in 2000.
 In 2001, Rowe was elected as the 54th Maine Attorney General, serving eight years in that position.
Andrew Robert Kiefer (May 25, 1832 – May 1, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born at Marienborn, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; he attended school in Mainz; immigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1855; inspector and collector of the wharf in 1857; engaged in mercantile pursuits; enrolling clerk of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860; entered the Union Army as captain of the Second Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, on July 8, 1861, and served until July 18, 1863, when he was compelled to resign on account of ill health; commissioned by Governor Swift colonel of the Thirty-first Regiment of State militia in 1863; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1864; was engaged in the wholesale mercantile business 1865 – 1878 and in 1880 became interested in real estate; clerk of the district courts of Ramsey County 1878 – 1883; unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of St. Paul in 1890; elected as a Republican to the 53rd and 54th congresses, (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for reelection in 1896; mayor of St. Paul in 1898; at the time of his death was the Republican candidate for city controller; died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Paul Davis Ryan Jr. ( ; born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who is the 54th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
 He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, running alongside former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, in the 2012 election.
Robert S. Kiss (born November 12, 1957) is a Democratic politician from West Virginia.
 He was the 54th Speaker of the House for the West Virginia House of Delegates, a position which he has held since 1997 until 2007.
 In 2004, he announced that he would not be running for a tenth term in the House of Delegates, and would retire as speaker in 2006.
John Nance Garner IV (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas.
 He was the 39th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933.
 He was also the 32nd Vice President of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941.
 Along with Schuyler Colfax, Garner is one of two individuals to serve as Vice President of the United States and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Question: In regards to the 54th Speaker of the US House of Representatives, what year was he a candidate for VP?
Answer: 2012