He had to work with the Democratic Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson in the Senate and Speaker Sam Rayburn in the House, both of Texas.

Cannon managed to save some face by promptly requesting a vote to remove him as Speaker, which he won handily since the Republican majority would not risk a Democratic speaker replacing him.

He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 – 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6. 7 % of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.

Rayburn's successor, Democrat John William McCormack ( served 1962 – 1971 ), was a somewhat less influential Speaker, particularly because of dissent from younger members of the Democratic Party.

Speaker Gingrich would regularly clash with Democratic President Bill Clinton, leading to the United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996, in which Clinton was largely seen to have prevailed.

Nineteen Democratic representatives voted for Democrats other than Pelosi, who had been chosen as House Minority Leader and the Democrats ' candidate for Speaker, as a show of dissent.

From 1890 until his death, he was leader of the Democratic Party in the House, as either the House Minority Leader or the Speaker of the House.

On November 16, 2006, Pelosi was unanimously chosen by her caucus as the Democratic candidate for Speaker, effectively making her Speaker-elect.

Despite the electoral setback suffered by her party, Pelosi sought to continue leading the House Democratic Caucus in the position of Minority Leader, the office she held prior to becoming Speaker.

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Active in the Social Democratic Party, he was in the municipal parliament of Lausanne ( 1934-1946 ), member of the parliament of the canton of Vaud ( 1937-1946 ), mayor of Lausanne ( 1946-1949 ), member of the National Council ( 1942-1969, except 1963 ), he was the Speaker of that Assembly from 1965 / 66, he sat in the Foreign affairs committee and was deputy chairman of the enquiry parliamentary committee dealing with the Mirage affair.

Finnish historians, political scientists and journalists still debate whether President Kekkonen really wanted to dismiss Prime Minister Koivisto or whether Kekkonen wanted to speed up Koivisto's slow and ponderous decision-making or whether this government crisis was just a part of the ruthless " presidential game " that top politicians, such as Koivisto, Foreign Minister Väyrynen, Social Democratic Chairman Sorsa, acting Governor of the Bank of Finland Karjalainen, and Parliamentary Speaker Virolainen, were playing ( see, for example, Pekka Hyvärinen, " Finland's Man: Urho Kekkonen's Life " / Suomen mies.

In 1974, Brown ran in a highly contested Democratic primary for Governor of California against Speaker of the California Assembly Bob Moretti, San Francisco Mayor Joseph L. Alioto, Representative Jerome R. Waldie, and others.

* John R. Gregg, Indiana Democratic candidate for Governor, 2012 ; state representative 1986 – 2002 ; former House Speaker

At the start of each Congress the Clerk of the House of the previous session creates a roll of those who have been elected to serve in the House of Representatives of that Congress ( current Congress is the 112th ) and calls the House to order, conducts opening ceremonies, and determines whether a quorum is present by electronic roll call, and seeks and recognizes nominations for Speaker from the Chairmen of the Democratic Caucus and the Republican Conference, and presides over the House until the election of a Speaker has occurred.

After the Clerk takes a roll call to ensure a quorum is present, he recognizes the Chairman of the Democratic Caucus and the Chairman of the Republican Conference to nominate a candidate for Speaker.

He was the brother of Virginia Governor and U. S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, a dominant figure in Virginia Democratic Party between the 1920s and 1960s ; their father served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates for a time.

* George Cassety Pendleton ( 1845-1913 ), Democratic politician, Texas State Representative and Speaker, TX Lieutenant Governor, and U. S. Representative

This convention was not respected during the 1987 General Election, when both the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party fielded candidates against the Conservative Speaker, Bernard Weatherill, who was MP for Croydon North East.

Eventually, due in part to the efforts of House Speaker Margaret Kelliher, who was running for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor of Minnesota, the General Assembly passed legislation approving nearly all the original unallotments.

In the 1982 Alabama gubernatorial Democratic primary, Wallace's main opponents were Lieutenant Governor George McMillan and Alabama House Speaker Joe McCorquodale.

Pundits predicted foot-dragging by the Speaker after President Kennedy's 30-year-old brother Ted won a Senate seat from Edward J. McCormack, Jr., the elder McCormack's favorite nephew, the highest Democratic officeholder in the state, and a logical candidate.

In 1949, he became the first Democratic Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in its history.

However, the Democratic candidate, Augusta businessman Charles " Champ " Walker, Jr., was dogged by ethical questions and began losing ground during the summer.

James Beauchamp Clark, best known as Champ Clark ( March 7, 1850 – March 2, 1921 ), was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s until his death.

In turn, the Republicans gained a net of 62 seats, with most of their gains coming in Democratic-leaning districts in the big industrial cities and the border states, many of which they took for the only time in decades, including the Missouri district of Democratic leader Champ Clark.

Democratic U. S. Senator Patty Murray narrowly carried Clark County in the United States Senate election in Washington, 2010 with 52 % of the vote, but lost the county to Republican Senate candidate George Nethercutt in 2004.

With a minority government in the House of Commons, Clark had to rely on the support of the Social Credit Party, with its six seats, or the New Democratic Party ( NDP ), with its 26 seats.

Clark was aided in delivering this message by Jack Weisgerber, leader of the BC Reform Party ( the name under which the majority of the Social Credit caucus had rebranded itself ), and Wilson, now leader of the Progressive Democratic Alliance ( PDA ) after being deposed by Campbell as leader of the BC Liberals.

On November 8, 2000, the Boston Globe noted Sununu's defeat of Democratic newcomer Martha Fuller Clark, noting that Sununu had " one of the House's most conservative voting records "— opposing abortion and increased minimum wages while favoring school vouchers and the death penalty.

In 1976, Moynihan was elected to the U. S. Senate from the State of New York, defeating U. S. Representative Bella Abzug, Ramsey Clark, Paul O ' Dwyer and Abraham Hirschfeld in the Democratic primary, and Conservative Party incumbent James L. Buckley in the general election.

The provincial government at the time, led by New Democratic Party ( NDP ) premier Glen Clark, decided to use provincial Crown corporation BC Ferries to advance its economic goal of supporting British Columbia's shipbuilding industry by creating a fleet of custom-designed high-speed catamaran passenger / vehicle ferries for BC Ferries.

Clark joined the 2004 race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination as a candidate on September 17, 2003, but withdrew from the primary race on February 11, 2004, after winning the Oklahoma state primary, endorsing and campaigning for the eventual Democratic nominee, John Kerry.

The New Democratic Party suffered badly in the campaign due to the drop in support for the provincial New Democratic parties over the preceding decade and amid a scandal in 2000 facing British Columbia's NDP Premier Glen Clark who was forced to resign as Premier.

During this time, he co-authored Counsel to the President, The New York Times best-selling memoirs of legendary Democratic wise man and Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, published in 1991.

In 1980, Gruening's grandson, Clark Gruening, defeated Gravel in the Democratic primary for renomination to the U. S. Senate.

Mayor Joseph S. Clark. In 1947 Richardson Dilworth was selected as the Democratic candidate, but lost to incumbent mayor Bernard Samuel.

In 1951 Joseph S. Clark was elected as the first Democratic mayor in 80 years.

Despite reforms and the Clark administration, a powerful Democratic patronage organization eventually replaced the old Republican one.

Glen Clark was forced to resign the leadership of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, and the premiership, after a criminal investigation against him was announced.

In May 2010 Sir Ketumile Masire led an African Union Election Observer Mission to the May 2010 Ethiopia Legislative Elections, and in October 2010 he co-led ( with fellow GLF Member Joe Clark ) a National Democratic Institute pre-election assessment mission in Nigeria, which identified a number of hurdles that could undermine a successful process surrounding the 2011 state and national polls.

* Democratic presidential nomination: Former Democratic candidate for the U. S. presidency Gen. Wesley K. Clark endorses current Democratic favorite Senator John Kerry.

Shelton created a minor controversy for 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark, a subordinate to Shelton during the 1999 Kosovo military actions, when he stated: " I will tell you the reason came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character issues, things that are very near and dear to my heart.

In 2004, Democratic candidate Wesley Clark was the only contender to personally visit Dixville Notch ; he was on hand when the votes were cast and counted, and he received the majority of Democratic votes cast.

The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.