UPDATE (3:18 PM): John Boehner also abstained from voting for himself during the 2009 House Speaker election against then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Ohio Republican John Boehner is the new House Speaker:
John Boehner - 241. Nancy Pelosi - 173. Heath Shuler - 11. John Lewis - 2. Dennis Cardoza - 1. Jim Costa - 1. Steny Hoyer - 1. Jim Cooper - 1. Marcy Kaptur - 1. Present - 1. Representative's Boehner and DeFazio did not vote earlier today: DaFazio in protest; Boehner in deference.
Congratulations to House Speaker John Boehner.
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