Like so much we talk about here, there’s a reference class problem in that question—what is the “this” that could possibly have occurred in history? You can never step in the same river twice, and a vote never happens in the same legislature twice.
We’ve never had The House vote out their speaker, and we’ve never lost a speaker since the pro-tem position was instituted. Past legislatures HAVE replaced speakers in session (due to voluntarily stepping down), but not for a long time, and it’s easily argued that it’s a different enough world that no lessons can be learned from those instances.
Are there any historical examples of this occurring?
Like so much we talk about here, there’s a reference class problem in that question—what is the “this” that could possibly have occurred in history? You can never step in the same river twice, and a vote never happens in the same legislature twice.
We’ve never had The House vote out their speaker, and we’ve never lost a speaker since the pro-tem position was instituted. Past legislatures HAVE replaced speakers in session (due to voluntarily stepping down), but not for a long time, and it’s easily argued that it’s a different enough world that no lessons can be learned from those instances.
No: we’ve never voted a Speaker of the House out before. And the potential for a Speaker pro-tempore only goes back to 2003. Added to the post!