Interesting…. A few days ago, Steve Scalise Introduced Mike Johnson as the 45th Speaker of the House..
But Mike Johnson is the 56th House speaker, elected to the 118th congress..
45th does not sound like 56th.
1876 was the 44th house speaker..
Did Steve make a mistake? Or something else?
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The Republic officially became a Corporation in 1878. So 1876 was when the last (44th) SOTH of the Republic was named. This makes Johnson the 45th SOTH of the Republic.
We were only at our 28th Speaker at that time. It was the 44th Congress but Speakers have often been Pelosi types that stay in office through more than one Congress at a time.
How 78? I thought it was 71.
The process started in '71. It became official in '78.