John A. Boehner showed that a comeback from the political wilderness is possible.
John A. Boehner became House speaker in 2011 even though he had been ousted from Republican leadership in 1998.Credit...Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
May 13, 2021
WASHINGTON — As dissension boiled in their ranks, House Republicans quickly turned on the chairman of their conference, the member of the leadership team responsible for party messaging. After a swift vote, the occupant of that office was unceremoniously dumped.
The year was 1998 and the ousted leader was Representative John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, who became a casualty of election losses that November and internal unrest over the tumultuous reign of Speaker Newt Gingrich.