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Here are the Republicans who voted against John Boehner for speaker

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January 6, 2015 at 1:44 p.m. EST
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gives a wink to a reporter as he answers questions with GOP leaders at Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2014. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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In the biggest defection from an incumbent speaker in at least 100 years, 25 House Republicans voted for someone other than John Boehner to serve as speaker in the 114th Congress.

Here's the full list, in order:

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  1. Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) -- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
  2. Rep. Brian Babin (Tex.) -- “present”
  3. Rep. Rod Blum (Iowa) -- Rep. Dan Webster (R-Fla.)
  4. Rep. Dave Brat (Va.) -- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.)
  5. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (Okla.) -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.)
  6. Rep. Curt Clawson (Fla.) -- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
  7. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (Tenn.) -- Jordan
  8. Duncan -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.)
  9. Rep. Scott Garrett (N.J.) -- Webster
  10. Rep. Chris Gibson (N.Y.) -- House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
  11. Rep. Paul Gosar (Ariz.) -- Webster
  12. Gohmert -- Gohmert
  13. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (Kan.) -- Webster
  14. Rep. Walter Jones (N.C.) -- Webster
  15. Rep. Steve King -- Webster
  16. Rep. Tom Massie (Ky.) -- Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.)
  17. Rep. Mark Meadows (N.C.) -- Webster
  18. Rep. Rich Nugent (Fla.) -- Webster
  19. Rep. Gary Palmer (Ala.) -- Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
  20. Rep. Bill Posey (Fla.) -- Webster
  21. Rep. Scott Rigell (Va.) -- Webster
  22. Rep. Marlin Stutzman (Ind.) -- Webster
  23. Rep. Randy Weber (Tex.) -- Gohmert
  24. Webster -- Webster
  25. Yoho -- Yoho

Vote totals:

  1. Webster: 12
  2. Gohmert: 3
  3. Yoho: 2
  4. Jordan: 2
  5. Others/"present": 6

There were also some Democrats who voted against their nominee, House minority leader and former speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.):

  1. Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.) -- Colin Powell
  2. Rep. Gwen Graham (Fla.) -- Cooper
  3. Rep. Dan Lipinski (Ill.) -- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
  4. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) -- Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) was reelected to serve a third term as House speaker, but hard-right conservatives rallied in opposition. (Video: AP)
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