document_title: Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)

question_text: the names of the main characters in hawaii 5-0

text: Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series covers the actions of a small, specialized DPS task force in Hawaii, headed by Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett, USNR. The task force answers only to the Governor of the state of Hawaii and was given immunity and means to investigate crimes ranging from terrorism to kidnapping. McGarrett chooses as his partner Honolulu PD Detective Danny "Danno" Williams. He fills out the team by selecting Chin Ho Kelly, his father's protégé, and Chin's cousin, Kono Kalakaua, a rookie HPD cop. They are assisted by Dr. Max Bergman, a medical examiner for the County of Honolulu, and Jerry Ortega, Chin's high school classmate and a conspiracy theorist. Steve later adds Lou Grover, a HPD SWAT commander, to the Five-0 team and Catherine Rollins, Steve's girlfriend. Following Chin, Max, and Kono's departure McGarrett fills in their spots by hiring Tani Rey. The team is now assisted by Noelani Cunha as a medical examiner. The team also assisted by two confidential informants Kamekona Tupuola and Kono's husband Adam Noshimuri as well as Duke Lukela their HPD liaison and Junior Reigns a Police Candidate who is determined to join the team.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

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Alex O'Loughlin as Lieutenant Commander Steven J. "Steve" McGarrett, USNR. A decorated former Navy SEAL, McGarrett is head of the Five-0 Task Force and son of retired HPD Sergeant John McGarrett. John's murder and storyline forms the premise of Steve's return to Hawaii and the formation of the Task Force.
Scott Caan as Detective Sergeant Danny "Danno" Williams, HPD. He is a divorced single father who transferred from Newark PD in New Jersey to be with his daughter and is the de facto second-in-command of Five-0.
Daniel Dae Kim as Detective Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly, HPD (seasons 1–7). A veteran HPD detective, he was John McGarrett's former rookie and provides technical expertise and local know-how. Kim departed the series in late June 2017 prior to the start of production of the eighth season due to a salary dispute with CBS. Kim had been seeking pay equality with co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, but CBS's final offer to Kim was 10–15% lower than what O'Loughlin and Caan make in salary.[6]
Grace Park as Officer Kono Kalakaua, HPD (seasons 1–7). A former surfer, she was personally recruited by McGarrett while still in her final days at the HPD Academy. She is the cousin of Lieutenant Kelly. Park departed the series in late June 2017 prior to the start of production of the eighth season due to a salary dispute with CBS. Park had been seeking pay equality with co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, but CBS's final offer to Park was 10–15% lower than what O'Loughlin and Caan make in salary.[6]
Taryn Manning as Mary Ann McGarrett, (season 1, recurring subsequently) Steve's sister who lives on the mainland and occasionally visits Hawaii.
Masi Oka as Dr. Max Bergman (seasons 2–7; recurring previously), the eccentric and well-respected County of Honolulu medical examiner.
Lauren German as Special Agent Lori Weston (season 2).[7] A senior DHS agent assigned to Five-0 to provide oversight.
Michelle Borth as Lieutenant Catherine Rollins, USNR (seasons 3–4; recurring previously and subsequently). A former Navy Intelligence officer and McGarrett's ex-girlfriend.
Chi McBride as Captain Lou Grover, HPD (season 4–present; recurring previously). A transfer from Chicago PD and has two children with his wife Renée.
Jorge Garcia as Jerry Ortega (season 5–present; recurring season 4), a conspiracy theorist who assisted Five-0 during several investigations and is eventually hired as a "consultant".
Ian Anthony Dale as Adam Noshimuri (season 8–present; recurring previously),[8] Kono's husband, and a confidential informant to Five-0.
Dennis Chun as Sgt. Duke Lukela (season 8–present; recurring previously),[9] HPD officer who often acts as a liaison to Five-0. He was one of the few HPD cops who was not antagonistic towards Danny or the other Five-O members from the beginning, as he was colleagues with Steve's father and also personally knew Chin and Kono's family. In "Hookman", he was shot by Curt Stoner (Peter Weller), but survived and recovered. Chun is the son of Kam Fong Chun, who played Chin Ho Kelly in the original series.
Taylor Wily as Kamekona Tupuola (season 8–present; recurring previously),[9] a rehabilitated ex-convict, turned entrepreneur and owner of the Waiola Shave Ice, Kamekona's Shrimp Truck, and Kamekona's Helicopter Tours. He is a CI for the Five-0 Task Force and their friend.
Kimee Balmilero as Dr. Noelani Cunha (season 8–present; recurring previously)[9]
Meaghan Rath as Officer Tani Rey (season 8–present),[8] whom McGarrett recruits from her job as a hotel pool lifeguard after being kicked out of the police academy, despite being a first-rate candidate. She initially declines to join but later joins as a team member.
Beulah Koale as Junior Reigns (season 8–present),[8] a former Navy SEAL who asks McGarrett, a fellow SEAL, for a job. Initially turned down he returns to McGarrett a second time. McGarrett later introduces him to Duke Lukela and informs him that before becoming a member of Five-0 he will need to join and finish the Police academy.

text: Recurring cast[edit]

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Mark Dacascos as Wo Fat (seasons 1–5), a crime lord and mastermind with ties to the Yakuza, arms merchants, terrorists, and high-ranking government officials It is later revealed that Doris McGarrett, was assigned to kill Wo Fat's father but the mission went wrong resulting in the death of Wo Fat's mother; Doris took responsibility for raising him.
James Marsters as Victor Hesse (seasons 1–2, 5), an international arms dealer, the murderer of McGarrett's father, and an associate of Wo Fat. He is killed by Wo Fat in Halawa Correctional Facility, but not before assisting Steve McGarrett and his team.
Will Yun Lee as Sang Min, a Snakehead busted by Five-0, and later used by the team as a source of criminal intelligence.
Teilor Grubbs as Grace Williams, Danny's daughter.
William Sadler as John McGarrett (seasons 1, 3–5), Steve's father. A former Navy veteran and HPD detective.
Claire van der Boom as Rachel Edwards (seasons 1–2, 5), Danny's ex-wife and mother of Grace and Charlie. She moves to Hawaii after marrying millionaire Stan Edwards.
Terry O'Quinn as Lieutenant Commander Joe White (seasons 2–5), USN (Ret.), Steve's mentor and friend of his father John. He was Steve's commander during BUD/S and also served with him on his Navy tours. He helps the task force on multiple occasions providing intel and using his contacts with the Navy. After retirement, he tracked down Shelburne (later revealed as Steve's mother) and hid her from Steve's attempts to locate Shelburne initially but later took Steve to the safehouse where Shelburne was hiding.
Larisa Oleynik as ex-CIA analyst Jenna Kaye (season 1–2, 5), assistant to Five-0. She is later revealed to be an associate of Wo Fat.
Daniel Henney as Michael Noshimuri (season 3), Adam's brother who was released from prison during season three, and appears apprehensive about any plans to remake the Yakuza. He attempted to frame Kono for a murder he committed. In the season three finale, he was killed by his brother, Adam.
Andrew Lawrence as Eric Russo (season 3, 6–present), Danny's nephew who later becomes a forensic scientist working for HPD and Five-0.
Jean Smart as Governor Pat Jameson (season 1), who recruits Steve to run the Five-0 task force in the pilot. It is revealed that she has connections to the Yakuza boss and also appears to be in league with Wo Fat. Wo Fat kills the governor using Steve's gun thus framing him for the murder.
Kelly Hu as Laura Hills (season 1), Gov. Jameson's public safety liaison, killed by a car bomb at the end of the first season by Wo Fat and Jameson.
Richard T. Jones as Governor Sam Denning (seasons 2–4), who takes over after the murder of Governor Jameson and disbands the Five-0 task force after Steve is arrested for the murder of Gov. Jameson. His successor is Governor Keiko Mahoe in Season 7.
Tom Sizemore as Vince Fryer (season 2), an HPD internal affairs captain from Detroit who ostensibly has Kono terminated from the unit, but really has her working a case for him. He is later promoted to Chief of Detectives in "Alaheo Pau'ole", but is killed in season two finale by a female assassin working for Frank Delano.
Reiko Aylesworth as Malia Waincroft (seasons 1–3), Chin Ho's wife. She marries Kelly in the episode "Alaheo Pauʻole", but dies in "La O Na Makuahine", the third-season premiere episode, from injuries sustained after she was shot. She had a brother named Gabriel Waincroft who was revealed to be responsible for the murder of Chin's father 15 years earlier.
Brian Yang as HPD forensic scientist Charlie Fong (seasons 1–4), who often analyzes evidence for Five-0, and was a childhood friend of Kono's.
Al Harrington as Mamo Kahike, owner of a surf rental stand at Waikiki Beach. He has known the McGarrett siblings and Kono since they were young and taught them how to surf.
Christine Lahti as Doris McGarrett (seasons 3 and 7), Steve's mother who was assumed dead in an apparent car accident 20 years ago. She is revealed to be a CIA asset and had faked her death to protect her family after a failed mission. Doris started secretly looking after the young Wo Fat after the death of his mother but when the CIA found out about this she was told to abandon him. After Wo Fat found out what had happened he pursued her and she had to fake her death and go into hiding to protect her family.
Melanie Griffith as Clara Williams, mother of Danny Williams.
Amanda Setton as Dr. Mindy Shaw, assistant to Dr. Max Bergman. She and Jerry Ortega had a fling as they shared mutual interests.
Mirrah Foulkes as Ellie Clayton (season 5), the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu. She is presumably Australian, given her accent (Mirrah Foulkes is Australian). Steve first meets her at his father's grave site. After he learned of her link to his father, he reopens the case and was able to solve it. Steve's co-workers have pitched her as a potential love interest, but Steve later admits that he preferred to keep her as a friend due to her connection with his deceased father.
Shawn Mokuahi-Garnett as Cousin Flippa, Kamekona's cousin.
Shawn Anthony Thomsen as Officer Pua Kai (season 3–present), an HPD rookie cop. He is often seen teasing Kono and is on friendly terms with the Five-0 team.
Kekoa Kekumano as Nahele Huikala (season 5–present), a homeless teen who steals McGarrett's car (in the episode Poina ʻOle), had the car stripped and sold the parts. It is later learned that his father committed a murder revealed in the season six episode "Hana Keaka" where he was the sole eyewitness moments after his father regained full parental custody after being released from Halawa Correctional Facility.
Christopher Sean as Gabriel Waincroft (seasons 4–6), a powerful fugitive crime figure who is the brother of Dr. Malia Waincroft and the brother-in-law of Chin Ho Kelly, whose father Gabriel is revealed to have killed as part of a gang initiation 15 years ago. In Pa'a Ka 'ipuka I Ka 'Upena Nananana, he was badly wounded & died in surgery from cardiac arrest.
Carol Burnett as Aunt Deb (seasons 4–6), McGarrett's aunt from 2013 until her death from cancer in the January 15, 2016 episode.
Julie Benz as Abby Dunn (seasons 6–7), an Internal Affairs agent who is investigating Five-0 undercover as an SFPD detective.
Chosen Jacobs as Will Grover (season 6–present), Lou's son who is romantically involved with Grace Williams.
Sarah Carter as Lynn Downey, a friend of Ellie Clayton and the current girlfriend of Steve McGarett.

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
Nielsen ratings

First aired
Last aired
Rank
Viewers
(in millions)

1
24
September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)
May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)
22
11.26[10]

2
23
September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19)
May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)
26
11.83[11]

3
24
September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)
May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20)
35
10.36[12]

4
22
September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)
May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09)
21
11.66[13]

5
25
September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)
May 8, 2015 (2015-05-08)
20
12.28[14]

6
25
September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)
25
11.04[15]

7
25
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)
15
12.15[16]

8
23[17]
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
TBA
TBA
TBA

text: Crossovers[edit]

text:
Crossover between
Episode(s)
Type
Actors crossing over
Date aired

Series A
Series B

Hawaii Five-0
NCIS: Los Angeles
"Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi"
(Hawaii Five-0 2.6)
Guest appearance
Appearing in Series A: Daniela Ruah
October 24, 2011

Joe White calls in Agent Kensi Blye from NCIS: Los Angeles Office to review the video of John McGarrett, Governor Jameson, and Wo Fat for Steve, but only recognizes the word "Shelburne".

Hawaii Five-0
NCIS: Los Angeles
"Pa Make Loa"
(Hawaii Five-0 2.21)
"Touch of Death"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 3.21)
Two-Part Crossover
Appearing in Series A: Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J
Appearing in Series B: Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim
April 30, 2012
May 1, 2012

Agents Sam Hanna and G. Callen of NCIS: Los Angeles are called in to assist Five-0 finding a suspect, Dracul Comescu. Later, Callen and Sam must return to Los Angeles to stop a possible smallpox outbreak from becoming a reality with Danny Williams and Chin Ho Kelly coming along to help.

MacGyver
Hawaii Five-0
"Flashlight"
(MacGyver 1.18)
One-Part Crossover
Appearing in Series A: Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Taylor Wily
March 10, 2017

The Phoenix Foundation team of MacGyver gets rerouted to Hawaii after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits the coast of Hawaii. While aiding Detective Chin Ho Kelly and Officer Kono Kalakaua from Five-0 task force, they also have to deal with the Chinese intelligence soldiers who use the earthquake to steal top-secret weaponry that the scientists are currently developing.

text: Production[edit]

text: History[edit]

text: The idea to bring Hawaii Five-O back to television had been under consideration well before the 2010 version was announced. The first attempt was a one-hour pilot for a new series that was made in 1996 but never aired, although a few clips were found years later and are available online. Produced and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it was intended to star Gary Busey and Russell Wong as the new Five-0 team. Original cast member James MacArthur briefly returned as Dan Williams, this time as governor of Hawaii, with cameos made by other former Five-O regulars. Another attempt was made to turn the project into a film by Warner Bros. but that also was scrapped.[18]

text: On August 12, 2008, CBS announced that it would bring Hawaii Five-O back to the network schedule for the 2009–10 television season. The new version would be an updated present-day sequel, this time centering on Steve McGarrett, who succeeds his late father Steve (Jack Lord's character in the original series) as the head of the unit. Edward Allen Bernero, executive producer and showrunner of Criminal Minds, was to helm the new take, which he described as "Hawaii Five-O, version 2.0". It was also to incorporate most of the iconic elements from the original, including the "Book 'em, Danno" catchphrase, into the remake. Bernero, who was a fan of the original, and had a ring tone of the series' theme song on his cell phone, had always wanted to bring the series back to TV.[19] This version did not go beyond the script stage.

text: In October 2009, it was announced that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci had signed on to script a pilot episode, and that Peter M. Lenkov would serve as the series showrunner.[20] Kurtzman and Orci decided to reboot the original concept similar to their work on the 2009 Star Trek film, rather than a sequel to the original series. Production on the pilot was shot in and around Honolulu from February to April 2010.

text: On May 17, 2010, the Hawaii Five-O remake was picked up by CBS, which scheduled it for Monday nights in the 10–11 p.m. time slot.[21][22] The news was good for the state of Hawaii, which hopes that the remake will pump new life into the economy. Production of the remainder of the first season started in June 2010.[23][24] On June 24, 2010, the producers announced that it will use the warehouse at the former Honolulu Advertiser building as the official soundstage studio for the series starting in July 2010.[25] Exteriors representing Five-0 headquarters in the series are located at the Judiciary History Center of the Supreme Court Building in Honolulu, directly across the street from Iolani Palace, which represented Five-O headquarters in the original series.

text: On October 21, 2010, CBS announced that the first season had been given a full season order of 24 episodes.[26] Subsequent seasons have consisted of between 23 and 25 episodes.

text: This revival series uses a zero as the last character in its title instead of the letter "O" that is used in the title of the original series. According to Los Angeles Times, a CBS insider said that the disambiguation was necessary because of search engine results.[27] When Variety conducted its own search engine test on Google, it found that "Hawaii Five-0" (with the zero) had 263,000 results while "Hawaii Five-O" (with the letter O) had over 1.7 million.[28]

text: Online voting by viewers determined the ending of the January 14, 2013 episode "Kapu" ("Forbidden"), with two zones, Eastern and Central Time Zones, and Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, each getting their own result. Each alternative ending could be seen online after the episode aired.[29][30]

text: In October 2013 it was announced that the show was planning a fan built episode.[31] Fans of the show were able to vote on several elements of the show including scene of the crime, victim, murder weapon, suspect and take down. Once production began fans were also able to vote for props, cast wardrobe, music, and the episode title.[31] The episode aired on April 4, 2014, and was titled "Hoʻi Hou" ("Reunited")[32][33]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In February 2010, it was announced that Daniel Dae Kim had been cast to play Chin Ho Kelly, an ex-cop trained by Steve McGarrett's father. He was the first actor cast for the remake.[34] Several days later, Alex O'Loughlin was cast as Steve McGarrett,[35] the son of ex-cop John McGarrett (portrayed by William Sadler). The producers pay homage to the original series throughout the first year by making one of Steve's hobbies restoring his father's 1974 Mercury Marquis, which is in fact the actual car driven by Jack Lord in the latter half of the original series' run.[36] Actress Grace Park was later cast as rookie detective Kona "Kono" Kalakaua.[37] Although in the original series, the character of Kono was male, the reboot series swapped the cop's gender in order to steer clear of a task force void of women.[38] Scott Caan was cast as Danny "Danno" Williams. In the recurring cast are Jean Smart as Governor Pat Jameson and Masi Oka as the medical examiner Max Bergman. Oka was upgraded to series regular for the second season.[39]

text: Of note, several recurring roles have been filled by surviving members of the original cast. Al Harrington, who played Det. Ben Kokua in the original series, now plays a friend of McGarrett's, Mamo Kahike.[40] Dennis Chun, who had various guest roles in the original series and is the son of Kam Fong Chun (the actor that portrayed the original Chin Ho), has a recurring role as HPD Sgt. Duke Lukela in the remake.[41] James MacArthur, the last surviving main cast member from the original series, agreed to guest-star in a first-season episode; however, he died on October 28, 2010, before filming his appearance.[42]

text: Larisa Oleynik was cast as Jessica Kaye[43] (changed to Jenna Kaye in the episode broadcast),[44] scheduled to join the Five-0 task force in the show's 19th episode.[45] Oleynik appeared on a recurring basis for the remainder of the 2010–11 season, with an option to become a regular in season 2;[46] however, her character was killed off in season 2, episode 10. It was also announced that Terry O'Quinn would be joining the cast of the show in season two,[47] along with Lauren German, who would play Lori Weston, a former Homeland Security (and FBI agent) official assigned by the new governor to keep an eye on the team.[48]

text: Since the show began in 2010 Michelle Borth had a recurring role where she appeared as on and off Steve McGarrett's girlfriend, Lt. Catherine Rollins, a Navy Lieutenant. On March 26, 2012, CBS announced that Borth would become a cast regular on Hawaii Five-0 for season 3.[49][50] On March 27, 2014, it was announced that she would not be returning for the fifth season, with the reason for her departure left unknown.[51] On April 24, 2015 it was announced that Borth would return as a guest star for the shows fifth-season finale.[52] In July 2015 it was announced that Borth would have a recurring role in the first three episodes of the shows 6th season.[53] On September 8, 2016 it was announced that Borth would be returning as a guest for the shows 150th episode.[54] Christine Lahti was also cast in a recurring role as Doris McGarrett, the thought-to-be-deceased mother of Steve McGarrett.[55]

text: On July 10, 2013 ahead of the show's fourth season it was announced that Chi McBride would have a guest spot in the first episode of the season.[56][57] On November 21, 2013 it was announced that McBride would become a series regular beginning with the seasons 10th episode.[58][59] After appearing as a guest star in several season four episodes, Jorge Garcia who plays the character of Jerry Ortega (a conspiracy theorist and high school classmate of Chin's) was promoted to series regular commencing season five. This is the second time Kim and Garcia serve as regulars together with Lost being the first.[60]

text: Beginning with the second episode of the 2016–17 season, Claire Forlani had a recurring role as Alicia Brown, a retired criminal profiler who helped the team find a serial killer.[61]

text: On November 17, 2016, it was announced that Masi Oka who portrays Dr. Max Bergman would be departing the series after the thirteenth episode of the seventh season.[62]

text: On June 30, 2017, ahead of the series's eighth season, it was announced that series regulars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park would be departing the series due to a salary dispute with CBS. Kim and Park had been seeking pay equality with co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, but did not reach satisfactory deals with CBS Television Studios. CBS's final offer to Kim and Park was 10–15% lower than what O'Loughlin and Caan make in salary.[6] An update of their characters would be given in the first episode of the new season.[63]

text: Following Kim's and Park's departures it was announced that longtime recurring cast member Ian Anthony Dale who portrays Kono Kalakaua's husband Adam Noshimuri had been upped to series regular for the eighth season. It was also announced that Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale would join the series as new characters and new members of Five-0.[8]

text: On July 21, 2017 it was announced that recurring cast members Taylor Wily, Kimee Balmilero, and Dennis Chun would also be upped to series regulars for the eighth season.[64]

text: Music[edit]

text: Hawaii Five-0 uses the original show theme song composed by Morton Stevens. Critics received an early copy of the pilot with a synthesizer and guitar-based version of the theme. After negative reaction to the reworked song spread quickly online, Kurtzman said he and others realized that changing the music was a mistake, and arranged for studio musicians,[65] including three who had worked on the original from 1968,[66] to rerecord the theme "exactly as it was", except shortened to 30 seconds[65] from its original length of about 60 seconds.[67] Original instrumental music is composed by Brian Tyler and Keith Power.[68]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Hawaii Five-0: Original Songs from the Television Series

Soundtrack album by Various

Released
October 4, 2011

Recorded
Various dates

Genre
Soundtrack

Length
44:33

Language
English

Label
CBS

text: Hawaii Five-0: Original Songs from the Television Series is a soundtrack album featuring music used in the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0. The first volume in the series received attention for how show producers integrated these new and previously unreleased tracks from major-name artists into the second-season episodes. This method contrasted with the norm for TV soundtracks, which tend to be compilations of previously released music that is already available individually or on other albums. Hawaii Five-0: Original Songs from the Television Series was released on October 4, 2011.[69]

text:
No.
Title
Artist
Length

1.
"Hawaii Five-0 Main Title Theme"
Brian Tyler
1:47

2.
"World Upside Down"
Jimmy Cliff
3:09

3.
"Best of Me"
Goo Goo Dolls
4:00

4.
"Out of Control"
Switchfoot
4:10

5.
"Should We Believe"
Train
3:46

6.
"Closer"
Corinne Bailey Rae
4:16

7.
"Don't Ever Take Yourself Away"
Bob Dylan
3:30

8.
"Ukulele Five-0"
Jake Shimabukuro
2:44

9.
"Love That's Bigger"
The Swell Season
2:47

10.
"Pass It On"
Ziggy Marley
3:28

11.
"Hi'ilawe"
John Cruz
3:48

12.
"Book 'Em Danno (Suite From Hawaii Five-0 2010)"
Brian Tyler & Keith Power
6:45

Total length:
44:33

text: Featured music[edit]

text:
Song
Artist
Season
Episode
Original air date

"Power"
Kanye West
Season 1
"Lanakila"
October 11, 2010

"S&M"
Rihanna
Season 1
"Powa Maka Moana"
February 14, 2011

"Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)"
Flo Rida
Season 1
"Powa Maka Moana"
February 14, 2011

"The End"
Pearl Jam
Season 1
"Loa Aloha"
February 21, 2011

"Coming Home"
Diddy – Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey
Season 1
"Hoʻopaʻi"
April 18, 2011

"Hit the Lights"
Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne
Season 1
"Hoʻohuli Naʻau"
May 2, 2011

"We'll Be Alright"
Travie McCoy
Season 1
"Hoʻohuli Naʻau"
May 2, 2011

"Out of Control"
Switchfoot
Season 2
"Kameʻe"
October 3, 2011

"Well Thought Out Twinkles"
Silversun Pickups
Season 2
"Kameʻe"
October 3, 2011

"Move a Little Faster"
Dionne Bromfield
Season 2
"Lapaʻau"
November 7, 2011

"Lonely Boy"
The Black Keys
Season 2
"Ike Maka"
November 14, 2011

"We Found Love"
Rihanna ft Calvin Harris
Season 2
"Pahele"
December 5, 2011

"Drive By"
Train
Season 2
"Puʻolo"
January 16, 2012

"Everybody Talks"
Neon Trees
Season 3
"Lana I Ka Moana"
October 8, 2012

"What Makes You Beautiful"
One Direction
Season 3
"I Ka Wa Mamua"
November 12, 2012

"I Cry"
Flo Rida
Season 3
"Ohuna"
November 19, 2012

"Runaway Baby"
Bruno Mars
Season 3
"Ha'awe Make Loa"
December 3, 2012

"King of Hearts"
Cassie
Season 3
"Huakaʻi Kula"
December 10, 2012

"Spectrum (Say My Name)"
Florence and the Machine
Season 3
"Hana I WaʻIa"
January 21, 2013

"C'Mon"
Kesha
Season 3
"Kekoa"
February 11, 2013

"Wings"
Little Mix
Season 3
"Imi Loko Ka 'Uhane"
April 29, 2013

"This Kiss"
Carly Rae Jepsen
Season 3
"Hoʻopio"
May 6, 2013

"Come & Get It"
Selena Gomez
Season 4
"Kaʻoia Iʻo Ma Loko"
October 11, 2013

"Radioactive"
Imagine Dragons
Season 4
"Akanahe"
November 15, 2013

"Can't Get Enough"
Becky G feat. Pitbull
Season 4
"Akanahe"
January 10, 2014

"Do It"
Pitbull feat. Mayer Hawthorne
Season 4
"Pe'epe'e Kanaka"
April 25, 2014

"Boom Clap"
Charli XCX
Season 5
"A'ohe Kahi e Pe'e Ai"
September 26, 2014

"Turn Down for What"
DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon
Season 5
"Ka Hana Malu"
November 21, 2014

"Fireball"
Pitbull feat. John Ryan
Season 6
"Ka Papahana Holo Pono"
October 16, 2015

"Monster Mash"
Bobby Pickett
Season 6
"Na Pilikua Nui"
October 30, 2015

"Somebody's Watching Me"
Rockwell
Season 6
"Na Pilikua Nui"
October 30, 2015

"Everglow"
Coldplay
Season 6
"Hoa ‘inea"
February 12, 2016

"Birds"
Coldplay
Season 6
"Hoa ‘inea"
February 12, 2016

"Adventure of a Lifetime"
Coldplay
Season 6
"Hoa ‘inea"
February 12, 2016

"Good Time Good Life"
Erin Bowman
Season 7
"Hana Komo Pae"
November 11, 2016

"Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"
Cage The Elephant
Season 8
"A'ole e 'olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia"
September 29, 2017

text: McGarrett's car[edit]

text: The car driven by the original Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-O is a 1974 Mercury Marquis. The car has belonged to stuntman John Nordlum since the original series ended. Nordlum has let the car be used in the new series, where it is said to have belonged to Steve McGarrett's father John. The license plate is still F6-3958.[70]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The series premiered in the United States on CBS on September 20, 2010, exactly 42 years after the premiere of the original series. Canada's Global TV and NTV premiered the show at the same time as the United States premiere.[71] Hawaii Five-0 has been syndicated for broadcast in several countries worldwide, including Australia.[72] the United Kingdom,[73] and South Africa, Mongolia.[74]

text: Reception and impact[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The show has received mostly positive reviews. Metacritic gave season one of the show a 66 out of 100 aggregate score based on reviews from 29 critics.[26] Rotten Tomatoes gave season one a score of 74% based on 23 reviews. The site's consensus calls it: "A brisk, slick reboot of an old favorite, Hawaii Five-0's picturesque locales and attractive cast make for pleasurable viewing."[75]

text: On May 19, 2010, The Honolulu Advertiser offered an opinion about the new version: "A smart script, slick production values and maybe a splash of nostalgia got the remake of Hawaii Five-O placed on the CBS prime-time lineup this fall, but it will take more than beefcake and a remixed theme song to keep the show on the air." The piece also pointed out that times have changed since the original left the air, citing other shows that were set in Hawaii which have come and gone. It expressed a hope that the producers will succeed in bringing a new life to the title with this remake.[76] Hawaii Five-0 was also in the Guinness World Records 2012 for Highest-Rated New Show in the U.S. with a record 19.34 million viewers for its January 23, 2011 episode (Kai eʻe).[77]

text: Ratings[edit]

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Season
Time slot (ET/PT)
Episodes
Season premiere
Season finale
TV season
Rank
Viewers
(in millions)

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Viewers
(in millions)
Date
Viewers
(in millions)

1
Monday 10:00 pm
24
September 20, 2010
14.20[78]
May 16, 2011
10.41[79]
2010–11
22
11.96[80]

2
23
September 19, 2011
12.19[81]
May 14, 2012
11.42[82]
2011–12
26
11.83[83]

3
24
September 24, 2012
8.06[84]
May 20, 2013
9.00[85]
2012–13
35
10.36[86]

4
Friday 9:00 pm
22
September 27, 2013
9.46[87]
May 9, 2014
9.21[88]
2013–14
21
11.66[89]

5
25
September 26, 2014
8.97[90]
May 8, 2015
8.27[91]
2014–15
20
12.28[92]

6
25
September 25, 2015
8.30[93]
May 13, 2016
8.82[94]
2015–16
25
11.04[15]

7
25
September 23, 2016
10.22[95]
May 12, 2017
8.22[96]
2016–17
15
12.15[16]

8
23[17]
September 29, 2017
8.64[97]
TBA
TBA
2017–18
TBA
TBA

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Series star Scott Caan was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Danny on Hawaii Five-0. Hawaii Five-0 also won the "Favorite New TV Drama" at the 37th People's Choice Awards on January 5, 2011.

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Awards and nominations for Hawaii Five-0

Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref

2011
Golden Globe Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Scott Caan
Nominated
[98]

Primetime Emmy Award
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
Jeff Cadiente
Nominated

BMI Film & TV Award
BMI TV Music Award
Keith Power & Brian Tyler
Won

Hawaii International Film Festival
Mahalo Nui Loa Award
Hawaii Five-0
Won

People's Choice Award
Favorite New TV Drama
Won

Teen Choice Award
Choice TV Show: Action
Nominated

Choice TV Actor: Action
Daniel Dae Kim
Nominated

Choice TV Actress: Action
Grace Park
Nominated

2012
Primetime Emmy Award
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
Jeff Cadiente
Nominated

Teen Choice Award
Choice TV: Action
Hawaii Five-0
Nominated

Choice TV Actor: Action
Daniel Dae Kim
Nominated

Choice TV Actress: Action
Grace Park
Nominated

2013
BMI Film & TV Award
BMI TV Music Award
Keith Power & Brian Tyler
Won

Teen Choice Award
Choice TV Show: Action
Hawaii Five-0
Nominated

Choice TV Actor: Action
Daniel Dae Kim
Nominated

Choice TV Actress: Action
Grace Park
Nominated

TV Guide Award
Favorite Bromance
Alex O'Loughlin & Scott Caan
Won

Visual Effects Society Award
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Gevork Babityan, Jon Howard, Armen V. Kevorkian & Rick Ramirez
Nominated

Young Artist Awards
Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 11–13
Gregory Kasyan
Nominated

2014
Primetime Emmy Award
Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Armen V. Kevorkian, Alexander Soltes, John Hartigan, Jane Sharvina, Rick Ramirez, Dan Lopez, Steve Graves, Andranik Taranyan & Chad Schott
Nominated

Hollywood Post Alliance
Outstanding Visual Effects – Television
Armen V. Kevorkian, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan, Steve Graves, Dan Lopez, Encore VFX
Nominated

Visual Effects Society Award
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Armen V. Kevorkian, Alexander Soltes, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan
Nominated

2015
Young Artist Award
Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 17–21
Chanel Marriott
Nominated

text: Effect on Hawaii's economy[edit]

text: Hawaii Five-0 made several positive effects on the state's economy since it began airing. Various Hawaii-based businesses saw an increase in sales after they were featured in episodes of the show. Visitor numbers to the USS Missouri Memorial Association, after being featured in some of the episodes, increased 25 percent, helping the site achieve a record year in 2010. Waiola Shave Ice, the business run by Kamekona on the show, saw a 20 percent increase in shave ice sales, along with a 30 percent rise in T-shirt sales. Kona Brewing Company also saw a 60 percent increase in sales after their beers were featured as McGarrett's favored alcoholic beverage in several episodes. In addition, residents from other states visit Hawaii based on viewing the series.[99]

text: Syndication[edit]

text: TNT has acquired the off-network rights to air the series. Episodes began airing on the cable channel in August 2014.[100]


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text: Unlike in Westminster style legislatures or as with the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader's duties and prominence vary depending upon the style and power of the Speaker of the House. Typically, the Speaker does not participate in debate and rarely votes on the floor. In some cases, Majority Leaders have been more influential than the Speaker; notably, Tom DeLay was more prominent than Speaker Dennis Hastert. In addition, Speaker Newt Gingrich delegated to Dick Armey an unprecedented level of authority over scheduling legislation on the House floor.[2]

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text: The current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the counterpart to the Majority Leader. Unlike the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader is on the ballot for Speaker of the House during the convening of the Congress. If the Minority Leader's party takes control of the House, and the party officers are all re-elected to their seats, the Minority Leader is usually the party's top choice for Speaker for the next Congress, while the Minority Whip is typically in line to become Majority Leader. The Minority Leader usually meets with the Majority Leader and the Speaker to discuss agreements on controversial issues.

text: The Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip and Minority Whip all receive special office suites in the United States Capitol.

text: Selection[edit]

text: The floor leaders and whips of each party are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot.[3] The Speaker-elect is also chosen in a closed-door session although they are formally installed in their position by a public vote when Congress reconvenes.[1]

text: Like the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leaders are typically experienced lawmakers when they win election to this position. When Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, became Minority Leader in the 108th Congress, she had served in the House nearly 20 years and had served as minority whip in the 107th Congress. When her predecessor, Richard Gephardt, D-MO, became minority leader in the 104th House, he had been in the House for almost 20 years, had served as chairman of the Democratic Caucus for four years, had been a 1988 presidential candidate, and had been majority leader from June 1989 until Republicans captured control of the House in the November 1994 elections. Gephardt's predecessor in the minority leadership position was Robert Michel, R-IL, who became GOP Leader in 1981 after spending 24 years in the House. Michel's predecessor, Republican John Rhodes of Arizona, was elected Minority Leader in 1973 after 20 years of House service.

text: By contrast, party leaders of the United States Senate have often ascended to their position despite relatively few years of experience in that chamber,[citation needed] such as Lyndon B. Johnson, William F. Knowland, and Bill Frist. Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor also had a comparatively quick rise to the post and was the youngest House Majority Leader in American history.[citation needed]

text: Duties[edit]

text: The House Majority Leader's duties vary, depending upon the political makeup of the majority caucus. In several recent sessions of Congress with the notable exception of the Pelosi speakership, the Majority Leader has been primarily responsible for scheduling the House floor's legislative calendar and direct management for all House committees.

text: One statutory duty, per 19 U.S.C. § 2191(c)(1), stipulates that an implementing bill submitted by the President of the United States for a fast-track negotiating authority (trade promotion authority) trade agreement must be introduced (by request) in the House by the Majority Leader of the House.

text: History[edit]

text: Before 1899, the majority party floor leader had traditionally been the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the most powerful committee in the House, as it generates the Bills of Revenue specified in the Constitution as the House's unique power.[4]

text: The office of Majority Leader was created in 1899 and first occupied by Sereno Payne.[5] Speaker David B. Henderson created the position to establish a party leader on the House floor separate from the Speaker, as the role of Speaker had become more prominent, and the size of the House had grown from 105 at the beginning of the century to 356.[citation needed]

text: Starting with Republican Nicholas Longworth in 1925, and continued through the Democrats' control of the House from 1931 to 1995, save for Republican majorities in 1947–49 and 1953–55, all majority leaders have directly ascended to the Speakership brought upon by the retirement of the incumbent. The only exceptions during this period were Charles A. Halleck who became Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 1959 to 1965, Hale Boggs who died in a plane crash, and Dick Gephardt who became the Democrats' House leader but as Minority Leader since his party lost control in the 1994 midterm elections. Since 1995, the only Majority Leader to become Speaker is John Boehner, though indirectly as his party lost control in the 2006 midterms elections. He subsequently served as Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and then was elected Speaker when the House reconvened in 2011. In 1998, with Speaker Newt Gingrich announcing his resignation, both Majority Leader Dick Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay did not contest the Speakership which eventually went to Chief Deputy Whip Dennis Hastert.

text: Traditionally, the Speaker is reckoned as the leader of the majority party in the House, with the Majority Leader as second-in-command. For instance, when the Republicans gained the majority in the House after the 2010 elections, Eric Cantor succeeded Boehner as Majority Leader. Despite this, Cantor and his successor, Kevin McCarthy, have been reckoned as the second-ranking Republicans in the House, since Boehner was still reckoned as the leader of the House Republicans. However, there have been some exceptions. The most recent exception to this rule came when Majority Leader Tom DeLay generally overshadowed Speaker Dennis Hastert from 2003 to 2006.[6] In contrast, the Minority Leader is the undisputed leader of the minority party.

text: When the Presidency and both Houses of Congress are controlled by one party, the Speaker normally takes a low profile and defers to the President.[citation needed] For that situation the House Minority Leader can play the role of a de facto "leader of the opposition", often more so than the Senate Minority Leader, due to the more partisan nature of the House and the greater role of leadership.

text: When the Majority Leader's party loses control of the House, and if the Speaker and Majority Leader both remain in the leadership hierarchy, convention suggests that they would become the Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively. As the minority party has one less leadership position after losing the speaker's chair, there may be a contest for the remaining leadership positions. Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 elections. She ran successfully for Minority Leader in the 112th Congress.[7][8]

text: In 2014, Eric Cantor became the first House Majority Leader to lose a primary election. Following his primary defeat, Cantor announced his resignation as Majority Leader, effective July 31, 2014,[9][10][11][12][13][14] and he subsequently resigned his seat in Congress.[15]

text: Minority Leader[edit]

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text: Responsibilities[edit]

text: From an institutional perspective, the rules of the House assign a number of specific responsibilities to the minority leader. For example, Rule XII, clause 6, grant the minority leader (or their designee) the right to offer a motion to recommit with instructions; Rule II, clause 6, states the Inspector General shall be appointed by joint recommendation of the Speaker, majority leader, and minority leader; and Rule XV, clause 6, provides that the Speaker, after consultation with the minority leader, may place legislation on the Corrections Calendar. The minority leader also has other institutional duties, such as appointing individuals to certain federal entities.

text: From a party perspective, the minority leader has a wide range of partisan assignments, all geared toward retaking majority control of the House. Five principal party activities direct the work of the minority leader.

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The minority leader provides campaign assistance to party incumbents and challengers.
The minority leader devises strategies, in consultation with other partisan colleagues, that advance party objectives. For example, by stalling action on the majority party's agenda, the minority leader may be able to launch a campaign against a "do-nothing Congress."
The minority leader works to promote and publicize the party's agenda.
The minority leader, if their party controls the White House, confers regularly with the President and the President's aides about issues before Congress, the Administration's agenda, and political events generally.
The minority leader strives to promote party harmony so as to maximize the chances for legislative and political success.

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text: The roles and responsibilities of the minority leader are not well-defined. To a large extent, the functions of the minority leader are defined by tradition and custom. A minority leader from 1931 to 1939, Representative Bertrand Snell, R-N.Y., provided this "job description": "He is spokesman for his party and enunciates its policies. He is required to be alert and vigilant in defense of the minority's rights. It is his function and duty to criticize constructively the policies and programs of the majority, and to this end employ parliamentary tactics and give close attention to all proposed legislation."[16]

text: Since Snell's description, other responsibilities have been added to the job. These duties involve an array of institutional and party functions. Before examining the institutional and party assignments of the minority leader, it is worth highlighting the historical origin of this position.

text: Origin of the post[edit]

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text: To a large extent, the minority leader's position is a 20th-century innovation. Prior to this time congressional parties were often relatively disorganized, so it was not always evident who functioned as the opposition floor leader. Decades went by before anything like the modern two-party congressional system emerged on Capitol Hill with official titles for those who were its official leaders. However, from the beginning days of Congress, various House members intermittently assumed the role of "opposition leader." Some scholars suggest that Representative James Madison of Virginia informally functioned as the first "minority leader" because in the First Congress he led the opposition to Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's fiscal policies.[17]

text: During this early period, it was more usual that neither major party grouping (Federalists and Democratic-Republicans) had an official leader. In 1813, for instance, a scholar recounts that the Federalist minority of 36 Members needed a committee of 13 "to represent a party comprising a distinct minority" and "to coordinate the actions of men who were already partisans in the same cause."[18] In 1828, a foreign observer of the House offered this perspective on the absence of formal party leadership on Capitol Hill:

text: Internal party disunity compounded the difficulty of identifying lawmakers who might have informally functioned as a minority leader. For instance, "seven of the fourteen speakership elections from 1834 through 1859 had at least twenty different candidates in the field. Thirty-six competed in 1839, ninety-seven in 1849, ninety-one in 1859, and 138 in 1855."[20] With so many candidates competing for the speakership, it is not at all clear that one of the defeated lawmakers then assumed the mantle of "minority leader." The Democratic minority from 1861 to 1875 was so completely disorganized that they did not "nominate a candidate for Speaker in two of these seven Congresses and nominated no man more than once in the other five. The defeated candidates were not automatically looked to for leadership."[21]

text: In the judgment of political scientist Randall Ripley, since 1883 "the candidate for Speaker nominated by the minority party has clearly been the Minority Leader."[22] However, this assertion is subject to dispute. On December 3, 1883, the House elected Democrat John G. Carlisle of Kentucky as Speaker. Republicans placed in nomination for the speakership J. Warren Keifer of Ohio, who was Speaker the previous Congress.[23] Clearly, Keifer was not the Republicans' minority leader. He was a discredited leader in part because as Speaker he arbitrarily handed out "choice jobs to close relatives ... all at handsome salaries."[24] Keifer received "the empty honor of the minority nomination. But with it came a sting -- for while this naturally involves the floor leadership, he was deserted by his [partisan] associates and his career as a national figure terminated ingloriously."[25] Representative Thomas Reed, R-ME, who later became Speaker, assumed the de facto role of minority floor leader in Keifer's stead. "[A]lthough Keifer was the minority's candidate for Speaker, Reed became its acknowledged leader, and ever after, so long as he served in the House, remained the most conspicuous member of his party.[26]

text: Another scholar contends that the minority leader position emerged even before 1883. On the Democratic side, "there were serious caucus fights for the minority speakership nomination in 1871 and 1873," indicating that the "nomination carried with it some vestige of leadership."[27] Further, when Republicans were in the minority, the party nominated for Speaker a series of prominent lawmakers, including ex-Speaker James Blaine of Maine in 1875, former Appropriations Chairman James A. Garfield of Ohio, in 1876, 1877, and 1879, and ex-Speaker Keifer in 1883. "It is hard to believe that House partisans would place a man in the speakership when in the majority, and nominate him for this office when in the minority, and not look to him for legislative guidance."[27] This was not the case, according to some observers, with respect to ex-Speaker Keifer.

text: In brief, there is disagreement among historical analysts as to the exact time period when the minority leadership emerged officially as a party position. Nonetheless, it seems safe to conclude that the position emerged during the latter part of the 19th century, a period of strong party organization and professional politicians. This era was "marked by strong partisan attachments, resilient patronage-based party organizations, and...high levels of party voting in Congress."[28] Plainly, these were conditions conducive to the establishment of a more highly differentiated House leadership structure.[29]

text: Minority Party Nominees for Speaker, 1865–1897[edit]

text: While the Office of the House Historian only lists Minority Leaders starting in 1899,[30] the minority's nominees for Speaker (at the beginning of each Congress) may be considered their party's leaders before that time.

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1865: James Brooks (D-NY)
1867: Samuel S. Marshall (D-IL)
1869: Michael C. Kerr (D-IN)
1871: George W. Morgan (D-OH)
1873: Fernando Wood (D-NY)
1875: James Gillespie Blaine (R-ME)
1877, 1879: James Abram Garfield (R-OH)
1881: Samuel Jackson Randall (D-PA)
1883: Joseph Warren Keifer (R-OH)
1885, 1887: Thomas Brackett Reed (R-ME)
1889: John Griffin Carlisle (D-KY)
1891, 1893: Thomas Brackett Reed (R-ME)
1895: Charles F. Crisp (D-GA)
1897: Joseph W. Bailey (D-TX)

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text: Sources: Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government, by Jeffery A. Jenkins and Charles Haines Stewart and Archive of OurCampaigns.com

text: Trends[edit]

text: Two other points of historical interest merit brief mention. First, until the 61st Congress (1909–1910), "it was the custom to have the minority leader also serve as the ranking minority member on the two most powerful committees, Rules and Ways and Means."[31] Today, the minority leader no longer serves on these committees; however, he or she appoints the minority members of the Rules Committee and influences the assignment of partisan colleagues to the Ways and Means Committee.

text: Second, Democrats have always elevated their minority floor leader to the speakership upon reclaiming majority status. Republicans have not always followed this leadership succession pattern. In 1919, for instance, Republicans bypassed James R. Mann, R-IL, who had been minority leader for eight years, and elected Frederick Gillett, R-MA, to be Speaker. Mann "had angered many Republicans by objecting to their private bills on the floor;" also he was a protégé of autocratic Speaker Joseph Cannon, R-IL (1903–1911), and many Members "suspected that he would try to re-centralize power in his hands if elected Speaker."[32] More recently, although Robert H. Michel was the Minority Leader in 1994 when the Republicans regained control of the House in the 1994 midterm elections, he had already announced his retirement and had little or no involvement in the campaign, including the Contract with America which was unveiled six weeks before voting day.

text: In the instance when the Presidency and both Houses of Congress are controlled by one party, the Speaker normally assumes a lower profile and defers to the President. For that situation the House Minority Leader can play the role of a de facto "leader of the opposition", often more so than the Senate Minority Leader, due to the more partisan nature of the House and the greater role of leadership. Minority Leaders who have played prominent roles in opposing the incumbent President have included Gerald Ford, Richard Gephardt, Nancy Pelosi, and John Boehner.

text: Institutional functions[edit]

text: The style and role of any minority leader is influenced by a variety of elements, including personality and contextual factors, such as the size and cohesion of the minority party, whether their party controls the White House, the general political climate in the House, and the controversy that is sometimes associated with the legislative agenda. Despite the variability of these factors, there are a number of institutional obligations associated with this position. Many of these assignments or roles are spelled out in the House rule book. Others have devolved upon the position in other ways. To be sure, the minority leader is provided with extra staff resources—beyond those accorded him or her as a Representative—to assist in carrying out diverse leadership functions. Worth emphasis is that there are limits on the institutional role of the minority leader, because the majority party exercises disproportionate influence over the agenda, partisan ratios on committees, staff resources, administrative operations, and the day-to-day schedule and management of floor activities.

text: Under the rules of the House, the minority leader has certain roles and responsibilities. They include the following:

text: Drug Testing. Under Rule I, clause 9, the "Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader, shall develop through an appropriate entity of the House a system for drug testing in the House."

text: Inspector General. Rule II, clause 6, states that the "Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, acting jointly." This rule further states that the minority leader and other specified House leaders shall be notified of any financial irregularity involving the House and receive audit reports of the inspector general.

text: Questions of Privilege. Under Rule IX, clause 2, a resolution "offered as a question of privilege by the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader ... shall have precedence of all other questions except motions to adjourn." This rule further references the minority leader with respect to the division of time for debate of these resolutions.

text: Oversight Plans. Under Rule X, clause 2, not later "than March 31 in the first session of a Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Government Reform shall report to the House the oversight plans" of the standing committees along with any recommendations it or the House leaders have proposed to ensure the effective coordination of committees' oversight plans.

text: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Investigative Subcommittees. Rule X, clause 5, stipulates: "At the beginning of a Congress, the Speaker or his designee and the Minority Leader or his designee each shall appoint 10 Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners from his respective party who are not members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to be available to serve on investigative subcommittees of that committee during that Congress."

text: Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. "The Speaker and Minority Leader shall be ex officio members of the select committee but shall have no vote in the select committee and may not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum." In addition, each leader may designate a member of his leadership staff to assist him with his ex officio duties. (Rule X, clause 11).

text: Motion to Recommit with Instructions. Under Rule XIII, clause 6, the Rules Committee may not (except in certain specified circumstances) issue a "rule" that prevents the minority leader or a designee from offering a motion to recommit with instructions.

text: In addition, the minority leader has a number of other institutional functions. For instance, the minority leader is sometimes statutorily authorized to appoint individuals to certain federal entities; he or she and the majority leader each name three Members to serve as Private Calendar objectors; he or she is consulted with respect to reconvening the House per the usual formulation of conditional concurrent adjournment resolutions; he or she is a traditional member of the House Office Building Commission; he or she is a member of the United States Capitol Preservation Commission; and he or she may, after consultation with the Speaker, convene an early organizational party caucus or conference. Informally, the minority leader maintains ties with majority party leaders to learn about the schedule and other House matters and forges agreements or understandings with them insofar as feasible.

text: Party functions[edit]

text: The minority leader has a number of formal and informal party responsibilities. Formally, the rules of each party specify certain roles and responsibilities for their leader. For example, under Democratic rules for the 106th Congress, the minority leader may call meetings of the Democratic Caucus. He or she is a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; names the members of the Democratic Leadership Council; chairs the Policy Committee; and heads the Steering Committee. Examples of other assignments are making "recommendations to the Speaker on all Democratic Members who shall serve as conferees" and nominating party members to the Committees on Rules and House Administration. Republican rules identify generally comparable functions for their top party leader.

text: Informally, the minority leader has a wide range of party assignments. Lewis Deschler, the late House Parliamentarian (1928–1974), summarized the diverse duties of a party's floor leader:

text: A party's floor leader, in conjunction with other party leaders, plays an influential role in the formulation of party policy and programs. They are instrumental in guiding legislation favored by his party through the House, or in resisting those programs of the other party that are considered undesirable by his own party. They are instrumental in devising and implementing his party's strategy on the floor with respect to promoting or opposing legislation. They are kept constantly informed as to the status of legislative business and as to the sentiment of his party respecting particular legislation under consideration. Such information is derived in part from the floor leader's contacts with his party's members serving on House committees, and with the members of the party's whip organization.[33]

text: These and several other party roles merit further mention because they influence significantly the leader's overarching objective: retake majority control of the House. "I want to get [my] members elected and win more seats," said Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-MO. "That's what [my partisan colleagues] want to do, and that's what they want me to do."[34]

text: Five activities illustrate how minority leaders seek to accomplish this primary goal.

text: Provide Campaign Assistance. Minority leaders are typically energetic and aggressive campaigners for partisan incumbents and challengers. There is hardly any major aspect of campaigning that does not engage their attention. For example, they assist in recruiting qualified candidates; they establish "leadership PACs" to raise and distribute funds to House candidates of their party; they try to persuade partisan colleagues not to retire or run for other offices so as to hold down the number of open seats the party would need to defend; they coordinate their campaign activities with congressional and national party campaign committees; they encourage outside groups to back their candidates; they travel around the country to speak on behalf of party candidates; and they encourage incumbent colleagues to make significant financial contributions to the party's campaign committee. "The amount of time that [Minority Leader] Gephardt is putting in to help the DCCC [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] is unheard of," noted a Democratic lobbyist."No DCCC chairman has ever had that kind of support."[35]

text: Devise Minority Party Strategies. The minority leader, in consultation with other party colleagues, has a range of strategic options that he or she can employ to advance minority party objectives. The options selected depend on a wide range of circumstances, such as the visibility or significance of the issue and the degree of cohesion within the majority party. For instance, a majority party riven by internal dissension, as occurred during the early 1900s when Progressive and "regular" Republicans were at loggerheads, may provide the minority leader with greater opportunities to achieve their priorities than if the majority party exhibited high degrees of party cohesion. Among the variable strategies available to the minority party, which can vary from bill to bill and be used in combination or at different stages of the lawmaking process, are the following:

text: Cooperation. The minority party supports and cooperates with the majority party in building winning coalitions on the floor.

text: Inconsequential Opposition. The minority party offers opposition, but it is of marginal significance, typically because the minority is so small.

text: Withdrawal. The minority party chooses not to take a position on an issue, perhaps because of intraparty divisions.

text: Innovation. The minority party develops alternatives and agendas of its own and attempts to construct winning coalitions on their behalf.

text: Partisan Opposition. The minority party offers strong opposition to majority party initiatives but does not counter with policy alternatives of their own.

text: Constructive Opposition. The minority party opposes initiatives of the majority party and offers its own proposals as substitutes.

text: Participation. The minority party is in the position of having to consider the views and proposals of their president and to assess their majority-building role with respect to his priorities.[36]

text: A look at one minority leadership strategy—partisan opposition—may suggest why it might be employed in specific circumstances. The purposes of obstruction are several, such as frustrating the majority party's ability to govern or attracting press and media attention to the alleged ineffectiveness of the majority party. "We know how to delay," remarked Minority Leader Gephardt[37] Dilatory motions to adjourn, appeals of the presiding officer's ruling, or numerous requests for roll call votes are standard time-consuming parliamentary tactics. By stalling action on the majority party's agenda, the minority leader may be able to launch a campaign against a "do-nothing Congress" and convince enough voters to put his party back in charge of the House. To be sure, the minority leader recognizes that "going negative" carries risks and may not be a winning strategy if his party fails to offer policy alternatives that appeal to broad segments of the general public.

text: Promote and Publicize the Party's Agenda. An important aim of the minority leader is to develop an electorally attractive agenda of ideas and proposals that unites their own House members and that energizes and appeals to core electoral supporters as well as independents and swing voters. Despite the minority leader's restricted ability to set the House's agenda, there are still opportunities for him to raise minority priorities. For example, the minority leader may employ, or threaten to use, discharge petitions to try and bring minority priorities to the floor.[38] If he or she is able to attract the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition by attracting majority party supporters, he or she can force minority initiatives to the floor over the opposition of the majority leadership. As a GOP minority leader once said, the challenges he confronted are to "keep our people together, and to look for votes on the other side."[39]

text: Minority leaders may engage in numerous activities to publicize their party's priorities and to criticize the opposition's. For instance, to keep their party colleagues "on message," they insure that partisan colleagues are sent packets of suggested press releases or "talking points" for constituent meetings in their districts; they help to organize "town meetings" in Members' districts around the country to publicize the party's agenda or a specific priority, such as health care or education; they sponsor party "retreats" to discuss issues and assess the party's public image; they create "theme teams" to craft party messages that might be raised during the one-minute, morning hour, or special order period in the House; they conduct surveys of party colleagues to discern their policy preferences; they establish websites that highlight and distribute party images and issues to users; and they organize task forces or issue teams to formulate party programs and to develop strategies for communicating these programs to the public.

text: House minority leaders also hold joint news conferences and consult with their counterparts in the Senate—and with the president if their party controls the White House. The overall objectives are to develop a coordinated communications strategy, to share ideas and information, and to present a united front on issues. Minority leaders also make floor speeches and close debate on major issues before the House; they deliver addresses in diverse forums across the country, and they write books or articles that highlight minority party goals and achievements. They must also be prepared "to debate on the floor, ad lib, no notes, on a moment's notice," remarked Minority Leader Michel.[40] In brief, minority leaders are key strategists in developing and promoting the party's agenda and in outlining ways to neutralize the opposition's arguments and proposals.

text: Confer With the White House. If their party controls the White House, the minority leader confers regularly with the President and his aides about issues before Congress, the Administration's agenda, and political events generally. Strategically, the role of the minority leader will vary depending on whether the President is of the same party or the other party. In general, minority leaders will often work to advance the goals and aspirations of their party's President in Congress. When Robert Michel, R-IL, was minority leader (1981–1995), he typically functioned as the "point man" for Republican presidents.[41] President Ronald Reagan's 1981 policy successes in the Democratic-controlled House was due in no small measure to Minority Leader Michel's effectiveness in wooing so-called "Reagan Democrats" to support, for instance, the Administration's landmark budget reconciliation bill. There are occasions, of course, when minority leaders will fault the legislative initiatives of their President. On an administration proposal that could adversely affect his district, Michel stated that he might "abdicate my leadership role [on this issue] since I can't harmonize my own views with the administration's."[42] Minority Leader Gephardt, as another example, has publicly opposed a number of President Clinton's legislative initiatives from "fast track" trade authority to various budget issues.[43]

text: When the White House is controlled by the House majority party, then the House minority leader assumes a larger role in formulating alternatives to executive branch initiatives and in acting as a national spokesperson for their party. "As Minority Leader during [President Lyndon Johnson's] Democratic administration, my responsibility has been to propose Republican alternatives," said Minority Leader Gerald Ford, R-MI.[44] Greatly outnumbered in the House, Minority Leader Ford devised a political strategy that allowed Republicans to offer their alternatives in a manner that provided them political protection. As Ford explained:

text: "We used a technique of laying our program out in general debate," he said. When we got to the amendment phase, we would offer our program as a substitute for the Johnson proposal. If we lost in the Committee of the Whole, then we would usually offer it as a motion to recommit and get a vote on that. And if we lost on the motion to recommit, our Republican members had a choice: They could vote against the Johnson program and say we did our best to come up with a better alternative. Or they could vote for it and make the same argument. Usually we lost; but when you're only 140 out of 435, you don't expect to win many.[45]

text: Ford also teamed with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, R-IL, to act as national spokesmen for their party. They met with the press every Thursday following the weekly joint leadership meeting. Ford's predecessor as minority leader, Charles Halleck, R-IN, probably received more visibility in this role, because the press and media dubbed it the "Ev and Charlie Show." In fact, the "Republican National Committee budgeted $30,000 annually to produce the weekly news conference."[46]

text: Foster Party Harmony. Minority status, by itself, is often an important inducement for minority party members to stay together, to accommodate different interests, and to submerge intraparty factional disagreements. To hold a diverse membership together often requires extensive consultations and discussions with rank-and-file Members and with different factional groupings. As Minority Leader Gephardt said:

text: Gephardt added that "inclusion and empowerment of the people on the line have to be done to get the best performance" from the minority party.[48] Other techniques for fostering party harmony include the appointment of task forces composed of partisan colleagues with conflicting views to reach consensus on issues; the creation of new leadership positions as a way to reach out and involve a greater diversity of partisans in the leadership structure; and daily meetings in the Leader's office (or at breakfast, lunch, or dinner) to lay out floor strategy or political objectives for the minority party.

text: Party whips and assistant party leaders[edit]

text: Whips[edit]

text: A whip manages their party's legislative program on the House floor. The whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon.

text: The Majority Whip is an elected member of the majority party who assists the Speaker of the House and the majority leader to coordinate ideas on, and garner support for, proposed legislation.

text: The Minority Whip is a member of the minority party who assists the minority leader in coordinating the party caucus in its responses to legislation and other matters. However, the U.S. House of Representatives does not use the term "minority whip," instead calling the position "Republican Whip" or "Democratic Whip" depending on the minority party.

text: The Chief Deputy Whip is the primary assistant to the whip, who is the chief vote counter for their party. The current chief deputy majority whip is Republican Patrick McHenry. Within the House Republican Conference, the chief deputy whip is the highest appointed position and often a launching pad for future positions in the House Leadership. The House Democratic Conference has multiple chief deputy whips, led by a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, which is the highest appointed position within the House Democratic Caucus. The current senior chief deputy minority whip, John Lewis, has held his post since 1991. Between 1955 and 1973, the Democrats simply had the title Deputy Whip.[49]

text:
List of Republican chief deputy whips:

David F. Emery, 1981–1983 (Minority)
Tom Loeffler, 1983–1987 (Minority)
Edward Rell Madigan, 1987–1989 (Minority)
Robert Smith Walker, 1989–1995 (Minority)
Dennis Hastert, 1995–1999 (Majority)
Roy Blunt, 1999–2003 (Majority)
Eric Cantor, 2003–2009 (Majority, 2003–2007) (Minority, 2007–2009)
Kevin McCarthy, 2009–2011 (Minority)
Peter Roskam, 2011–2014 (Majority)
Patrick McHenry, 2014–present (Majority)

text:
List of Democratic Chief Deputy Whips

(1955–1962) Hale Boggs
(1962–1971) ???
(1971–1973) John Brademas, John J. McFall
(1973–1977) John Brademas
(1977–1981) Dan Rostenkowski
(1981–1987) Bill Alexander
(1987–1991) David Bonior
(1991–1993) Barbara Kennelly, Butler Derrick, & John Lewis
(1993–1995) Barbara Kennelly, Butler Derrick, John Lewis, & Bill Richardson
(1995–1997) Rosa DeLauro, John Lewis, & Bill Richardson
(1997–1999) Rosa DeLauro, Chet Edwards, John Lewis, & Robert Menendez
(1999–2002) Chet Edwards, John Lewis, Ed Pastor & Maxine Waters
(2002–2003) John Lewis, Ed Pastor, Max Sandlin & Maxine Waters
(2003–2005) John Lewis (Senior Chief Deputy Whip), Joe Crowley, Baron Hill, Ron Kind, Ed Pastor, Max Sandlin, Jan Schakowsky, & Maxine Waters
(2005–2007) John Lewis (Senior Chief Deputy Whip), Joe Crowley, Diana DeGette, Ron Kind, Ed Pastor, Jan Schakowsky, John Tanner & Maxine Waters
(2007–2011) John Lewis (Senior Chief Deputy Whip), G.K. Butterfield, Joe Crowley, Diana DeGette, Ed Pastor, Jan Schakowsky, John Tanner, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, & Maxine Waters
(2011–2013) John Lewis (Senior Chief Deputy Whip), Maxine Waters, Ed Pastor, Jan Schakowsky, Joseph Crowley, Diana DeGette, G. K. Butterfield, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jim Matheson, & Peter Welch
(2013–2015) John Lewis (Senior Chief Deputy Whip) Ben Ray Lujan, Terri Sewell, Jan Schakowsky, Keith Ellison, Diana DeGette, G. K. Butterfield, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jim Matheson, & Peter Welch
(2015–present) John Lewis (Senior Chief Deputy Whip) Jan Schakowsky, Diana DeGette, G. K. Butterfield, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Keith Ellison, Terri Sewell, Kyrsten Sinema, Joaquin Castro & Peter Welch

text: Assistant party leaders[edit]

text: The position of Assistant Democratic Leader was established on January 3, 2011 and filled by Jim Clyburn to avoid a battle for whip between then-Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and then-Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. It is said to replace the Assistant to the Leader post previously held by Chris Van Hollen, who had attended all leadership meetings but was not in the leadership hierarchy.

text: List of party leaders and whips[edit]

text: (≥ and names in Bold indicate the Majority Leader and Majority whip)

text:
Congress
Years
Democratic whip
Democratic leader

Speaker

Republican leader
Republican whip

56
1899–1901
Oscar Underwood[50]
(Alabama)
James D. Richardson
(Tennessee)
David B. Henderson
(R, Iowa)
≥ Sereno E. Payne
(New York)
≥ James Albertus Tawney
(Minnesota)

57
1901–1903
James Tilghman Lloyd
(Missouri)

58
1903–1905
John Sharp Williams
(Mississippi)
Joe Cannon
(R, Illinois)

59
1905–1907
≥ James E. Watson
(Indiana)

60
1907–1908

1908–1909

61
1909–1911
None
Champ Clark
(Missouri)
≥ John W. Dwight
(New York)

62
1911–1913
None
≥ Oscar Underwood
(Alabama)
Champ Clark
(D, Missouri)
James Mann
(Illinois)
John W. Dwight
(New York)

63
1913–1915
≥ Thomas M. Bell
(Georgia)
Charles H. Burke
(South Dakota)

64
1915–1917
None
≥ Claude Kitchin
(North Carolina)
Charles M. Hamilton
(New York)

65
1917–1919

66
1919–1921
None
Champ Clark
(Missouri)
Frederick H. Gillett
(R, Massachusetts)
≥ Frank W. Mondell
(Wyoming)
≥ Harold Knutson
(Minnesota)

67
1921–1923
William A. Oldfield
(Arkansas)
Claude Kitchin
(North Carolina)

68
1923–1925
Finis J. Garrett
(Tennessee)
≥ Nicholas Longworth
(Ohio)
≥ Albert H. Vestal
(Indiana)

69
1925–1927
Nicholas Longworth
(R, Ohio)
≥ John Q. Tilson
(Connecticut)

70
1927–1929

71
1929–1931
John McDuffie
(Alabama)
John Nance Garner
(Texas)

72
1931–1933
≥ John McDuffie
(Alabama)
≥ Henry T. Rainey
(Illinois)
John Nance Garner
(D, Texas)
Bertrand Snell
(New York)
Carl G. Bachmann
(West Virginia)

73
1933–1935
≥ Arthur H. Greenwood
(Indiana)
≥ Jo Byrns
(Tennessee)
Henry T. Rainey
(D, Illinois)
Harry L. Englebright
(California)

74
1935–1936
≥ Patrick J. Boland
(Pennsylvania)
≥ William Bankhead
(Alabama)
Jo Byrns
(D, Tennessee)

1936–1937
≥ Sam Rayburn
(Texas)
William B. Bankhead
(D, Alabama)

75
1937–1939

76
1939–1940
Joe Martin
(Massachusetts)

1940–1941
≥ John W. McCormack
(Massachusetts)
Sam Rayburn
(D, Texas)

77
1941–1942

1942–1943
≥ Robert Ramspeck
(Georgia)

78
1943–1943

1943–1945
Leslie Arends
(Illinois)

79
1945–1945

1946–1947
≥ John Sparkman
(Alabama)

80
1947–1949
John McCormack
(Massachusetts)
Sam Rayburn
(Texas)
Joe Martin
(R, Massachusetts)
≥ Charles Halleck
(Indiana)
≥ Leslie Arends
(Illinois)

81
1949–1951
≥ Percy Priest
(Tennessee)
≥ John W. McCormack
(Massachusetts)
Sam Rayburn
(D, Texas)
Joe Martin
(Massachusetts)
Leslie Arends
(Illinois)

82
1951–1953

83
1953–1955
John McCormack
(Massachusetts)
Sam Rayburn
(Texas)
Joe Martin
(R, Massachusetts)
≥ Charles Halleck
(Indiana)
≥ Leslie Arends
(Illinois)

84
1955–1957
≥ Carl Albert
(Oklahoma)
≥ John W. McCormack
(Massachusetts)
Sam Rayburn
(D, Texas)
Joe Martin
(Massachusetts)
Leslie Arends
(Illinois)

85
1957–1959

86
1959–1961
Charles Halleck
(Indiana)

87
1961–1962

1962–1963
≥ Hale Boggs
(Louisiana)
≥ Carl Albert
(Oklahoma)
John W. McCormack
(D, Massachusetts)

88
1963–1965

89
1965–1967
Gerald Ford
(Michigan)

90
1967–1969

91
1969–1971

92
1971–1973
≥ Tip O'Neill
(Massachusetts)
≥ Hale Boggs
(Louisiana)
Carl Albert
(D, Oklahoma)

93
1973–1973
≥ John J. McFall
(California)
≥ Tip O'Neill
(Massachusetts)

1973–1975
John Rhodes
(Arizona)

94
1975–1977
Bob Michel
(Illinois)

95
1977–1979
≥ John Brademas
(Indiana)
≥ Jim Wright
(Texas)
Tip O'Neill
(D, Massachusetts)

96
1979–1981

97
1981–1983
≥ Tom Foley
(Washington)
Bob Michel
(Illinois)
Trent Lott
(Mississippi)

98
1983–1985

99
1985–1987

100
1987–1989
≥ Tony Coelho
(California)
≥ Tom Foley
(Washington)
Jim Wright
(D, Texas)

101
1989–1989
Dick Cheney
(Wyoming)

1989–1991
≥ William H. Gray III
(Pennsylvania)
≥ Dick Gephardt
(Missouri)
Tom Foley
(D, Washington)
Newt Gingrich
(Georgia)

102
1991–1991

1991–1993
≥ David Bonior
(Michigan)

103
1993–1995

104
1995–1997
David Bonior
(Michigan)
Dick Gephardt
(Missouri)
Newt Gingrich
(R, Georgia)
≥ Dick Armey
(Texas)
≥ Tom DeLay
(Texas)

105
1997–1999

106
1999–2001
Dennis Hastert
(R, Illinois)

107
2001–2002

2002–2003
Nancy Pelosi
(California)

108
2003–2005
Steny Hoyer
(Maryland)
Nancy Pelosi
(California)
≥ Tom DeLay
(Texas)
≥ Roy Blunt
(Missouri)

109
2005–2005

2005–2006
≥ Roy Blunt
(Missouri) (acting)

2006–2007
≥ John Boehner
(Ohio)

110
2007–2009
≥ Jim Clyburn
(South Carolina)
≥ Steny Hoyer
(Maryland)
Nancy Pelosi
(D, California)
John Boehner
(Ohio)
Roy Blunt
(Missouri)

111
2009–2011
Eric Cantor
(Virginia)

112
2011–2013
Steny Hoyer
(Maryland)
Nancy Pelosi
(California)
John Boehner
(R, Ohio)
≥ Eric Cantor
(Virginia)
≥ Kevin McCarthy
(California)

113
2013–2014

2014–2015
≥ Kevin McCarthy
(California)
≥ Steve Scalise
(Louisiana)

114
2015–2015

2015–2017
Paul Ryan
(R, Wisconsin)

115
2017–2019

Congress
Years
Democratic whip
Democratic leader
Speaker
Republican leader
Republican whip