Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the U.S. Read More Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the U.S. Read More Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination December 1793. 2019 Congress: Nancy Pelosi is elected speaker of the House - Vox Nancy Pelosi reacts as she is confirmed Speaker of the House during the 116th Congress and … The current speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, was elected to … Former speaker Frederick Muhlenberg received a majority of the votes cast in the 3rd ballot and was elected speaker. An election for speaker took place December 2, 1793, at the start of the 3rd Congress, following the 1792 / 93 elections in which anti-administration candidates won a majority of the seats.