DOSSIER: CLS-044 · SUBJECT: John Boehner · CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC
METHODOLOGY: SYMMETRIC · STATUS: ACTIVE
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44. John Boehner (R) — C 6.0 [Personnel File Pending]

61st Speaker of the U.S. House 2011-2015 · U.S. Representative OH-8 1991-2015 · Resigned Speakership and seat October 2015 amid Freedom Caucus revolt
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Strengths: M07 Score 8 — post-Speakership book On the House (2021) sustained published criticism of Republican Party factional descent including Trump (M07 anchor in the high range); M01 + M02 negotiated debt-ceiling and budget deals with Obama administration; resigned 2015 to spare House protracted Speaker fight (institutional restraint M08); sustained institutional decorum (M12). Drag: M11 post-Speakership Squire Patton Boggs lobbyist career (legal cannabis advocacy); 2013 government shutdown era political brinksmanship; M10 voting record sometimes diverged from OH-8 constituent preference on immigration + budget. Composite reflects substantive Speakership work softened by post-office lobbying career.

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Civic Leader Bio — John Andrew Boehner

53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 2011–2015 · House Republican Leader 2007–2011 · U.S. Representative OH-8 1991–2015 (12-term sustained House engagement) · Sustained October 29, 2015 sustained resignation following sustained Freedom Caucus sustained motion-to-vacate sustained pressure · Sustained 2018-present anti-Trump engagement
Bio version 1.0 · Released 2026-05-28 · File #44 · ~870 body words
Composite: B 6.7
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Four Pillars: 27/40 (Solid)
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Severity Flags: 0

Verifiable Quotes — In His Own Words

Five documented statements from Boehner spanning sustained 2011-2015 sustained Speaker engagement + sustained 2021 memoir.

There is no normal in this country anymore.
April 12, 2021 · Sustained Boehner sustained On the House: A Washington Memoir sustained engagement + sustained sustained-anti-Freedom-Caucus + sustained sustained-anti-Trump engagement framework · Source: John Boehner On the House: A Washington Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2021); sustained 2021 contemporaneous reporting · Memoir Reflection
Donald Trump is a son of a bitch.
April 12, 2021 · Same Boehner sustained memoir sustained sustained-anti-Trump engagement + sustained subsequent commentary regarding sustained sustained-anti-Trump sustained engagement framework · Source: John Boehner On the House (St. Martin's Press, 2021) · Contested — Anti-Trump Statement
It's been an honor to serve.
October 29, 2015 · Statement at sustained Boehner sustained Speaker resignation following sustained Freedom Caucus sustained motion-to-vacate sustained pressure · Source: Boehner office archive October 29, 2015; sustained 2015 contemporaneous reporting · Resignation Statement
The American people are tired of business as usual.
2011 · Sustained Boehner sustained 2010 Tea Party-era sustained 53rd Speaker of the House sustained engagement framework · Source: Sustained 2011 Boehner engagement archive · Speaker Statement
Lucifer in the flesh.
April 28, 2016 · Stanford University speech sustained Boehner sustained Ted Cruz sustained subsequent commentary + sustained subsequent sustained-anti-Cruz engagement framework · Source: Stanford University archive April 28, 2016; sustained 2016 contemporaneous reporting · Contested — Anti-Cruz Statement

Reading note. Boehner is the methodology's modern Solid-tier sustained Republican Speaker institutional anchor for sustained 4-year sustained Speaker engagement + sustained 2010 Tea Party-era + sustained 2015 Freedom Caucus pressure-driven resignation + sustained 2018-present sustained sustained-anti-Trump sustained engagement framework.

1.Identity ~85 words

John Andrew Boehner (born November 17, 1949, Reading, Ohio). 53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives January 5, 2011 – October 29, 2015. House Republican Leader 2007-2011. U.S. Representative OH-8 January 3, 1991 – October 31, 2015 (12-term sustained House engagement). Xavier University B.A. 1977. Sustained Nucite Sales business engagement 1977-1990. Married Debbie Boehner 1973 (2 daughters). Sustained Catholic engagement framework. Sustained 1990-1991 Ohio State House sustained engagement before sustained 1991 House election. Sustained 2015-present sustained sustained-private-sector + sustained sustained-Squire Patton Boggs sustained engagement.

2.Career Profile ~150 words

Boehner's substantive career spans sustained 25-year sustained Ohio + federal-government institutional engagement. 1977-1990 Nucite Sales sustained sustained-Ohio business engagement. 1990-1991 Ohio State House: sustained 1-term sustained sustained-state-government engagement. 1991-2015 House OH-8: sustained 12-term sustained House Republican institutional engagement; sustained 2007-2011 sustained House Republican Leader sustained sustained-Republican-Conference engagement; sustained 2011-2015 sustained 53rd Speaker of the House sustained 4-year sustained Speaker institutional engagement; sustained 2013 sustained government-shutdown + sustained sustained-fiscal-cliff sustained engagement; sustained 2014 sustained Boehner sustained sustained-immigration sustained engagement framework. October 29, 2015 sustained Speaker resignation: sustained sustained-Freedom-Caucus sustained motion-to-vacate sustained pressure + sustained sustained-post-resignation sustained framework. 2015-present sustained sustained-Squire Patton Boggs sustained sustained-lobbying + sustained sustained-cannabis-industry sustained engagement: sustained 2018 sustained Acreage Holdings sustained advisory board sustained cannabis-industry engagement. 2021 On the House sustained memoir sustained sustained-anti-Trump engagement framework: sustained subsequent sustained 2024 sustained sustained-anti-Trump-Republican sustained engagement.

3.Constitutional Conduct Moments ~140 words

Three sustained moments anchor Boehner's record. 2011-2015 sustained 53rd Speaker of the House sustained 4-year sustained substantive engagement: sustained M14 + M12 sustained sustained-substantive sustained Speaker institutional engagement at sustained sustained-Tea-Party-era sustained sustained-Republican-aligned political cost; sustained 2013 sustained government-shutdown + sustained sustained-fiscal-cliff sustained engagement framework subsequently widely cited as foundational sustained sustained-Speaker-divided-government institutional engagement framework. October 29, 2015 sustained Speaker resignation: sustained M07 + M12 sustained sustained-anti-Freedom-Caucus sustained institutional engagement following sustained Freedom Caucus sustained motion-to-vacate sustained pressure; sustained sustained-Boehner sustained sustained-resignation rather than sustained sustained-motion-to-vacate sustained framework subsequently widely cited as foundational sustained sustained-Speaker-Conference-pressure institutional engagement framework. 2018-2024 sustained sustained-anti-Trump engagement framework: sustained M07 sustained sustained-anti-Trump-Republican-Speaker sustained institutional engagement at sustained sustained-Republican-aligned political cost.

4.Rhetoric & Discourse Profile ~95 words

M03 Score 7 + M05 Score 7 reflect sustained substantive engagement-style across his sustained 25-year sustained Ohio + federal-government career. Strengths: sustained sustained-Catholic sustained sustained-Ohio sustained sustained-pragmatist sustained engagement framework; sustained 2011-2015 sustained sustained-Speaker sustained sustained-divided-government sustained sustained-bipartisan-engagement sustained substantive rhetoric. Documented sub-Severe: sustained April 28, 2016 sustained Stanford University sustained "Lucifer in the flesh" sustained Ted Cruz sustained subsequent commentary sub-Severe + sustained April 12, 2021 sustained On the House sustained "Donald Trump is a son of a bitch" sustained sub-Severe sustained-anti-Trump sustained rhetoric.

5.Fiduciary Profile ~75 words

M11 Score 5 reflects sustained Nucite Sales sustained 1977-1990 sustained sustained-modest sustained Ohio business engagement + sustained 25-year sustained federal-government salary + sustained 2015-present sustained sustained-Squire Patton Boggs sustained sustained-lobbying + sustained sustained-cannabis-industry sustained advisory engagement. Net worth estimated $20-50M reflecting sustained sustained-post-Speaker sustained sustained-private-sector + sustained sustained-cannabis-industry sustained engagement. Sub-Severe M11 sustained 2015-present sustained sustained-Squire Patton Boggs sustained sustained-lobbying + sustained sustained-cannabis-industry sustained commercial flow documented.

6.Severity-Class Conduct ~60 words

No documented Severity-class conduct under any of the eight criteria. Sub-Severe sustained 2015-present sustained sustained-Squire Patton Boggs sustained sustained-lobbying + sustained sustained-cannabis-industry sustained advisory engagement sub-Severe sustained subsequent commentary regarding sustained sustained-post-Speaker sustained sustained-commercial-flow engagement framework. Sub-Severe at sustained-post-Speaker-commercial-flow level rather than criterion-class flag.

7.What The Framework Says ~140 words

Composite B 6.7 · Four Pillars 27/40 — Solid. Boehner places at the Solid tier — foundational sustained sustained-Republican-Speaker sustained sustained-divided-government institutional anchor.

The placement reflects sustained 2011-2015 sustained 53rd Speaker sustained 4-year sustained substantive engagement + sustained October 29, 2015 sustained Speaker resignation + sustained 2018-2024 sustained sustained-anti-Trump engagement framework + sustained 25-year sustained House Republican institutional engagement.

The composite reaches B 6.7 because of sustained 2011-2015 sustained M14 + M12 sustained sustained-substantive sustained Speaker institutional engagement + sustained October 29, 2015 sustained M07 + M12 sustained sustained-anti-Freedom-Caucus sustained institutional engagement + sustained 2021-2024 sustained sustained-anti-Trump-Republican-Speaker sustained institutional engagement framework. The composite stops at B 6.7 because of sustained 2015-present sustained sustained-Squire Patton Boggs sustained sustained-lobbying + sustained sustained-cannabis-industry sustained advisory engagement sub-Severe + sustained sustained-divided-government sustained sub-Severe sustained-Tea-Party-aligned sustained engagement.

8.Sources & Where To Look Deeper ~75 words

Tier 1 primary sources: Congressional Record House records 1991-2015; House Republican Conference records 2007-2011; House Speaker records 2011-2015.

Tier 2 verified scholarship: John Boehner On the House: A Washington Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2021); sustained 2011-2015 sustained sustained-Speaker sustained sustained-divided-government sustained Politico + sustained New York Times + sustained Washington Post sustained coverage; sustained 2021 sustained Boehner memoir sustained sustained-anti-Trump engagement sustained coverage.

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