A Non-Congressperson Speaker of the House

I've toyed with trying to make a TL on this, but does anyone have any times where it would be even plausible that a noncongress person would be elected Speaker of the House? It's allowed, but outside of a retired US President, I can't see it.

This would be very unlikely, but maybe if the GOP took the house in the 80s (I know you'd need a drastic change in mid-80s politics) during Reagan's Presidency, Ford could be selected as a compromise candidate.
 
I've toyed with trying to make a TL on this, but does anyone have any times where it would be even plausible that a noncongress person would be elected Speaker of the House? It's allowed, but outside of a retired US President, I can't see it.

This would be very unlikely, but maybe if the GOP took the house in the 80s (I know you'd need a drastic change in mid-80s politics) during Reagan's Presidency, Ford could be selected as a compromise candidate.
Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72 does it, not to get a leader of the House of Representatives, but to employ the law putting the Speaker into the Presidency in the absence of a President and Vice-President. They choose a non-Congressman because
the Presidency is to be vacant due to an impeachment, voted on by the House, and they don't want to have anybody voting on his own accession to the Presidency. Non-politician James Gavin it is.
 
Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72 does it, not to get a leader of the House of Representatives, but to employ the law putting the Speaker into the Presidency in the absence of a President and Vice-President. They choose a non-Congressman because
the Presidency is to be vacant due to an impeachment, voted on by the House, and they don't want to have anybody voting on his own accession to the Presidency. Non-politician James Gavin it is.
Duh! of course they did! I knew that. Sorry.
 
Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72 does it, not to get a leader of the House of Representatives, but to employ the law putting the Speaker into the Presidency in the absence of a President and Vice-President. They choose a non-Congressman because
the Presidency is to be vacant due to an impeachment, voted on by the House, and they don't want to have anybody voting on his own accession to the Presidency. Non-politician James Gavin it is.

Oh that's a really creative way to do it.
 
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