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The members of the majority party elect the Speaker of the House by voting.
hopefully only the speaker. Otherwise it would be very painful for the speaker. All of the members of the house vote for the speaker
The Speaker of the House is elected by a majority vote from his/her fellow members of the House.
The House of representatives.
The Speaker of the House is chosen by election within the House of Representatives. If the Speaker should become President, a new Speaker would be elected byt he House members. As a practicle matter, this would be an election by the members of the Majority Party in the House of Representatives, along with those independents or third party members who might be caucusing with the Majority Party.