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orleans

(34,079 posts) Thu Jan 5, 2023, 05:04 PM Jan 2023

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Only 8 House speaker votes in history have taken more ballots than this one

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-multiple-ballots-history/

Prior to this week's votes, 14 speaker elections required multiple ballots, with 13 of those occurring before the Civil War. The only time in the post-Civil War era was in 1923, when it took nine tries.

Six of those 14 elections were decided on the second or third ballot, but others took more than that — with the longest election finally ending after nearly two months and 133 ballots.

more at link for details on these long elections.

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Only 8 House speaker votes in history have taken more ballots than this one (Original Post) orleans Jan 2023 OP

I heard something yesterday saying none were resolved on the 5th-8th ballots Renew Deal Jan 2023 #1

Renew Deal

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1. I heard something yesterday saying none were resolved on the 5th-8th ballots

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2023, 05:07 PM

Jan 2023

And that has not changed since we're up to #9 as of this post.

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