[OC] The U.S. House of Representatives elected the Speaker of the House after 15 ballots. 1859 was the last year to require more than 15 ballots.TheDarkSideGamer t1_j42pyws wrote
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The representatives in the house have to elect a speaker. To do that, one person has to obtain a simple majority of the votes from the representatives. In all of the rounds leading up to the last one, the votes were split so that no one candidate has the majority.
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