Re: Kevin McCarthy holds the record post 1900!!! 12 time loser!!!
Reg
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OK, for the sake of clarification, yes, McCarthy does not hold the overall record, in the 1800s there were some very contentious speaker votes it would seem. So, he is the record holder from 1900 onward. Here is the list:
| 3rd Congress (1793–1795) |
MUHLENBERG, Frederick Augustus Conrad |
PA |
3rd |
| 6th Congress (1799–1801) |
SEDGWICK, Theodore |
MA |
2nd |
| 9th Congress (1805–1807) |
MACON, Nathaniel |
NC |
3rd |
| 11th Congress (1809–1811) |
VARNUM, Joseph Bradley |
MA |
2nd |
| 16th Congress (1819–1821) |
TAYLOR, John W.1 |
NY |
22nd |
| 17th Congress (1821–1823) |
BARBOUR, Philip Pendleton |
VA |
12th |
| 19th Congress (1825–1827) |
TAYLOR, John W. |
NY |
2nd |
| 23rd Congress (1833–1835) |
BELL, John |
TN |
10th |
| 26th Congress (1839–1841) |
HUNTER, Robert Mercer Taliaferro |
VA |
11th |
| 30th Congress (1847–1849) |
WINTHROP, Robert Charles |
MA |
3rd |
| 31st Congress (1849–1851) |
COBB, Howell |
GA |
63rd |
| 34th Congress (1855–1857) |
BANKS, Nathaniel Prentice |
MA |
133rd |
| 36th Congress (1859–1861) |
PENNINGTON, William |
NJ |
44th |
| 68th Congress (1923–1925) |
GILLETT, Frederick Huntington |
MA |
9th |
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Reg
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OK, for the sake of clarification, yes, McCarthy does not hold the overall record, in the 1800s there were some very contentious speaker votes it would seem. So, he is the record holder from 1900 onward. Here is the list:
| 3rd Congress (1793–1795) |
MUHLENBERG, Frederick Augustus Conrad |
PA |
3rd |
| 6th Congress (1799–1801) |
SEDGWICK, Theodore |
MA |
2nd |
| 9th Congress (1805–1807) |
MACON, Nathaniel |
NC |
3rd |
| 11th Congress (1809–1811) |
VARNUM, Joseph Bradley |
MA |
2nd |
| 16th Congress (1819–1821) |
TAYLOR, John W.1 |
NY |
22nd |
| 17th Congress (1821–1823) |
BARBOUR, Philip Pendleton |
VA |
12th |
| 19th Congress (1825–1827) |
TAYLOR, John W. |
NY |
2nd |
| 23rd Congress (1833–1835) |
BELL, John |
TN |
10th |
| 26th Congress (1839–1841) |
HUNTER, Robert Mercer Taliaferro |
VA |
11th |
| 30th Congress (1847–1849) |
WINTHROP, Robert Charles |
MA |
3rd |
| 31st Congress (1849–1851) |
COBB, Howell |
GA |
63rd |
| 34th Congress (1855–1857) |
BANKS, Nathaniel Prentice |
MA |
133rd |
| 36th Congress (1859–1861) |
PENNINGTON, William |
NJ |
44th |
| 68th Congress (1923–1925) |
GILLETT, Frederick Huntington |
MA |
9th |
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
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