[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.chicagotim1 t1_j421nnv wrote
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That's a fair point, but in practice we only have 2 parties and each one coalesce behind "their guy" and whatever party has more Representatives gets their guy.
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