Fighting for the Speakership by Jenkins Jeffery A.;Stewart Charles;

Author:Jenkins, Jeffery A.;Stewart, Charles;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

This opened the floodgates, as a wave of Democrats heeded Mallory’s call and began changing their votes. After 51 Democrats had switched their votes to Smith, the unthinkable for Republicans had come to pass—Smith, with 114 votes, had a bare majority. This is illustrated in table 7.4, which documents three stages of voting on the 39th ballot: the first pass through the roll, the breakdown after the 51 switchers, and the final tally.

TABLE 7.4.

Voting during the 39th speakership ballot, 36th Congress

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