The lower chamber of Congress has not voted this many times to choose a speaker since 1860, during the lead-up to the American Civil War. There were 44 rounds of voting back then.

Republicans took control of the House in November’s midterm elections, although by a narrower margin than many had predicted—222 to 212. The Senate is still run by Democrats.

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