It’s not lost on me that historically multiple votes to elect a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives like this happen when the United States is grappling with its white supremacist history and what Eddie Glaude, Jr. calls “the lie”.

Screenshot of Mastodon post from Emmanuel Mehr on Jan 05, 2023, 07:44 that reads: #Histodons Updated tracking for historical precedent of current House Speaker voting, all cases of 6+ ballots: 16th Congress (1819-1821): 22 ballots 17th Congress (1821-1823): 12 ballots 23rd Congress (1833-1835): 10 ballots 26th Congress (1839-1841): 11 ballots 31st Congress (1849-1851): 63 ballots 34th Congress (1855-1857): 133 ballots 36th Congress (1859-1861): 44 ballots 68th Congress (1923-1925): 9 ballots 118th Congress (2023-): 6+ ballots (and counting)

 

 

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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