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Parents > United States > U.S. House of Representatives > Speaker of the House
OfficeSpeaker
HonorificSpeaker - Abbr: Speaker
Type General Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 1875 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open December 06, 1875 - 12:05pm Central
Polls Close December 06, 1875 - 12:10pm Central
Term Start December 06, 1875 - 12:15pm
Term End August 19, 1876 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedRBH January 18, 2011 03:35am
Data SourcesNew York Times 12/7/1875
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 12/7/1875
Description Kerr died on 8/19/1876.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won12/01/1873
NameJames G. Blaine Votes189 (70.26%)
Term12/01/1873 - 03/04/1875 Margin113 (+42.01%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won12/04/1876
NameSamuel J. Randall Votes161 (66.26%)
Term12/04/1876 - 03/04/1877 Margin79 (+32.51%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Dec 04, 1875 US House Speaker - D Nomination
Michael C. Kerr
D 185

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Name Rep. Michael C. Kerr (I) Rep. James G. Blaine Rep. Alpheus S. Williams Rep. William Black Anderson Rep. Alexander Campbell  
PartyDemocratic Republican Democratic Greenback Greenback  
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Certified Votes 173 (61.35%) 106 (37.59%) 1 (0.36%) 1 (0.36%) 1 (0.36%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -67 (-23.76%) -172 (-60.99%) -172 (-60.99%) -172 (-60.99%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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