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| Office | Speaker of the House |
| Honorific | Speaker of the House - Abbr: Speaker of the House |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | December 02, 1805 - 12:00am Central |
| Polls Open | December 02, 1805 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | December 02, 1805 - 08:00am Central |
| Term Start | December 02, 1805 - 12:00am |
| Term End | March 04, 1807 - 12:00am |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modified | RBH January 06, 2011 04:12am |
| Data Sources | Hudson NY newspaper entitled The Balance, and Columbian Repository, 12/10/1805 |
| Description |
Macon was re-elected Speaker on the third ballot. DRP leaders believed that he was too lenient on the Quids, which was the reason for the inter-party revolt here.
| Speaker of the House balloting, 1805 |
| Contender: Ballot | 1st | 2d | 3d |
| Nathaniel Macon NC | 51 | 52 | 58 |
| Joseph B. Varnum MA | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| John C. Smith CT | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| John Dawson VA | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| Scattering | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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58 (49.57%)