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US House Speaker

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> United States > U.S. House of Representatives > Speaker of the House

Office

Speaker

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

December 01, 1863 - 11:00am

Polls Open

December 07, 1863 - 12:05pm

Polls Close

December 07, 1863 - 12:10pm

Term Start

December 07, 1863 - 12:15pm

Term End

March 03, 1865 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Last Modified

RBH January 04, 2011 12:18am

Data Sources

Description

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	07/04/1861
	Name	Galusha A. Grow	Votes	99 (52.66%)
	Term	07/04/1861 - 03/03/1863	Margin	59 (+31.38%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average

CANDIDATES

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Name

Rep. Schuyler Colfax

Rep. Samuel Sullivan Cox

Rep. John L. Dawson

Rep. Robert Mallory

Henry G. Stebbins

Rep. Austin Augustus King

Rep. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Party

Unionist Democrat

Votes

101 (55.50%)

42 (23.08%)

12 (6.59%)

10 (5.50%)

8 (4.40%)

6 (3.30%)

2 (1.10%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-59 (-32.42%)

-89 (-48.90%)

-91 (-50.00%)

-93 (-51.10%)

-95 (-52.20%)

-99 (-54.40%)

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Finances

Endorsements

I	E Pluribus Unum
SD	BippidiBoppetyBoob

D	Sydenham E. Ancona [L]
D	Joseph Bailey [L]
D	Alexander H. Coffroth [L]
D	Charles Denison [L]

D	James Brooks [L]
C	Henry Grider [L]
C	Aaron Harding [L]
D	Benjamin G. Harris [L]

D	John Ganson [L]
R	John Augustus Griswold [L]
D	Francis Kernan [L]
D	Homer A. Nelson [L]

D	John W. Chanler [L]
D	William A. Hall [L]
C	Robert Mallory [L]
D	William Radford [L]

CU	Thomas Cottman [L]
D	Alexander P. Field [L]

MORE CANDIDATES

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Name

Rep. John D. Stiles

Party

Votes

1 (0.55%)

Margin

-100 (-54.95%)

0.00%

Finances

Endorsements

D	Benjamin Wood [L]

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