The House Speaker election is dragging on to a fourteenth vote, but it’s still a far cry from the chaos and violence that plagued 19th Century speaker races, especially one in 1856 that just preceded ...

The election of 1856 brought to the presidency an incompetent who was, at least, partially responsible for the tragedies of the Civil War. We can certainly hope that the 2024 election will not be a ...

For the first time in exactly 100 years, the U.S. House of Representatives may need more than one round of voting to elect a speaker when the new Congress convenes on Tuesday. But a few extra rounds ...