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| Office | Speaker |
| Honorific | Speaker - Abbr: Speaker |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | July 01, 1861 - 11:00am Central |
| Polls Open | July 04, 1861 - 12:05pm Central |
| Polls Close | July 04, 1861 - 12:10pm Central |
| Term Start | July 04, 1861 - 12:15pm |
| Term End | March 03, 1863 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | RBH December 08, 2007 06:50pm |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
Grow was elected on the first ballot after a shift in the votes.
| U.S. House Speaker Balloting, 1861 |
| Candidate | 1st Ballot before shifts | 1st after shifts |
| Galusha A. Grow PA | 71 | 99 |
| Francis P. Blair MO | 40 | 12 |
| John J. Crittenden KY | 12 | 12 |
| John S. Phelps MO | 7 | 7 |
| Clement Vallandingham OH | 7 | 7 |
| Erastus Corning NY | 6 | 7 |
| Samuel S. Cox OH | 6 | 6 |
| Scattering | 10 | 9 |
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