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Office | Speaker of the House |
Honorific | Speaker of the House - Abbr: Speaker of the House |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | January 01, 1965 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | January 04, 1965 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | January 04, 1965 - 07:00pm Central |
Term Start | January 04, 1965 - 12:00pm |
Term End | January 03, 1967 - 01:00pm |
Contributor | Ralphie |
Last Modified | RBH December 29, 2010 05:20pm |
Data Sources | [Link] |
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89th Congress
At the Republican caucus just prior to the opening of the Congress, Ford defeated Halleck for the leadership post by a margin of 73-67. The vote was reminiscent of Halleck's similar victory in 1959 over Joseph Martin. [New York Times 1/4/1965]
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