
Jake Tapper @jaketapper
A complete mess, the 1839 Speaker race went to 11 ballots. w two competing NJ delegations & former POTUS JQ Adams temporarily presiding as "Chairman"... Ultimately Robert M.T. Hunter was elected Speaker as a compromise candidate https://t.co/30vAxpoPQg https://t.co/yWFVrHZA7u — PolitiTweet.org