Balloting for a Speaker in the House of Representatives at Washington, December, 1859.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Harper's Weekly, New York.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving with modern handcoloring,

  DATE: 1859

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/4 x 13 5/8" plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: The election of William Pennington for speaker of the House.<br><br> In the years leading up to the Civil War Congresses often had tortuously long Speaker elections. This print illustrates one of 44 ballots that led to William Pennington’s single term in the post. The bench seating visible in this view held an even shorter tenure. After Members complained about the desks and chairs that had come in to use in 1857 with the opening of the new Chamber, the benches were introduced in 1859. This seating arrangement, however, was even more objectionable, and the original furniture returned the following year.<br><br> This print appeared in the December 17th issue of Harper's Weekly.

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• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Washington D.C.