So the record for speaker votes is 133 and took 2 months to complete. The guy who got elected, Nathaniel Banks, is interesting.
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-longest-and-most-contentious-Speaker-election-in-its-history/
Led me to look up the Free Soil Party, which I don't remember from history class. Turns out I'm about it and it was the precursor to the Republican party. Who knew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_DampwkCA
The Longest and Most Contentious Speaker Election in House History | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
At the conclusion of the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history, the House elected Representative Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts as its presiding officer for the 34th Congress (1855–1857). Sectional conflict over slavery and a rising anti-immigrant mood in the nation contri..
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-longest-and-most-contentious-Speaker-election-in-its-history/
