Michael Whittaker (59 de enero de 2023). «1793-2023: An Overview Of Contested Speaker Elections». The Daily Wire(en inglés). Consultado el 9 de enero de 2023. «The 34th Congress was even more chaotic [...] The knock-down, drag-out slugfest for the Speaker’s gavel would last for a grueling two months, and 135 candidates for the office received votes over the course of 133 rounds [...] 1859, the Republicans had won a plurality in the 36th Congress, but not a majority, so once again there was a drawn out battle for control of the gavel that lasted for roughly eight weeks».
