Editing Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (section)

===Multi-ballot elections===
In total, there have been 16 elections requiring multiple ballots to elect a speaker, with 13 before the [[American Civil War]], one in 1923, and two in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speaker Elections Decided by Multiple Ballots |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Office/Speakers-Multiple-Ballots/ |access-date=October 26, 2023 |publisher=United States House of Representatives}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders defaultleft col1center col5center"
! scope="col" | Con{{shy}}gress
! scope="col" | Person elected
! scope="col" | Party
! scope="col" | District
! scope="col" | {{abbr|#|Number of}}<br />Ballots
! scope="col" | Election date(s)
|-
|[[3rd United States Congress|3rd]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Frederick|Muhlenberg}}
| [[Anti-Administration]]
| {{ushr|PA|AL|B}}
|3
|data-sort-value="179312"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1793|December 2, 1793]]
|-
|[[6th United States Congress|6th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Theodore|Sedgwick}}
| [[Federalist Party|Federalist]]
| {{ushr|MA|1|B}}
|2
|data-sort-value="179912"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1799|December 2, 1799]]
|-
|[[9th United States Congress|9th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Nathaniel|Macon}}
| [[Democratic-Republican]]
| {{ushr|NC|6|B}}
|3
|data-sort-value="180512"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1805|December 2, 1805]]
|-
|[[11th United States Congress|11th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Joseph Bradley|Varnum}}
| [[Democratic-Republican]]
| {{ushr|MA|4|B}}
|2
|data-sort-value="180905"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#May 1809|May 22, 1809]]
|-
|[[16th United States Congress|16th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|John W.|Taylor|dab=politician}}
| [[Democratic-Republican]]
| {{ushr|NY|11|B}}
|22
|data-sort-value="182011"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#November 1820|November 13–15, 1820]]
|-
|[[17th United States Congress|17th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Philip P.|Barbour}}
| [[Democratic-Republican]]
| {{ushr|VA|11|B}}
|12
|data-sort-value="182112"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1821|December 3–4, 1821]]
|-
|[[19th United States Congress|19th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|John W.|Taylor|dab=politician}}
| [[National Republican]]
| {{ushr|NY|17|B}}
|2
|data-sort-value="182512"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1825|December 5, 1825]]
|-
|[[23rd United States Congress|23rd]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Bell|dab=Tennessee politician}}
| [[Jacksonian democracy|Jacksonian]]
| {{ushr|TN|9|B}}
|10
|data-sort-value="183406"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#June 1834|June 2, 1834]]
|-
|[[26th United States Congress|26th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert M.&nbsp;T.|Hunter}}
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| {{ushr|VA|9|B}}
|11
|data-sort-value="183912"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1839|December 14–16, 1839]]
|-
|[[30th United States Congress|30th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert Charles|Winthrop}}
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
| {{ushr|MA|1|B}}
|3
|data-sort-value="184712"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1847|December 6, 1847]]
|-
|[[31st United States Congress|31st]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Howell|Cobb}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| {{ushr|GA|6|B}}
|63
|data-sort-value="184912"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1849|December 3–22, 1849]]
|-
|[[34th United States Congress|34th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Nathaniel P.|Banks}}
| [[Know Nothing|American]]
| {{ushr|MA|7|B}}
|133
|data-sort-value="185512"|[[1855–56 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|December 3, 1855 – February 2, 1856]]
|-
|[[36th United States Congress|36th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|William|Pennington}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| {{ushr|NJ|5|B}}
|44
|data-sort-value="185912"|[[List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections#December 1859 – February 1860|December 5, 1859 – February 1, 1860]]
|-
|[[68th United States Congress|68th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Frederick H.|Gillett}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| {{ushr|MA|2|B}}
|9
|data-sort-value="192312"|[[1923 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|December 3–5, 1923]]
|-
|data-sort-value="118.1"|[[118th United States Congress|118th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Kevin|McCarthy}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| {{ushr|CA|20|B}}
|15
|data-sort-value="202301"|[[January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|January 3–7, 2023]]
|-
|data-sort-value="118.2"|[[118th United States Congress|118th]]
| scope="row" | {{sortname|Mike|Johnson}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| {{ushr|LA|4|B}}
|4
|data-sort-value="202310"|[[October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|October 17–25, 2023]]
|}