List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections
December 1849

List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections

Section Title: December 1849
Table Section Text: None

1849 election for speaker

December 3, 1849 – 1st ballot

Candidate	Votes	Percent

Howell Cobb (D–Georgia)	103	46.61%

Robert C. Winthrop (W–Massachusetts) ◆	96	43.44%

David Wilmot (FS–Pennsylvania)	8	3.62%

Meredith P. Gentry (W–Tennessee)	6	2.71%

Horace Mann (W–Massachusetts)	2	0.91%

Others	6	2.71%

Total votes:	221

Votes necessary:	111

December 22, 1849 – 63rd ballot

Candidate	Votes	Percent

Howell Cobb (D–Georgia)	102	46.16%

Robert C. Winthrop (W–Massachusetts) ◆	99	44.80%

David Wilmot (FS–Pennsylvania)	8	3.62%

Charles S. Morehead (W–Kentucky)	4	1.81%

William Strong (D–Pennsylvania)	3	1.34%

Others	5	2.27%

Total votes:	221

Votes necessary:	PV

Sentence(s)

On the decisive 63rd ballot, Howell Cobb received the most votes, 102 votes out of 221 and was elected as speaker.

final_sentence: On the decisive 63rd ballot, Howell Cobb received the most votes, 102 votes out of 221 and was elected as speaker.