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Nathaniel Prentice Banks (view source)
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== U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives contest for the Thirty-fourth Congress ==
== U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives contest for the Thirty-fourth Congress ==
Nathaniel Prentice Banks had the longest and one of the most bitter speakership contests on record, lasting from December 3, 1855, to February 2, 1856. It gave [[Abolition|antislavery]] congressmen important posts in the U.S. Congress for the very first time.
== Political life after serving as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives ==
== Political life after serving as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives ==