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[[File:Nathaniel Prentice Banks - Brady-Handy (1).jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Nathaniel Prentice Banks]]
[[File:Nathaniel Prentice Banks - Brady-Handy (1).jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Nathaniel Prentice Banks]]
'''Nathaniel Prentice Banks''', a Representative from [[Massachusetts]]; born in Waltham, Mass., January 30, 1816; member of the State house of representatives 1849-1852, for two years serving as speaker; member of the State constitutional convention of 1853; elected as a [[Democrat]] to the Thirty-third Congress, as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and as a [[Republican]] to the Thirty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1853, until he resigned December 24, 1857, to become [[Governor]]; [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Thirty-fourth Congress).
'''Nathaniel Prentice Banks''', a Representative from [[Massachusetts]]; born in Waltham, Mass., January 30, 1816; member of the State house of representatives 1849–1852, for two years serving as speaker; member of the State constitutional convention of 1853; elected as a [[Democrat]] to the Thirty-third Congress, as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and as a [[Republican]] to the Thirty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1853, until he resigned December 24, 1857, to become [[Governor]]; [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Thirty-fourth Congress).
== 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 and requiring 133 ballots. It gave [[Abolition|antislavery]] congressmen important posts in the U.S. Congress for the very first time.
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, and requiring 133 ballots. 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 ==