not simply a democracy at. we re but something that could actually destroy american democracy, another hour of velshi begins right now. hi begins right now. good morning, it is sunday january the 8th. i am ellen kevin mccarthy s new election as the speaker of the house, it was a historic one if not exactly for the best reasons. the first time for a speakership was divot sided on a multiple, ballots are where occurrence in the scope of all american history. mccarthy s bid this year was only the 15th time that has happened, it was 15 ballots but it was only the 15th time that it is happened. there were only four other instances when the volker shut went on for longer, all of which were in the 1800s, which was an era in which political parties were influx and factions were ideologically split over the issue of slavery. take the 16th congress as an example. henry clay was initially elected as the speaker at the start of the term and 1819 but, he opted to step down in the midd
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he opted to step down in the middle of his term shortly after congress negotiated the missouri compromise which resulted in the admissions of missouri as a slave state and maine as a non slave state. in the course of the debates for the missouri compromise, john w taylor, an abolitionist and a congressman chriesman from new york emerged as a leading voice against slavery. he gave passionate speeches, he wrote essays against admitting that missouri is a slave state, he even offered up the amendment to the missouri compromise that would have outlawed slavery anywhere west of the mississippi. taylor was on the loser end of that issue, his amendment was not adopted, but his peers recognized that he was a skilled politician. and when henry clay stepped down as speaker in 1820, taylor became the anti slavery groups favorite candidate to replace him. but it took 22 ballots before taylor was elected as speaker, as political factions realigned and coalesced around him. but he faced greater odds