Word: colfax
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...Almanac does not count Speaker Theodore M. Pomeroy, who served for one day - May 3, 1869. His predecessor, Schuyler Colfax, resigned the Speakership that day in order to take the oath of office as Grant's Vice President. The House needed a Speaker for the final day of that lame-duck session and elected Pomeroy...