<page_title> List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections </page_title> <section_title> December 1849 </section_title> <table> <cell> Howell Cobb (D–Georgia) <col_header> 1849 election for speaker </col_header> <col_header> December 3, 1849 – 1st ballot </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Total votes: </col_header> <col_header> Votes necessary: </col_header> <col_header> December 22, 1849 – 63rd ballot </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 102 <col_header> 1849 election for speaker </col_header> <col_header> December 3, 1849 – 1st ballot </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> <col_header> December 22, 1849 – 63rd ballot </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 221 <col_header> 1849 election for speaker </col_header> <col_header> December 3, 1849 – 1st ballot </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> <col_header> December 22, 1849 – 63rd ballot </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> <row_header> Total votes: </row_header> </cell> </table>
On the decisive 63rd ballot, Howell Cobb received the most votes, 102 votes out of 221 and was elected as speaker.