#Politics From #CNN ... The only House speaker with a shorter term than McCarthy died in office. 🤣

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Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy served as House speaker for 269 days before being removed by a majority vote on Tuesday ...

The record for the shortest term is held by Rep. Michael C. Kerr of Indiana, who served as speaker for 257 days.

Kerr died in office of consumption on August 19, 1876.