Why was Schuyler Colfax not present at the vote to reconsider the 13th amendment?
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This custom developed because it was always the custom of the British House of Commons, from which most legislative traditions of the United States ultimately derive.
This custom also serves a functional purpose in the assembly: to maintain an illusion of (at least partial) impartiality on the part of the Speaker, as a means of enhancing his authority on thorny issues; by only voting, and thus revealing his mind, when such is absolutely necessary.
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