In a scenario unprecedented in 100 years, the House of Representatives was completely paralyzed on Wednesday as Republican divisions prevented voters from electing a president, AFP reports.

The debate resumed in the middle of the day in the hall of the second day of voting, but even after the fifth round no agreement could be reached.

Although former President Donald Trump had previously urged his supporters among Republican congressmen to still vote for McCarthy to break the impasse, the latter did not even get a 218-vote majority in the fourth round of voting – after three on Tuesday.

The heavy favorite to replace Nancy Pelosi, Republican Kevin McCarthy is one of two dozen Republican Trump supporters who accuse him of being too moderate.

The last time the House failed to elect a candidate was on the first ballot in 1923.

Until the president of the House is elected, its activities are blocked, and congressmen cannot take the oath, which is an unprecedented situation in the last century. Voting will continue until the election of the president.