New York's 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives — including the eight new freshmen — voted along party lines in Tuesday's historic vote on Capitol Hill for the next speaker of the chamber that resulted in the first House speaker nominee in 100 years to lose the initial vote for the powerful position.

On the first day the new Congress convened in Washington, California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy was the favorite to take the speaker's gavel after the GOP retook the majority in the midterm elections, but failed to garner the required votes, forcing a second and third ballot that also resulted in defeats for McCarthy. Nineteen Republicans voted against McCarthy in the first and second rounds, and 20 voted against him in the third.

After the third ballot, the House voted to adjourn until noon Wednesday, leaving the speakership — the role second in line to the presidency — undecided. 

Many of New York's Republican House members have said publicly since the November elections they would back McCarthy. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third ranking Republican in the chamber, has been a strong supporter of him and was the one to officially nominate him for the role on the House floor.

"No one in this body has worked harder for this Republican majority than Kevin McCarthy," Stefanik said, saying he has "earned" the position.

Stefanik's nomination wasn't the only time New York was prominent on the floor. House Democrats cast their votes for speaker for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, of Brooklyn, who was elected by the conference last month to be their next leader after former Speaker Nancy Pelosi bowed out of another term leading the caucus. 

Lee Zeldin, the now former congressman from Long Island and Republican nominee for governor last fall, also received one vote for the speakership from Rep. Andy Harris, of Maryland, in the first round of voting.

Rep. Claudia Tenney, a McCarthy supporter who represents the 24th District, wrote on Twitter that "Our government is in disarray under Joe Biden and congressional Democrats. A unified Republican majority in the House is the last best hope to save our nation. We must unite now, stand up for the American people, and govern."

Members of Congress, including new members, cannot be officially sworn in to the new term until a speaker is chosen.