The 45th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC

Speaker Randall gavels the third, "lame duck" session of the Forty-fifth Congress of the United States to a close, ending its term. It has sat for a total of 342 days over its two years. The Forty-sixth Congress will assemble in Washington two weeks later, on March 18, 1879. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "House History."  http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html
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