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Date span		Type
12/06/1834	James Buchanan enters the United States Senate	Legal/Political
01/01/1840—07/20/1840	The 26th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1839 to mid-July, 1840	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/21/1840	The 26th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/07/1840	The second session of the 26th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/08/1840—03/02/1841	The second session of the 26th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1840 and early March, 1841	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1841	In Washington DC, the 26th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/31/1841	The 27th Congress opens early, in special session, in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/01/1841—09/12/1841	The 27th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from late May, 1841 till mid-September, 1841	Lawmaking/Litigating
09/13/1841	The 27th Congress ends its early first session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/06/1841	The second session of the 27th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/07/1841—08/30/1842	The second session of the 27th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1841 and late August, 1842	Legal/Political
08/31/1842	The 27th Congress ends its second session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/05/1842	The third session of the 27th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/06/1842—03/02/1843	The third session of the 27th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1842 and early March, 1843	Legal/Political
03/03/1843	In Washington DC, the 27th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1843	The 28th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/05/1843—06/16/1844	The 28th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1843 till mid-June, 1844	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/24/1844	Commercial telegraph service inaugurated in Washington, D.C.	Business/Industry
06/17/1844	The 28th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/01/1845	The 29th Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/02/1845—08/09/1846	The 29th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1845 till mid-August, 1846	Lawmaking/Litigating
08/10/1846	The 29th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1846	The second session of the 28th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/07/1846	The second session of the 29th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/08/1846—03/02/1847	The second session of the 29th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1846 and early March, 1847	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1847	In Washington DC, the 29th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/04/1847—03/03/1849	Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives	Legal/Political
12/06/1847	The 30th Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/07/1847—08/13/1848	The 30th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1847 till mid-August, 1848	Legal/Political
08/14/1848	The 30th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1848	The second session of the 30th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/05/1848—03/02/1849	The second session of the 30th Congress sits in Washington, DC between early December, 1848 and early March, 1849	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/21/1848	Daniel Gott of New York introduces his resolution to ban slavery in the District of Columbia	Slavery/Abolition
01/11/1849	The U.S. Congress reverses the Gott Resolution to ban slavery in the District of Columbia	Slavery/Abolition
03/03/1849	In Washington DC, the 30th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Legal/Political
12/01/1849	The 31st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/04/1849—09/29/1850	The 31st Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1849 till late September, 1850	Legal/Political
02/02/1850	William H. Bissell denounces seccessionism in speech to US House of Representatives	Legal/Political
09/30/1850	The 31st Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/02/1850	The second session of the 31st Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/03/1850—03/02/1851	The second session of the 31st Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1850 and early March, 1851	Legal/Political
03/03/1851	In Washington DC, the 31st Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Legal/Political
12/01/1851	The 32nd Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/02/1851—08/30/1852	The 32nd Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1851 till late August, 1852	Legal/Political
12/24/1851	Fire at the U.S. Capitol destroys valuable books and artifacts	Cultural
08/31/1852	The 32nd Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/06/1852	The second session of the 32nd Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/07/1852—03/02/1853	The second session of the 32nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1852 and early March, 1853	Legal/Political
03/03/1853	In Washington DC, the 32nd Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Legal/Political
12/05/1853	The 33rd Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/06/1853—08/06/1854	The 33rd Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1853 till early August, 1854	Lawmaking/Litigating
08/07/1854	The 33rd Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/04/1854	The second session of the 33rd Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/05/1854—03/02/1855	The second session of the 33rd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March	Legal/Political
03/03/1855	In Washington DC, the 33rd Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Legal/Political
03/04/1855	Three Washburn brothers sit in the Thirty-Fourth Congress	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/22/1855	Representative Brooks attacks Senator Sumner in the Senate chamber	Legal/Political
12/03/1855	The 34th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1855—08/17/1856	The 34th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1855 till mid-August, 1857	Legal/Political
08/18/1856	The 34th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
08/21/1856	The 34th Congress begins a ten day special session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
08/22/1856—08/29/1856	The House and the Senate are both sitting in a special session that will last till the end of the month	Legal/Political
08/30/1856	The special session of both houses of Congress adjourns in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/01/1856	The regular second session of the 34th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/02/1856—03/02/1857	The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1857	With the end of its second regular session, the 34th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns	Legal/Political
03/05/1857—03/13/1857	The Senate of the United States is sitting in a ten day special session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
03/14/1857	The Senate of the United States ends its ten day special session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/07/1857	The 35th Congress opens in Washington, DC with James Orr of South Carolina elected as Speaker	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/17/1857	The House of Representatives meets for the first time in its new chamber in the United States Capitol	Legal/Political
06/15/1858—06/16/1858	The Senate of the United States is sitting in a two day special session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/06/1858—12/22/1858	The second session of the 35th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/06/1858	The second session of the 35th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/23/1858	The second session of the 35th Congress adjourns for its ten day holiday recess	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/24/1858—01/04/1859	The second session of the 35th Congress is in its ten day holiday recess until January 5, 1859	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/04/1859	The United States Senate occupies its new chamber at the Capitol	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/10/1859	Senator Slidell of Louisiana introduces a bill to appropriate funds for the purchase of Cuba from Spain	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/27/1859	Speaker of the House Orr and Congressman Hughes of Indiana exchange insults and almost come to blows in the U.S. Capital	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1859	The 35th Congress of the United States ends its term and adjourns	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/04/1859	The Senate of the United States opens a week long special session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/05/1859—03/09/1859	The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/10/1859	The Senate of the United States ends its week long special session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/05/1859	Members of the House of Representatives meet to elect a Speaker	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/05/1859	The 36th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/06/1859—06/24/1860	The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C.	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/12/1859	Senator Gwin of California hints in the Senate that his state could join the South if the Union breaks up	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/14/1859	U.S. Senate votes unanimously for a committee to investigate the Harpers Ferry Raid	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/19/1859	In the hotly contested election for Speaker of the House, Thomas Bocock withdraws	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/21/1859	In the hotly contested Speaker's election, Democrat John Millson of Virginia comes to within eighteen votes of success	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/27/1859	President Buchanan sends his annual message to the United States Senate	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/12/1860	The thirty-fourth ballot in the election for Speaker of the House ends without a resolution	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/27/1860	Thirty-ninth ballot in the election for Speaker sees John Sherman fall behind for the first time	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/30/1860	Republicans replace John Sherman with William Pennington in the Speaker's election struggle	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/01/1860	Rabbi gives opening prayer in the House of Representatives for the first time	Religion/Philosophy
02/01/1860	William Pennington of New Jersey elected Speaker of the House on the forty-fourth ballot	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/03/1860	John W. Forney returns as Clerk of the House, this time as a Republican	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/02/1860	Thomas H. Ford elected as Printer of the House of Representatives in the eighteenth ballot	Campaigns/Elections
04/11/1860	House of Representatives passes the Kansas Statehood Bill and sends it to the Senate	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/10/1860	The U.S. Senate passes its version of the Homestead Bill	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/15/1860	Controversial nominee for District Attorney of California confirmed in the U.S. Senate on party lines	Campaigns/Elections
06/25/1860	The 36th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC and adjourns until December	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/26/1860—06/28/1860	The Senate of the United States is sitting in a three day special session in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
10/04/1860	The Prince of Wales is in Washington, DC, hosted at the White House	US/the World
12/03/1860	The second session of the 36th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1860	In Washington, the U.S. House creates its "Committee of Thirty-Three" on the sectional crisis	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1860	President Buchanan's annual message to Congress is delivered to Capital Hill	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1860—03/02/1861	The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/18/1860	Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky introduces his Compromise in the United States Senate	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/19/1860	Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee defends the Union on the floor of the U.S. Senate	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/19/1860	U.S. Senate confirms well-known Democrat lawyer Edwin M. Stanton as Attorney-General	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/21/1860	Speaker of the U.S. House refuses resignations of the South Carolina congressional delegation	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/23/1860	Senator Robert A. Toombs recommends that his Georgia constituents vote for secession	Campaigns/Elections
12/27/1860	In the United States Senate, Albert G. Brown of Mississippi insists on the definition of slaves as property	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/31/1860	In the U.S. Senate, packed galleries cheer Senator Benjamin of Louisiana's defiant speech	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/03/1861	On the Senate floor, Stephen Douglas warns of the danger of the moment and calls for compromise	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/21/1861	Jefferson Davis of Mississippi resigns from the United States Senate	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/28/1861	The U. S. Senate votes thirty-six to sixteen to admit free Kansas as the 34th state of the Union	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/22/1861	Edward Payson Weston sets off to walk from Boston to Washington DC to pay off an election bet	Education/Culture
02/27/1861	Congress authorizes the first stamped newspaper-wrappers	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1861	The 36th Congress of the United States ends its second session, finishes its term, and adjourns	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/04/1861	Abraham Lincoln takes the oath as the sixteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/04/1861	Edward Payson Weston, having walked from Boston, arrives in Washington DC four hours late	Education/Culture
03/04/1861	Hannibal Hamlin takes the oath as fifteenth Vice President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/04/1861—03/28/1861	In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/04/1861	The 37th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/05/1861—08/05/1861	The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/15/1861—06/04/1868	John W. Forney serves as secretary of the United States Senate	Personal
07/22/1861	In Congress, John J. Crittenden introduces his half of a resolution limiting Union war aims	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/24/1861	In the Senate, Andrew Johnson introduces his half of the joint resolution limiting Union war aims	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/25/1861	The Senate passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution that limits U.S. war aims to saving the Union	Lawmaking/Litigating
08/06/1861	The early first session of the 37th Congress ends in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/03/1861—07/16/1862	The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/09/1862	U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee votes to expel Missouri Senators Waldo Johnson and Trusten Polk	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/10/1862	The United States Senate expels Missouri Senators Waldo Johnson and Trusten Polk for treason	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/13/1862	U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee finds the evidence insufficient to expel Indiana Senator Jesse Bright	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/15/1862	U.S. Senate confirms Edwin M. Stanton's nomination as Secretary of War on a vote of 36-2	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/17/1862	The U.S. Senate votes 26-14 to confirm Simon Cameron as the new ambassador to Russia	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/24/1862	The U.S. Senate votes 38-1 to confirm Noah Haynes Swayne of Ohio to the U.S. Supreme Court	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/05/1862	The U.S. Senate votes to expel Indiana Senator Jesse Bright as a Southern sympathizer	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/17/1862	In Washington, the House of Representatives votes 125-7 to establish a Department of Agriculture	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/06/1862	President Lincoln suggests to Congress ways gradually to end slavery in the United States	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/14/1862	Senator Lazarus Powell survives a U.S. Senate vote to expel him for "seducing citizens into rebellion and treason"	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/02/1862	The United States Senate passes President Lincoln's suggested resolution to help end slavery gradually	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/03/1862	On a party line vote, the U.S. Senate votes to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/11/1862	In Washington D.C., the House passes the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/21/1862	The U.S. Congress completes a bill to establish a new mint in Denver, Colorado	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/22/1862	A congressional committee reports that Senator Benjamin Stark of Oregon is a southern sympathizer	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/30/1862	U.S. House censures former Secretary of War Simon Cameron for his lax fiscal dealings while in office	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/15/1862	In Washington, President Lincoln signs a bill to establish a separate Department of Agriculture	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/22/1862	The U.S. Senate organizes the impeachment trial of U.S. District Judge West H. Humphreys	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/24/1862	The U.S. Senate trial of U.S. District Judge West H. Humphreys of Tennessee ends with his removal	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/17/1862	The second session of the 37th Congress ends in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/01/1862	The third session of the 37th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/02/1862—12/21/1862	The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between December 1 and December 22, 1862	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/22/1862	The third session of the 37th Congress adjourns for a two-week holiday recess	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/23/1862—01/05/1863	The third session of the 37th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1863	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/06/1863	The third session of the 37th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/07/1863—03/02/1863	The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington DC until early March 1863	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1863	The 37th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC	Legal/Political
03/17/1863	In Washington, the Senate votes to strike down the color bar on railroad cars in the District of Columbia	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/07/1863	The 38th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/08/1863—12/21/1863	The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/22/1863	The first session of the 38th Congress adjourns for a two-week holiday recess	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/23/1863—01/05/1864	The first session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1864	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/06/1864	The first session of the 38th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/07/1864—07/03/1864	The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864	Legal/Political
02/08/1864	In Washington, the U.S. Senate begins the process of enabling the statehood of the Nevada Territory	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/03/1864	In the U.S. Senate. Kentuckian Garrett Davis proposes combining six New England states into just two.	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/21/1864	In Washington, President Lincoln signs the bill enabling the statehood of the Nevada Territory	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/08/1864	In Washington, the U.S. Senate passes the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, 38-6.	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/09/1864	In Congress, Representative Harris of Maryland is immediately censured for disloyal comments in debate	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/14/1864	In Congress, Representative Long of Ohio is censured for suggesting the recognition of the Confederacy	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/04/1864	The House of Representatives passes the Wade-Davis Bill setting radical requirements for Reconstruction	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/31/1864	At the U.S. Capitol, debate begins in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/08/1864	The U.S. Congress funds "separate but equal" schools for black children in the District of Columbia	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/15/1864	At the U.S. Capitol, the vote in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution fails	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/23/1864	In Washington D.C., the U.S. Senate votes to repeal all remaining Federal Fugitive Slave Acts	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/25/1864	The U.S. Senate votes to ban exclusion from testifying in United States courts on grounds of race	Lawmaking/Litigating
06/29/1864	The House of Representatives upholds Senate on banning exclusion from U.S. courts on grounds of race	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/02/1864	The U.S. Congress passes the Wade-Davis Bill that sets radical requirements for Reconstruction	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/04/1864	The first session of the 38th Congress ends in Washington DC	Legal/Political
12/05/1864	The second session of the 38th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/23/1864—01/05/1865	The second session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1865	Legal/Political
01/06/1865	The second session of the 38th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/07/1865—03/02/1865	The second session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March, 1865	Legal/Political
03/03/1865	The 38th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/04/1865	The 39th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/05/1865—12/19/1865	The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between December 4 and December 21, 1865	Legal/Political
12/20/1865	The first session of the 39th Congress adjourns for a two-week holiday recess	Legal/Political
12/22/1865—01/05/1866	The first session of the 39th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1866	Legal/Political
01/06/1866	The first session of the 39th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/07/1866—07/27/1866	The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to late July, 1866	Legal/Political
07/28/1866	The first session of the 39th Congress ends in Washington DC	Legal/Political
12/03/1866	The second session of the 39th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/20/1866—01/02/1867	The second session of the 39th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 4, 1867	Legal/Political
12/21/1866—01/02/1867	The second session of the 39th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 3, 1867	Legal/Political
01/03/1867	The second session of the 39th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/04/1867—03/02/1867	The second session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March, 1867	Legal/Political
03/03/1867	The 39th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC	Legal/Political
03/04/1869	The 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
03/04/1869	Ulysses Grant takes the oath as the eighteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC	Campaigns/Elections
03/05/1869—04/09/1869	The 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
04/10/1869	In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States ends its first session	Legal/Political
12/06/1869	In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States opens its second session	Legal/Political
12/07/1869—12/21/1869	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is meeting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/22/1869—01/09/1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its eighteen day holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/10/1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/11/1870—07/14/1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
07/15/1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States comes to an end in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/05/1870	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/06/1870—12/22/1870	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/23/1870—01/03/1871	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/04/1871	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/05/1871—03/02/1871	The "lame duck" third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
03/03/1871	The 41st Congress of the United States comes to the end of its term in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
03/04/1871	The 42nd Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
03/05/1871—04/19/1871	The 42nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early March and mid-April, 1871	Legal/Political
04/20/1871	In Washington, DC, the 42nd Congress ends its first session.	Legal/Political
12/04/1871	The 42nd Congress opens its second session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/05/1871—12/20/1871	The 42nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC before its holiday recess which begins on December 21, 1871	Legal/Political
12/21/1871—01/08/1872	The 42nd Congress is in its holiday recess between December 21, 1871 and January 8, 1872	Legal/Political
01/09/1872	The 42nd Congress returns from its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/10/1872—06/09/1872	The 42nd Congress is in session in Washington, DC between early January and mid-June, 1872	Legal/Political
06/10/1872	In Washington, DC, the 42nd Congress of the United States ends its second session	Legal/Political
12/02/1872	The 42nd Congress opens its "lame duck" third session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/03/1872—12/19/1872	The 42nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC before its holiday recess which begins on December 20, 1872	Legal/Political
12/20/1872—01/06/1873	The 42nd Congress is in its holiday recess between December 20, 1872 and January 6, 1873	Legal/Political
01/07/1873—03/02/1873	The 42nd Congress is sitting in its third session in Washington, DC between early January and early March, 1873	Legal/Political
03/03/1873	In Washington, DC, the 42nd Congress ends its third session and finishes its term	Legal/Political
12/01/1873	The 43rd Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/02/1873—12/18/1873	The 43rd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC before its holiday recess which begins on December 20, 1873	Legal/Political
12/20/1873—01/05/1874	The 43rd Congress is in its holiday recess between December 20, 1873 and January 5, 1874	Legal/Political
01/06/1874	The 43rd Congress returns from its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/07/1874—06/22/1874	The 43rd Congress is in session in Washington, DC between early January and mid-June, 1874	Legal/Political
06/23/1874	In Washington, DC, the 43rd Congress of the United States ends its first session	Legal/Political
12/07/1874	The 43rd Congress opens its second session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/08/1874—12/22/1874	The 43rd Congress is in its second session in Washington, DC, before its holiday recess that begins December 23, 1874	Legal/Political
12/23/1874—01/05/1875	The second session of the 43rd Congress is in its holiday recess between December 23, 1874 and January 5, 1875	Legal/Political
01/06/1875	The "lame duck" second session of the 43rd Congress returns from its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/06/1875—03/02/1875	The 43rd Congress is sitting in its second session in Washington, DC between early January and early March, 1875	Legal/Political
03/03/1875	In Washington, DC, the 43rd Congress ends its second session and finishes its term	Legal/Political
12/06/1875	The 44th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/07/1875—12/20/1875	The 44th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/21/1875—01/05/1876	The 44th Congress is in its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/06/1876	The 44th Congress returns from its holiday recess	Legal/Political
01/07/1876—08/14/1876	The 44th Congress is in session in Washington, DC between early January and mid-August, 1876	Legal/Political
08/15/1876	In Washington, DC, the 44th Congress ends its first session	Legal/Political
12/04/1876	The 44th Congress opens its second session in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/05/1876—03/02/1877	The 44th Congress is sitting in its second session in Washington, DC between early December, 1876 and early March, 1877	Legal/Political
03/03/1877	The 44th Congress ends its second session and finishes its term in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
10/15/1877	The 45th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
10/16/1877—12/02/1877	The first session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/03/1877	The first session of the 45th Congress closes in Washington, DC and the second session opens the same day	Legal/Political
12/19/1877	The second session of the 45th Congress breaks for the holiday season	Legal/Political
12/20/1877—01/10/1878	The second session of the 45th Congress is in its traditional holiday recess till January 11, 1878	Legal/Political
01/11/1878	The second session of the 45th Congress returns from its holiday season recess	Legal/Political
01/12/1878—06/19/1878	The second session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC from early January to mid-June, 1878	Legal/Political
06/20/1878	The second session of the 45th Congress closes in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/02/1878	The third session of the 45th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/03/1878—12/19/1878	The third session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/20/1878—01/06/1879	The third session of the 45th Congress in Washington DC is in its two week holiday recesss	Legal/Political
01/07/1879	The third session of the 45th Congress in Washington DC returns from its two week holiday recesss	Legal/Political
01/08/1879—03/02/1879	The third session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March, 1879	Legal/Political
03/03/1879	The 45th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC	Legal/Political
03/18/1879	The 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/19/1879—07/01/1879	The first session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between mid-March and the end of June, 1879	Lawmaking/Litigating
07/01/1879	The first session of the 46th Congress ends in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating
12/01/1879	The second session of the 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/02/1879—12/18/1879	The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/19/1879	The second session of the 46th Congress breaks for the holiday season	Legal/Political
12/20/1879—01/06/1880	The second session of the 46th Congress is in its traditional holiday recess till January 7, 1880	Legal/Political
01/07/1880	The second session of the 46th Congress resumes in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
01/08/1880—06/15/1880	The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC from early January to mid-June, 1880	Legal/Political
06/16/1880	The second session of the 46th Congress ends in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/06/1880	The third session of the 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/22/1880	The third session of the 46th Congress begins its holiday recess in Washington, DC	Legal/Political
12/23/1880—12/31/1880	The third session of the 46th Congress begins its holiday recess in Washington, DC	Lawmaking/Litigating

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Date	Title
01/26/1830	Daniel Webster, Second Reply to Hayne, United States Senate, January 26, 1830
01/09/1847	Debate Over Increase of the Army, House of Representatives, January 9, 1847
02/03/1847	Debate Over Thanks to Gen. Taylor and Army Resolution, US Senate, February 3, 1847
01/12/1848	Abraham Lincoln, Speech in United States House of Representatives: The War with Mexico, January 12, 1848
07/22/1848	Abraham Lincoln to William Hernden, June 22, 1848
08/03/1848	David Wilmot’s Speech in the House of Representatives, Washington, DC, August 3, 1848
08/18/1852	Debate over the River and Harbor Bill, US Senate, August 18, 1852
01/10/1857	New York Times, “Congressional Corruption,” January 10, 1857
01/16/1857	New York Times, “The Tariff Bill,” January 16, 1857
02/04/1857	New York Times, “The Charleston Press on the Death of Preston S. Brooks,” February 4, 1857
02/14/1857	New York Times, "The Joint Committee to Notify the President and Vice-President Elect," February 14, 1857
02/17/1857	New York Times, “Corruption in Congress,” February 17, 1857
03/18/1857	New York Times, “How a Gentleman is Appreciated by Proslavery Fanatics,” March 18, 1857
09/02/1857	New York Times, “Mr. Marcy on the Sumner Assault,” September 2, 1857
10/12/1857	New York Times, “South Carolina Senator,” October 12, 1857
10/15/1857	Washington (DC) National Era, "The Union," October 15, 1857
11/02/1857	New York Times, “A New Bankrupt Law,” November 2, 1857
01/07/1858	New York Herald, "Kansas as a Slave State," January 7, 1858
03/24/1858	New York Times, “Douglas’ Kansas Speech,” March 24, 1858
03/26/1858	Boston (MA) Herald, “Kansas as it Passed the Senate,” March 26, 1858
06/15/1858	New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "Congressional," June 15, 1858
08/21/1858—10/15/1858	Recollection by John M. Palmer, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
12/10/1858	New York Times, “The War Begun,” December 10, 1858
01/22/1859	New York Herald, “Another Grand Scheme of Annexation,” January 22, 1859
01/27/1859	New York Herald, “Sham Retrenchment,” January 27, 1859
02/18/1859	San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The Douglas and Fitch Row in Congress,” February 18, 1859
02/24/1859	New York Times, “The Mint,” February 24, 1859
02/25/1859	San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The National Disgrace of “Honorable” Squabbling,” February 25, 1859
04/10/1859	New York Herald, “The Next Presidential Election,” April 10, 1859
09/09/1859	New York Times, “The Telegraph and the Presidency,” September 9, 1859
12/13/1859	New York Times,“Sham Apologies,” December 13, 1859
01/31/1860	Chicago (IL) Press & Tribune, “Who are the Disorganizers?,” January 31, 1860
02/24/1860	Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Power to Compel Witnesses,” February 24, 1860
03/14/1860	Carlisle (PA) Herald, "Hazlett and Stevens,” March 14, 1860
04/13/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Admission of Kansas,” April 13, 1860
04/28/1860	New York Times, “Party Contests,” April 28, 1860
05/10/1860	Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Admission of Kansas,” May 10, 1860
05/23/1860	(Jackson) Mississippian, “Kansas in the Senate,” May 23, 1860
09/21/1860	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Who Began It?,” September 21, 1860
11/15/1860	Ripley (OH) Bee, “Southern Pranks,” November 15, 1860
12/20/1860	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “A Remarkable Statement,” December 20, 1860
01/30/1861	Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln, January 30, 1861
02/03/1861	New York Herald, “Greeley for Senator, Why Not?,” February 3, 1861
02/04/1861	Chicago (IL) Tribune, “How are the Mighty Fallen!,” February 4, 1861
02/13/1861	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Irrepressible Conflict,” February 13, 1861
03/04/1861	Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, Washington, DC
03/30/1861	(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “The Policy of the Administration,” March 30, 1861
05/11/1861	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Feat of the Zouaves,” May 11, 1861
07/04/1861	Entry by Kate Stone, July 4, 1861
07/13/1861	New York Times, “How to Treat the Vallandighams,” July 13, 1861
07/14/1861	New York Herald, “Lovejoy Rebuked,” July 14, 1861
07/19/1861	Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A Good Idea,” July 19, 1861
08/13/1861	Savannah (GA) News, “Abe Lincoln Assassinated!,” August 13, 1861
08/14/1861	Raleigh (NC) Register, “Arrest of a Traitor,” August 14, 1861
08/08/1864	The Wade-Davis Manifesto, August 5, 1864
03/04/1865	Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Washington, DC, March 4, 1865
03/04/1865	Recollection by Frederick Douglass, Inauguration of President Lincoln, March 4,1865, Washington, D.C.