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The Thirty-fifth Congress of the United States is in session in Washington, DC. It will sit until December 23, 1858 when it will take a holiday recess. (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
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Legal/Political
Washington, DC
How to Cite This Page: "The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/21802.