In Washington, Speaker James L. Orr of South Carolina brings down the gavel on the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress of the United States. It will be adjourned until its return for the second session which will begin on December 6, 1858. (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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Type
Legal/Political
