03/03/1859 Speaker James Orr gavelled the second session of the House of Representatives to a close, ending the term of the Thirty-fifth Congress of the United States. (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. Record Data Date Certainty Exact Type Lawmaking/Litigating People Orr, James Lawrence Places Washington, DC United States Capitol, Washington DC Images