The Thirty-first Congress of the United States opens in Washington, D.C. Of the 233 representatives, 113 are Democrats, 108 are Whigs, nine are Free Soilers. One, Lewis Levin of Pennsylvania, sits for the American Party, and one other, George Washington Wright, sitting as one of the first two representatives of the new state of California, terms himself an Independent. Democrat Howell Cobb of Georgia will be elected Speaker of the House on December 22, 1849. (By John Osborne)
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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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