The second session of the 29th Congress opens in Washington, DC

The second session of the Twenty-ninth Congress of the United States opened in Washington, D.C. with Speaker John W. Davis presiding. This "lame duck" session sat for 87 days and adjourned on March 3, 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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    Lawmaking/Litigating
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