In Washington, DC, the Forty-second Congress of the United States opens its third "lame duck" session. It will sit, with the usual holiday season break, until March 3, 1873. James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, is in the Speaker's chair in the House. (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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