The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States comes to an end in Washington, DC

In the House, James G. Blaine of Maine gavels the second session of the Forty-first Congress to an end in Washington, DC. The House and the Senate will reassemble for their "lame duck" third session on December 5, 1870. (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
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Legal/Political
Washington, DC
United States Capitol, Washington DC
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