President James Buchanan sent his annual message to the Senate of the United States on this day. The House of Representatives did not receive a copy since it was not yet organized, being embroiled in a heated partisan debate over the election of the Speaker. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1861), 406.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Lawmaking/Litigating
