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Legal/Political The 43rd Congress opens its second session in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The 43rd Congress is in its second session in Washington, DC, before its holiday recess that begins December 23, 1874
Legal/Political - The second session of the 43rd Congress is in its holiday recess between December 23, 1874 and January 5, 1875
Personal - Moncure Conway returns to America to conduct a lecture tour
Legal/Political - The 43rd Congress is sitting in its second session in Washington, DC between early January and early March, 1875
Legal/Political The "lame duck" second session of the 43rd Congress returns from its holiday recess
Legal/Political In Washington, DC, the 43rd Congress ends its second session and finishes its term
Legal/Political - John Courts Bagby serves in the United States House of Representatives
Legal/Political The 44th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The 44th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The 44th Congress is in its holiday recess
Legal/Political The 44th Congress returns from its holiday recess
Legal/Political - The 44th Congress is in session in Washington, DC between early January and mid-August, 1876
Education/Culture - The Centennial Exposition runs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Personal Usher Ferguson Linder dies in Chicago, Illinois
Legal/Political In Washington, DC, the 44th Congress ends its first session
Legal/Political The sitting Speaker of the House dies after a long illness
Legal/Political The 44th Congress opens its second session in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The 44th Congress is sitting in its second session in Washington, DC between early December, 1876 and early March, 1877
Legal/Political The 44th Congress ends its second session and finishes its term in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - David Davis serves in the United States Senate
Legal/Political David Davis resigns from the Supreme Court
Legal/Political The 45th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The first session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC
Personal Lyman Trumbull marries Mary Ingraham in Saybrook, Connecticut
Legal/Political The first session of the 45th Congress closes in Washington, DC and the second session opens the same day
Legal/Political The second session of the 45th Congress breaks for the holiday season
Legal/Political - The second session of the 45th Congress is in its traditional holiday recess till January 11, 1878
Legal/Political The second session of the 45th Congress returns from its holiday season recess
Legal/Political - The second session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC from early January to mid-June, 1878