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Type	Date Span	Title
Personal	Sat, March 9, 1878	Charles Lush Wilson dies in San Antonio, Texas
Education/Culture	Fri, May 17, 1878	Spencer Fullerton Baird is appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Thu, June 20, 1878	The second session of the 45th Congress closes in Washington, DC
Personal	Thu, June 27, 1878	Sidney Breese dies in Pinkneyville, Illinois
Legal/Political	Mon, December 2, 1878	The third session of the 45th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, December 3, 1878 - Thu, December 19, 1878	The third session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Fri, December 20, 1878 - Mon, January 6, 1879	The third session of the 45th Congress in Washington DC is in its two week holiday recesss
Legal/Political	Tue, January 7, 1879	The third session of the 45th Congress in Washington DC returns from its two week holiday recesss
Legal/Political	Wed, January 8, 1879 - Sun, March 2, 1879	The third session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March, 1879
Legal/Political	Mon, March 3, 1879	The 45th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, March 18, 1879	The 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, March 19, 1879 - Tue, July 1, 1879	The first session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between mid-March and the end of June, 1879
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, July 1, 1879	The first session of the 46th Congress ends in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Mon, December 1, 1879	The second session of the 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, December 2, 1879 - Thu, December 18, 1879	The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Fri, December 19, 1879	The second session of the 46th Congress breaks for the holiday season
Legal/Political	Sat, December 20, 1879 - Tue, January 6, 1880	The second session of the 46th Congress is in its traditional holiday recess till January 7, 1880
Legal/Political	Wed, January 7, 1880	The second session of the 46th Congress resumes in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Thu, January 8, 1880 - Tue, June 15, 1880	The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC from early January to mid-June, 1880
Legal/Political	Wed, June 16, 1880	The second session of the 46th Congress ends in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Mon, December 6, 1880	The third session of the 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Wed, December 22, 1880	The third session of the 46th Congress begins its holiday recess in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, December 23, 1880 - Fri, December 31, 1880	The third session of the 46th Congress begins its holiday recess in Washington, DC
Personal	Wed, August 10, 1881	Orville Hickman Browning dies in Quincy, Illinois
Personal	Wed, August 17, 1881	John H. Addams dies in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Personal	Fri, December 9, 1881	John W. Forney dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Personal	Sun, July 16, 1882	Mary Lincoln dies in Springfield, Illinois
Legal/Political	Sun, March 4, 1883 - Mon, March 3, 1913	Shelby Moore Cullom serves in the United States Senate
Personal	Tue, March 13, 1883	David Davis marries Maddie Burr in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Personal	Mon, October 29, 1883	Gustavus Vasa Fox dies in New York City