The 35th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC. and adjourns until December

In Washington, Speaker James L. Orr of South Carolina brings down the gavel on the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress of the United States. It will be adjourned until its return for the second session which will begin on December 6, 1858. (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
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