The 34th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1855 till mid-August, 1857

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., circa 1846

12/04/1855 - 08/17/1856

The Thirty-fourth Congress of the United States is in session in Washington, DC. It will sit until August 18, 1857. (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

Record Data

Date Certainty

Exact

Type

Legal/Political

People

Banks, Nathaniel Prentice

Nathaniel Prentice Banks, detail

Places

United States Capitol, Washington DC

Images

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