In Washington DC, the 31st Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns

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

03/03/1851

Speaker Howell Cobb gavels the 92 day "lame-duck" second session of the House of Representatives to a close, ending the term of the Thirty-first Congress of the United States. (By John Osborne)

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "House History." http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html

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Legal/Political

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Washington, DC

United States Capitol, Washington DC

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