President William Henry Harrison calls a special early session of the 27th Congress in Washington, DC

President William Henry Harrison calls an early special session of the 27th Congress, by executive order. The Congress will assemble on May 31, 1841 but by that time President Harrison will have died and his successor, Vice-President John Tyler, sworn in. (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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