In Washington, D.C., Speaker Randall gaveled to an end the first House session of the Forty-sixth Congress of the United States The session had sat for 106 days. Congress reconvened on December 1, 1879. (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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Lawmaking/Litigating