The third session of the 46th Congress begins its holiday recess in Washington, DC

In Washington, D.C., the third "lame duck" session of the Forty-sixth Congress of the United States begins its holiday recess. It will return on January 6, 1881. (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
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