In Washington, DC, Speaker Samuel J. Crawford brings the term of the Forty-fourth Congress of the United States to an end. The House has sat for a total of 334 days during its two year term. The Forty-fifth Congress will assemble on October 15, 1877. (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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