The "lame duck" second session of the 43rd Congress returns from its holiday recess

The Forty-third Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess. This "lame duck" second session will now sit until March 3, 1875. Congressman James G. Blaine of Maine is in the Speaker's chair. (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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