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The Forty-second Congress of the United States is in session in Washington, D.C. It will sit in this first session until April 20, 1871. James Gillespie Blaine, Republican of Maine, is in the Speaker's chair in the House. (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
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