The 42nd Congress returns from its holiday recess

The Forty-second Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess. It will now sit until June 10, 1872. Congressman James G. Blaine of Maine is in the Speaker's chair. (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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    Legal/Political
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