01/09/1872 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 Record Data Date Certainty Exact Type Legal/Political People Blaine, James Gillespie Places Washington, DC United States Capitol, Washington DC Images