The Senate of the United States ends its week long special session in Washington, DC

Federal Government and Politics, iconic image

03/10/1859

The Senate ended its week long special session on this day. The body reassembled as part of the Thirty-Sixth Congress on December 5, 1859. (By John Osborne)

Source Citation

Congressional Globe, Senate, 36th Congress, 5th Session (1859)

Record Data

Date Certainty

Exact

Type

Lawmaking/Litigating

People

Mason, James Murray

Breckinridge, John Cabell

Buchanan, James

James Buchanan, circa 1860, Brady image, portrait size, detail

Places

United States Capitol, Washington DC

Washington, DC

Images

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