The 38th Congress opens in Washington, DC

The Thirty-eighth Congress of the United States opens in Washington, D.C. Its numbers have again been decimated by secession and only 184 representatives will sit in the House, along with ten territorial delegates. The Republican majority has been significantly reduced in the election and now there are 86 Republicans and 72 Democrats serving. Sixteen sit as Unconditional Unionists and nine others as Unionists. Two Pennsylvania representatives, James T. Hale and Henry W. Tracy, sit as Independent Republicans. Schuyler Colfax, Republican of Indiana, is elected Speaker of the House on this opening day. (By John Osborne)
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The 37th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC

Gulusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania gavels the third "lame duck" session of the Thirty-seventh Congress of the United States to a close and brings to an end its tenure. The House has sat for a total of 355 days. The Thirty-eighth Congress will gather on December 4, 1863. (By John Osborne)
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The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between December 1 and December 22, 1862

The third "lame duck" session of the Thirty-seventh Congress of the United States was sitting in Washington. The House sat for only three weeks before its holiday recess starting on December 23, 1862. Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania was in the Speaker's chair. (By John Osborne)
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