Subjects – Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act
May 22, 1854
By a narrow vote of 113 to 100, the House of Representatives approved the Kansas–Nebraska Act on this date.
The Opening of the 34th Congress
December 03, 1855
On this date, Representatives badly divided over the slavery issue convened in the Old House Chamber (present-day Statuary Hall) to commence the 34th Congress (1855–1857).
The most infamous floor brawl in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives
February 06, 1858
The most infamous floor brawl in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives erupted as Members debated Kansas’s pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution late into the night of February 5-6. Shortly after 1 a.m., Pennsylvania Republican Galusha Grow and South Carolina Democrat Laurence Keitt exchanged insults, then blows.
The prison escape of former Representative William “Boss” Tweed of New York
December 02, 1875
On this date, former Congressman William M. Tweed of New York escaped from prison in New York City.