Subjects – Berger, Victor
Representative Victor Berger of Wisconsin, the first Socialist Member of Congress
February 28, 1860
Representative Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin, the first Socialist ever elected to Congress, was born in Nieder Rebbach, Austria-Hungary.
A proposed constitutional amendment to dissolve the United States Senate and eliminate the Presidential veto
April 27, 1911
Freshman Representative Victor Berger of Wisconsin introduced a resolution to amend the Constitution to dissolve the United States Senate.
The convening of the 66th Congress
May 19, 1919
On this date, 435 Members (plus 2 Delegates and 2 Resident Commissioners) gathered in the House Chamber for the opening of the 66th Congress (1919–1921).