Subjects – Buchanan, James
The resolution to bury President George Washington at the U.S. Capitol
December 23, 1799
Following the death of President George Washington, the House and Senate resolved that “the family of General Washington be requested to permit his body to be deposited under” a marble monument erected “by the United States in the Capitol, at the city of Washington.”
The Mysterious National Hotel Disease
June 24, 1859
On this date, David F. Robison of Pennsylvania died at his Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, home of complications from the mysterious National Hotel Disease.
The near duel between Representatives Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania and Lawrence Branch of North Carolina
December 29, 1860
In the midst of a contentious Speaker contest and a disorganized House, Representative Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania verbally skewered Representative Lawrence Branch of North Carolina during House Floor debate.
Speaker of the House William Pennington of New Jersey, the first sitting Speaker to lose re-election
February 16, 1862
Speaker of the House William Pennington of New Jersey, the first sitting Speaker to lose re-election,died in Newark, New Jersey.