Subjects – Byrns, Joseph
Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives Joe Sinnott
April 02, 1911
On this date, Joe Sinnott was elected Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
A Joint Session to commemorate the completion of the Washington Monument
February 22, 1927
On this date, Congress held a Joint Session to commemorate the birthday of George Washington and to inaugurate elaborate planning of festivities for the 1932 bicentennial of the first President’s birth.
The first evening Annual Message
January 03, 1936
On this date, during the second session of the 74th Congress (1935–1937), President Franklin D. Roosevelt held the first nighttime Annual Message. “
Speaker of the House William Bankhead of Alabama
June 04, 1936
On this date, the House elected Majority Leader William Bankhead of Alabama as Speaker of the House following the unexpected death of Speaker Joseph Byrns of Tennessee earlier that morning.
Speaker of the House Joseph Byrns of Tennessee
June 04, 1936
Speaker of the House Joseph Byrns of Tennessee died on this date.