Subjects – Committee on Indian Affairs
Speaker of the House John Bell of Tennessee
February 18, 1797
On this date, John Bell, the 23rd Speaker of the House was born near Nashville, Tennessee.
The life and mysterious disappearance of Representative John V. Creely of Pennsylvania
November 14, 1839
One-term Representative John V. Creely was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The creation of the Committee on Military Affairs portraits of forts
June 16, 1870
Architect of the Capitol Edward Clark formally asked artist Seth Eastman to decorate the House Committee on Military Affairs hearing room.