Subjects – Fillmore, Millard
The admission of California into the Union
September 07, 1850
On this date, the bill admitting California as a free state into the Union passed the House by a vote of 150 to 56.
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.
The Laying of the East Front Cornerstone
July 04, 1959
On this date, President Dwight D. Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for the long-planned East Front extension of the U.S. Capitol.