111th Congress, 2nd Session
Subjects – Funerals
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 first House Chamber funeral
December 18, 1820
On this date, the first known funeral in the House Chamber occurred.
A fatal duel between Members in 1838
February 24, 1838
On this date, Jonathan Cilley of Maine was killed by Representative William Graves of Kentucky in a duel on the outskirts of D.C., in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
The funeral of Congressman Joab Lawler of Alabama
May 09, 1838
On this date in the 25th Congress (1837–1839), a funeral in the old House Chamber (present day Statuary Hall) was held for Representative Joab Lawler of Alabama.
The death of Representative John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts
February 21, 1848
On this date, Representative and former President John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts suffered a fatal stroke on the House Floor.
A House Chamber funeral for Supreme Court Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
March 28, 1888
On this date, the House of Representatives hosted a funeral to honor Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite.
Representative and President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan
July 14, 1913
Representative and President Gerald R. Ford was born on this date, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Speaker of the House William Bankhead of Alabama
June 04, 1936