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The Louisiana Purchase
November 10, 1803
On this date, President Thomas Jefferson authorized an act to pay France $11 million for the Louisiana Purchase.
The Committee on Public Lands
December 17, 1805
On this date, the House of Representatives created the Committee on Public Lands, to help Congress manage the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase Territory.
The first woman to speak in the House Chamber
January 12, 1806
Dorothy Ripley became the first woman to speak in the House Chamber when she delivered a sermon on this date
The first time the House exercised its constitutional power to declare war
June 04, 1812
The House adopted a war resolution against Great Britain and Ireland, marking the first time it exercised its constitutional power to declare war.
Clerk of the House Patrick Magruder
May 24, 1813
On the opening day of the 13th Congress (1813–1815), Patrick Magruder of Maryland was elected to a fourth consecutive term as Clerk of the House.
The burning of the Capitol in 1814
August 24, 1814
In the most devastating blow suffered by the U.S. during the War of 1812, British forces overran the capital city on this date setting fire to most major public buildings, including the U.S. Capitol.
Thomas Jefferson’s library
October 10, 1814
On this date a joint resolution to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s library for the new Library of Congress was introduced in the House of Representatives.