Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Art & History

First meeting: March 4, 1789, New York City.

First quorum: April 1, 1789, New York City.

Meeting in Philadelphia: Congress convened in Philadelphia on December 6, 1790; its final day in Philadelphia was on May 14, 1800.

Meeting in Washington, D.C.: The 6th Congress, 2nd Session convened in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 1800.

Meeting in current chamber: The House of Representatives first met in its current chamber on December 16, 1857.

Post Card of the House Chamber

House Chamber postcard, Washington, D.C., 1906

Collection of U.S. House of Representatives

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