112th Congress, 2nd Session
February 28, 1860
Representative Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin, the first Socialist ever elected to Congress, was born in Nieder Rebbach, Austria-Hungary.
April 27, 1911
Freshman Representative Victor Berger of Wisconsin introduced a resolution to amend the Constitution to dissolve the United States Senate.
May 19, 1919
On this date, 435 Members (plus 2 Delegates and 2 Resident Commissioners) gathered in the House Chamber for the opening of the 66th Congress (1919–1921).
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