112th Congress, 2nd Session
April 14, 1928
After 28 years hanging on the walls of the Naval Affairs Committee hearing room, the House approved the acquisition of Walter Lofthouse Dean’s painting, Peace.
June 01, 1981
On this date, 97-year-old former Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia died at a hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia.
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