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McMillan, Thomas
The 1926 Congressional Baseball Game
May 01, 1926
Democrats and Republicans met on the greensward at Griffith Stadium for the ritual Congressional Baseball Game—a tradition dating to 1909.
The Congressional Horseshoe Tournament
May 30, 1930
On this date, freshman Representative Fred G. Johnson, a Nebraska Republican, won the title “Champion Horseshoe Pitcher of Congress” by defeating fellow GOP Congressman and Majority Whip Albert H. Vestal of Indiana in the first annual congressional horseshoe match.