112th Congress, 2nd Session
February 16, 1862
Speaker of the House William Pennington of New Jersey, the first sitting Speaker to lose re-election,died in Newark, New Jersey.
November 04, 1880
On this date, Representative James Garfield of Ohio become the first (and still the only) sitting House Member to be elected President of the United States.
February 21, 1885
On this date, the House and Senate met in a Joint Session to commemorate the completion of the Washington Monument.
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