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Stevens, Thaddeus
The Committee on Ways and Means
July 24, 1789
The Committee on Ways and Means is the oldest standing committee in the United States House of Representatives.
Representative Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania
April 04, 1792
Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, the fiery abolitionist, civil rights advocate, and leader of the Civil War-era Radical Republicans in the House, was born on the Vermont frontier in Danville.
The Joint Committee on Reconstruction
December 04, 1865
On this date, Representative Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania opened the 39th Congress (1865–1867) by introducing a resolution to create a Joint Committee on Reconstruction.