112th Congress, 2nd Session
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December 20, 1836
On this date, Oliver Comstock of New York became the first and only former U.S. Representative to be elected Chaplain.
December 20, 1837
William Slade of Vermont caused the House to adjourn when he attempted to give a speech “on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.”
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