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Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the longest-serving...
Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the longest-serving African American member of Congress and the third-longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the House for...
Cheering for the home team tonight! Let’s go Nats!! Untitled by...
Cheering for the home team tonight! Let’s go Nats!! Untitled by Clifford K. Berryman, 4/10/1907; U.S. Senate Collection (NAID 6010700)
Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was first elected to the U.S. House of...
Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was first elected to the U.S. House of Representative in a special election in 1996. He was re-elected to Congress 12 times, continuously representing Maryland’s 7th Dist...
todaysdocument: “Senate Resolution to Censuring Senator Joseph...
todaysdocument : > “SENATE RESOLUTION TO CENSURING SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY,” > 7/30/1954 > >> Series: Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, 1789 - >> 2...
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded during...
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded during a duel with Aaron Burr and died the following day. Five years after Hamilton’s untimely death, his widow, Elizabeth Hamilton, su...
Happy Springtime!Conjuring Easter egg hunts and springtime is...
HAPPY SPRINGTIME! Conjuring Easter egg hunts and springtime is this adorable letterhead from the Paas Dye Company. Tiny elves dye enormous Easter eggs. The Paas Company has been making egg dyein...
In 1857 the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf...
In 1857 the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind began to provide primary school education for deaf and blind students. In 1864 Congress authorized the inst...
Nothing says “PARTY!!!” like appropriations! Ah, the good old...
Nothing says “PARTY!!!” like appropriations! Ah, the good old days! Letter regarding details for staff party, 4/7/1983; Committee Papers; Committee on Appropriations; Records of the U.S. ...
H.J.Res. 1, better known as the 19th Amendment, was introduced...
H.J.Res. 1, better known as the 19th Amendment, was introduced on May 19, 1919 by Representative James R. Mann of Illinois. The resolution proposed an amendment to the Constitution extending the ...
This petition protesting the tariff on works of art reads like a...
This petition protesting the tariff on works of art reads like a who’s who of the art world in late nineteenth century America. Artists Childe Hassam, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, Asher Br...
In 1885 the Treasury apparently had too many silver dollars in...
In 1885 the Treasury apparently had too many silver dollars in its vault and needed to get them into circulation; that was the reported reason why it stopped issuing new one- and two-dollar bill...
Baseball HistorySpring training is upon us, ushering in the...
BASEBALL HISTORY Spring training is upon us, ushering in the first notes of spring in the midst of the last long month of winter, as it has for over a century. The history of baseball is as inte...
John D. Dingell, Jr., the longest-serving member of Congress,...
John D. Dingell, Jr., the longest-serving member of Congress, represented the 15th District of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 60 years. In 1955 he won a special election...
Petition of the Convention of Colored People of OhioIn early...
PETITION OF THE CONVENTION OF COLORED PEOPLE OF OHIO In early 1849, freedmen of Ohio convened and composed this petition to Congress, urging lawmakers to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.�...
todaysdocument: “The Cabinet is All Set,” 2/21/1929 Series:...
todaysdocument : > “THE CABINET IS ALL SET,” 2/21/1929 > > >> Series: Berryman >> Political Cartoon Collection, 1896 - 1949 >> . Record Group 46: >> Records ...
usnatarchives: Potomac Transportation Line First Class Ticket,...
usnatarchives : > Potomac Transportation Line First Class Ticket, submitted with the > Stenographer’s Record, Martha Stewart et al. v. The Steamer Sue, > United States D...
Do-si-do for the U.S.A.In the early 1970s, hundreds of Americans...
DO-SI-DO FOR THE U.S.A. In the early 1970s, hundreds of Americans petitioned Congress to make the square dance our national folk dance. One petitioner praised square dancing as “a clean, who...
Sticking Up for ButterIf aliens had landed in the United States...
STICKING UP FOR BUTTER If aliens had landed in the United States any time between 1880 and 1940 they would quickly be convinced that we were a nation at war with butter substitute. Oleomargarine...