The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC

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12/04/1860 - 03/02/1861

The second, "lame duck" session of the Thirty-sixth Congress of the United States served for ninety-three days and adjourned on March 3, 1861. (By John Osborne)

Source Citation

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "House History." http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html

Record Data

Date Certainty

Exact

Type

Lawmaking/Litigating

People

Places

Washington, DC

United States Capitol, Washington DC

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