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Thomas Jefferson sent Congress a secret letter #OTD 1803 asking for appropriations to fund Lewis and Clark's transcontinental expedition. #HouseRecords https://t.co/S2pObhDMW1
#OTD in 1965 a congressional delegation traveled to Selma, #AL. Learn more about this town and its role in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. #oralhistory https://t.co/nZy7pOCDAE
“This question resolves itself into this: either I am a man or I am not a man,” Rep James Rapier of #AL said as the House passed the Civil Rights Act #OTD 1875. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/SFVfo2nL0R
"I have been the constant advocate of an income tax along constitutional lines," said Rep William Sulzer of #NY as the House considered the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution empowering Congress to impose income taxes, which was ratified #OTD 1913. https://t.co/MKx3oAzXHT
Senator, Statesman, President: only the prelude for the distinguished House career of John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, in this month's #EditionForEducators#HistoryBlog. https://t.co/oT1HXEO2BS
“The final announcement of the vote was the sequel for a whirlwind of applause." The House passed what would become the 13th Amendment to the Constitution #OTD 1865, abolishing slavery. https://t.co/joOWNOx1Oc
"The Chair is making a statement of fact that the gentleman from Kentucky is present. Does he deny it?" With these words, Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed of #ME ended the dilatory practice of the "Disappearing Quorum" #OTD 1890. https://t.co/0wjQxo6cGL
POTUS Reagan's 1986 #SOTU, originally scheduled #OTD, was delayed by the Challenger disaster. “Now their names become history.” The House memorialized the seven astronauts who perished aboard the space shuttle. #SOTUHistory https://t.co/STg9Jx49pp