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_g1. _tJames Madison's Notes of Debate in the Federal Convention of 1787 (May-September 1787) _g1 -- _g2. _tThe Preamble and Article I of the Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787) _g25 -- _g3. _tThe Federalist (1787-1788) _g28 -- _g4. _tAn Ordinance Calling for the First Federal Elections (September 13, 1788) _g45 -- _g5. _tJames Madison Describes Factions in the House of Representatives (March 1, 1789) _g46 -- _g6. _tThe First Quorums of the House and Senate (April 1 and 6, 1789) _g47 -- _g7. _tFisher Ames Describes the First Congress (April 4, 1789) _g49 -- _g8. _tThe First Rules of the House of Representatives (April 7, 13, and 14, 1789) _g49 -- _g9. _tThe First Rules of the United States Senate (April 16, 1789) _g53 -- _g10. _tVice President John Adams Addresses the Senate (April 21, 1789) _g54 -- _g11. _tSenator William Maclay's Account of the Duties of the Vice President (April 25, 1789) _g55 -- _g12. _tSenator William Maclay's Description of the Inauguration of George Washington (April 30, 1789) _g56 -- _g13. _tThe House and Senate Agree on the Proper Title for the President of the United States (May 14, 1789) _g57 -- _g14. _tThe First Law to Pass Congress: The Oath of Office Act (June 1, 1789) _g58 -- _g15. _tThe House Debates James Madison's Resolution on the Bill of Rights (June 8, 1789) _g59 -- _g16. _tFirst Tariff Bill (July 4, 1789) _g67 -- _g17. _tSenator William Maclay's Description of the President's First Encounter with the Senate's Power of Advice and Consent (August 22 and 24, 1789) _g69 -- _g18. _tAn Act Providing for Compensation of Members of the House and Senate (September 22, 1789) _g71 -- _g19. _tThe Judiciary Act of 1789 (September 24, 1789) _g73 -- _g20. _tAn Act Establishing the Census (March 1, 1790) _g74 -- _g21. _tEstablishing a Permanent Seat of Government (July 16, 1790) _g76 -- _g22. _tAn Early Congressional Newsletter (January 10, 1791) _g77 -- _g23. _tThe First Domestic Revenue Act (March 3, 1791) _g78 -- _g24. _tThe First Congressional Investigation: The Defeat of the Army Under General St. Clair (March 27, 1792) _g79 -- _g25. _tAn Act Establishing a Mint (April 2, 1792) _g81 -- _g26. _tThe First Presidential Veto (April 5, 1792) _g83 -- _g27. _tAn Account of the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Capitol (September 18, 1793) _g84 -- _g28. _tThe Establishment of the United States Navy (March 27, 1794) _g86 -- _g29. _tThe Jay Treaty (November 19, 1794) _g88 -- _g30. _tA Report of the Lyon-Griswold Dispute (February 2, 1798) _g91 -- _g31. _tA Petition of Absalom Jones and Others (December 30, 1799) _g92 -- _g32. _tThe House of Representatives Elects the President of the United States (February 11-17, 1801) _g94 -- _g33. _tA House Report Regarding the Establishment of the Library of Congress (December 21, 1801) _g96 -- _g34. _tExcerpts from Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801) _g98 -- _g35. _tMemorial of Sundry Citizens in the City of Washington in the District of Columbia (January 26, 1803) _g99 -- _g36. _tSenate Debate on the Louisiana Purchase (November 2-3, 1803) _g100 -- _g37. _tThe Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, December 9, 1803; Ratified, September 25, 1804) _g102 -- _g38. _tAnn Alricks Petitions Congress for a Divorce (ca. January 24, 1804) _g102 -- _g39. _tCreation of the House Committee on Public Lands (December 17, 1805) _g103 -- _g40. _tThe Cumberland Road Act (March 29, 1806) _g104 -- _g41. _tPetition of the Warriors of the Upper and Lower Sanduskies (October 4, 1806) _g105 -- _g42. _tCreation of the House District of Columbia Committee (January 21 and 27, 1808) _g106 -- _g43. _tThe Origins of the Gerrymander (March 26, 1812) _g107 -- _g44. _tDeclaration of War with Great Britain and Ireland (June 18, 1812) _g108 -- _g45. _tA Letter Explaining the Destruction of House Records During the Burning of the Capitol (September 15, 1814) _g109 -- _g46. _tA Resolution to Purchase the Library of Thomas Jefferson (October 7, 1814) _g110 -- _g47. _tThe Treaty of Ghent (December 24, 1814) _g111 -- _g48. _tAn Establishment of Standing Committees in the Senate (December 5, 1816) _g113 -- _g49. _tCompensation of Members of Congress (December 18, 1816) _g114 -- _g50. _tA Report on the Publication of a History of Congress (March 30, 1818) _g116 -- _g51. _tAn Act to Establish the Design of the Flag of the United States (April 4, 1818) _g117 -- _g52. _tMcCullough v. Maryland (1819) _g118 -- _g53. _tThe Missouri Compromise (1819-1821) _g125 -- _g54. _tGibbons v. Ogden (1824) _g127 -- _g55. _tRobert Hayne's Reply to Daniel Webster (January 21 and 25, 1830) _g132 -- _g56. _tDaniel Webster's Second Reply to Robert Hayne (January 26 and 27, 1830) _g138 -- _g57. _tAlexis de Tocqueville's Description of the House and Senate (January 1832) _g149 -- _g58. _tSenator Henry Clay Defends the American System (February 2, 3, and 6, 1832) _g150 -- _g59. _tThe Adoption of the Gag Rule Regarding Petitions and Memorials on Slavery (May 26, 1836) _g158 -- _g60. _tThe Senate Debates the Establishment of a Gallery for Reporters (July 3, 1841) _g159 -- _g61. _tCharles Dickens's Description of Congress (1841) _g160 -- _g62. _tSenator Henry Clay's Valedictory to the Senate (March 31, 1842) _g163 -- _g63. _tSenate and House Debate on the Declaration of War with Mexico (May 11, 1846) _g166 -- _g64. _tRepresentative David Wilmot Defends His Proviso (February 8, 1847) _g169 -- _g65. _tDaniel Webster on the Constitution and the Union (March 7, 1850) _g171 -- _g66. _tSenator Henry Clay on the Death of John C. Calhoun (April 1, 1850) _g175 -- _g67. _tSenator Thomas Hart Benton Opposes the Compromise of 1850 (June 10, 1850) _g177 -- _g68. _tThe Kansas-Nebraska Act (May 30, 1854) _g181 -- _g69. _tHouse Select Committee Report on the Beating of Senator Charles Sumner (June 2, 1856) _g183 -- _g70. _tScott v. Sanford (The Dred Scott Decision) (1857) _g185 -- _g71. _tAn Account of a Brawl on the Floor of the House of Representatives (February 6, 1858) _g193 -- _g72. _tThe House of Representatives Launches an Investigation of President James Buchanan (March 5, 1860) _g195 -- _g73. _tSenator Jefferson Davis's Farewell Address to the Senate (January 21, 1861) _g197 -- _g74. _tJames G. Blaine's Description of Congress at the Beginning of the Civil War (March 1861) _g199 -- _g75. _tThe First Federal Income Tax (August 5, 1861) _g202 -- _g76. _tThe Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, January 31, 1865; Ratified, December 6, 1865) _g204 -- _g77. _tRepresentative Thaddeus Stevens on Reconstruction (December 18, 1865) _g205 -- _g78. _tThe Civil Rights Act of 1866 (April 9, 1866) _g209 -- _g79. _tThe Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, June 13, 1866; Ratified, July 9, 1868) _g211 -- _g80. _tThe Reconstruction Act of 1867 (March 2, 1867) _g212 -- _g81. _tRepresentative Thaddeus Stevens on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (March 2, 1868) _g213 -- _g82. _tThe Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (March 4, 1868) _g216 -- _g83. _tThe Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, February 26, 1869; Ratified, February 17, 1870) _g221 -- _g84. _tHaver v. Yaker (1869) _g222 -- _g85. _tThe House Debates Investigation of the Credit Mobilier Scandal (December 2, 1872) _g223 -- _g86. _tThe "Salary Grab" Act of 1873 (March 3, 1873) _g225 -- _g87. _tSusan B. Anthony Petitions Congress Regarding Her Fine for Illegal Voting (January 22, 1874) _g228 -- _g88. _tReorganization of the Government of the District of Columbia (June 20, 1874) _g230 -- _g89. _tRepresentative James G. Blaine Defends Himself Against Charges of Corruption: The Mulligan Letters (June 5, 1875) _g232 -- _g90. _tEstablishing the Electoral Commission of 1877 (January 29, 1877) _g238 -- _g91. _tJames A. Garfield Describes Congress (July 1877) _g241 -- _g92. _tReform of the Rules of the House (January 6, 1880) _g243 -- _g93. _tKilbourn v. Thompson (1880) _g244 -- _g94. _tAn Argument Against Reducing Congressional Salaries (February 16, 1882) _g247 -- _g95. _tHouse Report on the Reform of the Civil Service (December 12, 1882) _g249 -- _g96. _tThe Civil Service Reform Act (January 16, 1883) _g251 -- _g97. _tWoodrow Wilson on the U.S. Senate (1885) _g254 -- _g98. _tWoodrow Wilson Describes the Role of the Speaker of the House (1885) _g256 -- _g99. _tJames Bryce on the U.S. House of Representatives (1888) _g257 -- _g100. _tJames Bryce on the U.S. Senate (1888) _g262 -- _g101. _tSpeaker Thomas B. Reed Changes the Rules of the House (January 29, 1890) _g266 -- _g102. _tA Newspaper Account of a Shooting at the Capitol (March 1, 1890) _g270 -- _g103. _tDeclaration of War with Spain (April 25, 1898) _g273 -- _g104. _tSenator Albert J. Beveridge on U.S. Policy Regarding the Philippines (January 9, 1900) _g274 -- _g105. _tSenator George Frisbie Hoar on Self-Government for the Philippines (April 17, 1900) _g282 -- _g106. _tThe Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, July 12, 1909; Ratified, February 25, 1913) _g284 -- _g107. _tThe Revolt Against Speaker Joseph Cannon (March 19, 1910) _g284 -- _g108. _tLimiting the Size of the House of Representatives (August 8, 1911) _g299 -- _g109. _tThe Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, May 13, 1912; Ratified, May 31, 1913) _g300 -- _g110. _tSenator Boies Penrose on a Senate Investigation into Campaign Financing (The Clapp Committee) (August 21, 1912) _g301 -- _g111. _tA Newspaper Account of a Bombing at the Capitol (July 3, 1915) _g304 -- _g112. _tThe Declaration of War Against Germany (April 4, 1917) _g307 -- _g113. _tThe Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, December 18, 1917; Ratified, January 29, 1919) _g309 -- _g114. _tThe Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, June 4, 1919; Ratified, August 26, 1920) _g310 -- _g115. _tThe National Prohibition Act (The Volstead Act) (October 28, 1919) _g310 -- _g116. _tSenator William E. Borah Opposes the League of Nations (November 19, 1919) _g315 -- _g117. _tThe Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (June 10, 1921) _g320 -- _g118. _tSenator William E. Borah Opposes the Versailles Treaty (September 26, 1921) _g323 -- _g119. _tSpeaker Nicholas Longworth on Congress (January 2, 1926) _g325 -- _g120. _tMcGrain v. Daugherty (January 17, 1927) _g328 -- _g121. _tAn Act Designating the National Anthem (March 3, 1931) _g33. |
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