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Featured Congressional Documents

• George Washington's Birthday (February 22, 1732)
  
  
• George Washington's First Inaugural Address (April 30, 1789)
  
  
• Draft Bill of Rights (September 9, 1789)
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin's Petition to Congress asking for the Abolition of Slavery (February 3, 1790)
  
  
• Tally of Electoral Votes (February 11, 1801)
  
  
• Historical State of the Union Messages (1801, 1862, 1961, 1986)
  
  
• Ohio Statehood (March 1, 1803)
  
  
• Alexander Hamilton (July 1, 1804)
  
  
• Petition of Daniel Boone (January 2, 1810)
  
  
• Louisiana Statehood (1812)
  
  
• Creation of the U.S. Capitol Police (May 2, 1828)
  
  
• Kansas Statehood (January 29, 1861)
  
  
• American Flag Petition (February 6, 1861)
  
  
• The Homestead Act Anniversary (May 20, 1862)
  
  
• Lincoln's Nomination of Grant (February 29, 1864)
  
  
• Petition for Universal Suffrage (January 29, 1866)
  
  
• Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (February 21, 1868)
  
  
• Private Land Claim of Luis Mesa (1870)
  
  
• Claim of Harriet Tubman (1899)
  
  
• Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection (June 9, 1899)
  
  
• San Francisco Earthquake (April 18, 1906)
  
  
• Hepburn Rate Bill (May 15, 1906)
  
  
• Oklahoma Statehood (November 16, 1907)
  
  
• "The House is in Session:" Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection (April 16, 1908)
  
  
• New Mexico and Arizona Statehood (1912)
  
  
• Election Certificate of Hattie Caraway (1932)
  
  
• Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Address to Congress (December 8, 1941)
  
  
• Congress Establishes Thanksgiving (December 26, 1941)
  
  
• Hawaii Statehood (August 21, 1959)
  
  
• Peace Corps Anniversary (1961-2011)
  
  
• Martha Griffiths's Discharge Petition for the Equal Rights Amendment (June 11, 1970)
  
  
• Reagan's Nomination of O'Connor (August 19, 1981)
  
  
• A tribute to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (1962-2009)
  
  
• A tribute to Senator Robert C. Byrd (1917-2010)