112th Congress, 2nd Session
February 24, 1838
On this date, Jonathan Cilley of Maine was killed by Representative William Graves of Kentucky in a duel on the outskirts of D.C., in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
September 04, 1872
On this date, the New York Sun exposed the Crédit Mobilier scandal.
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