40th Congress (1867–1869)
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Feb. 10, 1869
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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41st Congress (1869–1871)
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Mar. 4, 1869
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Ulysses S. Grant.
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42nd Congress (1871–1873)
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Feb. 12, 1873
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes11 |
N.A.
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43rd Congress (1873–1875)
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Mar. 4, 1873
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Dec. 18, 1874
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Joint meeting
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Reception of King Kalakaua of Hawaii
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Speaker James G. Blaine; David Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands.12 |
44th Congress (1875–1877)
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Feb. 1, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes13 |
N.A.
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Feb. 10, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 12, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 19, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 20, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 21, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 24, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 26, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 28, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Mar. 1, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Mar. 2, 1877
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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45th Congress (1877–1879)
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Mar. 5, 1877
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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46th Congress (1879–1881)
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Feb. 9, 1881
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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47th Congress (1881–1883)
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Mar. 4, 1881
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President James A. Garfield.
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Feb. 27, 1882
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Joint session
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Memorial to James A. Garfield
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James G. Blaine, former Speaker, Senator, and Secretary of State; ceremony attended
by President Chester A. Arthur.
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48th Congress (1883–1885)
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Feb. 11, 1885
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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Feb. 21, 1885
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Joint session
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Completion of Washington Monument
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Representative John D. Long; Representative-elect John W. Daniel14;
ceremony attended by President Chester A. Arthur.
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49th Congress (1885–1887)
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Mar. 4, 1885
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Grover Cleveland.
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50th Congress (1887–1889)
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Feb. 13, 1889
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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51st Congress (1889–1891)
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Mar. 4, 1889
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Benjamin Harrison.
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Dec. 11, 1889
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Joint session
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Centennial of George Washington's first inauguration
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Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States; ceremony attended by President
Benjamin Harrison.
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52nd Congress (1891–1893)
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Feb. 8, 1893
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A
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53rd Congress (1893–1895)
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Mar. 4, 1893
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Grover Cleveland.
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54th Congress (1895–1897)
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Feb. 10, 1897
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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55th Congress (1897–1899)
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Mar. 4, 1897
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Inauguration
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In front of original Senate Wing of Capitol
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President William McKinley.
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56th Congress (1899–1901)
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Dec. 12, 1900
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Joint meeting
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Centennial of the Capital City
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Representatives James D. Richardson and Sereno E. Payne, and Senator George F.Hoar;
ceremony attended by President William McKinley.
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Feb. 13, 1901
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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57th Congress (1901–1903)
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Mar. 4, 1901
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President William McKinley.
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Feb. 27, 1902
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Joint session
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Memorial to William McKinley
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John Hay, Secretary of State; ceremony attended by President Theodore Roosevelt
and Prince Henry of Prussia.
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58th Congress (1903–1905)
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Feb. 8, 1905
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Joint session
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Counting electoral votes
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N.A.
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59th Congress (1905–1907)
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Mar. 4, 1905
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Inauguration
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East Portico
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President Theodore Roosevelt.
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