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Strange Congress: Before women got the right to vote in 1920, she was voting as a Member of Congress since 1917
Back when Montana had two congressmen (now Montana only has one At-Large member) Jeannette Rankin, a woman, was on of them. Apparently, On November 7, 1916 she was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana, becoming the first female member of Congress. The Nineteenth Amendment, (which gave women the right to [...]
Strange Congress: Congressional Perks You Pay For
With so much talk on Capitol Hill about the need for capping the perks and salaries afforded to executives of companies who are seeking federal dollars, I thought that it would be interesting to explore some of the perks that are received by those who not only seek, but spend our hard-earned dollars: Members of [...]
Strange Congress: 1954, Puerto Rican Nationalists Gang Shoot Up the House of Representatives
On March 1st, 1954 the United States Capitol was under attack and five Members of Congress were shot. The attackers, Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodríguez, displayed a Puerto Rican flag before shooting. The four were part of a Puerto Rican nationalist gang that tried to assassinate President Truman [...]
Strange Congress: 1856, Preston Brooks vs. Charles Sumner
On May 22nd, 1856, Preston Brooks, a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina beat and severely injured Senator Charles Sumner, a Republican from Massachusetts with his gutta-percha (a type of tree) cane. The story starts on May 19th of the same year, when Senator Sumner gave a rousing two-day speech of the floor of the United [...]
Strange Congress: 1838, Graves kills Cilley
On February 24, 1838, Congressman William Jordan Graves, a Whig from the state of Kentucky, fatally shot Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley in a duel. Cilley was challenged to the duel by Graves because he claimed that a Virginian was responsible for a newspaper article that charged another Congressman with immortality. While many demanded that action [...]
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