“Have You Gentlemen Any Idea When You’re To Get Off?”
The second session of the 62nd Congress began on December 4, 1911, and as the 1912 election neared, there was no end in sight. This cartoon has Uncle Sam dressed as a...
A balcony for the President
A month after the new national Government moved into New York City the Mayor of New York City wrote to Congress transmitting a resolution of the city’s Common...
Abolitionists petition Congress
Starting in the 1830s a small but growing movement advocated the abolition of slavery in the United States. After 1850 abolition’s appeal spread to those who feared...
“Another Such Victory and I’m Undone!”
The Republican Party desperately fought to retain control of Congress in the 1922 midterm elections. Although prepared to lose some of their seats, they lost many...
Bill of Rights
The Constitution was ratified without an explicit guarantee of individual rights. During the Constitution’s ratification debates, the absence of a bill of rights...
Certification of 27th Amendment
This document is verification from the Archivist of the United States that the 27th Amendment was ratified by the appropriate number of states. This amendment...
Congratulations, Congress!
For nearly five years, Congress struggled to create a “Confederation of the United States.” When the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified on March 1,...