Unanimous!
In April of 1789, the First Congress of the United States of America met to vote on our first President and Vice President. George Washington was elected President...
Voting for war
One day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a Joint Session of Congress, pronounced December 7 “a day of infamy,” and...
Westward exploration meets science
This stereograph of Shoshone Falls, Idaho, was taken in 1868 during the King Survey along the 40th parallel. Congress had first authorized exploration of western...
What law did Congress pass first?
On June 1, 1789, the First Congress passed this law—the nation’s first. It required all members of Federal, state, and local governments to “solemnly swear or...