Featured Congressional Documents

• George Washington's Birthday (February 22, 1732)
   
• George Washington's First Inaugural Address (April 30, 1789)
   
• Draft Bill of Rights (September 9, 1789)
   
• Benjamin Franklin's Petition to Congress asking for the Abolition of Slavery (February 3, 1790)
   
• Tally of Electoral Votes (February 11, 1801)
   
• Historical State of the Union Messages (1801, 1862, 1961, 1986)
   
• Ohio Statehood (March 1, 1803)
   
• Alexander Hamilton (July 1, 1804)
   
• Petition of Daniel Boone (January 2, 1810)
   
• Louisiana Statehood (1812)
   
• Creation of the U.S. Capitol Police (May 2, 1828)
   
• Kansas Statehood (January 29, 1861)
   
• American Flag Petition (February 6, 1861)
   
• The Homestead Act Anniversary (May 20, 1862)
   
• West Virginia Statehood (June 20, 1863)
   
• Lincoln's Nomination of Grant (February 29, 1864)
   
• Petition for Universal Suffrage (January 29, 1866)
   
• Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (February 21, 1868)
   
• Private Land Claim of Luis Mesa (1870)
   
• Claim of Harriet Tubman (1899)
   
• San Francisco Earthquake (April 18, 1906)
   
• Hepburn Rate Bill (May 15, 1906)
   
• Oklahoma Statehood (November 16, 1907)
   
• "The House is in Session:" Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection (April 16, 1908)
   
• Hetch Hetchy Environmental Debates (1910-1913)
   
• New Mexico and Arizona Statehood (1912)
   
• 1912 Electoral Vote Tally (February 12, 1913)
   
• 17th Amendment: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (April 8, 1913)
   
• Election Certificate of Hattie Caraway (1932)
   
• Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
   
• Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Address to Congress (December 8, 1941)
   
• Congress Establishes Thanksgiving (December 26, 1941)
   
• Congress and the Early Exploration of Space (1958)
   
• Hawaii Statehood (August 21, 1959)
   
• Peace Corps Anniversary (1961-2011)
   
• March on Washington (August 28,1963)
   
• Congress and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1964)
   
• Congress and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (1965)
   
• Martha Griffiths's Discharge Petition for the Equal Rights Amendment (June 11, 1970)
   
• Reagan's Nomination of O'Connor (August 19, 1981)
   
• A tribute to Ambassador Corinne "Lindy" Claiborne Boggs (D-LA) (1916-2013)
   
• A tribute to Senator Robert C. Byrd (1917-2010)
   
• A tribute to Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) (1924-2012)
   
• A tribute to Senator John McCain (1936-2018)
   
• A tribute to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (1962-2009)