Fire-Eaters in Congress in 1860
Eric Walther talked about Congress in 1860. Prior to the Civil War, secessionists in the thirty-sixth Congress worked ac…
Clip: The Speakership Fight in 1860
Eric Walther talked about Congress in 1860. Prior to the Civil War, secessionists in the thirty-sixth Congress worked ac…
Owen Muelder talked about Owen Lovejoy, a Republican U.S. Congressman from Illinois who served from 1857 until his death…
Abolitionist John Willis Menard was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1868, and although he was never seated, he was the f…
A group of former Capitol pages talk about their time spent in Washington. They reflect on the various assignments and d…