U.S. Senate History @SenateHistory
The U.S. Senate Historical Office serves as the institutional memory of the Senate. Questions welcomed at [email protected]. senate.gov/history Washington, DC Joined May 2013-
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On the Blog! The senators who showed up on time to convene the First Congress in 1789 implored their absent colleagues to hurry to New York so they could get to work senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SenateStories #CongressWeek #Quorum
New Blog post! Senate records include this resolution of New York City’s Common Council granting the use of City Hall, renamed Federal Hall, to the new Congress. The First Congress was supposed to convene on March 4, 1789 senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SenateStories #CongressWeek
On April 6 1789, the Senate finally met quorum! Read our latest Blog post to learn about the long journey to that milestone event and the archival records that help tell the story senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SenateStories #CongressWeek #Quorum
On the Blog! To commemorate Congress Week and the Senate's first quorum, established on April 6, 1789, learn the story of the "Long Journey to Quorum" through Senate archival records and correspondence in manuscript collections senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SenateStories #CongressWeek
Do women bring a particular agenda to the U.S. Senate? Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu and others offer their thoughts in this curated oral history video senate.gov/about/women-of… #Herstory #SenateStories #WomensHistoryMonth
The Senate Historical Office commemorates Women’s History Month with two new oral history interviews featuring former senators Barbara Boxer of California and Olympia Snowe of Maine senate.gov/artandhistory/… #Herstory #SenateStories #WomensHistoryMonth
Maine Republican Olympia Snowe won a Senate seat in 1994. During her 3 terms, she built bipartisan support for a number of legislative initiatives, such as balancing budgets and addressing sexual harassment in the military senate.gov/artandhistory/… #Herstory #WomensHistoryMonth
Democratic senator Barbara Boxer represented California from 1993 to 2017 and was the first woman to lead both the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics senate.gov/artandhistory/… #Herstory #SenateStories #WomensHistoryMonth
The Senate Historical Office commemorates Women’s History Month with two new oral history interviews featuring former senators Barbara Boxer of California and Olympia Snowe of Maine senate.gov/artandhistory/… #Herstory #SenateStories #WomensHistoryMonth
Today’s State of the Union Address is a well-established annual ritual. Learn about the evolution of this executive-legislative conversation since President George Washington delivered his first annual address to Congress in 1790 senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SOTU
Both Thomas Thornton, in 1947, and Christine McCreary, in 1953, were told they couldn't eat in #Senate cafeterias. Both chose to defy that custom, challenging de facto segregation in Senate dining facilities senate.gov/artandhistory/… #BlackHistoryMonth #SenateStories
Senate Rules Committee chairman C. Wayland “Curley” Brooks of Illinois convened a hearing in 1947 to investigate allegations of racial discrimination in the daily press gallery as well as Senate dining facilities senate.gov/artandhistory/… #BlackHistoryMonth #SenateStories
New Blog post! Integrating Senate Spaces: Louis Lautier, Alice Dunnigan, Thomas Thornton and Christine McCreary senate.gov/artandhistory/… #BlackHistoryMonth #SenateStories
When correspondent Alice Dunnigan’s application for admission to the #Senate daily press gallery went unanswered, she called repeatedly and made personal visits to the Capitol, persisting until she finally gained admission in June 1947 senate.gov/artandhistory/… #BlackHistoryMonth
Journalist Louis Lautier was twice rejected for admission to the Senate’s daily press gallery before gaining admission in 1947, making him the first African American in the modern era to be credentialed there senate.gov/artandhistory/… #BlackHistoryMonth #SenateStories
New on the Blog! Years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally ended segregation, four courageous individuals demanded the integration of Senate spaces senate.gov/artandhistory/… #BlackHistoryMonth
New Blog post! Today’s State of the Union Address is a well-established annual ritual. Learn about the evolution of this executive-legislative conversation since President George Washington delivered his first annual address to Congress in 1790 senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SOTU
On the Blog! Each year, before a joint session of Congress, the president fulfills his or her constitutional duty to "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.” Learn about the Senate’s evolving role in this ritual senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SOTU
On Dec. 2, 1863, assembly of the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome was completed. “Freedom now stands on the Dome of the Capitol of the United States,” wrote one official; “May she stand there forever, not only in form, but in spirit” senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SenateStories
Thomas Crawford’s plaster model of Freedom is pictured awaiting casting in the Capitol in 1859. When the Capitol Visitor Center opened in 2008, the model took a prominent position in Emancipation Hall senate.gov/artandhistory/… #SenateStories
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@SenateHistory Great job on this article. I would love to see the author of this article credited.
@SenateHistory And here's a quick look at the work that goes into operating the Senate subway: aoc.gov/explore-capito…
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George Tames Political Photographer for the New York Times in DC (1945-85) great resource @SenateHistory 👇 senate.gov/artandhistory/…
Rep Nathaniel Macon of #NC died #OTD 1837. A Continental Congress Delegate, Macon was an ardent states' rights advocate who served as Speaker for three terms. Macon also served in the U.S. Senate. @SenateHistory bit.ly/3A6HnDf
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#Live from #capitolhill! That's right! Join us for free, virtual event this Thurs. 8/26, 6pm (CST) via Zoom as Daniel S. Holt, Asst Historian of the U.S. #Senate Historical Office, discusses VP Charles Dawes' crusade against the #filibuster. bit.ly/FilibusterEvent @SenateHistory
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