GPO and Library of Congress Announce Digital Release of Historical Congressional Record for 1891-1911

From the Government Publishing Office:

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) partners with the Library of Congress to release the digital version of the bound Congressional Record from 1891-1911 on GPO’s govinfo. This release covers the debates and proceedings of the 52nd through the 61st Congresses.

This era of Congress covers historical topics such as:

The final two years of the administration of President Benjamin Harrison; the election of President Cleveland for a nonconsecutive second term; the election, reelection, and assassination of President McKinley; the first term and reelection of President Theodore Roosevelt; and the election and first two years of the administration of President Taft

Admission of Utah and Oklahoma as states

The Panic of 1893

The Spanish-American War

The first flight by the Wright Brothers

Passage of the Antiquities Act

Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act

Construction of the Panama Canal

Final years of the Gilded Age and beginning of the Progressive Era