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
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Previous Releases of the Bound Congressional Record
See Also: GPO and LC Release Digitized Bound Congressional Record for the 1911-1921 (October 27, 2017)
See Also: GPO and LC Release Digitized Bound Congressional Record for the 1920s (September 26, 2017)
See Also: U.S. GPO Announces Release of Digitized Bound Congressional Record for the 1930s (August 22, 2017)
See Also: GPO Announces Digital Release of Historical Congressional Record for the 1950s (June 28, 2017)
See Also: Now Available Online From GPO: Historical Congressional Record For 1971-1980 (March 7, 2017)
See Also: Digitized Editions of Historical Congressional Record for the 1980s on GPO’s GovInfo (November 29, 2016)
See Also: GPO and Library of Congress Release Digital Bound Version of Congressional Record (991-1998) (September 20, 2016)
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