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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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U.S. Congress sessions on May 3-4, 1844: Senate briefly met and adjourned; House debated tariff bill in Committee of the Whole with speeches by several members before adjourning both days.
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The Senate was in session but few minutes and then adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, and resumed the consideration of the tariff bill.
Messrs. CHAPPEL, SEVERANCE, MURPHY, ROCKWELL, and DARRAH successively addressed the Committee, and the House adjourned.
Saturday, May 4, 1844.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Hopkins in the Chair, and resumed the consideration of the bill for the modification of the Tariff. Messrs. KENNEDY of Indiana, DICKEY, and HUDSON, successively addressed the Committee—when, on motion by Mr. DUNCAN, the Committee rose, and the House adjourned.
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Washington, D.C.
Event Date
May 3 4, 1844
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sessions adjourned without final action on the tariff bill.
Event Details
On May 3, the Senate briefly met and adjourned until Monday. The House, in Committee of the Whole, resumed consideration of the tariff bill with addresses by Messrs. CHAPPEL, SEVERANCE, MURPHY, ROCKWELL, and DARRAH before adjourning. On May 4, the Senate did not meet. The House, with Mr. Hopkins in the Chair, resumed tariff bill discussion with addresses by Messrs. KENNEDY of Indiana, DICKEY, and HUDSON; the Committee rose on motion by Mr. DUNCAN, and the House adjourned.