Legislative bodies; Politics & government; Capitols; Government facilities; Rotundas
A pen and ink drawing of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The drawing shows both houses of Congress and the rotunda before the dome was built. The caption reads: "The Capitol, Washington D.C. where Andrew Jackson sat as U.S....
Resolution of Congress of the United States, Forty-Fourth Congress, First Session, on motion by Mr. McFarland, to convey sympathy to the family of former President Andrew Johnson, deceased, and "further mark of respect for the memory of the...
House Resolution 161 introduced by Mr. Washington to aid and encourage the holding of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville in the year 1896 and making an appropriation for it.
Ticket no. 250 admits the bearer to the Gallery of the United States Senate, for the trial of Impeachment against the President of the United States (President Andrew Johnson). The ticket is signed by George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms for the U.S....
Ticket no. 335 admits the bearer to the Gallery of the United States Senate for the trial of the Impeachment of the President of the United States (President Andrew Johnson). The ticket is signed by George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms for the U.S....
Small medallion honoring Andrew Johnson, who earned the nickname "Sir Veto" because of the large number of legislative vetoes he issued during his Presidency. The obverse contains the Johnson's profile and the dates of his term of office. The...
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
23 pages handwritten in ink that comprise the Cherokee Constitution of 1827. This early copy may have been written by Sam Houston. It was found in the 1827 Tennessee legislative papers and may have been given to the State of Tennessee in exchange...
"An Ordinance for Circumscribing the Counties of Greene and Hawkins and Laying Out Two New Counties" is the first resolution appearing in the bound collection of acts passed by the Southwest Territory. The act is written in script and is four pages...
