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The 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections were held in 31 states for all 234 seats between August 4, 1854, and November 6, 1855, during President Franklin Pierce's term. Each state legislature separately set a date to elect representatives to the House of Representatives before the 34th Congress convened its first session ...
The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, [1] until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital. The boundaries of the Wyoming Territory were identical to those of the modern State of Wyoming.
The table below summarizes results of elections to the United States House of Representatives from 1824 to 1854, a period corresponding to the Second Party System.In the House of Representatives, "Independent Democrats" and "Independent Whigs" are counted with the Democrats and the Whigs, respectively, and as described in the accompanying 'Note'.
Nathaniel Banks, a member of the American Party and the Free Soil Party, won election as Speaker of the House after a protracted battle, defeating Democrat William Aiken. [4] In the Senate, Democrats retained a strong majority, while the Opposition replaced the Whigs as the second largest party in the chamber. [5]
The Gratetan Massacre, also referred to as the Grattan Fight, was the initial conflict of the First Sioux War, occurring on August 19, 1854, between the United States Army and the Lakota Sioux warriors. This event took place east of Fort Laramie, located in the Nebraska Territory, which is now part of Goshen County, Wyoming.
Events from the year 1854 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government ... Speaker of the House of Representatives: Linn Boyd (D-Kentucky) Congress: 33rd;
1854: May 30: U.S. President Franklin Pierce signs An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. The Territory of Nebraska includes all of the future State of Wyoming northeast of the Continental Divide of the Americas. 1853: March 2: U.S. President Millard Fillmore signs An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Washington ...
Pages in category "Houses completed in 1854" ... Red Bank Plantation House; Leander Reeve House; Twin Oaks (Wyoming, Ohio) Fred Rhoda House; Rippey Cobblestone Farmhouse;