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Grover Cleveland, successor to President Benjamin Harrison, is elected as President a second time.
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Democratic: 44 (majority)
Republican: 37
Populist: 3
Silver: 1
Vacant (Later filled by Republicans): 3
Total Members: 88 -
Democratic: 218 (majority)
Republican: 124
Populist: 11
Silver: 1
Independent Democratic: 2
Total Members: 356 -
Congress begins its first session of the new term.
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Also known as The Revenue Act and was named after William L. Wilson and Arthur P. Gorman, both from the Democratic Party. Wilson proposed the bill to reduce the rate of U.S. Tariffs originally made by the McKinley Act and imposed a 2% income tax.
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A statute of the U.S. Federal Government abolishing the imprisonment of sailors that left their vessels, giving them the right to leave if they feared they were in danger of physical abuse from their fellow shipboard personnel. Named after representative James G. Maguire from California.
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