Timeline of Congress

  • First Congress under the new Constitution

  • The Congress moves

  • Henry Clay became the first speaker of the Congress

  • The Capitol was rebuilt

  • Webster, Clay, and Cannon passed the Compromise

  • Webster and Clay die

  • Jefferson Days

  • The Civil War starts

  • Slavery is abolished

  • Speaker Cannon ended

  • World War 2

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Pearl Harbor