Arkansas's 5th congressional district
Arkansas's 5th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas from 1885 to 1963.
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49th United States Congress
The 49th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1887, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
United States Capitol (1906)
First presidential inauguration of Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885, on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol. "Fellow-Citizens: In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free peopleā¦."
Senate President Thomas A. Hendricks
Senate President pro tempore John Sherman