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The Articles of Confederation
November 15, 1777
On this date, the Continental Congress adopted and sent to the state legislatures a plan for the inaugural national government under the Articles of Confederation (approved by the states in March 1781).
The first time the House met in the North wing of the Capitol
November 17, 1800
On this date, the House assembled for the first time in the North wing of the Capitol.
President John Adams’s Annual Message of 1800
November 22, 1800
On this date, President John Adams delivered his fourth annual message to a Joint Session of the 4th Congress (1799–1801) in the new Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
The Louisiana Purchase
November 10, 1803
On this date, President Thomas Jefferson authorized an act to pay France $11 million for the Louisiana Purchase.
The youngest Representative in House history, William Charles Cole Claiborne
November 23, 1817
On this date, William Charles Cole Claiborne of Tennessee, the youngest person ever elected to the House of Representatives died.
The election of John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts
November 06, 1830
On this date, John Quincy Adams enthusiastically wrote, “I am a member elect of the Twenty Second Congress.”
Representative James Rapier of Alabama
November 13, 1837
On this date, African-American Representative James Rapier of Alabama was born free in Florence, Alabama.
