41st United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

  • March 4, 1869: Ulysses Grant became President of the United States
  • May 10, 1869: golden spike marked the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Promontory, Utah
  • December 10, 1869: Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote, one of the first such laws in the world
  • February 12, 1870: Utah Territory gave women the right to vote
  • February 25, 1870: Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress

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