Monday, December 1, 1834.Vandalia, IL. | Lincoln takes seat as one of 55 House members. He votes for Charles Dunn
for speaker, but James Semple is elected. David Prickett is unanimously elected clerk,
and Ebenezer A. Ryan, for whom Lincoln votes, is elected engrossing and enrolling
clerk.House Journal. [Supreme Court convenes and remains in session until 13 February 1835.] |