Oc-TO-pus or Octopus? An "off-the-record" debate on May 14, 1894. #WorldOctopusDay https://loom.ly/ytdEsV8

#OTD the House passed the Hansen Committee report, one of the chamber's most significant internal reforms of the 1970s. Rep Julia Butler Hansen of #WA helped make it happen. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35924?ret=True

British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was the first UK PM to speak before the House #OTD 1929. https://loom.ly/2bnaN4I

The Office of the House Historian is proud to support students & teachers participating in @nationalhistoryday.bsky.social. Our latest #HistoryBlog highlights this year's #NHD contest material on Innovation in History. https://loom.ly/zVUCWWg

A portrait by an imposter, unveiled #OTD 1968. #HouseCollection #HistoryBlog https://loom.ly/u6OqeXQ

Sputnik launched #OTD 1957 spurring the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. 1.5 years later, Congress gave the newly-created NASA almost $500M to catch up with the Soviets. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords @NASAHistory https://loom.ly/-chiGX0

"Mr. Liberty," Santiago Iglesias of Puerto Rico. #HispanicHeritageMonth in the #HouseCollection. https://loom.ly/Ni4XFFM

What do you think Uncle Joe named his treasured automobile? #NameYourCarDay https://loom.ly/M69raiE

Rep Romualdo Pacheco, 1st Latino Representative. #HispanicHeritageMonth in the #HouseCollection. https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2004/2004-097-000/

He played pro baseball and danced the Charleston on the Cannon steps. Rep Thomas McMillan of #SC died #OTD 1939. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35705?ret=True

Rep Eben Martin of #SD asked Speaker Joe Cannon for a "lesser" committee assignment #OTD 1905. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436124

#OTD 1962, the House unveiled a portrait of Banking Committee Chairman Brent Spence of #KY. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/15032398476

Taken from the Goodyear Blimp, this photograph showed the Capitol and House office buildings, in September 1941. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/15032450563

Robert Smalls of #SC: Real life AND Comic Book Superhero. #ComicBookDay https://history.house.gov/Blog/2021/February/2-26-goldenlegacy/

#OTD 1789, the First Congress sent 12 Constitutional amendments to the states for ratification. 10 of them became the #BillofRights, but one took +200 years to be ratified. The 27th Amendment wasn't approved until 1992. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35665?ret=True

Jonathan Trumbull was General George Washington's secretary, the nation's first comptroller, and the second Speaker of the House. Learn more about Trumbull's bond with President Washington. #HistoryBlog #America250 https://loom.ly/3HGjxVI

#OTD 1917 the House created a Committee on Woman Suffrage. This petition urged its creation. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436242

"He stares at it, walks around it...and puts his shoulder to the giant mass. It’s all useless." -Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Muñoz Rivera "Lo contempla hito en hito; gira en torno y aplica el hombre a su gigante masa....Todo inútil." -Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico Muñoz Rivera #HHM

Speaker Foley's dog Alice roamed the halls of the House in 1989. #HouseCollection #DogsInPolitics https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/29286

Happy First Day of Fall from History, Art & Archives! #AutumnEquinox

Kika de la Garza, born #OTD in 1927 in South Texas, bringing corn and cows to his #HouseCollection portrait. #HispanicHeritageMonth https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/30024

Peruvian President Manuel Prado spoke before a Joint Meeting of Congress #OTD in 1961. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/30675

“There was incredible resolve in the House Chamber that night.” #JointSession #OTD 2001 #OralHistory #September11 https://history.house.gov/Oral-History/Events/September-11/September-11-2001/

Arrr! Here be a privateer who helped craft the modern American flag! #TalkLikeAPirateDay #HistoryBlog 📷: @USNHistory https://history.house.gov/Blog/2014/September/9-16-Hoist-the-Colors/

The US Capitol cornerstone laid #OTD in 1793. #HouseCollection http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/29799?ret=True

Happy #ConstitutionDay! This House Record honors its 150th birthday in 1939. https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436213

Legendary Rep Barbara Jordan of #Texas got a stamp from @USPS #OTD in 2011. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2014/2014-059-000

The House of Representatives unveiled a new portrait of Speaker Kevin McCarthy today. The painting of Kevin McCarthy, by artist Chas Fagan, is the first portrait of a House Speaker set in the Speaker’s Ceremonial Office, Room H-217 in the Capitol. #HouseCollection https://loom.ly/sLTIdBk

Follow us over the next 30 days as we celebrate the careers and achievements of Members for #HispanicHeritageMonth. https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/HAIC/Hispanic-Americans-in-Congress/

#OTD 1948 Gerald Ford won the #MI primary race that would bring him to the House. https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/13301