63rd United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

  • March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States.
  • March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
  • July 28, 1914: World War I began in Europe
  • August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal was inaugurated
  • August 19, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson declared strict U.S. neutrality
  • November 1914: United States House of Representatives elections, 1914 and United States Senate elections, 1914
  • November 16, 1914: Federal Reserve Bank opened

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