March 1909 - March 15, 1909 (Monday)

March 15, 1909 (Monday)

• The United States Congress met in a special session called by President Taft to consider the Payne Tariff Act. House Speaker Joe Cannon was re-elected for a fourth term, but 12 of his fellow Republicans voted against him.
• At 4:15, Edward Payson Weston, 71, set off from the New York Post Office building on a 4,300-mile (6,900 km) walk, hoping to become the first person to go from New York to San Francisco on foot.

Delayed by blizzards, he missed his target of 100 days, arriving 105 days later in Los Angeles.