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 | | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) began his rise to national prominence with a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he charged that Communists had infiltrated federal government agencies. |
 | | Following a ten-year temporary residence in Philadelphia, the Senate met for the first time in the District of Columbia. |
 | | Beginning in 1807, with the death of Connecticut Senator Uriah Tracy, eighteen senators and forty-two representatives have been buried in this cemetery. |
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