{"slug": "u-s-house-of-representatives", "label": "U.S. House of Representatives", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1824, 2021], "span_label": ["1824 CE", "2021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "president-of-the-united-states", "label": "President of the United States", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states-senate", "label": "United States Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maine", "label": "Maine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "andrew-jackson", "label": "Andrew Jackson", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-clay", "label": "Henry Clay", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-quincy-adams", "label": "John Quincy Adams", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – 1824 United States presidential election: None of the four candidates for U.S. president— Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay or William H. Crawford— gain a majority of the electoral votes, although Jackson has a plurality of 40.5% of the popular vote. John C. Calhoun wins a majority of the electoral votes for Vice President. The election for President is carried out by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 9, 1825, pursuant to the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, with each of the 24 states having a vote, of which Adams receives 13 votes for the minimum majority necessary .", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#October–December", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected United States Senator, becoming the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#September", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – The U.S. House of Representatives forwards articles of impeachment against President Clinton to the Senate, making him the second president to be impeached in U.S. history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#December", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – The U.S. House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president to be impeached in the nation's history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#December", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – John Lewis, 80, American civil rights leader and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1987), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (2011), pancreatic cancer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370431562", "title": "Deaths in July 2020", "revid": 1370431562, "section": "Deaths › July"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Donald Rumsfeld, 88, American politician, secretary of defense (1975–1977, 2001–2006) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1969), multiple myeloma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370487250", "title": "Deaths in June 2021", "revid": 1370487250, "section": "Deaths › June"}}]}