Rhees, William Jones, ed. and comp. Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to its Origin and History, 1835-1899. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 43. p. 1632.
Summary:
The Speaker (Charles F. Crisp) of the House of Representatives appoints R.R. Hitt of Illinois, to fill the vacancy caused by H.C. Lodge (Mass.)