United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 1
No. 1. A Resolution manifesting the sensibility of Congress upon the event of the death of William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States.
Preamble.The melancholy event of the death of William Henry Harrison, the late President of the United States, having occurred during the recess of Congress, and the two Houses sharing in the general grief and desiring to manifest their sensibility upon the occasion of that public bereavement, therefore
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Presiding officers’ chairs to be shrouded in black.
Usual badge of mourning to be worn. That the chairs of the President of the Senate and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives be shrouded in black during the residue of the session; and that the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the members and officers of both houses, wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Harrison,Pres. U. S. to send a copy hereof to Mrs. Harrison. and to assure her of the profound respect of the two Houses of Congress for her person and character, and of their sincere condolence on the late afflicting dispensation of Providence.
Approved, June 14, 1841.