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Before the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified January 23, 1933), which moved and fixed new Congressional dates, on which an American Congress began and ended, designated from the original provisions of the Constitution of 1787, was previously either March 3 or March 4, (in tandem then with dates of presidential ...
The 18th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1823, to March 4, 1825, during the seventh and eighth years of James Monroe 's presidency .
Date Host country Host city Venue Host leader Ref 1st: 14–15 November 2008 United States: Washington, D.C. National Building Museum: George W. Bush [1] 2nd: 2 April 2009 United Kingdom: London: ExCeL London: Gordon Brown [2] 3rd: 24–25 September 2009 United States: Pittsburgh: David L. Lawrence Convention Center: Barack Obama [3] 4th: 26 ...
The 1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 7, 1824, and August 30, 1825. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 19th United States Congress convened on December 5, 1825. Elections were held for all ...
In this Congress the only formal leader was the Speaker of the House. A Speakership election was held on December 1, 1823. Henry Clay (A-DR, KY) was elected in the only ballot. He had been Speaker for all or part of the 12th to 16th Congresses, but had not been a member of the 17th Congress.
Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine, depicts the Second Continental Congress voting in 1776.. Although one can trace the history of the Congress of the United States to the First Continental Congress, which met in the autumn of 1774, [2] the true antecedent of the United States Congress was convened on May 10, 1775, with twelve colonies in attendance.
The 1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 26, 1818, and August 12, 1819. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 16th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1819.
18th Congress may refer to 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1939) 18th Congress of the Philippines (2019–2022) 18th National Congress of ...