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The 16th 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, 1819, to March 4, 1821, during the third and fourth years of James Monroe 's presidency .
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 16th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.
A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 185 members initially elected to the 16th Congress. Other members, who were not the first person elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number (except for the representative from the newly admitted state of Alabama, who is assigned the number 186).
16th Congress may refer to: 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1930) 16th Congress of the Philippines (2013–2016)
This is a list of the several United States Congresses, since their beginning in 1789, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their individual sessions.. Each elected bicameral Congress (of the two chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives) lasts for two years and begins on January 3 of odd-numbered y
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The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 Supreme Court case of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
Consequently, this was the first split Congress since the 113th Congress of 2013–2015, and the first Republican Senate–Democratic House split since the 99th Congress of 1985–1987. This Congress was the youngest incoming class by mean age, compared to the previous three the incoming class of freshman representatives, [ 1 ] and the most ...