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The Midnight Judges Act (also known as the Judiciary Act of 1801; 2 Stat. 89, and officially An act to provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States) expanded the federal judiciary of the United States. [1] The act was supported by the John Adams administration and the Federalist Party. [1]
An Act to continue in force an act passed at the last session of Congress, entitled “An act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States.” Sess. 2, ch. 13 1 Stat. 123 (chapter 13) 14: May 26, 1790: Government of the Territory south-west of the river Ohio.
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, officially An Act Concerning the District of Columbia (6th Congress, 2nd Sess., ch. 15, 2 Stat. 103, February 27, 1801), is an organic act enacted by the United States Congress in accordance with Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
July – Eli Whitney demonstrates before Congress the advantages of the system of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of firearms. August 1 – Action of 1 August 1801 ( First Barbary War ): United States Navy schooner USS Enterprise (1799) captures the 14-gun Tripolitan corsair polacca Tripoli off the north African coast in a single-ship ...
However, on April 30, 1802, the 7th U.S. Congress had passed an act "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union." (Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173 ) On February 19, 1803, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the ...
The fifteen landmark pieces of legislation passed by Congress during the Hundred Days are: [162] [163] Emergency Banking Act (March 9, 1933) Cullen–Harrison Act (March 16), modifying the Volstead Act; Economy Act (March 20) Civilian Conservation Corps (March 31) Federal Emergency Relief Act (May 12) Agricultural Adjustment Act (May 12)
Ahead of November, Vice President Kamala Harris pushes to revive the stalled John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a law aimed at preventing discriminatory practices during the voting process.
Believing that Britain could not rely on other sources of food than the United States, Congress and President Jefferson suspended all U.S. trade with foreign nations in the Embargo Act of 1807, hoping to get the British to end their blockade of the American coast. The Embargo Act, however, devastated American agricultural exports and weakened ...