List of United States Congresses

This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each "term" of Congress lasts for two years.

List of previous Congresses

Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
1st Congress	March 4, 1789	1st session	March 4, 1789 – September 29, 1789	March 3 or 4, 1791
		2nd session	January 4, 1790 – August 12, 1790
		3rd session	December 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791
2nd Congress	March 4, 1791	Special session	March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1791	March 3 or 4, 1793
		1st session	October 24, 1791 – May 8, 1792
		2nd session	November 5, 1792 – March 2, 1793
3rd Congress	March 4, 1793	Special session	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1793	March 3 or 4, 1795
		1st session	December 2, 1793 – June 9, 1794
		2nd session	November 3, 1794 – March 3, 1795
4th Congress	March 4, 1795	Special session	June 8, 1795 – June 26, 1795	March 3 or 4, 1797
		1st session	December 7, 1795 – June 1, 1796
		2nd session	December 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797
5th Congress	March 4, 1797	Special session	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1797	March 3 or 4, 1799
		1st session	May 15, 1797 – July 10, 1797
		2nd session	November 13, 1797 – July 16, 1798
		Special session	July 17, 1798 – July 19, 1798
		3rd session	December 3, 1798 – March 3, 1799
6th Congress	March 4, 1799	1st session	December 2, 1799 – May 14, 1800	March 3 or 4, 1801
6th Congress	March 4, 1799	2nd session	November 17, 1800 – March 3, 1801	March 3 or 4, 1801
7th Congress	March 4, 1801	Special session	March 4, 1801 – March 5, 1801	March 3 or 4, 1803
		1st session	December 7, 1801 – May 3, 1802
		2nd session	December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803
8th Congress	March 4, 1803	1st session	October 17, 1803 – March 27, 1804	March 3 or 4, 1805
8th Congress	March 4, 1803	2nd session	November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805	March 3 or 4, 1805
9th Congress	March 4, 1805	1st session	December 2, 1805 – April 21, 1806	March 3 or 4, 1807
9th Congress	March 4, 1805	2nd session	December 1, 1806 – March 3, 1807	March 3 or 4, 1807
10th Congress	March 4, 1807	1st session	October 26, 1807 – April 25, 1808	March 3 or 4, 1809
10th Congress	March 4, 1807	2nd session	November 7, 1808 – March 3, 1809	March 3 or 4, 1809
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
11th Congress	March 4, 1809	Special session	March 4, 1809 – March 7, 1809	March 3 or 4, 1811
		1st session	May 22, 1809 – June 28, 1809
		2nd session	November 27, 1809 – May 1, 1810
		3rd session	December 3, 1810 – March 3, 1811
12th Congress	March 4, 1811	1st session	November 4, 1811 – July 6, 1812	March 3 or 4, 1813
12th Congress	March 4, 1811	2nd session	November 2, 1812 – March 3, 1813	March 3 or 4, 1813
13th Congress	March 4, 1813	1st session	May 24, 1813 – August 2, 1813	March 3 or 4, 1815
		2nd session	December 6, 1813 – April 18, 1814
		3rd session	September 19, 1814 – March 3, 1815
14th Congress	March 4, 1815	1st session	December 4, 1815 – April 30, 1816	March 3 or 4, 1817
14th Congress	March 4, 1815	2nd session	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817	March 3 or 4, 1817
15th Congress	March 4, 1817	Special session	March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1817	March 3 or 4, 1819
		1st session	December 1, 1817 – April 20, 1818
		2nd session	November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819
16th Congress	March 4, 1819	1st session	December 6, 1819 – May 15, 1820	March 3 or 4, 1821
16th Congress	March 4, 1819	2nd session	November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1821	March 3 or 4, 1821
17th Congress	March 4, 1821	1st session	December 3, 1821 – May 8, 1822	March 3 or 4, 1823
17th Congress	March 4, 1821	2nd session	December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823	March 3 or 4, 1823
18th Congress	March 4, 1823	1st session	December 1, 1823 – May 27, 1824	March 3 or 4, 1825
18th Congress	March 4, 1823	2nd session	December 6, 1824 – March 3, 1825	March 3 or 4, 1825
19th Congress	March 4, 1825	Special session	March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1825	March 3 or 4, 1827
		1st session	December 5, 1825 – May 22, 1826
		2nd session	December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1827
20th Congress	March 4, 1827	1st session	December 3, 1827 – May 26, 1828	March 3 or 4, 1829
20th Congress	March 4, 1827	2nd session	December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829	March 3 or 4, 1829
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
21st Congress	March 4, 1829	Special session	March 4, 1829 – March 17, 1829	March 3 or 4, 1831
		1st session	December 7, 1829 – May 31, 1830
		2nd session	December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831
22nd Congress	March 4, 1831	1st session	December 5, 1831 – July 16, 1832	March 3 or 4, 1833
22nd Congress	March 4, 1831	2nd session	December 3, 1832 – March 2, 1833	March 3 or 4, 1833
23rd Congress	March 4, 1833	1st session	December 2, 1833 – June 30, 1834	March 3 or 4, 1835
23rd Congress	March 4, 1833	2nd session	December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1835	March 3 or 4, 1835
24th Congress	March 4, 1835	1st session	December 7, 1835 – July 4, 1836	March 3 or 4, 1837
24th Congress	March 4, 1835	2nd session	December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837	March 3 or 4, 1837
25th Congress	March 4, 1837	Special session	March 4, 1837 – March 10, 1837	March 3 or 4, 1839
		1st session	September 4, 1837 – October 16, 1837
		2nd session	December 4, 1837 – July 9, 1838
		3rd session	December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1839
26th Congress	March 4, 1839	1st session	December 2, 1839 – July 21, 1840	March 3 or 4, 1841
26th Congress	March 4, 1839	2nd session	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841	March 3 or 4, 1841
27th Congress	March 4, 1841	Special session	March 4, 1841 – March 15, 1841	March 3 or 4, 1843
		1st session	May 31, 1841 – September 13, 1841
		2nd session	December 6, 1841 – August 31, 1842
		3rd session	December 5, 1842 – March 3, 1843
28th Congress	March 4, 1843	1st session	December 4, 1843 – June 17, 1844	March 3 or 4, 1845
28th Congress	March 4, 1843	2nd session	December 2, 1844 – March 3, 1845	March 3 or 4, 1845
29th Congress	March 4, 1845	Special session	March 4, 1845 – March 20, 1845	March 3 or 4, 1847
		1st session	December 1, 1845 – August 10, 1846
		2nd session	December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847
30th Congress	March 4, 1847	1st session	December 6, 1847 – August 14, 1848	March 3 or 4, 1849
30th Congress	March 4, 1847	2nd session	December 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849	March 3 or 4, 1849
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
31st Congress	March 4, 1849	Special session	March 5, 1849 – March 23, 1849	March 3 or 4, 1851
		1st session	December 3, 1849 – September 30, 1850
		2nd session	December 2, 1850 – March 3, 1851
32nd Congress	March 4, 1851	Special session	March 4, 1851 – March 13, 1851	March 3 or 4, 1853
		1st session	December 1, 1851 – August 31, 1852
		2nd session	December 6, 1852 – March 3, 1853
33rd Congress	March 4, 1853	Special session	March 4, 1853 – April 11, 1853	March 3 or 4, 1855
		1st session	December 5, 1853 – August 7, 1854
		2nd session	December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855
34th Congress	March 4, 1855	1st session	December 3, 1855 – August 18, 1856	March 3 or 4, 1857
		2nd session	August 21, 1856 – August 30, 1856
		3rd session	December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857
35th Congress	March 4, 1857	Special session	March 4, 1857 – March 14, 1857	March 3 or 4, 1859
		1st session	December 7, 1857 – June 14, 1858
		Special session	June 15, 1858 – June 16, 1858
		2nd session	December 6, 1858 – March 3, 1859
36th Congress	March 4, 1859	Special session	March 4, 1859 – March 10, 1859	March 3 or 4, 1861
		1st session	December 5, 1859 – June 25, 1860
		Special session	June 26, 1860 – June 28, 1860
		2nd session	December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861
37th Congress	March 4, 1861	Special session	March 4, 1861 – March 28, 1861	March 3 or 4, 1863
		1st session	July 4, 1861 – August 6, 1861
		2nd session	December 2, 1861 – July 17, 1862
		3rd session	December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863
38th Congress	March 4, 1863	Special session	March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863	March 3 or 4, 1865
		1st session	December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864
		2nd session	December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865
39th Congress	March 4, 1865	Special session	March 4, 1865 – March 11, 1865	March 3 or 4, 1867
		1st session	December 4, 1865 – July 28, 1866
		2nd session	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867
40th Congress	March 4, 1867	1st session	March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867	March 3 or 4, 1869
		Special session	April 1, 1867 – April 20, 1867
		2nd session	December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1868
		3rd session	December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
41st Congress	March 4, 1869	1st session	March 4, 1869 – April 10, 1869	March 3 or 4, 1871
		Special session	April 12, 1869 – April 22, 1869
		2nd session	December 6, 1869 – July 15, 1870
		3rd session	December 5, 1870 – March 3, 1871
42nd Congress	March 4, 1871	1st session	March 4, 1871 – April 20, 1871	March 3 or 4, 1873
		Special session	May 10, 1871 – May 27, 1871
		2nd session	December 4, 1871 – June 10, 1872
		3rd session	December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873
43rd Congress	March 4, 1873	Special session	March 4, 1873 – March 26, 1873	March 3 or 4, 1875
		1st session	December 1, 1873 – June 23, 1874
		2nd session	December 7, 1874 – March 3, 1875
44th Congress	March 4, 1875	Special session	March 5, 1875 – March 24, 1875	March 3 or 4, 1877
		1st session	December 6, 1875 – August 15, 1876
		2nd session	December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877
45th Congress	March 4, 1877	Special session	March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877	March 3 or 4, 1879
		1st session	October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877
		2nd session	December 3, 1877 – June 20, 1878
		3rd session	December 2, 1878 – March 3, 1879
46th Congress	March 4, 1879	1st session	March 18, 1879 – July 1, 1879	March 3 or 4, 1881
		2nd session	December 1, 1879 – June 16, 1880
		3rd session	December 6, 1880 – March 3, 1881
47th Congress	March 4, 1881	Special session	March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881	March 3 or 4, 1883
		Special session	October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881
		1st session	December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882
		2nd session	December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883
48th Congress	March 4, 1883	1st session	December 3, 1883 – July 7, 1884	March 3 or 4, 1885
48th Congress	March 4, 1883	2nd session	December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885	March 3 or 4, 1885
49th Congress	March 4, 1885	Special session	March 4, 1885 – April 2, 1885	March 3 or 4, 1887
		1st session	December 7, 1885 – August 5, 1886
		2nd session	December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1887
50th Congress	March 4, 1887	1st session	December 5, 1887 – October 20, 1888	March 3 or 4, 1889
50th Congress	March 4, 1887	2nd session	December 3, 1888 – March 3, 1889	March 3 or 4, 1889
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
51st Congress	March 4, 1889	Special session	March 4, 1889 – April 2, 1889	March 3 or 4, 1891
		1st session	December 2, 1889 – October 1, 1890
		2nd session	December 1, 1890 – March 3, 1891
52nd Congress	March 4, 1891	1st session	December 7, 1891 – August 5, 1892	March 3 or 4, 1893
52nd Congress	March 4, 1891	2nd session	December 5, 1892 – March 3, 1893	March 3 or 4, 1893
53rd Congress	March 4, 1893	Special session	March 4, 1893 – April 15, 1893	March 3 or 4, 1895
		1st session	August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893
		2nd session	December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894
		3rd session	December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895
54th Congress	March 4, 1895	1st session	December 2, 1895 – June 11, 1896	March 3 or 4, 1897
54th Congress	March 4, 1895	2nd session	December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897	March 3 or 4, 1897
55th Congress	March 4, 1897	Special session	March 4, 1897 – March 10, 1897	March 3 or 4, 1899
		1st session	March 15, 1897 – July 24, 1897
		2nd session	December 6, 1897 – July 8, 1898
		3rd session	December 5, 1898 – March 3, 1899
56th Congress	March 4, 1899	1st session	December 4, 1899 – June 7, 1900	March 3 or 4, 1901
56th Congress	March 4, 1899	2nd session	December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1901	March 3 or 4, 1901
57th Congress	March 4, 1901	Special session	March 4, 1901 – March 9, 1901	March 3 or 4, 1903
		1st session	December 2, 1901 – July 1, 1902
		2nd session	December 1, 1902 – March 3, 1903
58th Congress	March 4, 1903	Special session	March 5, 1903 – March 19, 1903	March 3 or 4, 1905
		1st session	November 9, 1903 – December 7, 1903
		2nd session	December 7, 1903 – April 28, 1904
		3rd session	December 5, 1905 – March 3, 1905
59th Congress	March 4, 1905	Special session	March 4, 1905 – March 18, 1905	March 3 or 4, 1907
		1st session	December 4, 1905 – June 30, 1906
		2nd session	December 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907
60th Congress	March 4, 1907	1st session	December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908	March 3 or 4, 1909
60th Congress	March 4, 1907	2nd session	December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909	March 3 or 4, 1909
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
61st Congress	March 4, 1909	Special session	March 4, 1909 – March 6, 1909	March 3 or 4, 1911
		1st session	March 15, 1909 – August 5, 1909
		2nd session	December 6, 1909 – June 25, 1910
		3rd session	December 5, 1910 – March 3, 1911
62nd Congress	March 4, 1911	1st session	April 4, 1911 – August 22, 1911	March 3 or 4, 1913
		2nd session	December 4, 1911 – August 26, 1912
		3rd session	December 2, 1912 – March 3, 1913
63rd Congress	March 4, 1913	Special session	March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913	March 3 or 4, 1915
		1st session	April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913
		2nd session	December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914
		3rd session	December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915
64th Congress	March 4, 1915	1st session	December 6, 1915 – September 8, 1916	March 3 or 4, 1917
64th Congress	March 4, 1915	2nd session	December 4, 1916 – March 3, 1917	March 3 or 4, 1917
65th Congress	March 4, 1917	Special session	March 5, 1917 – March 16, 1917	March 3 or 4, 1919
		1st session	April 2, 1917 – October 6, 1917
		2nd session	December 3, 1917 – November 21, 1918
		3rd session	December 2, 1918 – March 3, 1919
66th Congress	March 4, 1919	1st session	May 19, 1919 – November 19, 1919	March 3 or 4, 1921
		2nd session	December 1, 1919 – June 5, 1920
		3rd session	December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921
67th Congress	March 4, 1921	Special session	March 4, 1921 – March 15, 1921	March 3 or 4, 1923
		1st session	April 11, 1921 – November 23, 1921
		2nd session	December 5, 1921 – September 22, 1922
		3rd session	November 20, 1922 – December 4, 1922
		4th session	December 4, 1922 – March 3, 1923
68th Congress	March 4, 1923	1st session	December 3, 1923 – June 7, 1924	March 3 or 4, 1925
68th Congress	March 4, 1923	2nd session	December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1925	March 3 or 4, 1925
69th Congress	March 4, 1925	Special session	March 4, 1925 – March 18, 1925	March 3 or 4, 1927
		1st session	December 7, 1925 – July 3, 1926
		2nd session	December 6, 1926 – March 4, 1927
70th Congress	March 4, 1927	1st session	December 5, 1927 – May 29, 1928	March 3 or 4, 1929
70th Congress	March 4, 1927	2nd session	December 3, 1928 – March 3, 1929	March 3 or 4, 1929
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
71st Congress	March 4, 1929	Special session	March 4, 1929 – March 5, 1929	March 3 or 4, 1931
		1st session	April 15, 1929 – November 22, 1929
		2nd session	December 2, 1929 – July 3, 1930
		Special session	July 7, 1930 – July 21, 1930
		3rd session	December 1, 1930 – March 3, 1931
72nd Congress	March 4, 1931	1st session	December 7, 1931 – July 16, 1932	March 3 or 4, 1933
72nd Congress	March 4, 1931	2nd session	December 5, 1932 – March 3, 1933	March 3 or 4, 1933
73rd Congress	March 4, 1933	Special session	March 4, 1933 – March 6, 1933	January 3, 1935
		1st session	March 9, 1933 – June 15, 1933
		2nd session	January 3, 1934 – June 18, 1934
74th Congress	January 3, 1935	1st session	January 3, 1935 – August 26, 1935	January 3, 1937
74th Congress	January 3, 1935	2nd session	January 3, 1936 – June 20, 1936	January 3, 1937
75th Congress	January 3, 1937	1st session	January 5, 1937 – August 21, 1937	January 3, 1939
		2nd session	November 15, 1937 – December 21, 1937
		3rd session	January 3, 1938 – June 16, 1938
76th Congress	January 3, 1939	1st session	January 3, 1939 – August 5, 1939	January 3, 1941
		2nd session	September 21, 1939 – November 3, 1939
		3rd session	January 3, 1940 – January 3, 1941
77th Congress	January 3, 1941	1st session	January 3, 1941 – January 2, 1942	January 3, 1943
77th Congress	January 3, 1941	2nd session	January 5, 1942 – December 16, 1942	January 3, 1943
78th Congress	January 3, 1943	1st session	January 6, 1943 – December 21, 1943	January 3, 1945
78th Congress	January 3, 1943	2nd session	January 10, 1944 – December 19, 1944	January 3, 1945
79th Congress	January 3, 1945	1st session	January 3, 1945 – December 21, 1945	January 3, 1947
79th Congress	January 3, 1945	2nd session	January 14, 1946 – August 2, 1946	January 3, 1947
80th Congress	January 3, 1947	1st session	January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1947	January 3, 1949
80th Congress	January 3, 1947	2nd session	January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948	January 3, 1949
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
81st Congress	January 3, 1949	1st session	January 3, 1949 – October 19, 1949	January 3, 1951
81st Congress	January 3, 1949	2nd session	January 3, 1950 – January 2, 1951	January 3, 1951
82nd Congress	January 3, 1951	1st session	January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951	January 3, 1953
82nd Congress	January 3, 1951	2nd session	January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952	January 3, 1953
83rd Congress	January 3, 1953	1st session	January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953	January 3, 1955
83rd Congress	January 3, 1953	2nd session	January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954	January 3, 1955
84th Congress	January 3, 1955	1st session	January 5, 1955 – August 2, 1955	January 3, 1957
84th Congress	January 3, 1955	2nd session	January 3, 1956 – July 27, 1956	January 3, 1957
85th Congress	January 3, 1957	1st session	January 3, 1957 – August 30, 1957	January 3, 1959
85th Congress	January 3, 1957	2nd session	January 7, 1958 – August 24, 1958	January 3, 1959
86th Congress	January 3, 1959	1st session	January 7, 1959 – September 15, 1959	January 3, 1961
86th Congress	January 3, 1959	2nd session	January 6, 1960 – September 1, 1960	January 3, 1961
87th Congress	January 3, 1961	1st session	January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961	January 3, 1963
87th Congress	January 3, 1961	2nd session	January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962	January 3, 1963
88th Congress	January 3, 1963	1st session	January 9, 1963 – December 30, 1963	January 3, 1965
88th Congress	January 3, 1963	2nd session	January 7, 1964 – October 3, 1964	January 3, 1965
89th Congress	January 3, 1965	1st session	January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965	January 3, 1967
89th Congress	January 3, 1965	2nd session	January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966	January 3, 1967
90th Congress	January 3, 1967	1st session	January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967	January 3, 1969
90th Congress	January 3, 1967	2nd session	January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968	January 3, 1969
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
91st Congress	January 3, 1969	1st session	January 3, 1969 – December 23, 1969	January 3, 1971
91st Congress	January 3, 1969	2nd session	January 19, 1970 – January 2, 1971	January 3, 1971
92nd Congress	January 3, 1971	1st session	January 21, 1971 – December 17, 1971	January 3, 1973
92nd Congress	January 3, 1971	2nd session	January 18, 1972 – October 18, 1972	January 3, 1973
93rd Congress	January 3, 1973	1st session	January 3, 1973 – December 22, 1973	January 3, 1975
93rd Congress	January 3, 1973	2nd session	January 21, 1974 – December 20, 1974	January 3, 1975
94th Congress	January 3, 1975	1st session	January 14, 1975 – December 19, 1975	January 3, 1977
94th Congress	January 3, 1975	2nd session	January 19, 1976 – October 1, 1976	January 3, 1977
95th Congress	January 3, 1977	1st session	January 4, 1977 – December 15, 1977	January 3, 1979
95th Congress	January 3, 1977	2nd session	January 19, 1978 – October 15, 1978	January 3, 1979
96th Congress	January 3, 1979	1st session	January 15, 1979 – January 3, 1980	January 3, 1981
96th Congress	January 3, 1979	2nd session	January 3, 1980 – December 16, 1980	January 3, 1981
97th Congress	January 3, 1981	1st session	January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981	January 3, 1983
97th Congress	January 3, 1981	2nd session	January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982	January 3, 1983
98th Congress	January 3, 1983	1st session	January 3, 1983 – November 18, 1983	January 3, 1985
98th Congress	January 3, 1983	2nd session	January 23, 1984 – October 12, 1984	January 3, 1985
99th Congress	January 3, 1985	1st session	January 3, 1985 – December 20, 1985	January 3, 1987
99th Congress	January 3, 1985	2nd session	January 21, 1986 – October 18, 1986	January 3, 1987
100th Congress	January 3, 1987	1st session	January 6, 1987 – December 22, 1987	January 3, 1989
100th Congress	January 3, 1987	2nd session	January 25, 1988 – October 22, 1988	January 3, 1989
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
101st Congress	January 3, 1989	1st session	January 3, 1989 – November 22, 1989	January 3, 1991
101st Congress	January 3, 1989	2nd session	January 23, 1990 – October 28, 1990	January 3, 1991
102nd Congress	January 3, 1991	1st session	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1992	January 3, 1993
102nd Congress	January 3, 1991	2nd session	January 3, 1992 – October 9, 1992	January 3, 1993
103rd Congress	January 3, 1993	1st session	January 5, 1993 – November 26, 1993	January 3, 1995
103rd Congress	January 3, 1993	2nd session	January 25, 1994 – December 1, 1994	January 3, 1995
104th Congress	January 3, 1995	1st session	January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1996	January 3, 1997
104th Congress	January 3, 1995	2nd session	January 3, 1996 – October 4, 1996	January 3, 1997
105th Congress	January 3, 1997	1st session	January 7, 1997 – November 13, 1997	January 3, 1999
105th Congress	January 3, 1997	2nd session	January 27, 1998 – December 19, 1998	January 3, 1999
106th Congress	January 3, 1999	1st session	January 6, 1999 – November 22, 1999	January 3, 2001
106th Congress	January 3, 1999	2nd session	January 24, 2000 – December 15, 2000	January 3, 2001
107th Congress	January 3, 2001	1st session	January 3, 2001 – December 20, 2001	January 3, 2003
107th Congress	January 3, 2001	2nd session	January 23, 2002 – November 22, 2002	January 3, 2003
108th Congress	January 3, 2003	1st session	January 7, 2003 – December 9, 2003	January 3, 2005
108th Congress	January 3, 2003	2nd session	January 20, 2004 – December 8, 2004	January 3, 2005
109th Congress	January 3, 2005	1st session	January 4, 2005 – December 22, 2005	January 3, 2007
109th Congress	January 3, 2005	2nd session	January 3, 2006 – December 9, 2006	January 3, 2007
110th Congress	January 3, 2007	1st session	January 4, 2007 – December 19, 2007	January 3, 2009
110th Congress	January 3, 2007	2nd session	January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009	January 3, 2009
Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ended
111th Congress	January 3, 2009	1st session	January 6, 2009 – December 24, 2009	January 3, 2011
111th Congress	January 3, 2009	2nd session	January 5, 2010 – December 22, 2010	January 3, 2011
112th Congress	January 3, 2011	1st session	January 5, 2011 – January 3, 2012	January 3, 2013
112th Congress	January 3, 2011	2nd session	January 3, 2012 – January 3, 2013	January 3, 2013
113th Congress	January 3, 2013	1st session	January 3, 2013 – December 26, 2013	January 3, 2015
113th Congress	January 3, 2013	2nd session	January 3, 2014 – December 16, 2014	January 3, 2015

Current Congress

Congress	Congress began	Session	Session dates	Congress ends
114th Congress	January 3, 2015	1st session	January 6, 2015 – December 18, 2015	January 3, 2017
114th Congress	January 3, 2015	2nd session	January 4, 2016 – Present	January 3, 2017

List of upcoming Congresses

Congress	Dates
115th Congress	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
116th Congress	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
117th Congress	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
118th Congress	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
119th Congress	January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027

External links

Dates of Sessions of the Congress, (1789-present), via Senate.gov

United States Congresses (and year convened)

1 (1789)
2 (1791)
3 (1793)
4 (1795)
5 (1797)
6 (1799)
7 (1801)
8 (1803)
9 (1805)
10 (1807)

11 (1809)
12 (1811)
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14 (1815)
15 (1817)
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17 (1821)
18 (1823)
19 (1825)
20 (1827)

21 (1829)
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24 (1835)
25 (1837)
26 (1839)
27 (1841)
28 (1843)
29 (1845)
30 (1847)

31 (1849)
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34 (1855)
35 (1857)
36 (1859)
37 (1861)
38 (1863)
39 (1865)
40 (1867)

41 (1869)
42 (1871)
43 (1873)
44 (1875)
45 (1877)
46 (1879)
47 (1881)
48 (1883)
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50 (1887)

51 (1889)
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53 (1893)
54 (1895)
55 (1897)
56 (1899)
57 (1901)
58 (1903)
59 (1905)
60 (1907)

61 (1909)
62 (1911)
63 (1913)
64 (1915)
65 (1917)
66 (1919)
67 (1921)
68 (1923)
69 (1925)
70 (1927)

71 (1929)
72 (1931)
73 (1933)
74 (1935)
75 (1937)
76 (1939)
77 (1941)
78 (1943)
79 (1945)
80 (1947)

81 (1949)
82 (1951)
83 (1953)
84 (1955)
85 (1957)
86 (1959)
87 (1961)
88 (1963)
89 (1965)
90 (1967)

91 (1969)
92 (1971)
93 (1973)
94 (1975)
95 (1977)
96 (1979)
97 (1981)
98 (1983)
99 (1985)
100 (1987)

101 (1989)
102 (1991)
103 (1993)
104 (1995)
105 (1997)
106 (1999)
107 (2001)
108 (2003)
109 (2005)
110 (2007)

111 (2009)
112 (2011)
113 (2013)
114 (2015)
115 (2017)

United States Congress

Members and leaders

Members

Current	By length of service Freshmen Youngest members Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Delegates Longest-serving members ever

Senate	Current by seniority by age Dean of the Senate Former senators Living Earliest serving Earliest living Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S.

House	Current by seniority Dean of the House Former representatives Living Oldest living Earliest serving Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Deaths by year

Leaders

Senate	President (list) President pro tempore (list) Majority and minority leaders Assistant party leaders Democratic Caucus (Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair) Republican Conference (Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair)

House	Speaker Leaders Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Districts

Caucuses,
women and
minorities

Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, and media

Powers	Article I Copyright Commerce (Dormant) Contempt of Congress Declaration of war Impeachment Naturalization "Necessary and Proper" Power of enforcement Taxing/spending

Privileges and benefits	Salaries Franking Immunity

Procedure	Act of Congress (list) Appropriation bill Blue slip Budget resolution Censure Closed sessions House Senate Cloture Concurrent resolution Continuing resolution Dear colleague letter Discharge petition Engrossed bill Enrolled bill Expulsion Joint resolution Joint session (list) Lame-duck session Majority of the majority (Hastert Rule) Multiple referral Procedures (House) Quorum call Reconciliation Rider Saxbe fix Sponsorship Suspension of the rules Unanimous consent Veto Line-item veto Pocket veto Veto override

Senate-specific	Advice and consent Classes Executive communication Executive session Filibuster Jefferson's Manual Senate Journal Morning business Nuclear option Presiding Officer Recess appointment Reconciliation Riddick's Senate Procedure Senate hold Senatorial courtesy Seniority Standing Rules Tie-breaking votes Traditions Treaty Clause

Committees	Chairman and ranking member Of the Whole Conference Discharge petition Hearings Markup Oversight List (Joint) List (House) List (Senate) Select and special Standing Subcommittees

Items	Gavels Mace of the House Seal of the Senate

History	Biographical Directory Divided government House Gerrymandering Party control Senate Senate election disputes Senatorial memoirs Representative memoirs

Media	C-SPAN Congressional Quarterly The Hill Politico Roll Call

Offices, employees, services, and the Capitol Complex

Legislative
offices

Offices

Senate	Curator Historical Library

House	Congressional Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Legislative Counsel Law Revision Counsel Library

Employees

Senate	Secretary Chaplain Curator Inspector General Historian Librarian Pages Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper

House	Chaplain Chief Administrative Officer Clerk Doorkeeper Floor Operations Floor Services Chief Historian Pages (Page Board) Parliamentarian Postmaster Reading Clerk Sergeant at Arms

Library of
Congress

Government
Publishing Office

Capitol

Office
buildings

Senate	Dirksen Hart Mountains and Clouds Russell

House	Building Commission Cannon Ford Longworth O'Neill Rayburn

Other
facilities

Websites: House of Representatives; Senate

Years in the United States (1776–present)

Years in the District of Columbia

19th century	1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

20th century	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

21st century	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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List of United States Congresses

List of previous Congresses

Current Congress

List of upcoming Congresses

See also

External links