Second United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The Second United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1791 to 1793, overseeing early developments of the new U.S. government under the Constitution during George Washington’s first presidential term.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
2nd United States Congress	5
Second United States Congress canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
chamberCount	2 ⓘ
convenedDuring	first term of George Washington ⓘ
convenesUnder	United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1793-03-04 ⓘ
established	United States Mint ⓘ
firstSessionEnd	1792-05-08 ⓘ
firstSessionStart	1791-10-24 ⓘ
followedBy	3rd United States Congress ⓘ surface form: Third United States Congress
hasChamber	House of Representatives ⓘ Senate ⓘ
hasPart	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
headOfGovernment	George Washington ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
legislativePeriod	early United States under the Constitution ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount	2 ⓘ
legislativeTermOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
legislatureNumber	2 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Pennsylvania ⓘ
mainPoliticalGrouping	Anti-Administration Party ⓘ Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
meetingPlace	Congress Hall ⓘ
meetsIn	Philadelphia ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives	67 ⓘ
numberOfSenators	32 ⓘ
oversaw	admission process of Kentucky as a state ⓘ early implementation of the federal government under the Constitution ⓘ
partOf	1st United States Congresses era ⓘ
passed	United States congressional apportionment ⓘ surface form: Apportionment Act of 1792 Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ Militia Acts of the United States ⓘ surface form: Militia Act of 1792 Navy-related preparatory legislation prior to Naval Act of 1794 ⓘ Postal Service Act of 1792 ⓘ
precededBy	First United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm	George Washington ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate	John Langdon ⓘ Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
regulated	United States Mint establishment ⓘ postal system of the United States ⓘ
secondSessionEnd	1793-03-02 ⓘ
secondSessionStart	1792-11-05 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse	Jonathan Trumbull Jr. ⓘ
startTime	1791-03-04 ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm	John Adams ⓘ