3rd United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 3rd United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1793 to 1795, shaping early U.S. policy during George Washington’s presidency, including issues of finance, foreign affairs, and the expansion of federal authority.

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Label Occurrences
3rd United States Congress canonical 4
Third United States Congress 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
apportionedBy 1790 United States census ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
convenesUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1795-03-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1794-06-09 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1793-12-02 ⓘ
followedBy 4th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentType representative democracy ⓘ
historicalEra Early Republic of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Early national period of the United States
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeFocus expansion of federal authority ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 3 ⓘ
legislatureOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
locationOfSessions Philadelphia ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf George Washington ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Congress Hall ⓘ
meetsUnderHeadOfState George Washington ⓘ
notableContext early development of U.S. federal institutions ⓘ
partyMajorityInHouse Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
partyMajorityInSenate Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
precededBy Second United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: 2nd United States Congress
presidentOfTheSenate John Adams ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1795-03-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1794-11-03 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Frederick Muhlenberg ⓘ
startTime 1793-03-04 ⓘ
stateRepresentationIncludes Connecticut ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington administration → legislativeBody → 3rd United States Congress ⓘ
Second United States Congress → followedBy → 3rd United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third United States Congress
presidency of George Washington → legislature → 3rd United States Congress ⓘ
4th United States Congress → precededBy → 3rd United States Congress ⓘ
James Hillhouse → legislativeBodyServedIn → 3rd United States Congress ⓘ