4th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 4th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1795 to 1797 during George Washington’s presidency, enacting laws that shaped the early political and financial foundations of the nation.

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4th United States Congress canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
concurrentWith 1796 United States presidential election ⓘ
convenedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dominantPartyInHouse Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
dominantPartyInSenate Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
enactedLaw Postal Service Act of 1792 ⓘ
surface form: Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)

Act making further provision for the support of public credit (1795–1796 measures) ⓘ
Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio (Land Act of 1796) ⓘ
Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services (1796) ⓘ
Jay Treaty implementing legislation ⓘ
Naturalization Act of 1795 ⓘ
Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
surface form: Stamp Act of 1797 (U.S. internal revenue measure)

Tariff Act of 1796 ⓘ
endTime 1797-03-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1795-06-01 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1795-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy 5th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
jurisdiction federal lawmaking ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeFocus foreign policy ⓘ
naturalization and immigration ⓘ
public credit ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
western land policy ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 4 ⓘ
legislatureFor United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
location Philadelphia ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf George Washington ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: United States Constitution of 1787
metInBuilding Congress Hall ⓘ
otherMajorParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
partOf early national period of United States history ⓘ
precededBy 3rd United States Congress ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfSenate Henry Tazewell ⓘ
Samuel Livermore ⓘ
William Bingham ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1796-06-01 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1795-12-07 ⓘ
senatePresident John Adams ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Jonathan Dayton ⓘ
startTime 1795-03-04 ⓘ
thirdSessionEnd 1797-03-03 ⓘ
thirdSessionStart 1796-12-05 ⓘ

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

Washington administration → legislativeBody → 4th United States Congress ⓘ
presidency of George Washington → legislature → 4th United States Congress ⓘ
3rd United States Congress → followedBy → 4th United States Congress ⓘ
5th United States Congress → precededBy → 4th United States Congress ⓘ
James Hillhouse → legislativeBodyServedIn → 4th United States Congress ⓘ