First United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The First United States Congress was the inaugural meeting of the U.S. federal legislature (1789–1791) that established key institutions and passed foundational laws, including the Bill of Rights.

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Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
appliesLegalFramework	United States Constitution →
capital	New York City → Philadelphia →
country	United States of America →
createdInstitution	Supreme Court of the United States → United States Department of State → United States Department of War → United States Department of the Treasury → federal judiciary of the United States →
createdOffice	Secretary of State of the United States → Secretary of War of the United States → Secretary of the Treasury of the United States →
enacted	Bank Act of 1791 → Bill of Rights → Judiciary Act of 1789 → Residence Act → Tariff Act of 1789 →
endTime	1791-03-03 →
firstSessionEnd	1789-09-29 →
firstSessionStart	1789-03-04 →
followedBy	Second United States Congress →
follows	Confederation Congress →
governmentType	federal legislature →
hasLanguage	English →
hasPresidentOfSenate	John Adams →
hasPresidentProTempore	George Read → John Henry → John Langdon → John Walker → Pierce Butler → Ralph Izard → Richard Henry Lee → Samuel Johnston → William Few →
hasSpeaker	Frederick Muhlenberg →
historicalPeriod	Early national period of the United States →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
legislativeSessionCount	2 →
legislativeTermNumber	1 →
legislatureFor	United States of America →
locationOfFirstMeeting	New York City →
locationOfLaterMeeting	Philadelphia →
meetsDuringPresidencyOf	George Washington →
meetsIn	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
metInBuilding	Congress Hall → Federal Hall →
numberOfRepresentatives	65 →
numberOfSenators	26 →
partOf	federal government of the United States →
precededByLegalFramework	Articles of Confederation →
proposedAmendment	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → First Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Third Amendment to the United States Constitution →
ratified	United States Bill of Rights →
secondSessionEnd	1791-03-03 →
secondSessionStart	1790-01-04 →
startTime	1789-03-04 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → First Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Third Amendment to the United States Constitution →	proposedBy
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution →	author
Compromise of 1790 →	chronologyWithin
Federal Hall National Memorial ("first Congress of the United States") →	commemorates
Free Exercise Clause →	draftedBy
Treasury Act of 1789 ("1st United States Congress") →	enactedBy
Hamiltonian economic program →	implementedBy
Frederick Muhlenberg →	inceptionOfRole
Washington administration ("1st United States Congress") →	legislativeBody
Judiciary Act of 1789 ("1st United States Congress") →	legislativeSession
Congress of the Confederation →	replacedBy