59th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 59th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from 1905 to 1907 during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, enacting laws on issues such as railroad regulation and public lands.

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Label Occurrences
59th United States Congress canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
composedOf representatives ⓘ
senators ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enacts federal statutes ⓘ
endTime 1907-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy 60th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver District of Columbia ⓘ
United States territories ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasMajorParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
hasMinorParty various third parties ⓘ
hasRole federal legislature of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext Progressive Era ⓘ
surface form: Progressive Era in the United States
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislatesOn appropriations ⓘ
foreign relations ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
public lands ⓘ
tariffs ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1905–1907 ⓘ
legislativeTermOf United States Congress ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsAt First Street SE, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
meetsFollowing 1904 United States elections ⓘ
meetsInBuilding United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
ordinalNumber 59 ⓘ
precededBy 58th United States Congress ⓘ
regulates interstate commerce ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
sessionNumber 1 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
startTime 1905-03-04 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral ⓘ

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58th United States Congress → followedBy → 59th United States Congress ⓘ
James S. Sherman → servedIn → 59th United States Congress ⓘ
60th United States Congress → precededBy → 59th United States Congress ⓘ