62nd United States Congress

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The 62nd United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1911 to 1913 during the presidency of William Howard Taft, enacting laws in a period marked by the Progressive Era’s reform movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
appliesToTerritory United States territories
surface form: U.S. territories

contiguous United States
capitalCityOfJurisdiction Washington, D.C.
chamberType bicameral
constitutionalBasis United States Constitution
country United States of America
endTime 1913-03-04
firstSessionEnd 1911-08-22
firstSessionStart 1911-04-04
followedBy 63rd United States Congress
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States
hasJurisdictionOver United States federal law
hasPart United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
hasVotingSystemInLowerHouse plurality voting
hasVotingSystemInUpperHouse indirect election by state legislatures
historicalEra early 20th century
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody United States Congress
legislativePeriod 1911–1913
legislativeTermNumber 62
legislatureFor United States government
surface form: United States federal government
locatedInTimePeriod Progressive Era
lowerHouse United States House of Representatives
meetsDuringAdministrationOf President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
meetsIn United States Capitol
meetsInBuilding United States Capitol
meetsInCity Washington, D.C.
notableFor legislation during the Progressive Era
numberOfStatesRepresented 46
partOfSeries United States Congresses
politicalContext Progressive Era reforms
precededBy 61st United States Congress
presidentDuringTerm President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
presidingOfficerOfLowerHouse Champ Clark
presidingOfficerOfUpperHouse James S. Sherman
Thomas R. Marshall
secondSessionEnd 1913-03-04
secondSessionStart 1911-12-04
sessionCount 2
speaker Champ Clark
startTime 1911-03-04
upperHouse United States Senate
vicePresidentDuringTerm James S. Sherman

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63rd United States Congress precededBy 62nd United States Congress
61st United States Congress followedBy 62nd United States Congress
National Monetary Commission legislativePeriod 62nd United States Congress
William Howard Taft administration legislativeBody 62nd United States Congress