64th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 64th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1915 to 1917 during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, enacting significant Progressive Era legislation and preparing the nation for potential involvement in World War I.

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Label Occurrences
64th United States Congress canonical 4
64th United States federal government 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal territory ⓘ
controlledChamber Democratic Party ⓘ
convenedDuring Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ
surface form: Woodrow Wilson presidency
country United States of America ⓘ
enacted Adamson Act ⓘ
Army Appropriation Act of 1916 ⓘ
surface form: Army Appropriations Act of 1916

Charter for the Council of National Defense ⓘ
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 ⓘ
Federal Farm Loan Act ⓘ
Jones Act (Philippines) ⓘ
surface form: Jones Act (Philippines) of 1916

Jones Act (Puerto Rico) of 1917 ⓘ
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ
Shipping Act of 1916 ⓘ
surface form: Merchant Marine Act of 1916

National Defense Act of 1916 ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1916 ⓘ
Warehouse Act of 1916 ⓘ
endTime 1917-03-04 ⓘ
era Progressive Era ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1916-09-08 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1915-12-06 ⓘ
followedBy 65th United States Congress ⓘ
follows 63rd United States Congress ⓘ
hasJurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeFocus agricultural credit ⓘ
labor regulation ⓘ
military preparedness ⓘ
progressive reforms ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 64 ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetingPlace United States Capitol ⓘ
partOf 64th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 64th United States federal government
precededEvent United States presidential election, 1916 ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential election of 1916
presidentDuringTerm Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1917-03-04 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1916-12-05 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
senatePresident Thomas R. Marshall ⓘ
significantFor expansion of federal regulatory power ⓘ
preparation for U.S. entry into World War I ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Champ Clark ⓘ
startTime 1915-03-04 ⓘ
topic World War I preparedness ⓘ

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

63rd United States Congress → followedBy → 64th United States Congress ⓘ
National Defense Act of 1916 → enactedBy → 64th United States Congress ⓘ
64th United States Congress → partOf → 64th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 64th United States federal government
65th United States Congress → precededBy → 64th United States Congress ⓘ
Hay-Chamberlain Act → enactedBy → 64th United States Congress ⓘ