51st United States Congress

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The 51st United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1889 to 1891 that, under Republican control, passed significant economic and civil rights legislation during Benjamin Harrison’s presidency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
associatedWith Benjamin Harrison
controlledBy Republican Party
country United States of America
createdState Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
surface form: Washington (state)

Wyoming
endTime 1891
followedBy 52nd United States Congress
houseMajorityParty Republican Party
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
legislativeFocus Civil War veterans pensions
antitrust regulation
federal oversight of elections
protective tariffs
silver purchase and monetary policy
legislativeTermNumber 51
legislatureFor federal government of the United States
location Washington, D.C.
meetsIn United States Capitol
nickname Billion-Dollar Congress
notableRuleChange Reed Rules
partyControlContext post-Civil War Republican dominance era
passed Dependent and Disability Pension Act
Federal Elections Bill
McKinley Tariff
Sherman Antitrust Act
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act
precededBy 50th United States Congress
presidentOfTheSenate Levi P. Morton
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate Charles F. Manderson
John James Ingalls
reasonForNickname high federal spending levels
ReedRulesEffect limited filibusters and dilatory tactics in the House
senateMajorityParty Republican Party
sessionDuring presidency of Benjamin Harrison
speakerOfTheHouse Thomas Brackett Reed
speakerParty Republican Party
startTime 1889
timePeriod Gilded Age
vicePresidentDuring Levi P. Morton

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the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 enactedBy 51st United States Congress
subject surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
Sherman Antitrust Act introducedIn 51st United States Congress
James S. Sherman servedIn 51st United States Congress