65th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 65th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session during World War I that enacted major wartime measures, including the Sedition Act of 1918 and other significant domestic and military legislation under President Woodrow Wilson.

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Label Occurrences
65th United States Congress canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
authorized American Expeditionary Forces expansion ⓘ
Liberty bond issues ⓘ
convenedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enacted Daylight Saving Time Act of 1918 ⓘ
Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ
Jones Act (Philippines) implementation measures ⓘ
Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
surface form: Jones–Shafroth Act

Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
surface form: Lever Food and Fuel Control Act

Overman Act ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1918 ⓘ
Sedition Act of 1918 ⓘ
Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
surface form: Selective Service Act of 1917

Trading with the Enemy Act ⓘ
surface form: Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917

Revenue Act of 1917 ⓘ
surface form: War Revenue Act of 1917
endDate 1919-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 1917-10-06 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 1917-03-05 ⓘ
focus domestic economic regulation ⓘ
military mobilization ⓘ
war finance ⓘ
wartime legislation ⓘ
followedBy 66th United States Congress ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War I ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 65 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
oversaw U.S. entry into World War I ⓘ
partyControlHouse Democratic Party ⓘ
partyControlSenate Democratic Party ⓘ
precededBy 64th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfSenate Willard Saulsbury Jr. ⓘ
regulated food production and distribution ⓘ
fuel production and distribution ⓘ
restricted wartime speech and dissent in the United States ⓘ
secondSessionEndDate 1918-11-21 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 1917-12-03 ⓘ
sessionCount 3 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Champ Clark ⓘ
startDate 1917-03-04 ⓘ
thirdSessionEndDate 1919-03-03 ⓘ
thirdSessionStartDate 1918-12-02 ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm Thomas R. Marshall ⓘ

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Sedition Act of 1918 → legislativeBody → 65th United States Congress ⓘ
64th United States Congress → followedBy → 65th United States Congress ⓘ