23rd United States Congress

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The 23rd United States Congress was the federal legislative body that met from 1833 to 1835 during Andrew Jackson’s presidency, enacting significant laws amid intense political conflict over issues like banking and federal power.

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instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
compositionDeterminedBy 1832 United States elections
convenesUnder United States Constitution
country United States of America
endTime 1835
firstSessionEndTime June 30, 1834
firstSessionStartTime December 2, 1833
followedBy 24th United States Congress
governmentType representative democracy
hasAuthorityOver federal legislation
hasChamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
hasChamberLeader Andrew Stevenson
Hugh Lawson White
Martin Van Buren
hasLanguage English
hasMajorPoliticalIssue Second Bank of the United States
federal power
internal improvements
tariff policy
hasPresidentOfSenate Martin Van Buren
hasPresidentProTempore Hugh Lawson White
hasSpeaker Andrew Stevenson
hasVotingSystem simple majority for passage of ordinary legislation
houseMajorityParty Jacksonian Party
legislativeBodyFor United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeBranchOf United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeSessionCount 2
legislativeTermNumber 23
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
meetsIn United States Capitol
metDuringPresidencyOf Andrew Jackson
notableFor conflicts over the Second Bank of the United States
contests over scope of federal power during Jacksonian era
partOfSeries United States Congress
surface form: Congresses of the United States
precededBy 22nd United States Congress
secondSessionEndTime March 3, 1835
secondSessionStartTime December 1, 1834
senateMajorityParty Jacksonian Party
startTime 1833

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Coinage Act of 1835 authorizedBy 23rd United States Congress