63rd United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 63rd United States Congress (1913–1915) was a Democratic-controlled legislature under President Woodrow Wilson that enacted major Progressive Era reforms, including creating the modern Federal Reserve System and establishing a federal income tax.

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Label	Occurrences
63rd United States Congress canonical	8

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
beganAfter	1912 United States elections ⓘ
controlledBy	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
convenesIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
created	Federal Reserve System ⓘ
established	Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
followedBy	64th United States Congress ⓘ
hasChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
implemented	federal income tax under Sixteenth Amendment ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal lawmaking in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount	3 ⓘ
legislativeTermEnd	1915-03-04 ⓘ
legislativeTermStart	1913-03-04 ⓘ
legislatureFor	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedInTimePeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
meetsIn	United States Capitol ⓘ
notableFor	creation of modern central banking system in the United States ⓘ establishment of permanent federal income tax structure ⓘ major Progressive Era reforms ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives	435 ⓘ
numberOfSenators	96 ⓘ
ordinalNumber	63 ⓘ
partyMajorityInHouse	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
partyMajorityInSenate	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
passed	Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 ⓘ surface form: Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ surface form: Federal Reserve Act Federal Trade Commission Act provisions ⓘ surface form: Federal Trade Commission Act Panama Canal Act amendments ⓘ Revenue Act of 1913 ⓘ Smith–Lever Act of 1914 ⓘ Underwood Tariff Act ⓘ surface form: Underwood Tariff Weeks–McLean Act amendments ⓘ
precededBy	62nd United States Congress ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenate	Thomas R. Marshall ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate	James P. Clarke ⓘ
reduced	average tariff rates ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse	Champ Clark ⓘ
strengthened	antitrust regulation ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Federal Reserve Act of 1913 → enactedBy → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 17th congressional district → createdBy → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

Underwood Tariff Act → introducedInCongress → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

Revenue Act of 1913 → enactedBy → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 → legislativeBody → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

Smith–Lever Act of 1914 → enactedBy → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

62nd United States Congress → followedBy → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ

64th United States Congress → follows → 63rd United States Congress ⓘ