41st United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature historical legislature

The 41st United States Congress was the federal legislative body that met from 1869 to 1871 during the Reconstruction era, dominated by Republicans and responsible for significant civil rights and enforcement legislation.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature → historical legislature →
chamberLeaderTitle	President pro tempore of the Senate → Speaker of the House →
city	Washington, D.C. →
compositionCharacteristic	Republican majority in House of Representatives → Republican supermajority in Senate →
country	United States of America →
dealtWith	Ku Klux Klan violence and suppression → readmission of former Confederate states →
dominantParty	Republican Party →
endTime	1871-03-04 →
firstSessionEnd	1870-04-10 →
firstSessionStart	1869-03-04 →
focus	Reconstruction in the Southern states → civil rights enforcement → federal enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment →
followedBy	42nd United States Congress →
hasPart	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
historicalContext	Reconstruction policies → post–American Civil War period →
legislativeSessionCount	3 →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
locatedInTimePeriod	Reconstruction era →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
numberOfRepresentatives	243 →
numberOfSenators	74 →
ordinalNumber	41 →
otherMajorParty	Democratic Party →
oversawRatificationOf	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
partyOfPresidentDuringTerm	Republican Party →
passed	Enforcement Act of 1870 → Enforcement Act of 1871 → Funding Act of 1870 → Naturalization Act of 1870 → Public Credit Act–related legislation →
precededBy	40th United States Congress →
PresidentDuringTerm	Ulysses S. Grant →
secondSessionEnd	1871-03-03 →
secondSessionStart	1870-12-05 →
startTime	1869-03-04 →
typeOfLegislationEnacted	civil rights legislation → enforcement legislation → financial and public credit legislation →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Enforcement Acts → Judiciary Act of 1870 →	enactedBy