41st United States Congress

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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.

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41st United States Congress canonical 5

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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 Civil Rights Act of 1870
surface form: Enforcement Act of 1870

Civil Rights Act of 1871
surface form: 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

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Judiciary Act of 1870 enactedBy 41st United States Congress
Enforcement Acts enactedBy 41st United States Congress
42nd United States Congress follows 41st United States Congress
Judiciary Act of 1869 legislativeBody 41st United States Congress
40th United States Congress followedBy 41st United States Congress