56th United States Congress

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The 56th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from 1899 to 1901, overseeing national lawmaking at the turn of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
adjournmentDate 1901-03-03
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
concurrentWith McKinley administration NERFINISHED
constitutionalBasis Article One of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED
country United States of America
endYear 1901
firstSessionEnd 1900-06-06
firstSessionStart 1899-12-04
followedBy 57th United States Congress NERFINISHED
follows 55th United States Congress NERFINISHED
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasAuthorityOver United States federal law
hasPart United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
United States Senate NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
legislativePeriod 56th Congress term
legislativeTermEnd 1901-03-04
legislativeTermStart 1899-03-04
legislatureNumber 56
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
majorityPartyInHouse Republican Party NERFINISHED
majorityPartyInSenate Republican Party NERFINISHED
meetsDuring turn of the 20th century
meetsFor lawmaking
meetsIn United States Capitol NERFINISHED
numberOfHouses 2
numberOfRepresentatives 357
numberOfSenators 90
ordinalNumber 56
partOf history of the United States Congress
precededByElection 1898 United States elections
presidentDuringTerm William McKinley NERFINISHED
presidentProTemporeOfSenate William P. Frye NERFINISHED
secondSessionEnd 1901-03-03
secondSessionStart 1900-12-03
sessionCount 2
speakerOfTheHouse David B. Henderson NERFINISHED
startYear 1899
succeededByElection 1900 United States elections
typeOfJurisdiction federal legislature
vicePresidentDuringTerm Garret Hobart NERFINISHED
Theodore Roosevelt NERFINISHED

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James S. Sherman servedIn 56th United States Congress
57th United States Congress follows 56th United States Congress