20th United States Congress

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The 20th United States Congress was the federal legislative body that met from 1827 to 1829 during John Quincy Adams’s presidency, notable for passing controversial measures that intensified sectional tensions before Andrew Jackson took office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
associatedWith rise of Jacksonian democracy
chamberCount 2
chronologicalOrder 20th in sequence of United States Congresses
convenesUnderConstitution United States Constitution NERFINISHED
country United States of America
duringPresidencyOf John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED
endTime 1829
followedBy 21st United States Congress NERFINISHED
followedByPresidencyOf Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED
governmentBranch legislative branch
governmentForm representative democracy
hasChamber 20th United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
20th United States Senate NERFINISHED
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver United States federal law
hasLegislativeSessions First session of the 20th United States Congress
Second session of the 20th United States Congress NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfStatesRepresented 24
hasPart United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
United States Senate NERFINISHED
hasPresidentOfSenate John C. Calhoun NERFINISHED
hasSpeaker Andrew Stevenson NERFINISHED
hasSpeakerChamber United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody United States Congress
legislativeBranchOf United States federal government NERFINISHED
legislativePeriod pre–Andrew Jackson administration
legislativeTermNumber 20
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
meetsDuring 1820s
meetsIn United States Capitol NERFINISHED
meetsInBuilding United States Capitol Building NERFINISHED
meetsUnderPresident John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED
notableFor controversial legislative measures
intensifying sectional tensions
partOf history of the United States Congress
partySystemContext Second Party System (emerging) NERFINISHED
precededBy 19th United States Congress NERFINISHED
sessionCount 2
startTime 1827
temporalLocation Era of Good Feelings (late phase) NERFINISHED
post–War of 1812 era
transitionToNextPresident Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED
usesVotingSystem majority vote in each chamber

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Tariff of 1828 enactedBy 20th United States Congress
Thomas Willis Cobb servedIn 20th United States Congress