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    The 31st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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  • This is a list of the several United States Congresses, since their beginning in 1789, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their individual...
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    divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate...
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  • This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1849, to March...
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    The 1848 United States elections elected the members of the 31st United States Congress and the 12th president of the United States. The election took...
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    Assembly 1849) Members of the 31st United States Congress Result State election, 1847: The Whig Almanac and United States Register for 1848 Result Whig...
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    the United States as the thirty-first state. Passed in 1850 by the 31st United States Congress, the law made California one of only a few states to become...
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  • Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Bioguide. Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan...
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    Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before...
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  • 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981...
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    Donation Land Claim Act (category 31st United States Congress)
    sometimes known as the Donation Land Act, was a statute enacted by the United States Congress in late 1850, intended to promote homestead settlements in the Oregon...
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    The history of the United States Congress refers to the chronological record of the United States Congress including legislative sessions from 1789 to...
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  • chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 1st through 56th United States Congresses, between 1789 and 1901. For the...
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  • the House of Representatives before the first session of the 31st United States Congress convened on December 3, 1849. The new state of Wisconsin elected...
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    118th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (category 31st United States Congress)
    Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between...
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  • Land Grant Act of 1850 (category 31st United States Congress)
    Land Grant Act of 1850 provided for 3.75 million acres of land to the United States to support railroad projects; by 1857 21 million acres of public lands...
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    33rd Congress, that fifth seat was elected at-large. Starting with the 34th Congress, the new seat was apportioned as a fifth district. United States portal...
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    The following are historical lists of the youngest members of the United States Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. These members...
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    The 30th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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    defined as the 37th parallel north by the 31st United States Congress. In 1861, the 36th United States Congress transferred land previously allocated to...
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    The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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    The 106th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...
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    Compromise of 1850 (category 31st United States Congress)
    separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states in the years leading up...
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    John A. King (category Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state))
    Agricultural Society in 1849. King was elected as a Whig to the 31st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851. His term...
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  • session of the 32nd United States Congress convened on December 1, 1851. Elections were held for all 233 seats, representing 31 states. The Democrats gained...
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  • at-large to Congress from 1818 to 1819. These are tables of congressional delegations from Alabama to the United States Senate and the United States House of...
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  • 1850 State of the Union Address (category 31st United States Congress)
    was delivered by the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore to the 31st United States Congress on December 2, 1850. This was Fillmore's first...
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