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    The 49th 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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  • elections in 1887 to the United States House of Representatives to the 49th United States Congress and the 50th United States Congress. Elections are listed...
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  • This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each Congress lasts for two years...
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    Initial War Department unit allocations submitted to states for review in early February 1946 gave the 49th Armored Division to Texas and New Mexico, with the...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 49th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1885, to March...
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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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    by the 49th United States Congress in passing the Presidential Succession Act of 1886. In a special message to the 80th United States Congress calling...
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    Henry Markham (category Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California)
    represented California's 6th congressional district during the 49th United States Congress (1885–1887). Earlier in life, he served as a Union Army officer...
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  • Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution authorizes Congress to enact such a statute: Congress may by Law provide for the Case of...
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    Electoral Count Act (category 49th United States Congress)
    in counting electoral votes? What gives the 49th Congress (of 1887) the authority to bind future Congresses and joint conventions in counting electoral...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 49th United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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    Tucker Act (category 49th United States Congress)
    proceeding directly against the United States pursuant to the Tucker Act, the Supreme Court, in Burr v. FHA, has stated that Congress may organize "sue and be...
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    for 325 seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 49th United States Congress. Special elections were...
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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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    Edmunds–Tucker Act (category 49th United States Congress)
    Edmunds Act, it was passed in response to the dispute between the United States Congress and the LDS Church regarding polygamy. The act is found in US Code...
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    The 1884 United States elections were held on November 4, electing the members of the 49th United States Congress. The election took place during the Third...
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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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    House of Representatives elections 48th United States Congress 49th United States Congress as Republican Conference Chair as Democratic Caucus Chair The...
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    Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 (category 49th United States Congress)
    to PVSA, Passenger Services Act, or PSA, is a protectionist piece of United States legislation which came into force in 1886 relating to cabotage. Essentially...
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    Hatch Act of 1887 (category 49th United States Congress)
    state cooperative extension services under the Smith–Lever Act of 1914. Congress amended the act in 1955 to add a formula that uses rural and farm population...
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    Dawes Act (category 49th United States Congress)
    territories within the United States. Named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, it authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native...
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    Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (47th Congress) and the U.S. Senate Committee on Territories (48th and 49th Congresses). In 1881, the major issue confronting...
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    The 29th 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 15th 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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  • 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 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House...
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    The 86th 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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    The 85th 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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    States elections 1886 United States House of Representatives elections 49th United States Congress 50th United States Congress as Republican Conference...
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    The 50th 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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