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    The 42nd 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 United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each Congress lasts for two years...
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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 42nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1871, to March...
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    of Representatives before or after the first session of the 42nd United States Congress convened on March 4, 1871. They occurred in the middle of President...
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    2024-05-31. "U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 17 (1871-1873), 42nd Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. p. 344, 641, and 642. Retrieved...
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    Amnesty Act (category 42nd United States Congress)
    vote by each House of the Congress could override this limitation. The 1872 act was passed by the 42nd United States Congress and the original restrictive...
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  • supremacy organizations. The act was passed by the 42nd United States Congress and signed into law by United States President Ulysses S. Grant on April 20, 1871...
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    Thomas W. Ferry (category 42nd United States Congress)
    1865 to March 3, 1871. He was re-elected to the U.S. House for the 42nd Congress in the general election of November 8, 1870. The Michigan Legislature...
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    corpus to make arrests without charge. The act was passed by the 42nd United States Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 20...
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    Benjamin S. Turner (category African-American members of the United States House of Representatives)
    served in the United States House of Representatives representing Alabama's 1st congressional district in the 42nd United States Congress. Turner was born...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 42nd United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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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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    1870 United States elections 1870–71 United States House of Representatives elections 41st United States Congress 42nd United States Congress as Republican...
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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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    Grant's first term, during the Third Party System. Members of the 42nd United States Congress were chosen in this election. The election took place during...
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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 first time since the 96th Congress in 1979. January 20, 1993: Bill Clinton became 42nd President of the United States. February 17, 1993: President...
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    elections 1872 United States presidential election 1872–73 United States Senate elections 42nd United States Congress 43rd United States Congress In the majority...
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    United States elections 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections 1872 United States presidential election 42nd United States Congress...
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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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  • Bingham made reference to his previous statements again in the 42nd United States Congress of 1872, during a House debate. Edward Bates also held to the...
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  • United States House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from...
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    War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The United States Army considers...
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    Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party...
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    Harrison E. Havens (category Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri)
    district in the 42nd United States Congress between 1871 and 1873, and from its 6th congressional district in the 43rd United States Congress from 1873 to...
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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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    The 77th 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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    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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    51st United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar Congress, was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal...
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