31st United States Congress

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The 31st United States Congress (1849–1851) was the federal legislature that grappled with escalating sectional tensions over slavery and passed the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to preserve the Union.

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31st United States Congress canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
aimedTo preserve the Union ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enacted California statehood act ⓘ
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
Texas boundary settlement of 1850 ⓘ
abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia ⓘ
territorial acts for New Mexico Territory ⓘ
territorial acts for Utah Territory ⓘ
endDate 1851-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1850-09-30 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1849-12-03 ⓘ
followedBy 32nd United States Congress ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody federal legislature of the United States ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTerm 1849–1851 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainTopic sectional conflict between North and South ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
metIn United States Capitol ⓘ
notableMember Daniel Webster ⓘ
Henry Clay ⓘ
Jefferson Davis ⓘ
John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
William H. Seward ⓘ
ordinalNumber 31 ⓘ
passed Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
politicalContext Second Party System ⓘ
pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
precededBy 30th United States Congress ⓘ
presidingOfficerOfHouse Howell Cobb ⓘ
presidingOfficerOfSenate Millard Fillmore ⓘ
William R. King ⓘ
linked to: William Rufus King
secondSessionEnd 1851-03-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1850-12-02 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Whig Party ⓘ
servedDuringPresidencyOf Millard Fillmore ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
significantEvent Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
escalating sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ
startDate 1849-03-04 ⓘ

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Seventh of March Speech → legislativeContext → 31st United States Congress ⓘ
John M. Clayton → servedIn → 31st United States Congress ⓘ
U.S. Senate seats from California → firstCongressServed → 31st United States Congress ⓘ