Second United States Congress

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The Second United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1791 to 1793, overseeing early developments of the new U.S. government under the Constitution during George Washington’s first presidential term.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
chamberCount 2 ⓘ
convenedDuring first term of George Washington ⓘ
convenesUnder United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1793-03-04 ⓘ
established United States Mint ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1792-05-08 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1791-10-24 ⓘ
followedBy Third United States Congress ⓘ
hasChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
headOfGovernment George Washington ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativePeriod early United States under the Constitution ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislatureNumber 2 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Pennsylvania ⓘ
mainPoliticalGrouping Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
meetingPlace Congress Hall ⓘ
meetsIn Philadelphia ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 67 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 32 ⓘ
oversaw admission process of Kentucky as a state ⓘ
early implementation of the federal government under the Constitution ⓘ
partOf 1st United States Congresses era ⓘ
passed Apportionment Act of 1792 ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Militia Act of 1792 ⓘ
Navy-related preparatory legislation prior to Naval Act of 1794 ⓘ
Postal Service Act of 1792 ⓘ
precededBy First United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm George Washington ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate John Langdon ⓘ
Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
regulated United States Mint establishment ⓘ
postal system of the United States ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1793-03-02 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1792-11-05 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Jonathan Trumbull Jr. ⓘ
startTime 1791-03-04 ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm John Adams ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First United States Congress → followedBy → Second United States Congress ⓘ
Washington administration → legislativeBody → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district → firstRepresentedInCongress → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
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Anti-Administration Party → emergedDuring → Second United States Congress ⓘ
presidency of George Washington → legislature → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
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3rd United States Congress → precededBy → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
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James Hillhouse → legislativeBodyServedIn → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
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John Brown → servedIn → Second United States Congress ⓘ
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. → partOf → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
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United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital) → usedBy → Second United States Congress ⓘ
Carter Bassett Harrison → electedIn → Second United States Congress ⓘ
Tristram Dalton → partOf → 2nd United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: Second United States Congress