First United States Congress

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The First United States Congress was the inaugural meeting of the U.S. federal legislature (1789–1791) that established key institutions and passed foundational laws, including the Bill of Rights.

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Generate an image of the First United States Congress (The First United States Congress was the inaugural meeting of the U.S. federal legislature (1789–1791) that established key institutions and passed foundational laws, including the Bill of Rights.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesLegalFramework United States Constitution ⓘ
capital New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdInstitution Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
createdOffice Secretary of State of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of War of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of War

Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ⓘ
enacted Bank Act of 1791 ⓘ
Bill of Rights ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
Residence Act ⓘ
Tariff Act of 1789 ⓘ
endTime 1791-03-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1789-09-29 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1789-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy Second United States Congress ⓘ
follows Confederation Congress ⓘ
governmentType federal legislature ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPresidentOfSenate John Adams ⓘ
hasPresidentProTempore George Read ⓘ
John Henry ⓘ
John Langdon ⓘ
John Walker ⓘ
Pierce Butler ⓘ
Ralph Izard ⓘ
Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
Samuel Johnston ⓘ
William Few ⓘ
hasSpeaker Frederick Muhlenberg ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early national period of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 1 ⓘ
legislatureFor United States of America ⓘ
locationOfFirstMeeting New York City ⓘ
locationOfLaterMeeting Philadelphia ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf George Washington ⓘ
meetsIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
metInBuilding Congress Hall ⓘ
Federal Hall ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 65 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 26 ⓘ
partOf federal government of the United States ⓘ
precededByLegalFramework Articles of Confederation ⓘ
proposedAmendment Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
ratified United States Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: Bill of Rights
secondSessionEnd 1791-03-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1790-01-04 ⓘ
startTime 1789-03-04 ⓘ

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Free Exercise Clause → draftedBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
Treasury Act of 1789 → enactedBy → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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Hamiltonian economic program → implementedBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → legislativeSession → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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Congress of the Confederation → replacedBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
Compromise of 1790 → chronologyWithin → First United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Hall National Memorial → commemorates → first Congress of the United States ⓘ
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Washington administration → legislativeBody → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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Frederick Muhlenberg → inceptionOfRole → First United States Congress ⓘ
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → author → First United States Congress ⓘ
Tariff Act of 1789 → enactedBy → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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Department of Foreign Affairs → constitutionalContext → First United States Congress ⓘ
Second United States Congress → precededBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
Bank Act of 1791 → enactedBy → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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George Read → servedIn → First United States Congress ⓘ
Cape Henry Lighthouse → authorizedBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
Artemas Ward → electedIn → First United States Congress ⓘ
Anti-Administration Party → emergedDuring → First United States Congress ⓘ
presidency of George Washington → legislature → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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John Walker → participatedIn → First United States Congress ⓘ
Philadelphia Convention → followedBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
Elias Boudinot → participatedIn → First Federal Congress ⓘ
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United States House of Representatives elections → earliestHeldFor → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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John Brown → servedIn → First United States Congress ⓘ
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. → partOf → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital) → usedBy → First United States Congress ⓘ
United States Senate from Maryland → firstCongressParticipation → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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John Page → participantIn → Early United States Congress ⓘ
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John Brown (Rhode Island merchant) → legislativeTerm → First United States Congress ⓘ
Carter Bassett Harrison → electedIn → First United States Congress ⓘ
Tristram Dalton → partOf → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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Patent Act of 1790 → enactedBy → 1st United States Congress ⓘ
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