62nd United States Congress

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The 62nd United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1911 to 1913 during the presidency of William Howard Taft, enacting laws in a period marked by the Progressive Era’s reform movements.

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62nd United States Congress canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
appliesToTerritory U.S. territories ⓘ
contiguous United States ⓘ
capitalCityOfJurisdiction Washington, D.C. ⓘ
chamberType bicameral ⓘ
constitutionalBasis United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1913-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1911-08-22 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1911-04-04 ⓘ
followedBy 63rd United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver United States federal law ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasVotingSystemInLowerHouse plurality voting ⓘ
hasVotingSystemInUpperHouse indirect election by state legislatures ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1911–1913 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 62 ⓘ
legislatureFor United States federal government ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
lowerHouse United States House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsDuringAdministrationOf William Howard Taft ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsInBuilding United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsInCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor legislation during the Progressive Era ⓘ
numberOfStatesRepresented 46 ⓘ
partOfSeries United States Congresses ⓘ
politicalContext Progressive Era reforms ⓘ
precededBy 61st United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm William Howard Taft ⓘ
presidingOfficerOfLowerHouse Champ Clark ⓘ
presidingOfficerOfUpperHouse James S. Sherman ⓘ
Thomas R. Marshall ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1913-03-04 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1911-12-04 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
speaker Champ Clark ⓘ
startTime 1911-03-04 ⓘ
upperHouse United States Senate ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm James S. Sherman ⓘ

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

63rd United States Congress → precededBy → 62nd United States Congress ⓘ
61st United States Congress → followedBy → 62nd United States Congress ⓘ
National Monetary Commission → legislativePeriod → 62nd United States Congress ⓘ
William Howard Taft administration → legislativeBody → 62nd United States Congress ⓘ
William Kent → servedIn → 62nd United States Congress ⓘ