51st United States Congress

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The 51st United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1889 to 1891 that, under Republican control, passed significant economic and civil rights legislation during Benjamin Harrison’s presidency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
associatedWith Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
controlledBy Republican Party ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdState Idaho ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington

Wyoming ⓘ
endTime 1891 ⓘ
followedBy 52nd United States Congress ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeFocus Civil War veterans pensions ⓘ
antitrust regulation ⓘ
federal oversight of elections ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ
silver purchase and monetary policy ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 51 ⓘ
legislatureFor federal government of the United States ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
nickname Billion-Dollar Congress ⓘ
notableRuleChange Reed Rules ⓘ
partyControlContext post-Civil War Republican dominance era ⓘ
passed Dependent and Disability Pension Act ⓘ
Federal Elections Bill ⓘ
McKinley Tariff ⓘ
Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Sherman Silver Purchase Act ⓘ
precededBy 50th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenate Levi P. Morton ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate Charles F. Manderson ⓘ
John James Ingalls ⓘ
reasonForNickname high federal spending levels ⓘ
ReedRulesEffect limited filibusters and dilatory tactics in the House ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
sessionDuring presidency of Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Thomas Brackett Reed ⓘ
speakerParty Republican Party ⓘ
startTime 1889 ⓘ
timePeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
vicePresidentDuring Levi P. Morton ⓘ

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Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 → enactedBy → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Sherman Antitrust Act → introducedIn → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
James S. Sherman → servedIn → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison administration → legislature → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Oklahoma Organic Act → enactedBy → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
52nd United States Congress → precededBy → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Orville Hitchcock Platt → partOf → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
50th United States Congress → followedBy → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Billion-Dollar Congress → officialName → Fifty-first United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 51st United States Congress
Billion-Dollar Congress → shortName → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Reed Rules → inceptionContext → 51st United States Congress ⓘ
Harrison administration → legislativeBody → 51st United States Congress ⓘ