72nd United States Congress

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The 72nd United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1931 to 1933 during the early years of the Great Depression, enacting legislation under President Herbert Hoover before the New Deal era.

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Generate an image of the 72nd United States Congress (The 72nd United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1931 to 1933 during the early years of the Great Depression, enacting legislation under President Herbert Hoover before the New Deal era.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
category 72nd United States Congress ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
convenedDuring early years of the Great Depression ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1933-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy 73rd United States Congress ⓘ
followedByEvent 1932 United States elections ⓘ
follows 71st United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal law of the United States ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver federal appropriations in the United States ⓘ
federal taxation in the United States ⓘ
interstate commerce in the United States ⓘ
hasMemberCountType fixed number of senators and representatives ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBody federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativePeriodNumber 72 ⓘ
legislativePower enactment of federal statutes ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermLength 2 years ⓘ
legislatureNumberingSystem sequential numbering of United States Congresses ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsAt First Street SE, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuring 72nd United States presidential term cycle ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidentialTerm Herbert Hoover presidency ⓘ
beginning of Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency ⓘ
meetsFollowing decennial reapportionment after 1930 United States Census ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
notableContext transition period before New Deal legislation ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
partOf Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression
precededByEvent 1930 United States elections ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
Herbert Hoover ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
startTime 1931-03-04 ⓘ
temporalContext pre–New Deal era ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s in the United States ⓘ

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

73rd United States Congress → precededBy → 72nd United States Congress ⓘ
72nd United States Congress → follows → 71st United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 72nd United States Congress
72nd United States Congress → category → 72nd United States Congress ⓘ
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act → enactedBy → 72nd United States Congress ⓘ