23rd United States Congress

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The 23rd United States Congress was the federal legislative body that met from 1833 to 1835 during Andrew Jackson’s presidency, enacting significant laws amid intense political conflict over issues like banking and federal power.

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23rd United States Congress canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy 1832 United States elections ⓘ
convenesUnder United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1835 ⓘ
firstSessionEndTime June 30, 1834 ⓘ
firstSessionStartTime December 2, 1833 ⓘ
followedBy 24th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentType representative democracy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal legislation ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasChamberLeader Andrew Stevenson ⓘ
Hugh Lawson White ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMajorPoliticalIssue Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
federal power ⓘ
internal improvements ⓘ
tariff policy ⓘ
hasPresidentOfSenate Martin Van Buren ⓘ
hasPresidentProTempore Hugh Lawson White ⓘ
hasSpeaker Andrew Stevenson ⓘ
hasVotingSystem simple majority for passage of ordinary legislation ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Jacksonian Party ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 23 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
metDuringPresidencyOf Andrew Jackson ⓘ
notableFor conflicts over the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
contests over scope of federal power during Jacksonian era ⓘ
partOfSeries Congresses of the United States ⓘ
precededBy 22nd United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionEndTime March 3, 1835 ⓘ
secondSessionStartTime December 1, 1834 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Jacksonian Party ⓘ
startTime 1833 ⓘ

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Coinage Act of 1835 → authorizedBy → 23rd United States Congress ⓘ