52nd United States Congress

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The 52nd United States Congress was the federal legislative session of the U.S. government that met from 1891 to 1893, enacting laws and overseeing national policy during President Benjamin Harrison’s administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
adjournedIn 1893 ⓘ
apportionedAccordingTo Eleventh United States Census ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
congressNumber 52 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
convenedIn 1891 ⓘ
convenesUnder United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1893-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 1892-08-05 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 1891-12-07 ⓘ
followedBy 53rd United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver admission of new states ⓘ
declaration of war ⓘ
federal taxation ⓘ
interstate commerce ⓘ
regulation of tariffs ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
isNumberedSessionOf United States Congress ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeTerm 52nd term of the United States Congress ⓘ
legislatureFor United States federal government ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsInChamber House chamber ⓘ
Senate chamber ⓘ
metDuring 1890s in the United States ⓘ
late Gilded Age ⓘ
metDuringPresidencyOf Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
numberOfSessions 2 ⓘ
oversaw federal legislation of the United States ⓘ
oversawNationalPolicyDuringAdministrationOf Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
partOf history of the United States Congress ⓘ
precededBy 51st United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionEndDate 1893-03-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 1892-12-05 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
startDate 1891-03-04 ⓘ
temporalLocation 1891–1893 ⓘ
typeOfSession regular session ⓘ
votingSystemForHouse single-member districts ⓘ
votingSystemForSenate election by state legislatures ⓘ

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

James S. Sherman → servedIn → 52nd United States Congress ⓘ
51st United States Congress → followedBy → 52nd United States Congress ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison administration → legislature → 52nd United States Congress ⓘ
Orville Hitchcock Platt → partOf → 52nd United States Congress ⓘ
Billion-Dollar Congress → followedBy → Fifty-second United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 52nd United States Congress
Harrison administration → legislativeBody → 52nd United States Congress ⓘ