54th United States Congress

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The 54th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from 1895 to 1897 during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, marked by Republican control and debates over economic issues like tariffs and the gold standard.

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54th United States Congress canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
controlledBy Republican Party ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1897-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1896-06-11 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1895-12-02 ⓘ
followedBy 55th United States Congress ⓘ
follows 53rd United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
hasPresidentOfSenate Adlai E. Stevenson I ⓘ
hasPresidentProTempore William P. Frye ⓘ
hasSpeaker Thomas B. Reed ⓘ
historicalEra Gilded Age ⓘ
jurisdiction federal lawmaking ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody federal legislature of the United States ⓘ
legislativeIssue economic policy ⓘ
gold standard ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
tariffs ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1895–1897 ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
majorityPartyInHouse Republican Party ⓘ
majorityPartyInSenate Republican Party ⓘ
meetingPlace United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf Grover Cleveland ⓘ
minorityPartyInHouse Democratic Party ⓘ
minorityPartyInSenate Democratic Party ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 357 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 90 ⓘ
ordinalNumber 54 ⓘ
overlaps Panic of 1893 aftermath ⓘ
partOf history of the United States Congress ⓘ
precededByElection 1894 United States elections ⓘ
presidentOfSenateOffice Vice President of the United States ⓘ
presidentProTemporeChamber United States Senate ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1897-03-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1896-08-17 ⓘ
speakerChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
speakerParty Republican Party ⓘ
startTime 1895-03-04 ⓘ
state District of Columbia ⓘ
succeededByElection 1896 United States elections ⓘ

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

James S. Sherman → servedIn → 54th United States Congress ⓘ
55th United States Congress → precededBy → 54th United States Congress ⓘ
Orville Hitchcock Platt → partOf → 54th United States Congress ⓘ