55th United States Congress

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The 55th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from 1897 to 1899 during the early administration of President William McKinley, addressing issues such as tariffs, currency, and the Spanish–American War.

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55th United States Congress canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
addressedIssue Spanish–American War ⓘ
currency policy ⓘ
tariff policy ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
controlledByInHouse Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
controlledByInSenate Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
country United States of America ⓘ
currencyIssueContext gold standard debate ⓘ
enactedLegislationRelatedTo Spanish–American War ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
tariffs ⓘ
endDate 1899-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 1897-07-24 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 1897-03-15 ⓘ
followedBy 56th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 55 ⓘ
legislatureFor federal government of the United States ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
majorityPartyInHouse Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
majorityPartyInSenate Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
meetsDuringPresidencyOf William McKinley ⓘ
meetsIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
minorityPartyInHouse Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
minorityPartyInSenate Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
notableEventDuringTerm outbreak of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
ordinalNumber 55 ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
precededBy 54th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenate Garret A. Hobart ⓘ
linked to: Garret Hobart
secondSessionEndDate 1898-07-08 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 1897-12-06 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Thomas B. Reed ⓘ
startDate 1897-03-04 ⓘ
tariffIssueContext Dingley Act era ⓘ
thirdSessionEndDate 1899-03-03 ⓘ
thirdSessionStartDate 1898-12-05 ⓘ
timePeriod 1890s ⓘ
Gilded Age ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm Garret A. Hobart ⓘ
linked to: Garret Hobart

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

James S. Sherman → servedIn → 55th United States Congress ⓘ
Presidency of William McKinley → legislativeBody → 55th United States Congress ⓘ
56th United States Congress → follows → 55th United States Congress ⓘ
54th United States Congress → followedBy → 55th United States Congress ⓘ
Orville Hitchcock Platt → partOf → 55th United States Congress ⓘ