37th United States Congress

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The 37th United States Congress was the Civil War–era federal legislature that, under President Abraham Lincoln, passed landmark measures including the Homestead Act, the Pacific Railway Act, and other laws that reshaped the nation’s economy and expansion.

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37th United States Congress canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
created Bureau of Internal Revenue ⓘ
Department of Agriculture ⓘ
endTime 1863-03-04 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1861-08-06 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1861-07-04 ⓘ
followedBy 38th United States Congress ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody federal legislature of the United States ⓘ
legislativeTermOf United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
notableFor creating a national paper currency (greenbacks) ⓘ
establishing land-grant colleges ⓘ
expansion of federal power during the Civil War ⓘ
legislation promoting westward expansion ⓘ
ordinalNumber 37 ⓘ
passed Colorado Territory Organic Act ⓘ
Confiscation Acts ⓘ
Dakota Territory Organic Act ⓘ
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act ⓘ
Homestead Act of 1862 ⓘ
Idaho Territory Organic Act ⓘ
linked to: Idaho Organic Act

Legal Tender Act of 1862 ⓘ
Militia Act of 1862 ⓘ
Morrill Land-Grant Acts ⓘ
linked to: Morrill Act of 1862

Nevada Territory Organic Act ⓘ
Pacific Railway Act of 1862 ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1861 ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1862 ⓘ
politicalContext secession of Southern states ⓘ
politicalMajorityInHouse Republican Party ⓘ
politicalMajorityInSenate Republican Party ⓘ
precededBy 36th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenate Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate Solomon Foot ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1862-07-17 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1861-12-02 ⓘ
sessionCount 3 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Galusha A. Grow ⓘ
startTime 1861-03-04 ⓘ
thirdSessionEnd 1863-03-04 ⓘ
thirdSessionStart 1862-12-01 ⓘ

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Morrill Act of 1862 → enactedIn → 37th United States Congress ⓘ
38th United States Congress → precededBy → 37th United States Congress ⓘ