20th United States Congress

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The 20th United States Congress was the federal legislative body that met from 1827 to 1829 during John Quincy Adams’s presidency, notable for passing controversial measures that intensified sectional tensions before Andrew Jackson took office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
associatedWith rise of Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
chamberCount 2 ⓘ
chronologicalOrder 20th in sequence of United States Congresses ⓘ
convenesUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duringPresidencyOf John Quincy Adams ⓘ
endTime 1829 ⓘ
followedBy 21st United States Congress ⓘ
followedByPresidencyOf Andrew Jackson ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
governmentForm representative democracy ⓘ
hasChamber 20th United States House of Representatives ⓘ
20th United States Senate ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver United States federal law ⓘ
hasLegislativeSessions First session of the 20th United States Congress ⓘ
Second session of the 20th United States Congress ⓘ
hasNumberOfStatesRepresented 24 ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasPresidentOfSenate John C. Calhoun ⓘ
hasSpeaker Andrew Stevenson ⓘ
hasSpeakerChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf United States federal government ⓘ
legislativePeriod pre–Andrew Jackson administration ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 20 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuring 1820s ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsInBuilding United States Capitol Building ⓘ
meetsUnderPresident John Quincy Adams ⓘ
notableFor controversial legislative measures ⓘ
intensifying sectional tensions ⓘ
partOf history of the United States Congress ⓘ
partySystemContext Second Party System (emerging) ⓘ
linked to: Second Party System
precededBy 19th United States Congress ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
startTime 1827 ⓘ
temporalLocation Era of Good Feelings (late phase) ⓘ
post–War of 1812 era ⓘ
transitionToNextPresident Andrew Jackson ⓘ
usesVotingSystem majority vote in each chamber ⓘ

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Tariff of 1828 → enactedBy → 20th United States Congress ⓘ
Thomas Willis Cobb → servedIn → 20th United States Congress ⓘ
Elisha Phelps → wasARepresentativeInCongress → Twentieth United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 20th United States Congress
20th United States Congress → hasChamber → 20th United States Senate ⓘ
linked to: 20th United States Congress
20th United States Congress → hasChamber → 20th United States House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: 20th United States Congress
20th United States Congress → hasLegislativeSessions → Second session of the 20th United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 20th United States Congress