50th United States Congress

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The 50th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from 1887 to 1889 during the late Gilded Age, addressing issues such as tariffs, veterans' pensions, and economic regulation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction U.S. states ⓘ
U.S. territories ⓘ
United States ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
chronologicalOrder fiftieth Congress of the United States ⓘ
chronologyWithin list of United States Congresses ⓘ
composition Representatives ⓘ
Senators ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime March 4, 1889 ⓘ
followedBy 51st United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
governmentSystem federal presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver United States federal law ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseType lower house: United States House of Representatives ⓘ
upper house: United States Senate ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeAuthority United States Constitution ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeFocus economic regulation ⓘ
tariffs ⓘ
veterans' pensions ⓘ
legislativePeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 50 ⓘ
legislatureNumber 50 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuring administration of President Grover Cleveland ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
namedAfter ordinal number 50 ⓘ
partOf history of the United States Congress ⓘ
precededBy 49th United States Congress ⓘ
sessionOf United States Congress ⓘ
significantEvent consideration of veterans' pensions legislation ⓘ
debate over tariff policy ⓘ
debates on economic regulation ⓘ
startTime March 4, 1887 ⓘ
temporalCoverage 1887 ⓘ
1888 ⓘ
1889 ⓘ
typeOfLegislature federal legislature ⓘ

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

51st United States Congress → precededBy → 50th United States Congress ⓘ
50th United States Congress → chronologicalOrder → fiftieth Congress of the United States ⓘ
linked to: 50th United States Congress
Billion-Dollar Congress → precededBy → Fiftieth United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 50th United States Congress