List of all Sessions
Congress | Session | Beginning Date | Adjournment Date1 | Calendar Days2 | Legislative Days | House Recesses |
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1st (1789–1791) | 1 | Mar. 4, 1789 | Sep. 29, 1789 | 168 | 168 | |
2 | Jan. 4, 1790 | Aug. 12, 1790 | 166 | 166 | ||
3 | Dec. 6, 1790 | Mar. 3, 1791 | 70 | 70 | ||
2nd* (1791–1793) | 1 | Oct. 24, 1791 | May 8, 1792 | 150 | 150 | |
2 | Nov. 5, 1792 | Mar. 2, 1793 | 91 | 91 | ||
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1 | Dec. 2, 1793 | June 9, 1794 | 141 | 141 | |
2 | Nov. 3, 1794 | Mar. 3, 1795 | 88 | 88 | ||
1 | Dec. 7, 1795 | Jun. 1, 1796 | 133 | 133 | ||
2 | Dec. 5, 1796 | Mar. 3, 1797 | 66 | 66 | ||
1 | May 15, 1797 | Jul. 10, 1797 | 46 | 46 | ||
2 | Nov. 13, 1797 | Jul. 16, 1798 |
183 | 183 | ||
3 | Dec. 3, 1798 | Mar. 3, 1799 |
69 | 70 | ||
1 | Dec. 2, 1799 | May 14, 1800 |
117 | 117 | ||
2 | Nov.17, 1800 | Mar. 3, 1801 |
77 | 72 | Dec. 24-29, 1800 | |
1 | Dec. 7, 1801 | May 3, 1802 |
111 | 111 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1802 | Mar. 3, 1803 |
66 | 66 | ||
1 | Oct. 17, 1803 | Mar. 27, 1804 |
127 | 128 | ||
2 | Nov. 5, 1804 | Mar. 3, 1805 | 90 | 90 | ||
1 | Dec. 2, 1805 | Apr. 21, 1806 |
101 | 101 | ||
2 | Dec. 1, 1806 | Mar. 3, 1807 |
70 | 70 | ||
1 | Oct. 26, 1807 | Apr. 25, 1808 |
144 | 148 | ||
2 | Nov. 7, 1808 | Mar. 3, 1809 |
96 | 97 | ||
1 | May 22, 1809 | Jun. 28, 1809 |
31
| 32 | ||
2 | Nov. 27, 1809 | May 1, 1810 |
122 | 122 | ||
3 | Dec. 3, 1810 | Mar. 3, 1811 | 73 | 76 | ||
1 | Nov. 4, 1811 | Jul. 6, 1812 |
185 | 185 | ||
2 | Nov. 2, 1812 | Mar. 3, 1813 |
95 | 95 | ||
1 | May 24, 1813 | Aug. 2, 1813 |
59 | 59 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1813 | Apr. 18, 1814 |
110 | 110 | ||
3 | Sep. 19, 1814 | Mar. 3, 1815 |
139 | 139 | ||
1 | Dec. 4, 1815 | Apr. 30, 1816 |
116 | 116 | ||
2 | Dec. 2, 1816 | Mar. 3, 1817 |
72 | 72 | ||
1 | Dec. 1, 1817 | Apr. 20, 1818 |
107 | 107 | Dec. 25-28, 1817 | |
2 | Nov. 16, 1818 | Mar. 3, 1819 |
83 | 84 | ||
1 | Dec. 6, 1819 | May 15, 1820 |
130 | 131 | ||
2 | Nov. 13, 1820 | Mar. 3, 1821 |
84 | 84 | ||
1 | Dec. 3, 1821 | May 8, 1822 |
121 | 121 | ||
2 | Dec. 2, 1822 | Mar. 3, 1823 | 68
| 68 | ||
1 | Dec. 1, 1823 | May 27, 1824 |
139 | 139 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1824 | Mar. 3, 1825 |
64 | 64 | ||
1 | Dec. 5, 1825 | May 22, 1826 |
130 | 130 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1826 | Mar. 3, 1827 | 71 | 71 | ||
1 | Dec. 3, 1827 | May 26, 1828 |
140 | 140 | ||
2 | Dec. 1, 1828 | Mar. 3, 1829 |
71 | 71 | Dec. 25-28, 1828 | |
1 | Dec. 7, 1829 | May 31, 1830 |
132 | 132 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1830 | Mar. 3, 1831 | 70 | 70 | ||
1 | Dec. 5, 1831 | Jul. 16, 1832 | 177 | 177 | ||
2 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Mar. 2, 1833 | 72 | 72 | ||
1 | Dec. 2, 1833 | Jun. 30, 1834 | 160 | 160 | ||
2 | Dec. 1, 1834 | Mar. 4, 1835 | 74 | 73 | ||
1 | Dec. 7, 1835 | Jul. 4, 1836 |
163 | 162 | ||
2 | Dec. 5, 1836 | Mar. 3, 1837 |
72 | 72 | ||
1 | Sep. 4, 1837 | Oct. 16, 1837 |
35 | 35 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1837 | Jul. 9, 1838 |
171 | 171 | ||
3 | Dec. 3, 1838 | Mar. 3, 1839 |
73 | 73 | ||
1 | Dec. 2, 1839 | Jul. 21, 1840 | 191 | 189 | ||
2 | Dec. 7, 1840 | Mar. 3, 1841 | 68 | 68 | ||
1 | May 31, 1841 | Sep. 13, 1841 | 85 | 85 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1841 | Aug. 31, 1842 |
221 | 221 | ||
3 | Dec. 5, 1842 | Mar. 3, 1843 | 72 | 72 | ||
1 | Dec. 4, 1843 | Jun. 17, 1844 |
159 | 159 | ||
2 | Dec. 2, 1844 | Mar. 3, 1845 | 72 | 72 | ||
1 | Dec. 1, 1845 | Aug. 10, 1846 | 202 | 202 | ||
2 | Dec. 7, 1846 | Mar. 3, 1847 | 70 | 70 | ||
1 | Dec. 6, 1847 | Aug. 14, 1848 |
195 | 195 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1848 | Mar. 3, 1849 |
70 | 69 | ||
1 | Dec. 3, 1849 | Sep. 30, 1850 | 227 | 227 | ||
2 | Dec. 2, 1850 | Mar. 3, 1851 | 69 | 69 | ||
1 | Dec. 1, 1851 | Aug. 31, 1852 | 199 | 199 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1852 | Mar. 3, 1853 | 68 | 68 | ||
1 | Dec. 5, 1853 | Aug. 7, 1854 | 176 | 176 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1854 | Mar. 3, 1855 | 68 | 68 | ||
1 | Dec. 3, 1855 | Aug. 18, 1856 | 194 | 192 | ||
2 | Aug. 21, 1856 | Aug. 30, 1856 | 9 | 9 | ||
3 | Dec. 1, 1856 | Mar. 3, 1857 | 71 | 71 | ||
1 | Dec. 7, 1857 | Jun. 14, 1858 |
136 | 136 | Dec. 24, 1857-Jan. 3, 1858 | |
2 | Dec. 6, 1858 | Mar. 3, 1859 |
66 | 64 | Dec. 24, 1858-Jan. 3, 1859 | |
1 | Dec. 5, 1859 | Jun. 25, 1860 |
154 | 154 | ||
2 | Dec. 3, 1860 | Mar. 3, 1861 |
63 | 63 | ||
1 | Jul. 4, 1861 | Aug. 6, 1861 | 28 | 28 | ||
2 | Dec. 2, 1861 | Jul. 17, 1862 | 163 | 163 | ||
3 | Dec. 1, 1862 | Mar. 3, 1863 | 64 | 63 | Dec. 24, 1862-Jan. 4, 1863 | |
1 | Dec. 7, 1863 | Jul. 4, 1864 | 159 | 157 | Dec. 24, 1863-Jan. 4, 1864 | |
2 | Dec. 5, 1864 | Mar. 4, 1865 | 61 | 60 | Dec. 22, 1864-Jan. 4, 1865 | |
1 | Dec. 4, 1865 | Jul. 28, 1866 |
175 | 175 |
Dec. 7-10, 1865 Dec. 23, 1865-Jan. 4, 1866 | |
2 | Dec. 3, 1866 | Mar. 3, 1867 | 68 | 64 | Dec. 20, 1866-Jan. 3, 1867 | |
1 | Mar. 4, 1867 | Dec. 1, 1867 |
42 | 42 |
Mar. 31-Jul. 2, 1867 Jul. 21-Nov. 20, 1867 | |
2 | Dec. 2, 1867 | Nov. 10, 1868 |
186 | 186 |
Dec. 21, 1867-Jan. 5, 1868 Jul. 26-Sep. 20, 1868 Sep. 22-Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 17-Nov. 9, 1868 | |
3 | Dec. 7, 1868 | Mar. 3, 1869 |
58 | 58 | Dec. 22, 1868-Jan. 4, 1869 | |
1 | Mar. 4, 1869 | Apr. 10, 1869 | 26 | 25 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1869 | July 15, 1870 | 164 | 164 | Dec. 23, 1869-Jan. 9, 1870 | |
3 | Dec. 5, 1870 | Mar. 3, 1871 | 64 | 64 | Dec. 23, 1870-Jan. 3, 1871 | |
1 | Mar. 4, 1871 | Apr. 20, 1871 |
33 | 33 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1871 | Jun. 10, 1872 |
140 | 136 | Dec. 22, 1871-Jan. 7, 1872 | |
3 | Dec. 2, 1872 | Mar. 3, 1873 |
64 | 64 | Dec. 21, 1872-Jan. 5, 1873 | |
1 | Dec. 1, 1873 | Jun. 23, 1874 | 155 | 155 | Dec. 20, 1873-Jan. 4, 1874 | |
2 | Dec. 7, 1874 | Mar. 3, 1875 | 59 | 55 | Dec. 24, 1874-Jan. 4, 1875 | |
1 | Dec. 6, 1875 | Aug. 15, 1876 | 183 | 183 | Dec. 21, 1875-Jan. 4, 1876 | |
2 | Dec. 4, 1876 | Mar. 4, 1877 | 73 | 48 | ||
1 | Oct. 15, 1877 | Dec. 3, 1877 | 33
| 32 | ||
2 | Dec. 3, 1877 | Jun. 20, 1878 | 139 | 138 | Dec. 16, 1877-Jan. 10, 1878 | |
3 | Dec. 2, 1878 | Mar. 3, 1879 | 65 | 63 | Dec. 21, 1878-Jan. 6, 1879 | |
1 | Mar. 18, 1879 | Jul. 1, 1879 |
79
| 79 | ||
2 | Dec. 1, 1879 | Jun. 16, 1880 |
142 | 142 | Dec. 20, 1879-Jan. 5, 1880 | |
3 | Dec. 6, 1880 | Mar. 4, 1881 | 65 | 62 | Dec. 23, 1880-Jan. 4, 1881 | |
1 | Dec. 5, 1881 | Aug. 8, 1882 | 178 | 178 | Dec. 22, 1881-Jan. 4, 1882 | |
2 | Dec. 4, 1882 | Mar. 3, 1883 | 73 | 72 | ||
1 | Dec. 3, 1883 | Jul. 7, 1884 |
158 | 155 | Dec. 25, 1883-Jan. 6, 1884 | |
2 | Dec. 1, 1884 | Mar. 4, 1885 |
67 | 64 | Dec. 25, 1884-Jan. 4, 1885 | |
1 | Dec. 7, 1885 | Aug. 5, 1886 |
181 | 181 | Dec. 22, 1885-Jan. 4, 1886 | |
2 | Dec. 6, 1886 | Mar. 3, 1887 |
65 | 63 | Dec. 23, 1886-Jan. 3, 1887 | |
1 | Dec. 5, 1887 | Oct. 20, 1888 | 241 | 235 | Dec. 23, 1887-Jan. 3, 1888 | |
2 | Dec. 3, 1888 | Mar. 4, 1889 | 69 | 67 | Dec. 22, 1888-Jan. 1, 1889 | |
1 | Dec. 2, 1889 | Oct. 1, 1890 | 227 | 227 | Dec. 22, 1889-Jan. 5, 1890 | |
2 | Dec. 1, 1890 | Mar. 3, 1891 | 72 | 71 | ||
1 | Dec. 7, 1891 | Aug. 5, 1892 | 179 | 179 | ||
2 | Dec. 5, 1892 | Mar. 4, 1893 | 66 | 63 | Dec. 23, 1892-Jan. 3, 1893 | |
1 | Aug. 7, 1893 | Nov. 3, 1893 | 71 | 71 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1893 | Aug. 28, 1894 |
206 | 206 | Dec. 22, 1893-Jan. 2, 1894 | |
3 | Dec. 3, 1894 | Mar. 4, 1895 | 70 | 68 | Dec. 23, 1894-Jan. 2, 1895 | |
1 | Dec. 2, 1895 | Jun. 11, 1896 |
144 | 140 | ||
2 | Dec. 7, 1896 | Mar. 3, 1897 |
63 | 61 | Dec. 23, 1896-Jan. 4, 1897 | |
1 | Mar. 15, 1897 | Jul. 24, 1897 | 55 | 47 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1897 | Jul. 8, 1898 | 151 | 151 | Dec. 19, 1897-Jan. 4, 1898 | |
3 | Dec. 5, 1898 | Mar. 4, 1899 | 63 | 62 | Dec. 20, 1898-Jan. 3, 1899 | |
1 | Dec. 4, 1899 | Jun. 7, 1900 |
140 | 139 | Dec. 21, 1899-Jan. 2, 1900 | |
2 | Dec. 3, 1900 | Mar. 3, 1901 | 69 | 67 | Dec. 22, 1900-Jan. 2, 1901 | |
1 | Dec. 2, 1901 | Jul. 1, 1902 | 149 | 148 | Dec. 20, 1901-Jan. 5, 1902 | |
2 | Dec. 1, 1902 | Mar. 3, 1903 | 69 | 65 | Dec. 21, 1902-Jan. 4, 1903 | |
1 | Nov. 9, 1903 | Dec. 5, 1903 | 15 | 15 | ||
2 | Dec. 7, 1903 | Apr. 28, 1904 |
104 | 102 | Dec. 19, 1903-Jan. 4, 1904 | |
3 | Dec. 5, 1904 | Mar. 4, 1905 | 66 | 64 | Dec. 22, 1904-Jan. 3, 1905 | |
1 | Dec. 4, 1905 | Jun. 30, 1906 | 157 | 156 | Dec. 22, 1905-Jan. 3, 1906 | |
2 | Dec. 3, 1906 | Mar. 4, 1907 | 70 | 68 | Dec. 21, 1906-Jan. 2, 1907 | |
1 | Dec. 2, 1907 | May 30, 1908 |
130 | 90 | Dec. 22, 1907–Jan. 5, 1908 | |
2 | Dec. 7, 1908 | Mar. 4, 1909 | 67 | 54 | Dec. 20, 1908–Jan. 3, 1909 | |
1 | Mar. 15, 1909 | Aug. 5, 1909 | 63 | 63 | ||
2 | Dec. 6, 1909 | Jun. 25, 1910 | 161 | 160 | Dec. 22, 1909–Jan. 3, 1910 | |
3 | Dec. 5, 1910 | Mar. 4, 1911 | 68 | 66 | Dec. 22, 1910–Jan. 4, 1911 | |
1 | Apr. 4, 1911 | Aug. 22, 1911 | 88 | 87 | ||
2 | Dec. 4, 1911 | Aug. 26, 1912 |
218 | 216 | Dec. 22, 1911–Jan. 2, 1912 | |
3 | Dec. 2, 1912 | Mar. 4, 1913 | 75 | 72 | Dec. 20, 1912–Jan. 1, 1913 | |
1 | Apr. 7, 1913 | Nov. 29, 1913 | 124 | 124 | ||
2 | Dec. 1, 1913 | Oct. 24, 1914 | 261 | 261 | Dec. 24, 1913–Jan. 11, 1914 | |
3 | Dec. 7, 1914 | Mar. 4, 1915 | 75 | 73 | Dec. 24–28, 1914 | |
1 | Dec. 6, 1915 | Sep. 8, 1916 | 163 | 163 | Dec. 18, 1915–Jan. 3, 1916 | |
2 | Dec. 4, 1916 | Mar. 4, 1917 | 74 | 73 | Dec. 23, 1916–Jan. 1, 1917 | |
1 | Apr. 2, 1917 | Oct. 6, 1917 |
118 | 118 | ||
2 | Dec. 3, 1917 | Nov. 21, 1918 | 247 | 245 | Dec. 19, 1917–Jan. 2, 1918 | |
3 | Dec. 2, 1918 | Mar. 4, 1919 | 80 | 79 | ||
1 | May 19, 1919 | Nov. 19, 1919 |
146 | 146 | Jul. 2–7, 1919 | |
2 | Dec. 1, 1919 | Jun. 5, 1920 |
150 | 149 | Dec. 21, 1919–Jan. 4, 1920 | |
3 | Dec. 6, 1920 | Mar. 4, 1921 | 79 | 78 | ||
1 | Apr. 11, 1921 | Nov. 23, 1921 | 139 | 139 | Aug. 25, 1921-Sep. 20, 1921 | |
2 | Dec. 5, 1921 | Sep. 22, 1922 | 191 | 191 | Dec. 23, 1921–Jan. 2, 1922; Jul. 1, 1922-Aug. 14, 1922 | |
3 | Nov. 20, 1922 | Dec. 4, 1922 |
12 | 12 | ||
4 | Dec. 4, 1922 | Mar. 4, 1923 | 80 | 79 | ||
1 | Dec. 3, 1923 | Jun. 7, 1924 |
147 | 147 | Dec. 21, 1923–Jan. 2, 1924 | |
2 | Dec. 1, 1924 | Mar. 4, 1925 | 78 | 77 | Dec. 21–Dec. 28, 1924 | |
1 | Dec. 7, 1925 | Jul. 3, 1926 | 159 | 159 | Dec. 23, 1925–Jan. 3, 1926 | |
2 | Dec. 6, 1926 | Mar. 4, 1927 | 71 | 70 | Dec. 23, 1926–Jan. 2, 1927 | |
1 | Dec. 5, 1927 | May 29, 1928 |
135 | 134 | Dec. 22, 1927–Jan. 3, 1928 | |
2 | Dec. 3, 1928 | Mar. 4, 1929 | 67 | 65 | Dec. 23, 1928–Jan. 2, 1929 | |
1 | Apr. 15, 1929 | Nov. 22, 1929 | 67 | 67 | June 20–Sept. 22, 1929 | |
2 | Dec. 2, 1929 | Jul. 3, 1930 | 156 | 156 | Dec. 22, 1929–Jan. 5, 1930 | |
3 | Dec. 1, 1930 | Mar. 4, 1931 | 67 | 66 | Dec. 21, 1930–Jan. 4, 1931 | |
1 | Dec. 7, 1931 | Jul. 16, 1932 | 167 | 167 | Dec. 23, 1931–Jan. 3, 1932 | |
2 | Dec. 5, 1932 | Mar. 4, 1933 | 73 | 73 | ||
1 | Mar. 9, 1933 | Jun. 16, 1933 | 71 | 69 | ||
2 | Jan. 3, 1934 | Jun. 18, 1934 |
125 | 119 | ||
1 | Jan. 3, 1935 | Aug. 26, 1935 | 168 | 167 | ||
2 | Jan. 3, 1936 | Jun. 20, 1936 |
115 | 114 | June 9–14, 1936 | |
1 | Jan. 5, 1937 | Aug. 21, 1937 | 153 | 152 | ||
2 | Nov. 15, 1937 | Dec. 21, 1937 | 26 | 26 | ||
3 | Jan. 3, 1938 | Jun. 16, 1938 |
117 | 115 | ||
1 | Jan. 3, 1939 | Aug. 5, 1939 | 148 | 147 | ||
2 | Sep. 21, 1939 | Nov. 3, 1939 | 25 | 25 | ||
3 | Jan. 3, 1940 | Jan. 2, 1941 | 199 | 199 | Jun. 23-30, 1940; Jul. 12–21, 1940 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1941 | Jan. 2, 1942 | 204 | 204 | ||
2 | Jan. 5, 1942 | Dec. 16, 1942 | 194 | 194 | ||
1 | Jan. 6, 1943 | Dec. 21, 1943 | 187 | 187 | Apr. 23-May 2, 1943; Jul. 8–Sep. 13, 1943 | |
2 | Jan. 10, 1944 | Dec. 19, 1944 | 164 | 164 |
Apr. 2–11, 1944 Jun. 24–31, 1944 Sep. 22–Nov. 13, 1944 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1945 | Dec. 21, 1945 | 201 | 201 | Jul. 22–Sep. 4, 1945 | |
2 | Jan. 14, 1946 | Aug. 2, 1946 | 141 | 141 | Apr. 19–Apr. 29, 1946 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1947 | Dec. 19, 1947 |
145 | 145 | July 28–Nov. 16, 1947 | |
2 | Jan. 6, 1948 | Dec. 31, 1948 |
109 | 107 |
June 21–July 25, 1948** Aug. 8–Dec. 30, 1948** | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1949 | Oct. 19, 1949 |
166 | 166 | Apr. 15-24, 1949 | |
2 | Jan. 3, 1950 | Jan. 2, 1951 |
175 | 175 |
Apr. 6–Apr. 18, 1950 Sept. 23–Nov. 27, 1950 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1951 | Oct. 20, 1951 |
163 | 163 |
Mar. 23–Apr. 1, 1951 Aug. 24–Sept. 11, 1951 | |
2 | Jan. 8, 1952 | July 7, 1952 |
111 | 111 | Apr. 11–Apr. 21, 1952 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1953 | Aug. 3, 1953 |
116 | 116 | Apr. 3–Apr. 12, 1953 | |
2 | Jan. 6, 1954 | Dec. 2, 1954 |
110 | 110 |
Apr. 16–25, 1954 Adjourned sine die Aug. 20, 1954 | |
1 | Jan. 5, 1955 | Aug. 2, 1955 |
110 | 110 | Apr. 5–12, 1955 | |
2 | Jan. 3, 1956 | July 27, 1956 |
118 | 118 | Mar. 30–Apr. 8, 1956 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1957 | Aug. 30, 1957 |
141 | 141 | Apr. 19–Apr. 28, 1957 | |
2 | Jan. 7, 1958 | Aug. 24, 1958 |
135 | 134 | Apr. 4–13, 1958 | |
1 | Jan. 7, 1959 | Sep. 15, 1959 |
146 | 145 | Mar. 27–Apr. 6, 1959 | |
2 | Jan. 6, 1960 | Sep. 1, 1960 |
125 | 123 | July 4–Aug. 14, 1960 | |
1 | Jan. 3, 1961 | Sep. 27, 1961 |
147 | 146 | Mar. 31–Apr. 9, 1961 | |
2 | Jan. 10, 1962 | Oct. 13, 1962 |
158 | 158 | Apr. 20–29, 1962 | |
88th (1963–1965) | 1 | Jan. 9, 1963 | Dec. 30, 1963 | 186 | 186 | Apr. 11-21, 1963 |
2 | Jan. 7, 1964 | Oct. 3, 1964 | 148 | 148 |
Mar. 27-Apr. 5,
1964 July 3-19, 1964 Aug. 22-30, 1964 | |
89th (1965–1967) | 1 | Jan. 4, 1965 | Oct. 23, 1965 | 174 | 173 | |
2 | Jan. 10, 1966 | Oct. 22, 1966 | 163 | 163 |
Apr. 8-17, 1966 June 1-10, 1966 | |
90th (1967–1969) | 1 | Jan. 10, 1967 | Dec. 15, 1967 | 188 | 188 | Mar. 24-Apr. 2, 1967 Jun. 30-Jul. 9, 1967 Sept. 1-10, 1967 Nov. 23-26, 1967 |
2 | Jan. 15, 1968 | Oct. 14, 1968 | 138 | 138 |
Apr. 12-21, 1968 May 30-Jun. 2, 1968 Jul. 4-7, 1968 Aug. 3-Sept. 3, 1968 | |
91st (1969–1971) | 1 | Jan. 3, 1969 | Dec. 23, 1969 | 186 | 186 |
Feb. 8-16, 1969 Apr. 4-13, 1969 May 29-Jun. 1, 1969 Jul. 3-6, 1969 Aug. 14-Sept. 2, 1969 Nov. 7-11, 1969 Nov. 27-30, 1969 |
2 | Jan. 19, 1970 | Jan. 2, 1971 | 163 | 163 | Feb. 11-15, 1970 Mar. 27-30, 1970 May 28-31, 1970 Jul. 2-5, 1970 Aug. 15-Sept. 8, 1970 Oct. 15-Nov. 15, 1970 Nov. 26-29, 1970 Dec. 23-28, 1970 | |
92nd (1971–1973) | 1 | Jan. 21, 1971 | Dec. 17, 1971 | 163 | 163 |
Feb. 11-16, 1971 Apr. 8-18, 1971 May 28-31, 1971 Jul. 2-5, 1971 Aug. 7-Sept. 7, 1971 Oct. 8-11, 1971 Oct. 22-25, 1971 Nov. 20-28, 1971 |
2 | Jan. 18, 1972 | Oct. 18, 1972 | 135 | 135 |
Feb. 10-15, 1972 Mar. 30-Apr. 9, 1972 May 25-29, 1972 Jul. 1-16, 1972 Aug. 19-Sept. 4, 1972 | |
93rd (1973–1975) | 1 | Jan. 3, 1973 | Dec. 22, 1973 | 175 | 175 | Feb. 9-18, 1973 Apr. 20-29, 1973 May 25-28, 1973 July 1-9, 1973 Aug. 4-Sept. 4, 1973 Oct. 5-8, 1973 Oct. 19-22, 1973 Nov. 16-25, 1973 |
2 | Jan. 21, 1974 | Dec. 20, 1974 | 159 | 158 |
Feb. 8-12, 1974 Apr. 12-21, 1974 May 24-27, 1974 Jul. 4-8, 1974; Aug. 23-Sept. 10, 1974 Oct. 18-Nov. 17, 1974 Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 1974 | |
94th (1975–1977) | 1 | Jan. 14, 1975 | Dec. 19, 1975 | 173 | 173 | Mar. 27-Apr. 6, 1975 May 23-Jun. 1, 1975 Jun. 27-Jul. 7, 1975 Aug. 2-Sept. 2, 1975 Oct. 10-19, 1975 Oct. 24-27, 1975 Nov. 21-30, 1975 |
2 | Jan. 19, 1976 | Oct. 1, 1976 | 138 | 138 | Feb. 12-15, 1976 Apr. 15-25, 1976 May 28-31, 1976 July 3-18, 1976 Aug. 11-22, 1976 Sept. 3-7, 1976 | |
95th (1977–1979) | 1 | Jan. 4, 1977 | Dec. 15, 1977 | 174 | 174 |
Feb. 10-15, 1977 Apr. 7-17, 1977 May 27-31, 1977 July 1-10, 1977 Aug. 6-Sept. 6, 1977 Oct. 7-10, 1977 |
2 | Jan. 19, 1978 | Oct. 15, 1978 | 150 | 149 | Feb. 10-13, 1978 Mar. 23-Apr. 2, 1978 May 26-30, 1978 Jun. 30-Jul. 9, 1978 Aug. 18-Sept. 5, 1978 | |
96th (1979–1981) | 1 | Jan. 15, 1979 | Jan. 3, 1980 | 173 | 173 |
Feb. 9-12, 1979 Apr. 11-22, 1979 May 25-29, 1979 Jun. 30-Jul. 8, 1979 Aug. 3-Sept. 4, 1979 Nov. 21-25, 1979 |
2 | Jan. 3, 1980 | Dec. 16, 1980 | 153 | 152 | Jan. 18-21, 1980; Feb. 14-18, 1980 Apr. 3-14, 1980 May 23-27, 1980 Jul. 3-20, 1980 Aug. 2-17, 1980 Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 1980 Oct. 3-Nov. 11, 1980 Nov. 22-30, 1980 | |
97th (1981–1983) | 1 | Jan. 5, 1981 | Dec. 16, 1981 | 163 | 161 |
Feb. 7-16, 1981 Apr. 11-26, 1981 May 22-26, 1981; Jun. 27-Jul. 7, 1981 Aug. 5-Sept. 8, 1981 Oct. 8-12, 1981 Nov. 24-29, 1981 |
2 | Jan. 25, 1982 | Dec. 21, 1982 | 142 | 137 | Feb. 11-21, 1982 Apr. 7-19, 1982 May 29-Jun. 1, 1982 Jul. 2-11, 1982 Aug. 21-Sept. 7, 1982 Oct. 3-Nov. 28, 1982 | |
98th (1983–1985) | 1 | Jan. 3, 1983 | Nov. 18, 1983 | 146 | 144 |
Jan. 7-24, 1983 Feb. 18-21, 1983 Mar. 25-Apr. 4, 1983 May 27-31, 1983 Jul. 1-10, 1983 Aug. 5-Sept. 11, 1983 Oct. 7-Oct. 16, 1983 |
2 | Jan. 23, 1984 | Oct. 12, 1984 | 121 | 120 |
Feb. 10-20, 1984 Apr. 13-23, 1984 May 25-29, 1984 Jun. 30-Jul. 22, 1984 Aug. 11-Sept. 4, 1984 | |
99th (1985–1987) | 1 | Jan. 3, 1985 | Dec. 20, 1985 | 152 | 150 |
Jan. 8-20, 1985 Feb. 8-18, 1985 Mar. 8-18, 1985 Apr. 5-14, 1985 May 24-Jun. 2, 1985 Jun. 28-Jul. 7, 1985 Aug. 2-Sept. 3, 1985 Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 1985 |
2 | Jan. 21, 1986 | Oct. 18, 1986 | 130 | 129 | Feb. 7-17, 1986 Mar. 25-Apr. 7, 1986 May 23-Jun. 2, 1986 Jun. 27-Jul. 13, 1986 Aug. 17-Sept. 7, 1986 | |
100th (1987–1989) | 1 | Jan. 6, 1987 | Dec. 22, 1987 | 169 | 169 | Jan. 9–19, 1987 Feb. 12–17, 1987 Apr. 10–20, 1987 May 22–26, 1987 Jul. 2–6, 1987 Jul. 16–19, 1987 Aug. 8–Sep. 9, 1987 Nov. 11–15, 1987 Nov. 21–29, 1987 |
2 | Jan. 25, 1988 | Oct. 22, 1988 | 130 | 129 |
Feb. 10–15, 1988 Apr. 1–10, 1988 May 27–31, 1988 Jul. 1–5, 1988 Jul. 15–25, 1988 Aug. 12–Sep. 6, 1988 | |
101st (1989–1991) | 1 | Jan. 3, 1989 | Nov. 22, 1989 | 150 | 147 |
Jan. 5–18, 1989 Feb. 10–20, 1989 Mar. 24–Apr. 2, 1989 Apr. 19–24, 1989 May 26–30, 1989 Jun. 30–Jul. 9, 1989 Aug. 6–Sep. 5, 1989 |
2 | Jan. 23, 1990 | Oct. 28, 1990 | 138 | 134 | Feb. 8–19, 1990 Apr. 5–17, 1990 May 26–Jun. 4, 1990 Jun. 29–Jul. 9, 1990 Aug. 5–Sep. 4, 1990 | |
102nd (1991–1993) | 1 | Jan. 3, 1991 | Jan. 3, 1992 | 154 | 153 |
Feb. 7–18, 1991 Mar. 23–Apr. 8, 1991 May 24–28, 1991 Jun. 28–Jul. 8, 1991 Aug. 3–Sep. 10, 1991 Nov. 28, 1991–Jan. 2, 1992 |
2 | Jan. 3, 1992 | Oct. 9, 1992 | 124 | 123 | Jan. 4–21, 1992 Apr. 11–27, 1992 May 22–25, 1992 Jul. 3–6,1992 Jul. 10–20, 1992 Aug. 13–Sep. 8, 1992 | |
103rd (1993–1995) | 1 | Jan. 5, 1993 | Nov. 26, 1993 | 143 | 142 |
Jan. 7–19, 1993 Jan. 28–Feb. 1, 1993 Feb. 5–15, 1993 Apr. 8–18, 1993 May 28–Jun. 7, 1993 Jul. 2–12, 1993 Aug. 7–Sep. 7, 1993 Sep. 16–20, 1993 Oct. 8–11, 1993 Nov. 11–14, 1993 |
2 | Jan. 25, 1994 | Nov. 29, 1994 | 123 | 123 | Jan. 27–31, 1994 Feb. 12–21, 1994 Mar. 25–Apr. 11, 1994 May 27–Jun. 7, 1994 Jul. 1–Jul. 11, 1994 Aug. 27–Sep. 11, 1994 Oct. 8–Nov. 28, 1994 | |
104th (1995–1997) | 1 | Jan. 4, 1995 | Jan. 3, 1996 | 172 | 167 |
Feb. 17–20, 1995 Mar. 17–20, 1995 Apr. 8–30, 1995 May 4–8, 1995 May 26–Jun. 5, 1995 Jul. 1–9, 1995 Aug. 5–Sep. 5, 1995 Sep. 30–Oct. 5, 1995 Nov. 21–27, 1995 |
2 | Jan. 3, 1996 | Oct. 4, 1996 | 124 | 122 | Jan. 10–21, 1996 Mar. 30–Apr. 14, 1996 May 24–28, 1996 Jun. 29–Jul. 7, 1996 Aug. 3–Sep. 3, 1996 | |
105th (1997–1999) | 1 | Jan. 7, 1997 | Nov. 13, 1997 | 133 | 132 | Jan. 10–19, 1997 Jan. 22–Feb. 3, 1997 Feb. 14–24, 1997 Mar. 22–Apr. 7, 1997 Jun. 27–Jul. 7, 1997 Aug. 2–Sep. 2, 1997 Oct. 10–20, 1997 |
2 | Jan. 27, 1998 | Dec. 19, 1998 | 119 | 119 |
Jan. 29–Feb. 2,
1998 Feb. 6–10, 1998 Feb. 13–23, 1998 Apr. 2–20, 1998 May 23–Jun. 2, 1998 Jun. 25–Jul. 13, 1998 Aug. 8–Sep. 8, 1998 Oct. 22–Dec. 16, 1998 | |
106th (1999–2001) | 1 | Jan. 6, 1999 | Nov. 22, 1999 | 138 | 137 | Jan. 7–18, 1999 Jan. 20–Feb. 1, 1999 Feb. 13–22, 1999 Mar. 26–Apr. 11, 1999 May 28–Jun. 6, 1999 Jul. 2–11, 1999 Aug. 7–Sep. 7, 1999 |
2 | Jan. 24, 2000 | Dec. 15, 2000 | 138 | 135 | Feb. 17–28, 2000 Apr. 14–May 1, 2000 May 26–Jun. 5, 2000 Jul. 1–9, 2000 Jul. 28–Sep. 5, 2000 Nov. 4–12, 2000 Nov. 15–Dec. 3, 2000 | |
107th (2001–2003) | 1 | Jan. 3, 2001 | Dec. 20, 2001 | 146 | 142 | Jan. 7–19, 2001 Jan. 21–29, 2001 Feb. 1–5, 2001 Feb. 15–25, 2001 Apr. 5–23, 2001 May 27–Jun. 4, 2001 Jun. 29–Jul. 9, 2001 Aug. 3–Sep. 4, 2001 Oct. 18–22, 2001 Nov. 20–26, 2001 |
2 | Jan. 23, 2002 | Nov. 22, 2002 | 126 | 123 |
Jan. 30–Feb. 3,
2002 Feb. 15–25, 2002 Mar. 21–Apr. 8, 2002 May 25–Jun. 3, 2002 Jun. 29–Jul. 7, 2002 Jul. 28–Sep. 3, 2002 | |
108th (2003–2005) | 1 | Jan. 7, 2003 | Dec. 8, 2003 | 138 | 133 | Jan. 9–26, 2003 Feb. 14–24, 2003 Apr. 13–28, 2003 May 24–Jun. 1, 2003 Jun. 28–Jul. 6, 2003 Jul. 30–Sep. 2, 2003 Nov. 26–Dec. 7, 2003 |
2 | Jan. 20, 2004 | Dec. 7, 2004 | 110 | 110 | Feb. 12–23, 2004 Apr. 3–19, 2004 May 21–31, 2004 Jun. 10–13, 2004 Jun. 26–Jul. 5, 2004 Jul. 23–Sep. 6, 2004 Oct. 10–Nov. 15, 2004 Nov. 25–Dec. 5, 2004 | |
109th (2005–2007) | 1 | Jan. 4, 2005 | Dec. 22, 2005 | 143 | 140 | Jan. 7–19, 2005 Jan. 21–24, 2005 Jan. 27–31, 2005 Feb. 3–7, 2005 Feb. 18–28, 2005 Mar. 22–Apr.4, 2005 May 27–Jun. 6, 2005 Jul. 1–8, 2005 Jul. 30–Sep. 1, 2005 Oct. 8–16, 2005 Nov. 19–Dec. 5, 2005 |
2 | Jan. 3, 2006 | Dec. 9, 2006 | 104 | 101 |
Jan. 4–30, 2006 Feb. 2–6, 2006 Feb. 9–13, 2006 Feb. 17–27, 2006 Mar. 17–27, 2006 Apr. 7–24, 2006 May 26–Jun. 5, 2006 Jun. 30–Jul. 9, 2006 Aug. 3–Sep. 5, 2006 Oct. 1–Nov. 8, 2006 Nov. 16–Dec. 3, 2006 | |
110th (2007–2009) | 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 | Dec. 19, 2007 | 167 | 164 |
Jan. 25–28, 2007 Feb. 1–4, 2007 Feb. 17–26, 2007 Mar. 31–Apr. 15, 2007 May 25–Jun. 4, 2007 Jun. 29–Jul. 9, 2007 Aug. 6–Sep. 3, 2007 Nov. 16–Dec. 3, 2007 |
2 | Jan. 3, 2008 | Jan. 3, 2009 | 119 | 119 |
Jan. 4–14, 2008 Jan. 24–27, 2008 Jan. 30–Feb. 5, 2008 Mar. 15–30, 2008 May 23–Jun. 2, 2008 Jun. 27–Jul. 7, 2008 Aug. 2–Sep. 7, 2008 Oct. 4–Nov. 18, 2008 Nov. 21–Dec. 8, 2008 Dec. 11, 2008–Jan. 3, 2009 | |
111th (2009–2011) | 1 | Jan. 6, 2009 | Dec. 23, 2009 | 162 | 159 |
Jan. 29–Feb. 1, 2009
Feb. 5–8, 2009 Feb. 14–22, 2009 Apr. 3–20, 2009 May 22–Jun. 1, 2009 Jun. 27–Jul. 6, 2009 Aug. 1–Sep. 7, 2009 Nov. 8–15, 2009 Nov. 20–30, 2009 |
2 | Jan. 5, 2010 | Dec. 22, 2010 | 128 | 127 | Jan. 6–11, 2010 Feb. 10–21, 2010 Mar. 26–Apr. 12, 2010 May 29–Jun. 7, 2010 Jul. 2–12, 2010 Jul. 31–Aug. 8, 2010 Aug. 11–Sep. 13, 2010 Oct. 1–Nov. 14, 2010 Nov. 19–28, 2010 | |
112th (2011–2013) | 1 | Jan. 5, 2011 | Jan. 3, 2012 | 177 | 175 |
Jan. 13–17, 2011 Jan. 27–Feb. 7, 2011 Feb. 20–27, 2011 Mar. 18–28, 2011 Apr. 16–May 1, 2011 May 14–22, 2011 |
2 | Jan. 3, 2012 | Jan. 3, 2013 | 153 | 153 | Mar. 31–Apr. 15, 2012 Apr. 28–May 6, 2012 Jun. 30–Jul. 8, 2012 Aug. 8–Sep. 9, 2012 Nov. 17–26, 2012 | |
113th (2013–2015) | 1 | Jan. 3, 2013 | Jan. 3, 2014 | 161 | 160 | Jan. 5–13, 2013 Feb. 16-24, 2013 Mar. 26–Apr. 8, 2013 May 25–Jun. 2, 2013 Jun. 29–Jul. 7, 2013 Aug. 3–Sep. 5, 2013 Oct. 31–Nov. 11, 2013 Nov. 23–Dec. 1, 2013 Dec. 27, 2013–Jan. 2, 2014 |
2 | Jan. 3, 2014 | Jan. 2, 2015 | 137 | 135 | Apr. 11–27, 2014 Aug. 5–Sep. 7, 2014 Sep. 20–Nov. 11, 2014 Nov. 21–30, 2014 Dec. 17, 2014–Jan. 1, 2015 | |
114th (2015–2017) | 1 | Jan. 6, 2015 | Dec. 18, 2015 | 157 | 157 | Mar. 27–Apr. 12, 2015 Jun. 26–Jul. 6, 2015 Aug. 5–Sep. 7, 2015 Nov. 6–15, 2015 Nov. 20–29, 2015 |
2 | Jan. 4, 2016 | Jan. 3, 2017 | 131 | 131 | Jan. 14–24, 2016 Feb. 13–22, 2016 Mar. 24–Apr. 10, 2016 Jul. 26–Sep. 5, 2016 Sep. 29–Nov. 13, 2016 | |
115th (2017–2019) | 1 | Jan. 3, 2017 | Jan. 3, 2018 | 193 | 192 | |
2 | Jan. 3, 2018 | Jan. 3, 2019 | 175 | 174 | ||
116th (2019–2021) | 1 | Jan. 3, 2019 | Jan. 3, 2020 | 193 | 193 | |
2 | Jan. 3, 2020 | Jan. 3, 2021 | 164 | 163 | ||
117th (2021–2023) | 1 | Jan. 3, 2021 | Jan. 3, 2022 | 172 | 166 | |
2 | Jan. 3, 2022 |
Footnotes
1The adjournment date is consistently referred to as the last calendar date of the session, regardless of the legislative day.
2"Calendar days" is defined as the total number of calendar days from the convening date to adjournment date that Congress met during that session. “Legislative days” indicates the total days Congress recorded as a working parliamentary day.
*Indicates that a special session of the House and/or Senate was convened during a Congress. Article II, Section 3 of the constitution provides that the President "may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them." This procedure occurs only if the Congress is convened by presidential proclamation. Extraordinary sessions have been called by the Chief Executive to urge the Congress to focus on important national issues. These are separate sessions of Congress, unless otherwise noted. Source: Congressional Directory; House Journal.
**President Harry S. Truman called the Congress into extraordinary session twice, both times during the 80th Congress. Each time Congress had essentially wrapped up its business for the year, but for technical reasons had not adjourned sine die, so in each case the extraordinary session is considered an extension of the regularly numbered session rather than a separately numbered one. The dates of these extraordinary sessions were Nov. 17 to Dec. 19. 1947, and July 26 to Aug. 7, 1948.