1st United States Congress
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The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washi
Federal Hall (1789)
Congress Hall in Philadelphia, meeting place of this Congress's third session.
Statue of George Washington in front of Federal Hall, where he was first inaugurated as president.
Senate President John Adams
The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from March 1, 1781, until
1st United States Congress
…1st United States Congress Congress of the Confederation ← → 2nd Federal Hall (1789) March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 Members 22–26 senators 59–65 representatives Senate majority Pro-Administration Senate President…
General George Washington Resigning His Commission, an 1824 portrait of George Washington by John Trumbull
Independence Hall