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    The 31st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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  • This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each Congress lasts for two years...
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  • This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1849, to March...
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    Assembly 1849) Members of the 31st United States Congress Result State election, 1847: The Whig Almanac and United States Register for 1848 Result Whig...
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    an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held...
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  • Land Grant Act of 1850 (category 31st United States Congress)
    Land Grant Act of 1850 provided for 3.75 million acres of land to the United States to support railroad projects; by 1857 21 million acres of public lands...
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    California Statehood Act (category History of the West Coast of the United States)
    the United States as the thirty-first state. Passed in 1850 by the 31st United States Congress, the law made California one of only a few states to become...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 31st United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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    Donation Land Claim Act (category 31st United States Congress)
    sometimes known as the Donation Land Act, was a statute enacted by the United States Congress in late 1850, intended to promote homestead settlements in the Oregon...
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  • the House of Representatives before the first session of the 31st United States Congress convened on December 3, 1849. The new state of Wisconsin elected...
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  • chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 1st through 56th United States Congresses, between 1789 and 1901. For the...
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    divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate...
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    118th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate...
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    The history of the United States Congress refers to the chronological record of the United States Congress including legislative sessions from 1789 to...
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    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (category 31st United States Congress)
    Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between...
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  • Thomas Ross (Pennsylvania politician) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress)
    same district his father represented—in the 31st United States Congress and the 32nd United States Congress. Ross's time in office began on March 4, 1849...
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    The 1848 United States elections elected the members of the 31st United States Congress and the 12th president of the United States. The election took...
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    Compromise of 1850 (category 31st United States Congress)
    separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states in the years leading up...
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    defined as the 37th parallel north by the 31st United States Congress. In 1861, the 36th United States Congress transferred land previously allocated to...
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    The 106th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...
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  • United States House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from...
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  • session of the 32nd United States Congress convened on December 1, 1851. Elections were held for all 233 seats, representing 31 states. The Democrats gained...
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  • 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981...
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    United States Senate. 1850 United States elections 1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections 31st United States Congress 32nd United States...
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  • Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Bioguide. Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan...
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    grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded...
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    The 38th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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    The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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    The 32nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...
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