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    51st United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar Congress, was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States...
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    The 51st state in American political discourse refers to the concept of granting statehood to one of the United States' territories, splitting one or more...
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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 51st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1889, to March...
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  • elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1889 to the 50th United States Congress and 51st United States Congress. Of these, at least...
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    The 1888 United States elections occurred during the Third Party System, and elected the members of the 51st United States Congress. North Dakota, South...
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    seats of the United States House of Representatives, representing 38 states, to serve in the 51st United States Congress. Six new states would later join...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 51st United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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    Proposals for a 51st state Territorial evolution of the United States U.S. territorial sovereignty Compact of Free Association The original 13 states became sovereign...
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    follows: 1890 United States elections 1890 United States House of Representatives elections 51st United States Congress 52nd United States Congress as Republican...
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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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  • 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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    The 117th 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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  • Sherman Silver Purchase Act (category 51st United States Congress)
    The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was a United States federal law enacted on July 14, 1890. The measure did not authorize the free and unlimited coinage...
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    General Revision Act (category United States federal public land legislation)
    of the nation's forest land. The resulting act, passed by the 51st United States Congress and signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on March 3...
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    Republicans an eight-seat majority, mostly from newly admitted states. Senate party division, 51st Congress (1889–1891) Majority party: Republican (39 to 51) Minority...
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    The 112th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2011, until January...
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  • term, but resigned before this Congress. Breckinridge was initially declared elected to the 51st United States Congress and took his seat. John M. Clayton...
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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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    Harrison and the Republican-controlled 51st United States Congress (derided by Democrats as the "Billion Dollar Congress") enacted the most ambitious domestic...
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    (beginning 1891). 1890 United States elections 1890–91 United States Senate elections 51st United States Congress 52nd United States Congress Dubin (pp. 293–94)...
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    The 50th 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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    Oklahoma Organic Act (category 51st United States Congress)
    An Organic Act is a generic name for a statute used by the United States Congress to describe a territory, in anticipation of being admitted to the Union...
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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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    was the second wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. She was nearly 25 years younger than Harrison, and was the niece of...
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    under the United States Constitution. States and their citizens are represented in the United States Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of...
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  • United States Congress. List of United States Congresses List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives List of Speaker of the United...
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    Legal status of Hawaii List of states and territories of the United States Federalism in the United States Proposals for a 51st state This list does not account...
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    Immigration Act of 1891 (category United States federal immigration and nationality legislation)
    3, 1891, at the end of the term of the 51st United States Congress, and signed into law by then United States President Benjamin Harrison. The Immigration...
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