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Dates of Sessions of the Congress, 1789-present (present-1789)

Congress	Session	Begin Date	Adjourn Date

1	1	Mar 4, 1789	Sep 29, 1789
	2	Jan 4, 1790	Aug 12, 1790
	3	Dec 6, 1790	Mar 3, 1791

2	S	Mar 4, 1791	Mar 4, 1791
	1	Oct 24, 1791	May 8, 1792
	2	Nov 5, 1792	Mar 2, 1793

3	S	Mar 4, 1793	Mar 4, 1793
	1	Dec 2, 1793	Jun 9, 1794
	2	Nov 3, 1794	Mar 3, 1795

4	S	Jun 8, 1795	Jun 26, 1795
	1	Dec 7, 1795	Jun 1, 1796
	2	Dec 5, 1796	Mar 3, 1797

5	S	Mar 4, 1797	Mar 4, 1797
	1	May 15, 1797	Jul 10, 1797
	S	Jul 17, 1798	Jul 19, 1798
	2	Nov 13, 1797	Jul 16, 1798
	3	Dec 3, 1798	Mar 3, 1799

6	1	Dec 2, 1799	May 14, 1800
	2	Nov 17, 1800	Mar 3, 1801

7	S	Mar 4, 1801	Mar 5, 1801
	1	Dec 7, 1801	May 3, 1802
	2	Dec 6, 1802	Mar 3, 1803

8	1	Oct 17, 1803	Mar 27, 1804
	2	Nov 5, 1804	Mar 3, 1805

9	1	Dec 2, 1805	Apr 21, 1806
	2	Dec 1, 1806	Mar 3, 1807

10	1	Oct 26, 1807	Apr 25, 1808
	2	Nov 7, 1808	Mar 3, 1809

11	S	Mar 4, 1809	Mar 7, 1809
	1	May 22, 1809	Jun 28, 1809
	2	Nov 27, 1809	May 1, 1810
	3	Dec 3, 1810	Mar 3, 1811

12	1	Nov 4, 1811	Jul 6, 1812
	2	Nov 2, 1812	Mar 3, 1813

13	1	May 24, 1813	Aug 2, 1813
	2	Dec 6, 1813	Apr 18, 1814
	3	Sep 19, 1814	Mar 3, 1815

14	1	Dec 4, 1815	Apr 30, 1816
	2	Dec 2, 1816	Mar 3, 1817

15	S	Mar 4, 1817	Mar 6, 1817
	1	Dec 1, 1817	Apr 20, 1818
	2	Nov 16, 1818	Mar 3, 1819

16	1	Dec 6, 1819	May 15, 1820
	2	Nov 13, 1820	Mar 3, 1821

17	1	Dec 3, 1821	May 8, 1822
	2	Dec 2, 1822	Mar 3, 1823

18	1	Dec 1, 1823	May 27, 1824
	2	Dec 6, 1824	Mar 3, 1825

19	S	Mar 4, 1825	Mar 9, 1825
	1	Dec 5, 1825	May 22, 1826
	2	Dec 4, 1826	Mar 3, 1827

20	1	Dec 3, 1827	May 26, 1828
	2	Dec 1, 1828	Mar 3, 1829

21	S	Mar 4, 1829	Mar 17, 1829
	1	Dec 7, 1829	May 31, 1830
	2	Dec 6, 1830	Mar 3, 1831

22	1	Dec 5, 1831	Jul 16, 1832
	2	Dec 3, 1832	Mar 2, 1833

23	1	Dec 2, 1833	Jun 30, 1834
	2	Dec 1, 1834	Mar 3, 1835

24	1	Dec 7, 1835	Jul 4, 1836
	2	Dec 5, 1836	Mar 3, 1837

25	S	Mar 4, 1837	Mar 10, 1837
	1	Sep 4, 1837	Oct 16, 1837
	2	Dec 4, 1837	Jul 9, 1838
	3	Dec 3, 1838	Mar 3, 1839

26	1	Dec 2, 1839	Jul 21, 1840
	2	Dec 7, 1840	Mar 3, 1841

27	S	Mar 4, 1841	Mar 15, 1841
	1	May 31, 1841	Sep 13, 1841
	2	Dec 6, 1841	Aug 31, 1842
	3	Dec 5, 1842	Mar 3, 1843

28	1	Dec 4, 1843	Jun 17, 1844
	2	Dec 2, 1844	Mar 3, 1845

29	S	Mar 4, 1845	Mar 20, 1845
	1	Dec 1, 1845	Aug 10, 1846
	2	Dec 7, 1846	Mar 3, 1847

30	1	Dec 6, 1847	Aug 14, 1848
	2	Dec 4, 1848	Mar 3, 1849

31	S	Mar 5, 1849	Mar 23, 1849
	1	Dec 3, 1849	Sep 30, 1850
	2	Dec 2, 1850	Mar 3, 1851

32	S	Mar 4, 1851	Mar 13, 1851
	1	Dec 1, 1851	Aug 31, 1852
	2	Dec 6, 1852	Mar 3, 1853

33	S	Mar 4, 1853	Apr 11, 1853
	1	Dec 5, 1853	Aug 7, 1854
	2	Dec 4, 1854	Mar 3, 1855

34	1	Dec 3, 1855	Aug 18, 1856
	2	Aug 21, 1856	Aug 30, 1856
	3	Dec 1, 1856	Mar 3, 1857

35	S	Mar 4, 1857	Mar 14, 1857
	1	Dec 7, 1857	Jun 14, 1858
	S	Jun 15, 1858	Jun 16, 1858
	2	Dec 6, 1858	Mar 3, 1859

36	S	Mar 4, 1859	Mar 10, 1859
	1	Dec 5, 1859	Jun 25, 1860
	S	Jun 26, 1860	Jun 28, 1860
	2	Dec 3, 1860	Mar 3, 1861

37	S	Mar 4, 1861	Mar 28, 1861
	1	Jul 4, 1861	Aug 6, 1861
	2	Dec 2, 1861	Jul 17, 1862
	3	Dec 1, 1862	Mar 3, 1863

38	S	Mar 4, 1863	Mar 14, 1863
	1	Dec 7, 1863	Jul 4, 1864
	2	Dec 5, 1864	Mar 3, 1865

39	S	Mar 4, 1865	Mar 11, 1865
	1	Dec 4, 1865	Jul 28, 1866
	2	Dec 3, 1866	Mar 3, 1867

40	1	Mar 4, 1867	Dec 1, 1867
	S	Apr 1, 1867	Apr 20, 1867
	2	Dec 2, 1867	Nov 10, 1868
	3	Dec 7, 1868	Mar 3, 1869

41	1	Mar 4, 1869	Apr 10, 1869
	S	Apr 12, 1869	Apr 22, 1869
	2	Dec 6, 1869	Jul 15, 1870
	3	Dec 5, 1870	Mar 3, 1871

42	1	Mar 4, 1871	Apr 20, 1871
	S	May 10, 1871	May 27, 1871
	2	Dec 4, 1871	Jun 10, 1872
	3	Dec 2, 1872	Mar 3, 1873

43	S	Mar 4, 1873	Mar 26, 1873
	1	Dec 1, 1873	Jun 23, 1874
	2	Dec 7, 1874	Mar 3, 1875

44	S	Mar 5, 1875	Mar 24, 1875
	1	Dec 6, 1875	Aug 15, 1876
	2	Dec 4, 1876	Mar 3, 1877

45	S	Mar 5, 1877	Mar 17, 1877
	1	Oct 15, 1877	Dec 3, 1877
	2	Dec 3, 1877	Jun 20, 1878
	3	Dec 2, 1878	Mar 3, 1879

46	1	Mar 18, 1879	Jul 1, 1879
	2	Dec 1, 1879	Jun 16, 1880
	3	Dec 6, 1880	Mar 3, 1881

47	S	Oct 10, 1881	Oct 29, 1881
	S	Mar 4, 1881	May 20, 1881
	1	Dec 5, 1881	Aug 8, 1882
	2	Dec 4, 1882	Mar 3, 1883

48	1	Dec 3, 1883	Jul 7, 1884
	2	Dec 1, 1884	Mar 3, 1885

49	S	Mar 4, 1885	Apr 2, 1885
	1	Dec 7, 1885	Aug 5, 1886
	2	Dec 6, 1886	Mar 3, 1887

50	1	Dec 5, 1887	Oct 20, 1888
	2	Dec 3, 1888	Mar 3, 1889

51	S	Mar 4, 1889	Apr 2, 1889
	1	Dec 2, 1889	Oct 1, 1890
	2	Dec 1, 1890	Mar 3, 1891

52	1	Dec 7, 1891	Aug 5, 1892
	2	Dec 5, 1892	Mar 3, 1893

53	S	Mar 4, 1893	Apr 15, 1893
	1	Aug 7, 1893	Nov 3, 1893
	2	Dec 4, 1893	Aug 28, 1894
	3	Dec 3, 1894	Mar 3, 1895

54	1	Dec 2, 1895	Jun 11, 1896
	2	Dec 7, 1896	Mar 3, 1897

55	S	Mar 4, 1897	Mar 10, 1897
	1	Mar 15, 1897	Jul 24, 1897
	2	Dec 6, 1897	Jul 8, 1898
	3	Dec 5, 1898	Mar 3, 1899

56	1	Dec 4, 1899	Jun 7, 1900
	2	Dec 3, 1900	Mar 3, 1901

57	S	Mar 4, 1901	Mar 9, 1901
	1	Dec 2, 1901	Jul 1, 1902
	2	Dec 1, 1902	Mar 3, 1903

58	S	Mar 5, 1903	Mar 19, 1903
	1	Nov 9, 1903	Dec 7, 1903
	2	Dec 7, 1903	Apr 28, 1904
	3	Dec 5, 1905	Mar 3, 1905

59	S	Mar 4, 1905	Mar 18, 1905
	1	Dec 4, 1905	Jun 30, 1906
	2	Dec 3, 1906	Mar 3, 1907

60	1	Dec 2, 1907	May 30, 1908
	2	Dec 7, 1908	Mar 3, 1909

61	S	Mar 4, 1909	Mar 6, 1909
	1	Mar 15, 1909	Aug 5, 1909
	2	Dec 6, 1909	Jun 25, 1910
	3	Dec 5, 1910	Mar 3, 1911

62	1	Apr 4, 1911	Aug 22, 1911
	2	Dec 4, 1911	Aug 26, 1912
	3	Dec 2, 1912	Mar 3, 1913

63	S	Mar 4, 1913	Mar 17, 1913
	1	Apr 7, 1913	Dec 1, 1913
	2	Dec 1, 1913	Oct 24, 1914
	3	Dec 7, 1914	Mar 3, 1915

64	1	Dec 6, 1915	Sep 8, 1916
	2	Dec 4, 1916	Mar 3, 1917

65	S	Mar 5, 1917	Mar 16, 1917
	1	Apr 2, 1917	Oct 6, 1917
	2	Dec 3, 1917	Nov 21, 1918
	3	Dec 2, 1918	Mar 3, 1919

66	1	May 19, 1919	Nov 19, 1919
	2	Dec 1, 1919	Jun 5, 1920
	3	Dec 6, 1920	Mar 3, 1921

67	S	Mar 4, 1921	Mar 15, 1921
	1	Apr 11, 1921	Nov 23, 1921
	2	Dec 5, 1921	Sep 22, 1922
	3	Nov 20, 1922	Dec 4, 1922
	4	Dec 4, 1922	Mar 3, 1923

68	1	Dec 3, 1923	Jun 7, 1924
	2	Dec 1, 1924	Mar 3, 1925

69	S	Mar 4, 1925	Mar 18, 1925
	1	Dec 7, 1925	Jul 3, 1926
	2	Dec 6, 1926	Mar 4, 1927

70	1	Dec 5, 1927	May 29, 1928
	2	Dec 3, 1928	Mar 3, 1929

71	S	Mar 4, 1929	Mar 5, 1929
	1	Apr 15, 1929	Nov 22, 1929
	2	Dec 2, 1929	Jul 3, 1930
	S	Jul 7, 1930	Jul 21, 1930
	3	Dec 1, 1930	Mar 3, 1931

72	1	Dec 7, 1931	Jul 16, 1932
	2	Dec 5, 1932	Mar 3, 1933

73	S	Mar 4, 1933	Mar 6, 1933
	1	Mar 9, 1933	Jun 15, 1933
	2	Jan 3, 1934	Jun 18, 1934

74	1	Jan 3, 1935	Aug 26, 1935
	2	Jan 3, 1936	Jun 20, 1936

75	1	Jan 5, 1937	Aug 21, 1937
	2	Nov 15, 1937	Dec 21, 1937
	3	Jan 3, 1938	Jun 16, 1938

76	1	Jan 3, 1939	Aug 5, 1939
	2	Sep 21, 1939	Nov 3, 1939
	3	Jan 3, 1940	Jan 3, 1941

77	1	Jan 3, 1941	Jan 2, 1942
	2	Jan 5, 1942	Dec 16, 1942

78	1	Jan 6, 1943	Dec 21, 1943
	2	Jan 10, 1944	Dec 19, 1944

79	1	Jan 3, 1945	Dec 21, 1945
	2	Jan 14, 1946	Aug 2, 1946

80	1	Jan 3, 1947	Dec 19, 1947
	2	Jan 6, 1948	Dec 31, 1948

81	1	Jan 3, 1949	Oct 19, 1949
	2	Jan 3, 1950	Jan 2, 1951

82	1	Jan 3, 1951	Oct 20, 1951
	2	Jan 8, 1952	Jul 7, 1952

83	1	Jan 3, 1953	Aug 3, 1953
	2	Jan 6, 1954	Dec 2, 1954¹

84	1	Jan 5, 1955	Aug 2, 1955
	2	Jan 3, 1956	Jul 27, 1956

85	1	Jan 3, 1957	Aug 30, 1957
	2	Jan 7, 1958	Aug 24, 1958

86	1	Jan 7, 1959	Sep 15, 1959
	2	Jan 6, 1960	Sep 1, 1960

87	1	Jan 3, 1961	Sep 27, 1961
	2	Jan 10, 1962	Oct 13, 1962

88	1	Jan 9, 1963	Dec 30, 1963
	2	Jan 7, 1964	Oct 3, 1964

89	1	Jan 4, 1965	Oct 23, 1965
	2	Jan 10, 1966	Oct 22, 1966

90	1	Jan 10, 1967	Dec 15, 1967
	2	Jan 15, 1968	Oct 14, 1968

91	1	Jan 3, 1969	Dec 23, 1969
	2	Jan 19, 1970	Jan 2, 1971

92	1	Jan 21, 1971	Dec 17, 1971
	2	Jan 18, 1972	Oct 18, 1972

93	1	Jan 3, 1973	Dec 22, 1973
	2	Jan 21, 1974	Dec 20, 1974

94	1	Jan 14, 1975	Dec 19, 1975
	2	Jan 19, 1976	Oct 1, 1976

95	1	Jan 4, 1977	Dec 15, 1977
	2	Jan 19, 1978	Oct 15, 1978

96	1	Jan 15, 1979	Jan 3, 1980²
	2	Jan 3, 1980	Dec 16, 1980

97	1	Jan 5, 1981	Dec 16, 1981
	2	Jan 25, 1982	Dec 23, 1982

98	1	Jan 3, 1983	Nov 18, 1983
	2	Jan 23, 1984	Oct 12, 1984

99	1	Jan 3, 1985	Dec 20, 1985
	2	Jan 21, 1986	Oct 18, 1986

100	1	Jan 6, 1987	Dec 22, 1987
	2	Jan 25, 1988	Oct 22, 1988

101	1	Jan 3, 1989	Nov 22, 1989
	2	Jan 23, 1990	Oct 28, 1990³

102	1	Jan 3, 1991	Jan 3, 1992
	2	Jan 3, 1992	Oct 9, 1992

103	1	Jan 5, 1993	Nov 26, 1993
	2	Jan 25, 1994	Dec 1, 1994

104	1	Jan 4, 1995	Jan 3, 1996
	2	Jan 3, 1996	Oct 4, 1996

105	1	Jan 7, 1997	Nov 13, 1997
	2	Jan 27, 1998	Dec 19, 1998⁴

106	1	Jan 6, 1999	Nov 22, 1999
	2	Jan 24, 2000	Dec 15, 2000

107	1	Jan 3, 2001	Dec 20, 2001
	2	Jan 23, 2002	Nov 22, 2002

108	1	Jan 7, 2003	Dec 9, 2003
	2	Jan 20, 2004	Dec 8, 2004

109	1	Jan 4, 2005	Dec 22, 2005
	2	Jan 3, 2006	Dec 9, 2006⁵

110	1	Jan 4, 2007	Dec 31, 2007⁶
	2	Jan 3, 2008	Jan 3, 2009⁷

111	1	Jan 6, 2009	Dec 24, 2009⁸
	2	Jan 5, 2010	Dec 22, 2010

112	1	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2012
	2	Jan 3, 2012

1. House adjourned sine die Aug 20, 1954

2. Senate adjourned sine die Dec 20, 1979

3. Senate adjourned 2:17 a.m. Oct 28

4. Senate adjourned sine die Oct 21, 1998.

5. Senate adjourned 4:39 a.m. Dec 9; House adjourned 3:17 a.m. Dec 9

6. House adjourned sine die Dec 19, 2007

7. Senate adjourned sine die on January 2, 2009.

8. House adjourned Dec 23, 2009

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