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

Congress Session Begin Date Adjourn Date Recesses Senate House 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 Dec 23-Dec 30, 1800    Dec 23-Dec 30, 1800 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 Dec 24-Dec 29, 1817    Dec 24-Dec 29, 1817     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 Dec 24-Dec 29, 1828    Dec 24-Dec 29, 1828 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, 1851 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 Dec 23-Jan 4, 1858    Dec 23-Jan 4, 1858     S Jun 15, 1858 Jun 16, 1858     2 Dec 6, 1858 Mar 3, 1859 Dec 23-Jan 4, 1859    Dec 23-Jan 4, 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 Dec 23-Jan 5, 1863    Dec 23-Jan 5, 1863 38 S Mar 4, 1863 Mar 14, 1863     1 Dec 7, 1863 Jul 4, 1864 Dec 23-Jan 5, 1864    Dec 23-Jan 4, 1864     2 Dec 5, 1864 Mar 3, 1865 Dec 22-Jan 5, 1865    Dec 22-Jan 5, 1865 39 S Mar 4, 1865 Mar 11, 1865     1 Dec 4, 1865 Jul 28, 1866 Dec 6-Dec 11, 1865 Dec 21-Jan 5, 1866    Dec 6-Dec 11, 1865    Dec 21-Jan 5, 1866     2 Dec 3, 1866 Mar 3, 1867 Dec 20-Jan 3, 1867    Dec 20-Jan 3, 1867 40 1 Mar 4, 1867 Dec 1, 1867 Mar 30-Jul 3, 1867 Jul 20-Nov 21, 1867    Mar 30-Jul 3, 1867    Jul 20-Nov 21, 1867     S Apr 1, 1867 Apr 20, 1867     2 Dec 2, 1867 Nov 10, 1868 Dec 20-Jan 6, 1868 Jul 27-Sep 21, 1868 Sep 21-Oct 16, 1868 Oct 16-Nov 10, 1868    Dec 20-Jan 6, 1868    Jul 27-Sep 21, 1868    Sep 21-Oct 16, 1868    Oct 16-Nov 10, 1868     3 Dec 7, 1868 Mar 3, 1869 Dec 21-Jan 5, 1869    Dec 21-Jan 5, 1869 41 1 Mar 4, 1869 Apr 10, 1869     S Apr 12, 1869 Apr 22, 1869     2 Dec 6, 1869 Jul 15, 1870 Dec 22-Jan 10, 1870    Dec 22-Jan 10, 1870     3 Dec 5, 1870 Mar 3, 1871 Dec 23-Jan 4, 1871    Dec 23-Jan 4, 1871 42 1 Mar 4, 1871 Apr 20, 1871     S May 10, 1871 May 27, 1871     2 Dec 4, 1871 Jun 10, 1872 Dec 21-Jan 8, 1872    Dec 21-Jan 8, 1872     3 Dec 2, 1872 Mar 3, 1873 Dec 20-Jan 6, 1873    Dec 20-Jan 6, 1873 43 S Mar 4, 1873 Mar 26, 1873     1 Dec 1, 1873 Jun 23, 1874 Dec 19-Jan 5, 1874    Dec 19-Jan 5, 1874     2 Dec 7, 1874 Mar 3, 1875 Dec 23-Jan 5, 1875    Dec 23-Jan 5, 1875 44 S Mar 5, 1875 Mar 24, 1875     1 Dec 6, 1875 Aug 15, 1876 Dec 20-Jan 5, 1876    Dec 21-Jan 5, 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 Dec 15-Jan 10, 1878    Dec 15-Jan 10, 1878     3 Dec 2, 1878 Mar 3, 1879 Dec 20-Jan 7, 1879    Dec 20-Jan 7, 1879 46 1 Mar 18, 1879 Jul 1, 1879     2 Dec 1, 1879 Jun 16, 1880 Dec 19-Jan 6, 1880    Dec 19-Jan 6, 1880     3 Dec 6, 1880 Mar 3, 1881 Dec 23-Jan 5, 1881    Dec 23-Jan 5, 1881 47 S Oct 10, 1881 Oct 29, 1881     S Mar 4, 1881 May 20, 1881     1 Dec 5, 1881 Aug 8, 1882 Dec 22-Jan 5, 1882    Dec 22-Jan 5, 1882     2 Dec 4, 1882 Mar 3, 1883 48 1 Dec 3, 1883 Jul 7, 1884 Dec 24-Jan 7, 1884    Dec 24-Jan 7, 1884     2 Dec 1, 1884 Mar 3, 1885 Dec 24-Jan 5, 1885    Dec 24-Jan 5, 1885 49 S Mar 4, 1885 Apr 2, 1885     1 Dec 7, 1885 Aug 5, 1886 Dec 21-Jan 5, 1886    Dec 21-Jan 5, 1886     2 Dec 6, 1886 Mar 3, 1887 Dec 22-Jan 4, 1887    Dec 22-Jan 4, 1887 50 1 Dec 5, 1887 Oct 20, 1888 Dec 22-Jan 4, 1888    Dec 22-Jan 4, 1888     2 Dec 3, 1888 Mar 3, 1889 Dec 21-Jan 2, 1889    Dec 21-Jan 2, 1889 51 S Mar 4, 1889 Apr 2, 1889     1 Dec 2, 1889 Oct 1, 1890 Dec 21-Jan 6, 1890    Dec 21-Jan 6, 1890     2 Dec 1, 1890 Mar 3, 1891 52 1 Dec 7, 1891 Aug 5, 1892     2 Dec 5, 1892 Mar 3, 1893 Dec 22-Jan 4, 1893    Dec 22-Jan 4, 1893 53 S Mar 4, 1893 Apr 15, 1893