List of United States Congresses

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 and begins on January 3 of odd years.

Before the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which fixed Congressional dates, the dates on which a Congress ended was either March 3 or March 4.

## List of previous Congresses

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For assemblies under the Articles of Confederation, see Second Continental Congress and Congress of the Confederation.

Congress  | Congress began  | Session  | Session dates  | Congress ended

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1st Congress | March 4, 1789  | 1st session  | March 4, 1789 – September 29, 1789  | March 3, 1791
2nd session  | January 4, 1790 – August 12, 1790
3rd session  | December 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791
2nd Congress | March 4, 1791  | Special session  | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1791  | March 3, 1793
1st session  | October 24, 1791 – May 8, 1792
2nd session  | November 5, 1792 – March 2, 1793
3rd Congress | March 4, 1793  | Special session  | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1793  | March 3, 1795
1st session  | December 2, 1793 – June 9, 1794
2nd session  | November 3, 1794 – March 3, 1795
4th Congress | March 4, 1795  | Special session  | June 8, 1795 – June 26, 1795  | March 3, 1797
1st session  | December 7, 1795 – June 1, 1796
2nd session  | December 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797
5th Congress | March 4, 1797  | Special session  | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1797  | March 3, 1799
1st session  | May 15, 1797 – July 10, 1797
2nd session  | November 13, 1797 – July 16, 1798
Special session  | July 17, 1798 – July 19, 1798
3rd session  | December 3, 1798 – March 3, 1799
6th Congress | March 4, 1799  | 1st session  | December 2, 1799 – May 14, 1800  | March 3, 1801
2nd session  | November 17, 1800 – March 3, 1801
7th Congress | March 4, 1801  | Special session  | March 4, 1801 – March 5, 1801  | March 3, 1803
1st session  | December 7, 1801 – May 3, 1802
2nd session  | December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803
8th Congress | March 4, 1803  | 1st session  | October 17, 1803 – March 27, 1804  | March 3, 1805
2nd session  | November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805
9th Congress | March 4, 1805  | 1st session  | December 2, 1805 – April 21, 1806  | March 3, 1807
2nd session  | December 1, 1806 – March 3, 1807
10th Congress | March 4, 1807  | 1st session  | October 26, 1807 – April 25, 1808  | March 3, 1809
2nd session  | November 7, 1808 – March 3, 1809
11th Congress | March 4, 1809  | Special session  | March 4, 1809 – March 7, 1809  | March 3, 1811
1st session  | May 22, 1809 – June 28, 1809
2nd session  | November 27, 1809 – May 1, 1810
3rd session  | December 3, 1810 – March 3, 1811
12th Congress | March 4, 1811  | 1st session  | November 4, 1811 – July 6, 1812  | March 3, 1813
2nd session  | November 2, 1812 – March 3, 1813
13th Congress | March 4, 1813  | 1st session  | May 24, 1813 – August 2, 1813  | March 3, 1815
2nd session  | December 6, 1813 – April 18, 1814
3rd session  | September 19, 1814 – March 3, 1815
14th Congress | March 4, 1815  | 1st session  | December 4, 1815 – April 30, 1816  | March 3, 1817
2nd session  | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817
15th Congress | March 4, 1817  | Special session  | March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1817  | March 3, 1819
1st session  | December 1, 1817 – April 20, 1818
2nd session  | November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819
16th Congress | March 4, 1819  | 1st session  | December 6, 1819 – May 15, 1820  | March 3, 1821
2nd session  | November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1821
17th Congress | March 4, 1821  | 1st session  | December 3, 1821 – May 8, 1822  | March 3, 1823
2nd session  | December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823
18th Congress | March 4, 1823  | 1st session  | December 1, 1823 – May 27, 1824  | March 3, 1825
2nd session  | December 6, 1824 – March 3, 1825
19th Congress | March 4, 1825  | Special session  | March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1825  | March 3, 1827
1st session  | December 5, 1825 – May 22, 1826
2nd session  | December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1827
20th Congress | March 4, 1827  | 1st session  | December 3, 1827 – May 26, 1828  | March 3, 1829
2nd session  | December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829
21st Congress | March 4, 1829  | Special session  | March 4, 1829 – March 17, 1829  | March 3, 1831
1st session  | December 7, 1829 – May 31, 1830
2nd session  | December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831
22nd Congress | March 4, 1831  | 1st session  | December 5, 1831 – July 16, 1832  | March 3, 1833
2nd session  | December 3, 1832 – March 2, 1833
23rd Congress | March 4, 1833  | 1st session  | December 2, 1833 – June 30, 1834  | March 3, 1835
2nd session  | December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1835
24th Congress | March 4, 1835  | 1st session  | December 7, 1835 – July 4, 1836  | March 3, 1837
2nd session  | December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837
25th Congress | March 4, 1837  | Special session  | March 4, 1837 – March 10, 1837  | March 3, 1839
1st session  | September 4, 1837 – October 16, 1837
2nd session  | December 4, 1837 – July 9, 1838
3rd session  | December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1839
26th Congress | March 4, 1839  | 1st session  | December 2, 1839 – July 21, 1840  | March 3, 1841
2nd session  | December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841
27th Congress | March 4, 1841  | Special session  | March 4, 1841 – March 15, 1841  | March 3, 1843
1st session  | May 31, 1841 – September 13, 1841
2nd session  | December 6, 1841 – August 31, 1842
3rd session  | December 5, 1842 – March 3, 1843
28th Congress | March 4, 1843  | 1st session  | December 4, 1843 – June 17, 1844  | March 3, 1845
2nd session  | December 2, 1844 – March 3, 1845
29th Congress | March 4, 1845  | Special session  | March 4, 1845 – March 20, 1845  | March 3, 1847
1st session  | December 1, 1845 – August 10, 1846
2nd session  | December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847
30th Congress | March 4, 1847  | 1st session  | December 6, 1847 – August 14, 1848  | March 3, 1849
2nd session  | December 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849
31st Congress | March 4, 1849  | Special session  | March 5, 1849 – March 23, 1849  | March 3, 1851
1st session  | December 3, 1849 – September 30, 1850
2nd session  | December 2, 1850 – March 3, 1851
32nd Congress | March 4, 1851  | Special session  | March 4, 1851 – March 13, 1851  | March 3, 1853
1st session  | December 1, 1851 – August 31, 1852
2nd session  | December 6, 1852 – March 3, 1853
33rd Congress | March 4, 1853  | Special session  | March 4, 1853 – April 11, 1853  | March 3, 1855
1st session  | December 5, 1853 – August 7, 1854
2nd session  | December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855
34th Congress | March 4, 1855  | 1st session  | December 3, 1855 – August 18, 1856  | March 3, 1857
2nd session  | August 21, 1856 – August 30, 1856
3rd session  | December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857
35th Congress | March 4, 1857  | Special session  | March 4, 1857 – March 14, 1857  | March 3, 1859
1st session  | December 7, 1857 – June 14, 1858
Special session  | June 15, 1858 – June 16, 1858
2nd session  | December 6, 1858 – March 3, 1859
36th Congress | March 4, 1859  | Special session  | March 4, 1859 – March 10, 1859  | March 3, 1861
1st session  | December 5, 1859 – June 25, 1860
Special session  | June 26, 1860 – June 28, 1860
2nd session  | December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861
37th Congress | March 4, 1861  | Special session  | March 4, 1861 – March 28, 1861  | March 3, 1863
1st session  | July 4, 1861 – August 6, 1861
2nd session  | December 2, 1861 – July 17, 1862
3rd session  | December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863
38th Congress | March 4, 1863  | Special session  | March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863  | March 3, 1865
1st session  | December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864
2nd session  | December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865
39th Congress | March 4, 1865  | Special session  | March 4, 1865 – March 11, 1865  | March 3, 1867
1st session  | December 4, 1865 – July 28, 1866
2nd session  | December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867
40th Congress | March 4, 1867  | 1st session  | March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867  | March 3, 1869
Special session  | April 1, 1867 – April 20, 1867
2nd session  | December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1868
3rd session  | December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869
41st Congress | March 4, 1869  | 1st session  | March 4, 1869 – April 10, 1869  | March 3, 1871
Special session  | April 12, 1869 – April 22, 1869
2nd session  | December 6, 1869 – July 15, 1870
3rd session  | December 5, 1870 – March 3, 1871
42nd Congress | March 4, 1871  | 1st session  | March 4, 1871 – April 20, 1871  | March 3, 1873
Special session  | May 10, 1871 – May 27, 1871
2nd session  | December 4, 1871 – June 10, 1872
3rd session  | December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873
43rd Congress | March 4, 1873  | Special session  | March 4, 1873 – March 26, 1873  | March 3, 1875
1st session  | December 1, 1873 – June 23, 1874
2nd session  | December 7, 1874 – March 3, 1875
44th Congress | March 4, 1875  | Special session  | March 5, 1875 – March 24, 1875  | March 3, 1877
1st session  | December 6, 1875 – August 15, 1876
2nd session  | December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877
45th Congress | March 4, 1877  | Special session  | March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877  | March 3, 1879
1st session  | October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877
2nd session  | December 3, 1877 – June 20, 1878
3rd session  | December 2, 1878 – March 3, 1879
46th Congress | March 4, 1879  | 1st session  | March 18, 1879 – July 1, 1879  | March 3, 1881
2nd session  | December 1, 1879 – June 16, 1880
3rd session  | December 6, 1880 – March 3, 1881
47th Congress | March 4, 1881  | Special session  | March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881  | March 3, 1883
Special session  | October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881
1st session  | December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882
2nd session  | December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883
48th Congress | March 4, 1883  | 1st session  | December 3, 1883 – July 7, 1884  | March 3, 1885
2nd session  | December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885
49th Congress | March 4, 1885  | Special session  | March 4, 1885 – April 2, 1885  | March 3, 1887
1st session  | December 7, 1885 – August 5, 1886
2nd session  | December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1887
50th Congress | March 4, 1887  | 1st session  | December 5, 1887 – October 20, 1888  | March 3, 1889
2nd session  | December 3, 1888 – March 3, 1889
51st Congress | March 4, 1889  | Special session  | March 4, 1889 – April 2, 1889  | March 3, 1891
1st session  | December 2, 1889 – October 1, 1890
2nd session  | December 1, 1890 – March 3, 1891
52nd Congress | March 4, 1891  | 1st session  | December 7, 1891 – August 5, 1892  | March 3, 1893
2nd session  | December 5, 1892 – March 3, 1893
53rd Congress | March 4, 1893  | Special session  | March 4, 1893 – April 15, 1893  | March 3, 1895
1st session  | August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893
2nd session  | December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894
3rd session  | December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895
54th Congress | March 4, 1895  | 1st session  | December 2, 1895 – June 11, 1896  | March 3, 1897
2nd session  | December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897
55th Congress | March 4, 1897  | Special session  | March 4, 1897 – March 10, 1897  | March 3, 1899
1st session  | March 15, 1897 – July 24, 1897
2nd session  | December 6, 1897 – July 8, 1898
3rd session  | December 5, 1898 – March 3, 1899
56th Congress | March 4, 1899  | 1st session  | December 4, 1899 – June 7, 1900  | March 3, 1901
2nd session  | December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1901
57th Congress | March 4, 1901  | Special session  | March 4, 1901 – March 9, 1901  | March 3, 1903
1st session  | December 2, 1901 – July 1, 1902
2nd session  | December 1, 1902 – March 3, 1903
58th Congress | March 4, 1903  | Special session  | March 5, 1903 – March 19, 1903  | March 3, 1905
1st session  | November 9, 1903 – December 7, 1903
2nd session  | December 7, 1903 – April 28, 1904
3rd session  | December 5, 1904 – March 3, 1905
59th Congress | March 4, 1905  | Special session  | March 4, 1905 – March 18, 1905  | March 3, 1907
1st session  | December 4, 1905 – June 30, 1906
2nd session  | December 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907
60th Congress | March 4, 1907  | 1st session  | December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908  | March 3, 1909
2nd session  | December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909
61st Congress | March 4, 1909  | Special session  | March 4, 1909 – March 6, 1909  | March 3, 1911
1st session  | March 15, 1909 – August 5, 1909
2nd session  | December 6, 1909 – June 25, 1910
3rd session  | December 5, 1910 – March 3, 1911
62nd Congress | March 4, 1911  | 1st session  | April 4, 1911 – August 22, 1911  | March 3, 1913
2nd session  | December 4, 1911 – August 26, 1912
3rd session  | December 2, 1912 – March 3, 1913
63rd Congress | March 4, 1913  | Special session  | March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913  | March 3, 1915
1st session  | April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913
2nd session  | December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914
3rd session  | December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915
64th Congress | March 4, 1915  | 1st session  | December 6, 1915 – September 8, 1916  | March 3, 1917
2nd session  | December 4, 1916 – March 3, 1917
65th Congress | March 4, 1917  | Special session  | March 5, 1917 – March 16, 1917  | March 3, 1919
1st session  | April 2, 1917 – October 6, 1917
2nd session  | December 3, 1917 – November 21, 1918
3rd session  | December 2, 1918 – March 3, 1919
66th Congress | March 4, 1919  | 1st session  | May 19, 1919 – November 19, 1919  | March 3, 1921
2nd session  | December 1, 1919 – June 5, 1920
3rd session  | December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921
67th Congress | March 4, 1921  | Special session  | March 4, 1921 – March 15, 1921  | March 3, 1923
1st session  | April 11, 1921 – November 23, 1921
2nd session  | December 5, 1921 – September 22, 1922
3rd session  | November 20, 1922 – December 4, 1922
4th session  | December 4, 1922 – March 3, 1923
68th Congress | March 4, 1923  | 1st session  | December 3, 1923 – June 7, 1924  | March 3, 1925
2nd session  | December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1925
69th Congress | March 4, 1925  | Special session  | March 4, 1925 – March 18, 1925  | March 3, 1927
1st session  | December 7, 1925 – July 3, 1926
2nd session  | December 6, 1926 – March 4, 1927
70th Congress | March 4, 1927  | 1st session  | December 5, 1927 – May 29, 1928  | March 3, 1929
2nd session  | December 3, 1928 – March 3, 1929
71st Congress | March 4, 1929  | Special session  | March 4, 1929 – March 5, 1929  | March 3, 1931
1st session  | April 15, 1929 – November 22, 1929
2nd session  | December 2, 1929 – July 3, 1930
Special session  | July 7, 1930 – July 21, 1930
3rd session  | December 1, 1930 – March 3, 1931
72nd Congress | March 4, 1931  | 1st session  | December 7, 1931 – July 16, 1932  | March 3, 1933
2nd session  | December 5, 1932 – March 3, 1933
73rd Congress | March 4, 1933  | Special session  | March 4, 1933 – March 6, 1933  | January 3, 1935
1st session  | March 9, 1933 – June 15, 1933
2nd session  | January 3, 1934 – June 18, 1934
74th Congress | January 3, 1935  | 1st session  | January 3, 1935 – August 26, 1935  | January 3, 1937
2nd session  | January 3, 1936 – June 20, 1936
75th Congress | January 3, 1937  | 1st session  | January 5, 1937 – August 21, 1937  | January 3, 1939
2nd session  | November 15, 1937 – December 21, 1937
3rd session  | January 3, 1938 – June 16, 1938
76th Congress | January 3, 1939  | 1st session  | January 3, 1939 – August 5, 1939  | January 3, 1941
2nd session  | September 21, 1939 – November 3, 1939
3rd session  | January 3, 1940 – January 3, 1941
77th Congress | January 3, 1941  | 1st session  | January 3, 1941 – January 2, 1942  | January 3, 1943
2nd session  | January 5, 1942 – December 16, 1942
78th Congress | January 3, 1943  | 1st session  | January 6, 1943 – December 21, 1943  | January 3, 1945
2nd session  | January 10, 1944 – December 19, 1944
79th Congress | January 3, 1945  | 1st session  | January 3, 1945 – December 21, 1945  | January 3, 1947
2nd session  | January 14, 1946 – August 2, 1946
80th Congress | January 3, 1947  | 1st session  | January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1947  | January 3, 1949
2nd session  | January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948
81st Congress | January 3, 1949  | 1st session  | January 3, 1949 – October 19, 1949  | January 3, 1951
2nd session  | January 3, 1950 – January 2, 1951
82nd Congress | January 3, 1951  | 1st session  | January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951  | January 3, 1953
2nd session  | January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952
83rd Congress | January 3, 1953  | 1st session  | January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953  | January 3, 1955
2nd session  | January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954
84th Congress | January 3, 1955  | 1st session  | January 5, 1955 – August 2, 1955  | January 3, 1957
2nd session  | January 3, 1956 – July 27, 1956
85th Congress | January 3, 1957  | 1st session  | January 3, 1957 – August 30, 1957  | January 3, 1959
2nd session  | January 7, 1958 – August 24, 1958
86th Congress | January 3, 1959  | 1st session  | January 7, 1959 – September 15, 1959  | January 3, 1961
2nd session  | January 6, 1960 – September 1, 1960
87th Congress | January 3, 1961  | 1st session  | January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961  | January 3, 1963
2nd session  | January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962
88th Congress | January 3, 1963  | 1st session  | January 9, 1963 – December 30, 1963  | January 3, 1965
2nd session  | January 7, 1964 – October 3, 1964
89th Congress | January 3, 1965  | 1st session  | January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965  | January 3, 1967
2nd session  | January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966
90th Congress | January 3, 1967  | 1st session  | January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967  | January 3, 1969
2nd session  | January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968
91st Congress | January 3, 1969  | 1st session  | January 3, 1969 – December 23, 1969  | January 3, 1971
2nd session  | January 19, 1970 – January 2, 1971
92nd Congress | January 3, 1971  | 1st session  | January 21, 1971 – December 17, 1971  | January 3, 1973
2nd session  | January 18, 1972 – October 18, 1972
93rd Congress | January 3, 1973  | 1st session  | January 3, 1973 – December 22, 1973  | January 3, 1975
2nd session  | January 21, 1974 – December 20, 1974
94th Congress | January 3, 1975  | 1st session  | January 14, 1975 – December 19, 1975  | January 3, 1977
2nd session  | January 19, 1976 – October 1, 1976
95th Congress | January 3, 1977  | 1st session  | January 4, 1977 – December 15, 1977  | January 3, 1979
2nd session  | January 19, 1978 – October 15, 1978
96th Congress | January 3, 1979  | 1st session  | January 15, 1979 – January 3, 1980  | January 3, 1981
2nd session  | January 3, 1980 – December 16, 1980
97th Congress | January 3, 1981  | 1st session  | January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981  | January 3, 1983
2nd session  | January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982
98th Congress | January 3, 1983  | 1st session  | January 3, 1983 – November 18, 1983  | January 3, 1985
2nd session  | January 23, 1984 – October 12, 1984
99th Congress | January 3, 1985  | 1st session  | January 3, 1985 – December 20, 1985  | January 3, 1987
2nd session  | January 21, 1986 – October 18, 1986
100th Congress | January 3, 1987  | 1st session  | January 6, 1987 – December 22, 1987  | January 3, 1989
2nd session  | January 25, 1988 – October 22, 1988
101st Congress | January 3, 1989  | 1st session  | January 3, 1989 – November 22, 1989  | January 3, 1991
2nd session  | January 23, 1990 – October 28, 1990
102nd Congress | January 3, 1991  | 1st session  | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1992  | January 3, 1993
2nd session  | January 3, 1992 – October 9, 1992
103rd Congress | January 3, 1993  | 1st session  | January 5, 1993 – November 26, 1993  | January 3, 1995
2nd session  | January 25, 1994 – December 1, 1994
104th Congress | January 3, 1995  | 1st session  | January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1996  | January 3, 1997
2nd session  | January 3, 1996 – October 4, 1996
105th Congress | January 3, 1997  | 1st session  | January 7, 1997 – November 13, 1997  | January 3, 1999
2nd session  | January 27, 1998 – December 19, 1998
106th Congress | January 3, 1999  | 1st session  | January 6, 1999 – November 22, 1999  | January 3, 2001
2nd session  | January 24, 2000 – December 15, 2000
107th Congress | January 3, 2001  | 1st session  | January 3, 2001 – December 20, 2001  | January 3, 2003
2nd session  | January 23, 2002 – November 22, 2002
108th Congress | January 3, 2003  | 1st session  | January 7, 2003 – December 9, 2003  | January 3, 2005
2nd session  | January 20, 2004 – December 8, 2004
109th Congress | January 3, 2005  | 1st session  | January 4, 2005 – December 22, 2005  | January 3, 2007
2nd session  | January 3, 2006 – December 9, 2006
110th Congress | January 3, 2007  | 1st session  | January 4, 2007 – December 19, 2007  | January 3, 2009
2nd session  | January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009
111th Congress | January 3, 2009  | 1st session  | January 6, 2009 – December 24, 2009  | January 3, 2011
2nd session  | January 5, 2010 – December 22, 2010
112th Congress | January 3, 2011  | 1st session  | January 5, 2011 – January 3, 2012  | January 3, 2013
2nd session  | January 3, 2012 – January 3, 2013
113th Congress | January 3, 2013  | 1st session  | January 3, 2013 – December 26, 2013  | January 3, 2015
2nd session  | January 3, 2014 – December 16, 2014
114th Congress | January 3, 2015  | 1st session  | January 6, 2015 – December 18, 2015  | January 3, 2017
2nd session  | January 4, 2016 – January 3, 2017
115th Congress | January 3, 2017  | 1st session  | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2018  | January 3, 2019
2nd session  | January 3, 2018 – January 3, 2019
116th Congress | January 3, 2019  | 1st session  | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2020  | January 3, 2021
2nd session  | January 3, 2020 – January 3, 2021
117th Congress | January 3, 2021  | 1st session  | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2022  | January 3, 2023
2nd session  | January 3, 2022 – January 3, 2023

## Current Congress

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118th Congress | January 3, 2023  | 1st session  | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2024  | January 3, 2025
2nd session  | January 3, 2024 – present

## Next Congresses

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119th Congress | January 3, 2025  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2027
2nd session  | TBD
120th Congress | January 3, 2027  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2029
2nd session  | TBD
121st Congress | January 3, 2029  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2031
2nd session  | TBD
122nd Congress  | January 3, 2031  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2033
2nd session  | TBD
123rd Congress  | January 3, 2033  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2035
2nd session  | TBD
124th Congress  | January 3, 2035  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2037
2nd session  | TBD
125th Congress  | January 3, 2037  | 1st session  | TBD  | January 3, 2039
2nd session  | TBD

## See also

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* History of the United States Senate
* Party divisions of United States Congresses
* Timeline of Washington, D.C.

## External links

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* "Dates of Sessions of the Congress, (1789-present)". United States Senate - via Senate.gov.
* "Days in Session of the U.S. Congress". Library of Congress - via Congress.gov.
* "Past Days in Session of the U.S. Congress". Library of Congress - via Congress.gov.
* "U.S. Congressional Calendars". Library of Congress - via Congress.gov.

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* 54 (1895)
* 55 (1897)
* 56 (1899)
* 57 (1901)
* 58 (1903)
* 59 (1905)
* 60 (1907)

* 61 (1909)
* 62 (1911)
* 63 (1913)
* 64 (1915)
* 65 (1917)
* 66 (1919)
* 67 (1921)
* 68 (1923)
* 69 (1925)
* 70 (1927)

* 71 (1929)
* 72 (1931)
* 73 (1933)
* 74 (1935)
* 75 (1937)
* 76 (1939)
* 77 (1941)
* 78 (1943)
* 79 (1945)
* 80 (1947)

* 81 (1949)
* 82 (1951)
* 83 (1953)
* 84 (1955)
* 85 (1957)
* 86 (1959)
* 87 (1961)
* 88 (1963)
* 89 (1965)
* 90 (1967)

* 91 (1969)
* 92 (1971)
* 93 (1973)
* 94 (1975)
* 95 (1977)
* 96 (1979)
* 97 (1981)
* 98 (1983)
* 99 (1985)
* 100 (1987)

* 101 (1989)
* 102 (1991)
* 103 (1993)
* 104 (1995)
* 105 (1997)
* 106 (1999)
* 107 (2001)
* 108 (2003)
* 109 (2005)
* 110 (2007)

* 111 (2009)
* 112 (2011)
* 113 (2013)
* 114 (2015)
* 115 (2017)
* 116 (2019)
* 117 (2021)
* 118 (2023)
* 119 (2025)

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United States Congress

* House of Representatives
* Senate
* Joint session
* (117th ← 118th → 119th)
* Lists of United States Congress

Members and leaders

| Membership|

| Members|

* By length of service
* By shortness of service
* Youngest members
* Non-voting members
* Unseated members

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Senate|

* Members
* seniority
* Dean
* Former
* Expelled or censured
* Classes
* Born outside the U.S.
* Resigned
* Appointed
* Switched parties

House|

* Members
* seniority
* Dean
* Former
* Expelled, censured, and reprimanded
* Served a single term
* Lost re-election in a primary
* Switched parties
* Elected but did not serve

New members|

* 90th (1967)
* 91st (1969)
* 92nd (1971)
* 93rd (1973)
* 94th (1975)
* 95th (1977)
* 96th (1979)
* 97th (1981)
* 98th (1983)
* 99th (1985)
* 100th (1987)
* 101st (1989)
* 102nd (1991)
* 103rd (1993)
* 104th (1995)
* 105th (1997)
* 106th (1999)
* 107th (2001)
* 108th (2003)
* 109th (2005)
* 110th (2007)
* 111th (2009)
* 112th (2011)
* 113th (2013)
* 114th (2015)
* 115th (2017)
* 116th (2019)
* 117th (2021)
* 118th (2023)

Leaders|

| Senate|

* President
* list
* President pro tempore
* list
* Leaders
* Democratic Caucus
* Chair
* Secretary
* Policy Committee Chair
* Republican Conference
* Chair
* Vice-Chair
* Policy Committee Chair

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House|

* Speaker
* list
* Leaders
* Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group
* Democratic Caucus
* Republican Conference

Districts|

* List
* Apportionment
* Gerrymandering

Groups|

| Congressional caucus|

* Caucuses of the United States Congress

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Ethnic and racial|

* African-American members
* Senate
* House
* Black Caucus
* Arab and Middle Eastern members
* Asian Pacific American members
* Asian Pacific American Caucus
* Hispanic and Latino members
* list
* Hispanic Caucus
* Hispanic Conference
* Jewish members
* Congressional Jewish Caucus
* Native American members

Gender and sexual identity|

* LGBT members
* Equality Caucus
* Women
* Senate
* House
* Issues Caucus
* current House

Occupation|

* Physicians

Religion|

* Buddhist members
* Hindu members
* Jewish members
* Mormon (LDS) members
* Muslim members
* Quaker members
* Sikh members

Related|

* By length of service historically
* Current members by wealth
* From multiple states
* Died in office
* 1790–1899
* 1900–1949
* 1950–1999
* 2000–present
* Killed or wounded in office
* Party switchers
* Slave owners

Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, media

| Powers|

* Article I
* Copyright
* Commerce (Dormant)
* Contempt of Congress
* Declaration of war
* Impeachment
* Inquiries
* Trial
* Naturalization
* "Necessary and Proper"
* Power of enforcement
* Taxing/spending

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Privileges|

* Salaries
* Franking
* Immunity

Procedure|

* Act of Congress
* list
* Appropriation bill
* Bill
* Budget process
* Censure
* Closed sessions
* House
* Senate
* Cloture
* Concurrent resolution
* Continuing resolution
* Dear Colleague letter
* Discharge petition
* Enrolled bill
* Expulsion
* Joint resolution
* Joint session
* list
* Lame-duck session
* Magic minute
* Majority of the majority (Hastert Rule)
* Multiple referral
* House procedures
* Quorum call
* Reconciliation
* Rider
* Saxbe fix
* Sponsorship
* Suspension of the rules
* Unanimous consent
* Veto
* Line-item veto
* Pocket veto

Senate-specific|

* Advice and consent
* Blue slip (U.S. Senate)
* Classes
* Executive communication
* Executive session
* Filibuster
* Jefferson's Manual
* Senate Journal
* Morning business
* Nuclear option
* Presiding Officer
* Recess appointment
* Reconciliation
* Riddick's Senate Procedure
* Senate hold
* Senatorial courtesy
* Seniority
* Standing Rules
* Tie-breaking votes
* Traditions
* Treaty Clause

Committees|

* Chairman and ranking member
* Of the Whole
* Conference
* Discharge petition
* Hearings
* Markup
* Oversight
* List (Joint)
* List (House)
* List (Senate)
* Select and special
* Standing
* Subcommittees

Items|

* Gavels
* Mace of the House
* Seal of the Senate

History|

* House history
* memoirs
* speaker elections
* Senate history
* election disputes
* memoirs
* Continental Congress
* Federal Hall (1789–1790)
* Congress Hall (1790–1800)
* Old Brick Capitol (1815–1819)
* Biographical Directory
* Divided government
* Party divisions

Media|

* C-SPAN
* Congressional Quarterly
* The Hill
* Politico
* Roll Call

Capitol Complex (Capitol Hill)

| Legislative
offices|

* Congressional staff
* Gov. Accountability Office (GAO)
* Comptroller General
* Architect of the Capitol
* Cap. Police
* Board
* Cap. Guide Service
* Congr. Budget Office (CBO)
* Congr. Workplace Rights (OCWR)
* Library of Congress
* Gov. Publishing Office (GPO)
* Technology Assessment

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Offices|

| Senate|

* Curator
* Historical
* Library

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House|

* Congr. Ethics
* Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations
* Interparliamentary Affairs
* Law Revision Counsel
* Legislative Counsel
* Library

Employees|

| Senate|

* Secretary
* Chaplain
* Curator
* Historian
* Librarian
* Pages
* Parliamentarian
* Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper

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House|

* Chaplain
* Chief Administrative Officer
* Clerk
* Doorkeeper
* Floor Operations
* Floor Services Chief
* Historian
* Pages
* Board
* Parliamentarian
* Postmaster
* Reading Clerk
* Sergeant at Arms

Library of
Congress|

* Congressional Research Service
* reports
* Copyright Office
* Register of Copyrights
* Law Library
* Poet Laureate
* THOMAS
* Adams Building
* Jefferson Building
* Madison Building

Gov.
Publishing Office|

* Public Printer
* Congressional Pictorial Directory
* Congressional Record
* Official Congressional Directory
* U.S. Gov. Manual
* Serial Set
* Statutes at Large
* United States Code

Capitol Building|

* List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex
* Brumidi Corridors
* Congressional Prayer Room
* Crypt
* Dome
* Statue of Freedom
* Rotunda
* Hall of Columns
* Statuary Hall
* Visitor Center
* The Apotheosis of Washington
* Statue of Freedom
* Declaration of Independence painting
* Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
* Apotheosis of Democracy
* Progress of Civilization Pediment
* First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
* Surrender of General Burgoyne
* Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
* George Washington and the Revolutionary War Door
* Revolutionary War Door
* Columbus Doors
* Washington at Princeton
* Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
* VP's Room
* VP Bust Collection

Office
buildings|

| Senate|

* Dirksen
* Hart
* Mountains and Clouds
* Russell

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House|

* Building Commission
* office lottery
* Cannon
* Ford
* Longworth
* O'Neill
* Rayburn

Other
facilities|

* Botanic Garden
* Health and Fitness Facility
* House Recording Studio
* Senate chamber
* Old Senate Chamber
* Old Supreme Court Chamber
* Power Plant
* Webster Page Residence
* Subway

Related|

* Capitol Hill
* United States Capitol cornerstone laying

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Lists of past legislatures of the United States

National legislature|

* United States Congress

State legislatures|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Other legislatures|

* District of Columbia
* American Samoa
* Guam
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico
* U.S. Virgin Islands

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