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U.S. Congress Session Dates — 1st-25th Congresses

Congress	Session	Date of Session
1st	1st	Mar. 4, 1789 — Sept. 29, 1789
	2nd	Jan. 4, 1790 — Aug. 12, 1790
	3rd	Dec. 6, 1790 — Mar. 3, 1791
2nd	1st	Oct. 24, 1791 — May 8, 1792
	2nd	Nov. 5, 1792 — Mar. 2, 1793
3rd	1st	Dec. 2, 1793 — June 9, 1794
	2nd	Nov. 3, 1794 — Mar. 3, 1795
4th	1st	Dec. 7, 1795 — June 1, 1796
	2nd	Dec. 5, 1796 — Mar. 3, 1797
	2nd	Dec. 5, 1796 — Mar. 3, 1797
5th	1st	May 15, 1797 — July 10, 1797
	2nd	Nov. 13, 1797 — July 16, 1798
	3rd	Dec. 3, 1798 — Mar. 3, 1799
6th	1st	Dec. 2, 1799 — May 14, 1800
	2nd	Nov. 17, 1800 — Mar. 3, 1801
	2nd	Nov. 17, 1800 — Mar. 3, 1801
7th	1st	Dec. 7, 1801 — May 3, 1802
	2nd	Dec. 6, 1802 — Mar. 3, 1803
8th	1st	Oct. 17, 1803 — Mar. 27, 1804
	2nd	Nov. 5, 1804 — Mar. 3, 1805
9th	1st	Dec. 2, 1805 — Apr. 21, 1806
	2nd	Dec. 1, 1806 — Mar. 3, 1807
10th	1st	Oct. 26, 1807 — Apr. 25, 1808
	2nd	Nov. 7, 1808 — Mar. 3, 1809
11th	1st	May 22, 1809 — June 28, 1809
	2nd	Nov. 27, 1809 — May 1, 1810
	3rd	Dec. 3, 1810 — Mar. 3, 1811
12th	1st	Nov. 4, 1811 — July 6, 1812
	2nd	Nov. 2, 1812 — Mar. 3, 1813
13th	1st	May 24, 1813 — Aug. 2, 1813
	2nd	Dec. 6, 1813 — Apr. 18, 1814
	3rd	Sept. 19, 1814 — Mar. 3, 1815
14th	1st	Dec. 4, 1815 — Apr. 30, 1816
	2nd	Dec. 2, 1816 — Mar. 3, 1817
15th	1st	Dec. 1, 1817 — Apr. 20, 1817
	2nd	Oct. 16, 1818 — Mar. 3, 1819
16th	1st	Dec. 6, 1819 — May 15, 1820
	2nd	Nov. 13, 1820 — Mar. 3, 1821
17th	1st	Dec. 3, 1821 — May 8, 1822
	2nd	Dec. 2, 1822 — Mar. 3, 1823
18th	1st	Dec. 1, 1823 — May 27, 1824
	2nd	Dec. 6, 1824 - Mar. 3, 1825
19th	1st	Dec. 5, 1825 — May 22, 1826
	2nd	Dec. 4, 1826 — Mar. 3, 1827
20th	1st	Dec. 3, 1827 — May 26, 1828
	2nd	Dec. 1, 1828 — Mar. 3, 1829
21st	1st	Dec. 7, 1829 — May 31, 1830
	1st	Dec. 6, 1830 — Mar. 3, 1831
22nd	1st	Dec. 5, 1831 — July 16, 1832
	2nd	Dec. 3, 1832 — Mar. 2, 1833
23rd	1st	Dec. 2, 1833 — June 30, 1834
	2nd	Dec. 1, 1834 — Mar. 3, 1835
24th	1st	Dec. 7, 1835 — July 4, 1836
	2nd	Dec. 5, 1836 — Mar. 3, 1837
25th	1st	Sept. 4, 1837 — Oct. 16, 1837
	2nd	Dec. 4, 1837 — July 9, 1838
	3rd	Dec. 3, 1838 — Mar. 3, 1839

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