List of United States Congresses

This is a complete list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions.

List of current Congresses

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

Future scheduled Congresses

• 114th United States Congress: 2015–2017
• 115th United States Congress: 2017–2019
• 116th United States Congress: 2019–2021

See Also

Party divisions of United States Congresses

External links

• Dates of Sessions of the Congress, present-1789 (1789-present)
• Sessions of Congress with Corresponding Debate Record Volume Numbers (1789 - Current)