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The 31st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1851, during the 16 months of the Zachary Taylor presidency and the first eight ...
The problem of what to do with the territories became the leading issue in Congress. So began the most famous debates in the history of Congress. At the head were the three titans of Congress: Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun. All had been born during the American Revolution, and had carried the torch of the Founding Fathers ...
The 1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 5, 1850, and November 4, 1851. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 32nd United States Congress convened on December 1, 1851.
California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state (see History of California and An Act for the Admission of the State of California). Utah Territory is established. New Mexico Territory is organized by order of the U.S. Congress. September 18 – The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is passed by the U.S. Congress.
The first actions of the new government did not immediately take place following the Constitution's adoption, as not enough members of Congress had arrived to form a quorum. [25] The electoral votes for president and vice president were counted on April 6, 1789, and George Washington was inaugurated the first president on April 30. [26]
The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, [1] as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers. The Act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a slave power ...
Fillmore had become president on July 9, 1850, upon the death of President Zachary Taylor. Members of the 32nd United States Congress were also chosen in this election. Democrats kept control of both houses of the Congress of the United States. In the House, Democrats won several seats from the Whigs, building on their continued control of the ...
Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine, depicts the Second Continental Congress voting in 1776.. Although one can trace the history of the Congress of the United States to the First Continental Congress, which met in the autumn of 1774, [2] the true antecedent of the United States Congress was convened on May 10, 1775, with twelve colonies in attendance.