Stephanie Bartz Reference/Government Publications Librarian sbartz@rci.rutgers.edu January 9, 2009

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U.S. Congresses and their Equivalent Years

Legend:   S - Special Session   E - Extraordinary Session

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

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