60th to 79th Congresses (December 2, 1907 to August 2, 1946)
Congress |
Session |
Beginning
Date |
Adjournment
Date |
|
House
Recesses |
60th |
1 |
Dec. 2, 1907 |
May 30, 1908 |
181 |
Dec. 21, 1907-Jan. 6, 1908 |
|
2 |
Dec. 7, 1908 |
Mar. 3, 1909 |
87 |
Dec. 19, 1908-Jan. 4, 1909 |
61st* |
1 |
Mar.
15, 1909 |
Aug. 5, 1909 |
144 |
|
|
2 |
Dec. 6, 1909 |
June 25, 1910 |
202 |
Dec. 21, 1909-Jan. 4, 1910 |
|
3 |
Dec. 5, 1910 |
Mar. 3, 1911 |
89 |
Dec. 21, 1910-Jan. 5, 1911 |
62nd |
1 |
Apr. 4, 1911 |
Aug. 22, 1911 |
141 |
|
|
2 |
Dec. 4, 1911 |
Aug. 26, 1912 |
267 |
Dec. 21, 1911-Jan. 3, 1912 |
|
3 |
Dec. 2, 1912 |
Mar. 3, 1913 |
92 |
Dec. 19, 1912-Jan. 2, 1913 |
63rd* |
1 |
Apr.
7, 1913 |
Dec. 1, 1913 |
239 |
|
|
2 |
Dec. 1, 1913 |
Oct. 24, 1914 |
328 |
Dec. 23, 1913-Jan. 12, 1914 |
|
3 |
Dec. 7, 1914 |
Mar. 3, 1915 |
87 |
Dec. 7-28, 1914 |
64th |
1 |
Dec. 6, 1915 |
Sep. 8, 1916 |
278 |
Dec. 17, 1915-Jan. 4, 1916 |
|
2 |
Dec. 4, 1916 |
Mar. 3, 1917 |
90 |
Dec. 22, 1916-Jan. 2, 1917 |
65th* |
1 |
Apr.
2, 1917 |
Oct. 6, 1917 |
188 |
|
|
2 |
Dec. 3, 1917 |
Nov. 21, 1918 |
354 |
Dec. 18, 1917-Jan. 3, 1918 |
|
3 |
Dec. 2, 1918 |
Mar. 3, 1919 |
92 |
|
66th |
1 |
May
19, 1919 |
Nov. 19, 1919 |
185 |
July 1-8, 1919 |
|
2 |
Dec. 1, 1919 |
June 5, 1920 |
188 |
Dec. 20, 1919-Jan. 5, 1920 |
|
3 |
Dec. 6, 1920 |
Mar. 3, 1921 |
88 |
|
67th* |
1 |
Apr.
11, 1921 |
Nov. 23, 1921 |
227 |
|
|
2 |
Dec. 5, 1921 |
Sep. 22, 1922 |
292 |
Dec. 22, 1921-Jan. 3, 1922 |
|
3 |
Nov.
20, 1922 |
Dec. 4, 1922 |
15 |
|
|
4 |
Dec. 4, 1922 |
Mar. 3, 1923 |
90 |
|
68th |
1 |
Dec. 3, 1923 |
June 7, 1924 |
188 |
Dec. 20, 1923-Jan. 3, 1924 |
|
2 |
Dec. 1, 1924 |
Mar. 3, 1925 |
93 |
Dec. 20-Dec. 29, 1924 |
69th* |
1 |
Dec. 7, 1925 |
July 3, 1926 |
209 |
Dec. 22, 1925-Jan. 4, 1926 |
|
2 |
Dec. 6, 1926 |
Mar. 4, 1927 |
88 |
Dec. 22, 1926-Jan. 3, 1927 |
70th |
1 |
Dec. 5, 1927 |
May 29, 1928 |
177 |
Dec. 21, 1927-Jan. 4, 1928 |
|
2 |
Dec. 3, 1928 |
Mar. 3, 1929 |
91 |
Dec. 22, 1928-Jan. 3, 1929 |
71st* |
1 |
Apr.
15, 1929 |
Nov. 22, 1929 |
222 |
June 19-Sept. 23, 1929 |
|
2 |
Dec. 2, 1929 |
July 3, 1930 |
214 |
Dec. 21, 1929-Jan. 6, 1930 |
|
3 |
Dec. 1, 1930 |
Mar. 3, 1931 |
93 |
Dec. 20, 1930-Jan. 5, 1931 |
72nd |
1 |
Dec. 7, 1931 |
July 16, 1932 |
223 |
Dec. 22, 1931-Jan. 4, 1932 |
|
2 |
Dec. 5, 1932 |
Mar. 3, 1933 |
89 |
|
73rd* |
1 |
Mar.
9, 1933 |
June 15, 1933 |
99 |
|
|
2 |
Jan. 3, 1934 |
June 18, 1934 |
167 |
|
74th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1935 |
Aug. 26, 1935 |
236 |
|
|
2 |
Jan. 3, 1936 |
June 20, 1936 |
170 |
June 8-15, 1936 |
75th |
1 |
Jan. 5, 1937 |
Aug. 21, 1937 |
229 |
|
|
2 |
Nov.
15, 1937 |
Dec. 21, 1937 |
37 |
|
|
3 |
Jan. 3, 1938 |
June 16, 1938 |
165 |
|
76th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1939 |
Aug. 5, 1939 |
215 |
|
|
2 |
Sep.
21, 1939 |
Nov. 3, 1939 |
44 |
|
|
3 |
Jan. 3, 1940 |
Jan. 3, 1941 |
366 |
July 11-22, 1940 |
77th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1941 |
Jan. 2, 1942 |
365 |
|
|
2 |
Jan. 5, 1942 |
Dec. 16, 1942 |
346 |
|
78th |
1 |
Jan. 6, 1943 |
Dec. 21, 1943 |
350 |
July 8-Sept. 14, 1943 |
|
2 |
Jan. 10, 1944 |
Dec. 19, 1944 |
345 |
Apr. 1-12, 1944
June 23-Aug. 1, 1944
Sept. 21-Nov. 14, 1944 |
79th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1945 |
Dec. 21, 1945 |
353 |
July 21-Sept. 5, 1945 |
|
2 |
Jan. 14, 1946 |
Aug. 2, 1946 |
201 |
Apr. 18-Apr. 30, 1946 |
1 For the purpose of this table, a session's "total days" is defined as the total number of calendar days from the convening date to adjournment date, inclusive. It does not mean the actual number of days that Congress met during that session.
* Indicates that a special session of the Senate
was convened during a Congress.
** Extraordinary session of the Congress called
by President Harry Truman. The extraordinary session was convened after
a recess period, and it did not begin a new session.
Article II, Section 3 of the constitution
provides that the President "may, on extraordinary occasions, convene
both Houses, or either of them." This procedure occurs only if the Congress
is convened by presidential proclamation. Extraordinary sessions have
been called by the Chief Executive to urge the Congress to focus on important
national issues. These are separate sessions of Congress, unless otherwise
noted.
Source: Congressional Directory
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