80th to 99th Congresses (January 3, 1947 to October 18, 1986)
Congress |
Session |
Beginning
Date |
Adjournment
Date |
|
House
Recesses |
80th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1947 |
Dec. 19, 1947 |
351 |
July 27-Nov. 17, 1947 |
|
2 |
Jan. 6, 1948 |
Dec. 31, 1948 |
361 |
June 20-July 26, 1948**
Aug. 7-Dec. 31, 1948** |
81st |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1949 |
Oct. 19, 1949 |
290 |
|
|
2 |
Jan. 3, 1950 |
Jan. 2, 1951 |
365 |
Apr. 6-Apr. 18, 1950
Sept. 23-Nov. 27, 1950 |
82nd |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1951 |
Oct. 20, 1951 |
291 |
Mar. 22-Apr. 2, 1951
Aug. 23,-Sept. 12, 1951 |
|
2 |
Jan. 8, 1952 |
July 7, 1952 |
182 |
Apr. 10-Apr. 22, 1952 |
83rd |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1953 |
Aug. 3, 1953 |
213 |
Apr. 2-Apr. 13, 1953 |
|
2 |
Jan. 6, 1954 |
Dec. 2, 1954 |
331 |
Apr. 15-22, 1954
Adjourned sine die Aug. 20, 1954 |
84th |
1 |
Jan. 5, 1955 |
Aug. 2, 1955 |
210 |
Apr. 4-13, 1955 |
|
2 |
Jan. 3, 1956 |
July 27, 1956 |
207 |
Mar. 29-Apr. 9, 1956 |
85th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1957 |
Aug. 30, 1957 |
239 |
Apr. 18-Apr. 29, 1957 |
|
2 |
Jan. 7, 1958 |
Aug. 24, 1958 |
230 |
Apr. 3-14, 1958 |
86th |
1 |
Jan. 7, 1959 |
Sep. 15, 1959 |
252 |
Mar. 26-Apr. 7, 1959 |
|
2 |
Jan. 6, 1960 |
Sep. 1, 1960 |
240 |
Apr. 14-18, 1960
May 27-31, 1960
July 3-Aug. 15, 1960 |
87th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1961 |
Sep. 27, 1961 |
268 |
Mar. 30-Apr. 10, 1961 |
|
2 |
Jan. 10, 1962 |
Oct. 13, 1962 |
277 |
Apr. 19-30, 1962 |
88th |
1 |
Jan. 9, 1963 |
Dec. 30, 1963 |
256 |
Apr. 11-22, 1963 |
|
2 |
Jan. 7, 1964 |
Oct. 3, 1964 |
270 |
Mar. 26-Apr. 6, 1964
July 2-20, 1964
Aug. 21-31, 1964 |
89th |
1 |
Jan. 4, 1965 |
Oct. 23, 1965 |
293 |
|
|
2 |
Jan. 10, 1966 |
Oct. 22, 1966 |
286 |
Apr. 7-18, 1966
June 30-July 11, 1966 |
90th |
1 |
Jan. 10, 1967 |
Dec. 15, 1967` |
340 |
Mar. 23-Apr. 3, 1967
June 29-July 10, 1967
Aug. 31-Sept. 11, 1967
Nov. 22-27, 1967 |
|
2 |
Jan. 15, 1968 |
Oct. 14, 1968 |
274 |
Apr. 11-22, 1968
May 29-June 3, 1968
July 3-8, 1968
Aug. 2-Sept. 4, 1968 |
91st |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1969 |
Dec. 23, 1969 |
355 |
Feb. 7-17, 1969
Apr. 3-14, 1969
May28-June 2, 1969
July 2-July7, 1969
Aug. 13-Sept. 3, 1969
Nov. 6-12, 1969
Nov. 26-Dec. 1, 1969 |
|
2 |
Jan. 19, 1970 |
Jan. 2, 1971 |
349 |
Feb. 10-16, 1970
Mar. 26-31, 1970
May 27-June 1, 1970
July 1-6, 1970
Aug. 14-Sept. 9, 1970
Oct. 14-Nov. 16, 1970
Nov. 25-30, 1970
Dec. 22-29, 1970 |
92nd |
1 |
Jan. 21, 1971 |
Dec. 17, 1971 |
331 |
Feb. 10-Feb 17, 1971
Apr. 7-19, 1971
May 27-June 1, 1971
July 1-6, 1971
Aug. 6-Sept. 8, 1971
Oct. 7-12, 1971
Oct. 21-26, 1971
Nov. 19-29, 1971 |
|
2 |
Jan. 18, 1972 |
Oct. 18, 1972 |
275 |
Feb. 9-16, 1972
Mar. 29-10, 1972
May 24-30, 1972
June 30-July 17, 1972
Aug. 18-Sept. 5, 1972 |
93rd |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1973 |
Dec. 22, 1973 |
354 |
Feb. 8-19, 1973
Apr. 19-30, 1973
May 24-29, 1973
June 30-July 10, 1973
Aug. 3-Sept. 5, 1973
Oct. 4-9, 1973
Oct. 18-23, 1973
Nov. 15-26, 1973 |
|
2 |
Jan. 21, 1974 |
Dec. 20, 1974 |
344 |
Feb. 7-13, 1974
Apr. 11-22, 1974
May 23-28, 1974
Aug. 22-Sep.11, 1974
Oct. 17-Nov. 18, 1974
Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 1974 |
94th |
1 |
Jan. 14, 1975 |
Dec. 19, 1975 |
340 |
Mar. 26-Apr. 7, 1975
May 22-June 2, 1975
June 26-July 8, 1975
Aug. 1-Sep. 3, 1975
Oct. 9-20, 1975
Oct. 23-28, 1975
Nov. 20-Dec. 1, 1975 |
|
2 |
Jan. 19, 1976 |
Oct. 1, 1976 |
257 |
Feb. 11-16, 1976
Apr. 14-26, 1976
May 27-June 1, 1976
July 2-19, 1976
Aug. 10-23, 1976
Sept. 2-8, 1976 |
95th |
1 |
Jan. 4, 1977 |
Dec. 15, 1977 |
346 |
Feb. 9-16, 1977
Apr. 6-18, 1977
May 26-June 1, 1977
June 30-July 11, 1977
Aug. 5-Sept. 7, 1977
Oct. 6-11, 1977 |
|
2 |
Jan. 19, 1978 |
Oct. 15, 1978 |
270 |
Feb. 9-14, 1978
Mar. 22-Apr. 3, 1978
May 25-May 31, 1978
June 29-July 10, 1978
Aug. 17-Sept. 6, 1978 |
96th |
1 |
Jan. 15, 1979 |
Jan. 3, 1980 |
354 |
Feb. 8-Feb. 13, 1979
Apr. 10-23, 1979
May 24-30, 1979
June 29-July 9, 1979
Aug. 2-Sept. 5, 1979
Nov. 20-26, 1979 |
|
2 |
Jan. 3, 1980 |
Dec. 16, 1980 |
349 |
Feb. 13-19, 1980
Apr. 2-15, 1980
May 22-28, 1980
July 2-21, 1980
Aug. 1-18, 1980
Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1980
Oct. 2-Nov. 12, 1980
Nov. 21-Dec. 1, 1980 |
97th |
1 |
Jan. 5, 1981 |
Dec. 16, 1981 |
347 |
Feb. 6-17, 1981
Apr. 10-27, 1981
June 26-July 8, 1981
Aug. 4-Sept. 9, 1981
Oct. 7-13, 1981
Nov. 23-30, 1981 |
|
2 |
Jan. 25, 1982 |
Dec. 23, 1982 |
333 |
Feb. 10-22, 1982
Apr. 6-20, 1982
May 27-June 2, 1982
July 1-12, 1982
Aug. 20-Sept. 8, 1982
Oct. 1-Nov. 29, 1982 |
98th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1983 |
Nov. 18, 1983 |
320 |
Jan. 6-25, 1983
Feb. 17-22, 1983
Mar. 24-Apr. 5, 1983
May 26-June 1, 1983
June 30-July 11, 1983
Aug. 4-Sept. 12, 1983
Oct. 6-Oct. 17, 1983 |
|
2 |
Jan. 23, 1984 |
Oct. 12, 1984 |
264 |
Feb. 9-21, 1984
Apr. 12-24, 1984
May 24-30, 1984
June 29-July 23, 1984
Aug. 10-Sept. 5, 1984 |
99th |
1 |
Jan. 3, 1985 |
Dec. 20, 1985 |
352 |
Jan. 3-21, 1985
Feb. 7-19, 1985
Mar. 7-19, 1985
Apr. 4-15, 1985
May 23-June 3, 1985
June 27-July 8, 1985
Aug. 1-Sept. 4, 1985
Nov. 21-Dec. 2, 1985 |
|
2 |
Jan. 21, 1986 |
Oct. 18, 1986 |
278 |
Feb. 6-18, 1986
Mar. 25-Apr. 8, 1986
May 22-June 3, 1986
June 26-July 14, 1986
Aug. 16-Sept. 8, 1986 |
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