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CongressSessionBeginning DateAdjournment
Date1		Calendar
Days2		Legislative
Days		House
Recesses
1st
(1789–1791) 		1Mar. 4, 1789 Sep. 29, 1789 168168   
   2 Jan. 4, 1790 Aug. 12, 1790 166166   
   3 Dec. 6, 1790 Mar. 3, 1791 7070  
2nd*
(1791–1793)		1 Oct. 24, 1791 May 8, 1792 150
 
150              
  
2
 Nov. 5, 1792 Mar. 2, 1793 9191                  

3rd*
(1793–1795) 

 

1
 Dec. 2, 1793 June 9, 1794 141141              
  
2
 Nov. 3, 1794 Mar. 3, 1795 88
 
88              
1
 Dec. 7, 1795 Jun. 1, 1796 133133              
  
2
 Dec. 5, 1796 Mar. 3, 1797 66
 
66  
1
 May 15, 1797 Jul. 10, 1797 46 46   
  
2
 Nov. 13, 1797 Jul. 16, 1798
183
 183   
  
3
 Dec. 3, 1798 Mar. 3, 1799
69
 70   
1
 Dec. 2, 1799 May 14, 1800
117
 117   
  
2
 Nov.17, 1800 Mar. 3, 1801
77
 72 Dec. 24-29, 1800
1
 Dec. 7, 1801 May 3, 1802
111
 111   
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1802 Mar. 3, 1803
66
 66   
1
 Oct. 17, 1803 Mar. 27, 1804
127
128              
  
2
 Nov. 5, 1804 Mar. 3, 1805
90
90  
1
 Dec. 2, 1805 Apr. 21, 1806
101
101  
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1806 Mar. 3, 1807
70
70  
1
 Oct. 26, 1807 Apr. 25, 1808
144
 148   
  
2
 Nov. 7, 1808 Mar. 3, 1809
96
 97   
1
 May 22, 1809 Jun. 28, 1809
31

 

32              
  
2
 Nov. 27, 1809 May 1, 1810
122
122                
  
3
 Dec. 3, 1810 Mar. 3, 1811
73
76  
1
 Nov. 4, 1811 Jul. 6, 1812
185
 185   
  
2
 Nov. 2, 1812 Mar. 3, 1813
95
 95   
1
 May 24, 1813 Aug. 2, 1813
59
59              
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1813 Apr. 18, 1814
110
110  
  
3
 Sep. 19, 1814 Mar. 3, 1815
139
139  
1
 Dec. 4, 1815 Apr. 30, 1816
116
 116   
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1816 Mar. 3, 1817
72
 72   
1
 Dec. 1, 1817 Apr. 20, 1818
107
 107 Dec. 25-28, 1817
  
2
 Nov. 16, 1818 Mar. 3, 1819
83
 84   
1
 Dec. 6, 1819 May 15, 1820
130
131                                         
  
2
 Nov. 13, 1820 Mar. 3, 1821

 

84
84  
1
 Dec. 3, 1821 May 8, 1822
121
121              
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1822 Mar. 3, 1823
68

 

68              
1
 Dec. 1, 1823 May 27, 1824
139
 139   
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1824 Mar. 3, 1825
64
 64   
1
 Dec. 5, 1825 May 22, 1826
130
130              
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1826 Mar. 3, 1827
71
71              
1
 Dec. 3, 1827 May 26, 1828
140
 140   
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1828 Mar. 3, 1829
71
 71 Dec. 25-28, 1828
1
 Dec. 7, 1829 May 31, 1830
132
 132   
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1830 Mar. 3, 1831 70  70   
1
 Dec. 5, 1831 Jul. 16, 1832
177
177                                         
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1832 Mar. 2, 1833
72
72                                         
1
 Dec. 2, 1833 Jun. 30, 1834
160
160                                         
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1834 Mar. 3, 1835
73
73                                         
1
 Dec. 7, 1835 Jul. 4, 1836
163
 162   
  
2
 Dec. 5, 1836 Mar. 3, 1837
72
 72   
1
 Sep. 4, 1837 Oct. 16, 1837
35
 35   
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1837 Jul. 9, 1838
171
 171   
  
3
 Dec. 3, 1838 Mar. 3, 1839
73
 73   
1
 Dec. 2, 1839 Jul. 21, 1840
191
189                                         
  
2
 Dec. 7, 1840 Mar. 3, 1841
68
68                                         
1
 May 31, 1841 Sep. 13, 1841
85
85                                         
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1841 Aug. 31, 1842
221
221   
  
3
 Dec. 5, 1842 Mar. 3, 1843
72
72   
1
 Dec. 4, 1843 Jun. 17, 1844
159
 159   
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1844 Mar. 3, 1845 72 72   
1
 Dec. 1, 1845 Aug. 10, 1846
202
202                                         
  
2
 Dec. 7, 1846 Mar. 3, 1847
70
70                                         
1
 Dec. 6, 1847 Aug. 14, 1848
195
 195   
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1848 Mar. 3, 1849
70
 69   
1
 Dec. 3, 1849 Sep. 30, 1850
227
227                                         
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1850 Mar. 3, 1851
69
69                                         
1
 Dec. 1, 1851 Aug. 31, 1852
199
199                                         
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1852 Mar. 3, 1853
68
68                                         
1
 Dec. 5, 1853 Aug. 7, 1854
176
176                                         
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1854 Mar. 3, 1855
68
68                                         
1
 Dec. 3, 1855 Aug. 18, 1856
194
192                                         
  
2
 Aug. 21, 1856 Aug. 30, 1856
9
9   
  
3
 Dec. 1, 1856 Mar. 3, 1857
71
71                                         
1
 Dec. 7, 1857 Jun. 14, 1858
136
 136 Dec. 24, 1867-Jan. 3, 1858
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1858 Mar. 3, 1859
66
 64 Dec. 24, 1858-Jan. 3, 1859
1
 Dec. 5, 1859 Jun. 25, 1860
154
 154   
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1860 Mar. 3, 1861
63
 63   
1
 Jul. 4, 1861 Aug. 6, 1861
28
28                                         
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1861 Jul. 17, 1862
163
163                                         
  
3
 Dec. 1, 1862 Mar. 3, 1863
64
63                                       Dec. 24, 1862-Jan. 4, 1863
1
 Dec. 7, 1863 Jul. 4, 1864
159
157 Dec. 24, 1863-Jan. 4, 1864
  
2
 Dec. 5, 1864 Mar. 4, 1865
61
60 Dec. 22, 1864-Jan. 4, 1865
1
 Dec. 4, 1865 Jul. 28, 1866
175
175 Dec. 7-10, 1865
Dec. 23, 1865-Jan. 4, 1866
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1866 Mar. 3, 1867
68
64                                       Dec. 20, 1866-Jan. 3, 1867
1
 Mar. 4, 1867 Dec. 1, 1867
42
 42 Mar. 31-Jul. 2, 1867
Jul. 21-Nov. 20, 1867
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1867 Nov. 10, 1868
186
 186 Dec. 21, 1867-Jan. 5, 1868
Jul. 26-Sep. 20, 1868
Sep. 22-Oct. 15, 1868
Oct. 17-Nov. 9, 1868
  
3
 Dec. 7, 1868 Mar. 3, 1869
58
 58 Dec. 22, 1868-Jan. 4, 1869
1
 Mar. 4, 1869 Apr. 10, 1869
26
25                                         
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1869 July 15, 1870
164
164                                       Dec. 23, 1869-Jan. 9, 1870
  
3
 Dec. 5, 1870 Mar. 3, 1871
64
64 Dec. 23, 1870-Jan. 3, 1871
1
 Mar. 4, 1871 Apr. 20, 1871
33
 33   
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1871 Jun. 8, 1872 
138
 136 Dec. 22, 1871-Jan. 7, 1872
  
3
 Dec. 2, 1872 Mar. 3, 1873
64
 64 Dec. 21, 1872-Jan. 5, 1873
1
 Dec. 1, 1873 Jun. 23, 1874
155
155                                       Dec. 20, 1873-Jan. 4, 1874
  
2
 Dec. 7, 1874 Mar. 3, 1875

59

55 Dec. 24, 1874-Jan. 4, 1875

1

 Dec. 6, 1875 Aug. 15, 1876
183
183 Dec. 21, 1875-Jan. 4, 1876
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1876 Mar. 4, 1877
73
48   
1
 Oct. 15, 1877 Dec. 3, 1877
33

 

32                                         
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1877 Jun. 20, 1878
139
138 Dec. 16, 1877-Jan. 10, 1878
  
3
 Dec. 2, 1878 Mar. 3, 1879
65
63                                       Dec. 21, 1878-Jan. 6, 1879
1
 Mar. 18, 1879 Jul. 1, 1879
79

 

79   
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1879 Jun. 16, 1880
142
142                                       Dec. 20, 1879-Jan. 5, 1880
  
3
 Dec. 6, 1880 Mar. 4, 1881
65
62 Dec. 23, 1880-Jan. 4, 1881
1
 Dec. 5, 1881 Aug. 8, 1882
178
178 Dec. 22, 1881-Jan. 4, 1882
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1882 Mar. 3, 1883
73
72   
1
 Dec. 3, 1883 Jul. 7, 1884
158
 155 Dec. 25, 1883-Jan. 6, 1884
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1884 Mar. 3, 1885
66
 64 Dec. 25, 1887-Jan. 4, 1885
1
 Dec. 7, 1885 Aug. 5, 1886
181
 181 Dec. 22, 1885-Jan. 4, 1886
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1886 Mar. 3, 1887
65
 63 Dec. 23, 1886-Jan. 3, 1887
1
 Dec. 5, 1887 Oct. 20, 1888
241
235 Dec. 23, 1887-Jan. 3, 1888
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1888 Mar. 4, 1889
69
67                                       Dec. 22, 1888-Jan. 1, 1889
1
 Dec. 2, 1889 Oct. 1, 1890
227
227                                       Dec. 22, 1889-Jan. 5, 1890
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1890 Mar. 3, 1891
72
71                                         
1
 Dec. 7, 1891 Aug. 5, 1892
179
179                                         
  
2
 Dec. 5, 1892 Mar. 4, 1893
66
63                                       Dec. 23, 1892-Jan. 3, 1893
1
 Aug. 7, 1893 Nov. 3, 1893
71
71                                         
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1893 Aug. 28, 1894
206
206                                       Dec. 22, 1893-Jan. 2, 1894
  
3
 Dec. 8, 1894 Mar. 4, 1895
70
68                                       Dec. 23, 1894-Jan. 2, 1895
1
 Dec. 2, 1895 Jun. 11, 1896
144
 140   
  
2
 Dec. 7, 1896 Mar. 3, 1897
63
 61 Dec. 23, 1896-Jan. 4, 1897
1
 Mar. 15, 1897 Jul. 24, 1897
55
47   
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1897 Jul. 8, 1898
151
151                                       Dec. 19, 1897-Jan. 4, 1898
  
3
 Dec. 5, 1898 Mar. 4, 1899
63
62                                       Dec. 20, 1898-Jan. 3, 1899
1
 Dec. 4, 1899 Jun. 7, 1900
140
139                                       Dec. 21, 1899-Jan. 2, 1900
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1900 Mar. 3, 1901
69
67                                       Dec. 22, 1900-Jan. 2, 1901
1
 Dec. 2, 1901 Jul. 1, 1902
149
148 Dec. 20, 1901-Jan. 5, 1902
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1902 Mar. 3, 1903
69
65                                       Dec. 21, 1902-Jan. 4, 1903
1
 Nov. 9, 1903 Dec. 5, 1903
15
15                                         
  
2
 Dec. 7, 1903 Apr. 27, 1904
103
102 Dec. 19, 1903-Jan. 4, 1904
  
3
 Dec. 5, 1904 Mar. 4, 1905
66
64 Dec. 22, 1904-Jan. 3, 1905
1
 Dec. 4, 1905 Jun. 30, 1906
157
156 Dec. 22, 1905-Jan. 3, 1906
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1906 Mar. 4, 1907
70
68 Dec. 21, 1906-Jan. 2, 1907
1
 Dec. 2, 1907 May 30, 1908
130
90 Dec. 22, 1907–Jan. 5, 1908
  
2
 Dec. 7, 1908 Mar. 4, 1909
67
54 Dec. 20, 1908–Jan. 3, 1909
1
 Mar. 15, 1909 Aug. 5, 1909
63
63                                         
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1909 Jun. 23, 1910

161

160 Dec. 22, 1909–Jan. 3, 1910
  
3
 Dec. 5, 1910 Mar. 2, 1911

 

68
66 Dec. 22, 1910–Jan. 4, 1911
1
 Apr. 4, 1911 Aug. 22, 1911
88
87                                         
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1911 Aug. 26, 1912
218
216                                       Dec. 22, 1911–Jan. 2, 1912
  
3
 Dec. 2, 1912 Mar. 4, 1913
75
72 Dec. 20, 1912–Jan. 1, 1913
1
 Apr. 7, 1913 Nov. 29, 1913
124
124                                         
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1913 Oct. 24, 1914
261
261                                       Dec. 24, 1913–Jan. 11, 1914
  
3
 Dec. 7, 1914 Mar. 4, 1915
75
73                                       Dec. 24–28, 1914
1
 Dec. 6, 1915 Sep. 8, 1916
163
163 Dec. 18, 1915–Jan. 3, 1916
  
2
 Dec. 4, 1916 Mar. 4, 1917
74
73 Dec. 23, 1916–Jan. 1, 1917
1
 Apr. 2, 1917 Oct. 6, 1917
118
118   
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1917 Nov. 21, 1918
247
245                                       Dec. 19, 1917–Jan. 2, 1918
  
3
 Dec. 2, 1918 Mar. 4, 1919
80
79                                         
1
 May 19, 1919 Nov. 19, 1919
146
146 Jul. 2–7, 1919
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1919 Jun. 5, 1920
150
149                                       Dec. 21, 1919–Jan. 4, 1920
  
3
 Dec. 6, 1920 Mar. 4, 1921
79
78   
1
 Apr. 11, 1921 Nov. 23, 1921
139
139                                      Aug. 25, 1921-Sep. 20, 1921
  
2
 Dec. 5, 1921 Sep. 22, 1922
191
191                                       Dec. 23, 1921–Jan. 2, 1922; Jul. 1, 1922-Aug. 14, 1922
  
3
 Nov. 20, 1922 Dec. 4, 1922
12
12                                         
  
4
 Dec. 4, 1922 Mar. 4, 1923
80
79                                         
1
 Dec. 3, 1923 Jun. 7, 1924
147
147 Dec. 21, 1923–Jan. 2, 1924
  
2
 Dec. 1, 1924 Mar. 4, 1925
78
77 Dec. 21–Dec. 28, 1924
1
 Dec. 7, 1925 Jul. 3, 1926
159
159 Dec. 23, 1925–Jan. 3, 1926
  
2
 Dec. 6, 1926 Mar. 4, 1927
71
70                                       Dec. 23, 1926–Jan. 2, 1927
1
 Dec. 5, 1927 May 29, 1928
135
134                                       Dec. 22, 1927–Jan. 3, 1928
  
2
 Dec. 3, 1928 Mar. 4, 1929
67
65                                       Dec. 23, 1928–Jan. 2, 1929

1

 Apr. 15, 1929 Nov. 22, 1929
67
67                                       June 20–Sept. 22, 1929
  
2
 Dec. 2, 1929 Jul. 3, 1930
156
156                                       Dec. 22, 1929–Jan. 5, 1930
  
3
 Dec. 1, 1930 Mar. 4, 1931
67
66                                       Dec. 21, 1930–Jan. 4, 1931
1
 Dec. 7, 1931 Jul. 16, 1932
167
167                                       Dec. 23, 1931–Jan. 3, 1932
  
2
 Dec. 5, 1932 Mar. 4, 1933
73
73                                         
1
 Mar. 9, 1933 Jun. 16, 1933
71
69                                         
  
2
 Jan. 3, 1934 Jun. 18, 1934
125
119                                         
1
 Jan. 3, 1935 Aug. 26, 1935
168
167                                         
  
2
 Jan. 3, 1936 Jun. 20, 1936
115
114                                       June 9–14, 1936
1
 Jan. 5, 1937 Aug. 21, 1937

153

152   
  
2
 Nov. 15, 1937 Dec. 21, 1937
26
26                                         
  
3
 Jan. 3, 1938 Jun. 16, 1938
117 
115                                         
1
 Jan. 3, 1939 Aug. 5, 1939
148
147                                         
  
2
 Sep. 21, 1939 Nov. 3, 1939
25
25                                         
  
3
 Jan. 3, 1940 Jan. 2, 1941
199
199                                      Jun. 23-30, 1940; Jul. 12–21, 1940
1
 Jan. 3, 1941 Jan. 2, 1942
204
204                                         
  
2
 Jan. 5, 1942 Dec. 16, 1942
194
194                                         
1
 Jan. 6, 1943 Dec. 21, 1943
187
187                                      Apr. 23-May 2, 1943; Jul. 8–Sep. 13, 1943
  
2
 Jan. 10, 1944 Dec. 19, 1944

164

164                                       Apr. 2–11, 1944
Jun. 24–31, 1944
Sep. 22–Nov. 13, 1944
1
 Jan. 3, 1945 Dec. 21, 1945 201201                                       Jul. 22–Sep. 4, 1945
  
2
 Jan. 14, 1946 Aug. 2, 1946
141
141                                       Apr. 19–Apr. 29, 1946
1
 Jan. 3, 1947 Dec. 19, 1947
145     
   145 July 28–Nov. 16, 1947
  
2
 Jan. 6, 1948 Dec. 31, 1948
109
   107 June 21–July 25, 1948**
Aug. 8–Dec. 30, 1948**
1
 Jan. 3, 1949 Oct. 19, 1949
166
   166 Apr. 15-2, 1949
  
2
 Jan. 3, 1950 Jan. 2, 1951
175
   175 Apr. 6–Apr. 18, 1950
Sept. 23–Nov. 27, 1950
1
 Jan. 3, 1951 Oct. 20, 1951
163
   163 Mar. 23–Apr. 1, 1951
Aug. 24–Sept. 11, 1951
  
2
 Jan. 8, 1952 July 7, 1952
111
   111 Apr. 11–Apr. 21, 1952
1
 Jan. 3, 1953 Aug. 3, 1953
116
   116 Apr. 3–Apr. 12, 1953
  
2
 Jan. 6, 1954 Dec. 2, 1954
110
   110 Apr. 16–25, 1954
Adjourned sine die Aug. 20, 1954
1
 Jan. 5, 1955 Aug. 2, 1955
110
   110 Apr. 5–12, 1955
  
2
 Jan. 3, 1956 July 27, 1956
118
   118 Mar. 30–Apr. 8, 1956
1
 Jan. 3, 1957 Aug. 30, 1957
141
   141 Apr. 19–Apr. 28, 1957
  
2
 Jan. 7, 1958 Aug. 24, 1958
135
   134 Apr. 4–13, 1958
1
 Jan. 7, 1959 Sep. 15, 1959
146
   145 Mar. 27–Apr. 6, 1959
  
2
 Jan. 6, 1960 Sep. 1, 1960
125
   123 July 4–Aug. 14, 1960
1
 Jan. 3, 1961 Sep. 27, 1961
147
   146 Mar. 31–Apr. 9, 1961
  
2
 Jan. 10, 1962 Oct. 13, 1962
158
   158 Apr. 20–29, 1962
1
 Jan. 9, 1963 Dec. 30, 1963
356
   Apr. 11–22, 1963
  
2
 Jan. 7, 1964 Oct. 3, 1964
271
   Mar. 26–Apr. 6, 1964
July 2–20, 1964
Aug. 21–31, 1964
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
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
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
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. 30–April 9, 1972
May 24–30, 1972
June 30–July 17, 1972
Aug. 18–Sept. 5, 1972
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
346
   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
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
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
271
   Feb. 9–14, 1978
Mar. 22–Apr. 3, 1978
May 25–May 31, 1978
June 29–July 10, 1978
Aug. 17–Sept. 6, 1978
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
1
 Jan. 5, 1981 Dec. 16, 1981
346
   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
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
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
279
   Feb. 6–18, 1986
Mar. 25–Apr. 8, 1986
May 22–June 3, 1986
June 26–July 14, 1986
Aug. 16–Sept. 8, 1986
1
 Jan. 6, 1987 Dec. 22, 1987
351
   Jan. 8–20, 1987
Feb. 11–18, 1987
Apr. 9–21, 1987
May 21–27, 1987
July 1–7, 1987
July 15–20, 1987
Aug. 7–Sept. 9, 1987
Nov. 10–16, 1987
Nov. 20–30, 1987
  
2
 Jan. 25, 1988 Oct. 22, 1988
272
   Feb. 9–16, 1988
Mar. 31–Apr. 11, 1988
May 26–June 1, 1988
June 30–July 7, 1988
July 14–26, 1988
Aug. 11–Sept. 7, 1988
1
 Jan. 3, 1989 Nov. 22, 1989
324
   Jan. 4–19, 1989
Feb. 9–21, 1989
Mar. 23–Apr. 3, 1989
Apr. 18–25, 1989
May 25–31, 1989
June 29–July 10, 1989
Aug. 5–Sep. 6, 1989
  
2
 Jan. 23, 1990 Oct. 28, 1990
279
   Feb. 7–20, 1990
Apr. 4–18, 1990
May 25–June 5, 1990
June 28–July 10, 1990
Aug. 4–Sep. 5, 1990
1
 Jan. 3, 1991 Jan. 3, 1992
366
   Feb. 6–19, 1991
Mar. 22–Apr. 9, 1991
May 23–29, 1991
June 27–July 9, 1991
Aug. 2–Sep. 11, 1991
Nov. 27, 1991–Jan. 3, 1992
  
2
 Jan. 3, 1992 Oct. 9, 1992
281
   Jan. 3–22, 1992
Apr. 10–28, 1992
May 21–26, 1992
July 2–7,1992
July 9–21, 1992
Aug. 12–Sep. 9, 1992
1
 Jan. 5, 1993 Nov. 26, 1993
326
   Jan. 6–20, 1993
Jan. 27–Feb. 2, 1993
Feb. 4–16, 1993
Apr. 7–19, 1993
May 27–June 8, 1993
July 1–13, 1993
Aug. 6–Sep. 8, 1993
Sep. 15–21, 1993
Oct. 7–12, 1993
Nov. 10–15, 1993
  
2
 Jan. 25, 1994 Dec. 1, 1994
311
   Jan. 26–Feb. 1, 1994
Feb. 11–22, 1994
Mar. 24–Apr. 12, 1994
May 26–June 8, 1994
June 30–July 12, 1994
Aug. 26–Sep. 12, 1994
Oct. 8–Nov. 29, 1994
1

 

 Jan. 4, 1995 Jan. 3, 1996
365
   Feb. 16–21, 1995
Mar. 16–21, 1995
Apr. 7–May 1, 1995
May 3–9, 1995
May 25–June 6, 1995
June 30–July 10, 1995
Aug. 4–Sep. 6, 1995
Sep. 29–Oct. 6, 1995
Nov. 20–28, 1995
  
2
 Jan. 3, 1996 Oct. 4, 1996
276
   Jan. 9–22, 1996
Mar. 29–Apr. 15, 1996
May 23–29, 1996
June 28–July 8, 1996
Aug. 2–Sep. 4, 1996
1
 Jan. 7, 1997 Nov. 13, 1997
311
   Jan. 9–20, 1997
Jan. 21–Feb. 4, 1997
Feb. 13–25, 1997
Mar. 21–Apr. 8, 1997
June 26–July 8, 1997
Aug. 1–Sep. 3, 1997
Oct. 9–21, 1997
  
2
 Jan. 27, 1998 Dec. 19, 1998
327
   Jan. 28–Feb. 3, 1998
Feb. 5–11, 1998
Feb. 12–24, 1998
Apr. 1–21, 1998
May 22–June 3, 1998
June 25–July 14, 1998
Aug. 7–Sep. 9, 1998
Oct. 2–Dec. 17, 1998
1
 Jan. 6, 1999 Nov. 22, 1999
321
   Jan. 6–19, 1999
Jan. 19–Feb. 2, 1999
Feb. 12–Feb. 23, 1999
Mar. 25–Apr. 12, 1999
May 27–June 7, 1999
July 1–12, 1999
Aug. 6–Sep. 8, 1999
 
2
 Jan. 24, 2000 Dec. 15, 2000
327
   Feb. 17–29, 2000
Apr. 14–May 2, 2000
May 26–June 6, 2000
July 27–Sep. 6, 2000
1
 Jan. 3, 2001 Dec. 20, 2001
352
   Jan. 6–20, 2001
Jan. 20–30, 2001
Jan. 31–Feb. 6, 2001
Feb. 14–26, 2001
Apr. 4–24, 2001
May 26–June 5, 2001
June 28–July 10, 2001
Aug. 2–Sep. 5, 2001
Oct. 17–23, 2001
Nov. 16–27, 2001
 
2
 Jan. 23, 2002 Nov. 22, 2002
304
   Feb. 15–Feb. 25, 2002
March 21–April 8, 2002
May 25–June 3, 2002
June 29–July 7, 2002
July 28–Sept. 3, 2002
1
 Jan. 7, 2003
Dec. 8, 2003
 
336
 
   Jan. 9–26, 2003
Feb. 14–Feb. 24, 2003
Apr. 13–Apr. 28, 2003
May 24–June 1, 2003
June 27–July 6, 2003
July 26–Sept. 2, 2003
Nov. 22–Dec. 7, 2003
 
 		 2
Jan. 20, 2004
 
Dec. 9, 2004
325
  Feb. 12–23, 2004
Apr. 3–19, 2004
May 21–31, 2004
June 10–13, 2004
June 26–July 5, 2004
July 23–Sept. 6, 2004
Oct. 9–Nov. 15, 2004
Nov. 20–Dec. 5, 2004
1
 Jan. 4, 2005 Dec. 22, 2005 353   Jan. 7–19, 2005
Jan. 21–24, 2005
Jan. 27–31, 2005
Feb. 3–7, 2005
Mar. 22–Apr.4, 2005
May 27–June 6, 2005
July 1–8, 2005
Aug. 1–Sept. 1, 2005
Oct. 8–16, 2005
Nov. 19–Dec. 5, 2005
  2 Jan. 3, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 340  

Jan. 4–30, 2006
Feb. 17–27, 2006
Mar. 17–27, 2006
June 30–July 9, 2006
July 29–Aug. 1, 2006
Aug. 3–Sept. 6, 2006
Sept. 30–Nov. 8, 2006
Nov. 17–Dec. 4, 2006

1
 Jan. 4, 2007 Dec. 19, 2007
350
   Jan. 25–28, 2007
Feb. 1–4, 2007
Feb. 17–26, 2007
Mar. 31–Apr.15, 2007
May 25–June 4, 2007
Aug. 5–Sept. 3, 2007
Nov. 16–Dec. 3, 2007
 
2
 Jan. 3, 2008 Jan. 3, 2009
367
   Jan. 4–14, 2008
Jan. 30–Feb. 4, 2008
Mar. 15–30, 2008
May 23–June 2, 2008
June 27–July 7, 2008
Aug. 2–Sept. 7, 2008
Oct. 4–Nov. 18, 2008
Nov. 21–Dec. 9, 2008
Dec. 11–Jan. 3, 2009
1
 Jan. 6, 2009 Dec. 23, 2009 352   Feb. 14–22, 2009
Apr. 3–20, 2009
May 22–June 1, 2009
June 27–July 6, 2009
Nov. 8–15, 2009
Nov. 20–30, 2009
 
2
 Jan. 5, 2010 Dec. 22, 2010 352   Feb. 10–21, 2010
Mar. 26–Apr. 12, 2010
May 29–June 7, 2010
July 31–Aug. 8, 2010
Aug. 11–Sept. 13, 2010
Oct. 1–Nov. 14, 2010
Nov. 19–Nov. 28, 2010
1
 Jan. 5, 2011 Jan. 3, 2012 364   Jan. 27–Feb. 7, 2011
Feb. 20–27, 2011
Mar. 18–28, 2011
Apr. 16–May 1, 2011
May 14–22, 2011
  2 Jan. 3, 2012 Jan. 3, 2013153   Mar. 31–Apr. 15, 2012
Apr. 28-May 6, 2012
Jun. 30-Jul. 8, 2012
Aug. 8-Sep. 9, 2012
Nov. 17-26, 2012
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Footnotes

1The adjournment date is consistently referred to as the last calendar date of the session, regardless of the legislative day.

2"Calendar days" is defined as the total number of calendar days from the convening date to adjournment date that Congress met during that session. “Legislative days” indicates the total days Congress recorded as a working parliamentary day.

*Indicates that a special session of the Senate was convened during a Congress. 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; House Journal.

**President Harry S. Truman called the Congress into extraordinary session twice, both times during the 80th Congress. Each time Congress had essentially wrapped up its business for the year, but for technical reasons had not adjourned sine die, so in each case the extraordinary session is considered an extension of the regularly numbered session rather than a separately numbered one. The dates of these extraordinary sessions were Nov. 17 to Dec. 19. 1947, and July 26 to Aug. 7, 1948.

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