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Guide: Congressional Session Chart

U.S. Congress-Year Conversion Guide 

A complete guide to the Sessions of Congress which includes the beginning and ending dates, recesses, number of days in the session, the name of the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tem of the Senate, may be found online by searching the Congressional Directory. Type in the search term "sessions" and select the result "Sessions of Congress". Be forewarned it is a very large file and may take time to download completely.

IUB library users may also find the charts included in ProQuest Congressional helpful since they include specific dates for each session.

Congress Years Congress Years Congress Years Congress Years
1st 1789-91 37th 1861-63 73rd 1933-34 109th 2005-2006
2nd 1791-93 38th 1863-65 74th 1935-36 110th 2007-2008
3rd 1793-95 39th 1865-67 75th 1937-38 111th 2009-2010
4th 1795-97 40th 1867-69 76th 1939-41 112th 2011-2012
5th 1797-99 41st 1869-71 77th 1941-42 113th 2013-2014
6th 1799-1801 42nd 1871-73 78th 1943-44
7th 1801-03 43rd 1873-75 79th 1945-46
8th 1803-05 44th 1875-77 80th 1947-48
9th 1805-07 45th 1877-79 81st 1949-51
10th 1807-09 46th 1879-81 82nd 1951-52
11th 1809-11 47th 1881-83 83rd 1953-54
12th 1811-13 48th 1883-85 84th 1955-56
13th 1813-15 49th 1885-87 85th 1957-58
14th 1815-17 50th 1887-89 86th 1959-60
15th 1817-19 51st 1889-91 87th 1961-62
16th 1819-21 52nd 1891-93 88th 1963-64
17th 1821-23 53rd 1893-95 89th 1965-66
18th 1823-25 54th 1895-97 90th 1967-68
19th 1825-27 55th 1897-99 91st 1969-71
20th 1827-29 56th 1899-1901 92nd 1971-72
21st 1829-31 57th 1901-03 93rd 1973-74
22nd 1831-33 58th 1903-05 94th 1975-76
23rd 1833-35 59th 1905-07 95th 1977-78
24th 1835-37 60th 1907-09 96th 1979-80
25th 1837-39 61st 1909-11 97th 1981-82
26th 1839-41 62nd 1911-13 98th 1983-84
27th 1841-43 63rd 1913-15 99th 1985-86
28th 1843-45 64th 1915-17 100th 1987-88
29th 1845-47 65th 1917-19 101st 1989-90
30th 1947-49 66th 1919-21 102nd 1991-92
31st 1849-51 67th 1921-23 103rd 1993-94
32nd 1851-53 68th 1923-25 104th 1995-96
33rd 1853-55 69th 1925-27 105th 1997-98
34th 1855-57 70th 1927-29 106th 1999-2000
35th 1857-59 71st 1929-31 107th 2001-2002
36th 1859-61 72nd 1931-33 108th 2003-2004




last updated: 6/1/2011