this is a list of the united states congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. each "term" of congress lasts for two years. == list of previous congresses == {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! congress ! congress began ! session ! session dates ! congress ended |- ! rowspan=3 | 1stcongress | rowspan=3 | march 4, 1789 | 1st session | march 4, 1789 â september 29, 1789 | rowspan=3 | march 3 or 4, 1791 |- | 2nd session | january 4, 1790 â august 12, 1790 |- | 3rd session | december 6, 1790 â march 3, 1791 |- ! rowspan=3 | 2ndcongress | rowspan=3 | march 4, 1791 | special session | march 4, 1791 â march 4, 1791 | rowspan=3 | march 3 or 4, 1793 |- | 1st session | october 24, 1791 â may 8, 1792 |- | 2nd session | november 5, 1792 â march 2, 1793 |- ! rowspan=3 | 3rdcongress | rowspan=3 | march 4, 1793 | special session | march 4, 1793 â march 4, 1793 | rowspan=3 | march 3 or 4, 1795 |- | 1st session | december 2, 1793 â june 9, 1794 |- | 2nd session | november 3, 1794 â march 3, 1795 |- ! rowspan=3 | 4thcongress | rowspan=3 | march 4, 1795 | special session | june 8, 1795 â june 26, 1795 | rowspan=3 | march 3 or 4, 1797 |- | 1st session | december 7, 1795 â june 1, 1796 |- | 2nd session | december 5, 1796 â march 3, 1797 |- ! rowspan=5 | 5thcongress | rowspan=5 | march 4, 1797 | special session | march 4, 1797 â march 4, 1797 | rowspan=5 | march 3 or 4, 1799 |- | 1st session | may 15, 1797 â july 10, 1797 |- | 2nd session | november 13, 1797 â july 16, 1798 |- | special session | july 17, 1798 â july 19, 1798 |- | 3rd session | december 3, 1798 â march 3, 1799 |- ! rowspan=2 | 6thcongress | rowspan=2 | march 4, 1799 | 1st session | december 2, 1799 â may 14, 1800 | rowspan=2 | march 3 or 4, 1801 |- | 2nd session | november 17, 1800 â march 3, 1801 |- ! rowspan=3 | 7thcongress | rowspan=3 | march 4, 1801 | special session | march 4, 1801 â march 5, 1801 | rowspan=3 | march 3 or 4, 1803 |- | 1st session | december 7, 1801 â may 3, 1802 |- | 2nd session | december 6, 1802 â march 3, 1803 |- ! rowspan=2 | 8thcongress | rowspan=2 | march 4, 1803 | 1st session | october 17, 1803 â march 27, 1804 | rowspan=2 | march 3 or 4, 1805 |- | 2nd session | november 5, 1804 â march 3, 1805 |- ! rowspan=2 | 9thcongress | rowspan=2 | march 4, 1805 | 1st session | december 2, 1805 â april 21, 1806 | rowspan=2 | march 3 or 4, 1807 |- | 2nd session | december 1, 1806 â march 3, 1807 |- ! rowspan=2 | 10thcongress | rowspan=2 | march 4, 1807 | 1st session | october 26, 1807 â april 25, 1808 | rowspan=2 | march 3 or 4, 1809 |- | 2nd session | no
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