Dates of Sessions of the Congress

For each Congress, the convene and adjourn date for each chamber is listed.


Congress	Session	Begin Date	Adjourn Date
117	1	Jan 3, 2021	—
116	2 1	Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2020
115	2 1	Jan 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2018
114	2 1	Jan 4, 2016 Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017 Dec 18, 2015
113	2 1	Jan 3, 2014 Jan 3, 2013	Dec 16, 2014¹ Jan 3, 2014
112	2 1	Jan 3, 2012 Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013² Jan 3, 2012
111	2 1	Jan 5, 2010 Jan 6, 2009	Dec 22, 2010 Dec 24, 2009³
110	2 1	Jan 3, 2008 Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009⁴ Dec 31, 2007⁵
109	2 1	Jan 3, 2006 Jan 4, 2005	Dec 9, 2006⁶ Dec 22, 2005
108	2 1	Jan 20, 2004 Jan 7, 2003	Dec 8, 2004 Dec 9, 2003
107	2 1	Jan 23, 2002 Jan 3, 2001	Nov 22, 2002 Dec 20, 2001
106	2 1	Jan 24, 2000 Jan 6, 1999	Dec 15, 2000 Nov 22, 1999⁷
105	2 1	Jan 27, 1998 Jan 7, 1997	Dec 19, 1998⁸ Nov 13, 1997
104	2 1	Jan 3, 1996 Jan 4, 1995	Oct 4, 1996⁹ Jan 3, 1996
103	2 1	Jan 25, 1994 Jan 5, 1993	Dec 1, 1994 Nov 26, 1993
102	2 1	Jan 3, 1992 Jan 3, 1991	Oct 9, 1992 Jan 3, 1992
101	2 1	Jan 23, 1990 Jan 3, 1989	Oct 28, 1990¹⁰ Nov 22, 1989
100	2 1	Jan 25, 1988 Jan 6, 1987	Oct 22, 1988 Dec 22, 1987
99	2 1	Jan 21, 1986 Jan 3, 1985	Oct 18, 1986 Dec 20, 1985
98	2 1	Jan 23, 1984 Jan 3, 1983	Oct 12, 1984 Nov 18, 1983
97	2 1	Jan 25, 1982 Jan 5, 1981	Dec 23, 1982 Dec 16, 1981
96	2 1	Jan 3, 1980 Jan 15, 1979	Dec 16, 1980 Jan 3, 1980¹¹
95	2 1	Jan 19, 1978 Jan 4, 1977	Oct 15, 1978 Dec 15, 1977
94	2 1	Jan 19, 1976 Jan 14, 1975	Oct 1, 1976 Dec 19, 1975
93	2 1	Jan 21, 1974 Jan 3, 1973	Dec 20, 1974 Dec 22, 1973
92	2 1	Jan 18, 1972 Jan 21, 1971	Oct 18, 1972 Dec 17, 1971
91	2 1	Jan 19, 1970 Jan 3, 1969	Jan 2, 1971 Dec 23, 1969
90	2 1	Jan 15, 1968 Jan 10, 1967	Oct 14, 1968 Dec 15, 1967
89	2 1	Jan 10, 1966 Jan 4, 1965	Oct 22, 1966 Oct 23, 1965
88	2 1	Jan 7, 1964 Jan 9, 1963	Oct 3, 1964 Dec 30, 1963
87	2 1	Jan 10, 1962 Jan 3, 1961	Oct 13, 1962 Sep 27, 1961
86	2 1	Jan 6, 1960 Jan 7, 1959	Sep 1, 1960 Sep 15, 1959
85	2 1	Jan 7, 1958 Jan 3, 1957	Aug 24, 1958 Aug 30, 1957
84	2 1	Jan 3, 1956 Jan 5, 1955	Jul 27, 1956 Aug 2, 1955
83	2 1	Jan 6, 1954 Jan 3, 1953	Dec 2, 1954¹² Aug 3, 1953
82	2 1	Jan 8, 1952 Jan 3, 1951	Jul 7, 1952 Oct 20, 1951
81	2 1	Jan 3, 1950 Jan 3, 1949	Jan 2, 1951 Oct 19, 1949
80	2 1	Jan 6, 1948 Jan 3, 1947	Dec 31, 1948 Dec 19, 1947
79	2 1	Jan 14, 1946 Jan 3, 1945	Aug 2, 1946 Dec 21, 1945
78	2 1	Jan 10, 1944 Jan 6, 1943	Dec 19, 1944 Dec 21, 1943
77	2 1	Jan 5, 1942 Jan 3, 1941	Dec 16, 1942 Jan 2, 1942
76	3 2 1	Jan 3, 1940 Sep 21, 1939 Jan 3, 1939	Jan 3, 1941 Nov 3, 1939 Aug 5, 1939
75	3 2 1	Jan 3, 1938 Nov 15, 1937 Jan 5, 1937	Jun 16, 1938 Dec 21, 1937 Aug 21, 1937
74	2 1	Jan 3, 1936 Jan 3, 1935	Jun 20, 1936 Aug 26, 1935
73	2 1 S	Jan 3, 1934 Mar 9, 1933 Mar 4, 1933	Jun 18, 1934 Jun 15, 1933 Mar 6, 1933
72	2 1	Dec 5, 1932 Dec 7, 1931	Mar 3, 1933 Jul 16, 1932
71	3 S 2 1 S	Dec 1, 1930 Jul 7, 1930 Dec 2, 1929 Apr 15, 1929 Mar 4, 1929	Mar 3, 1931 Jul 21, 1930 Jul 3, 1930 Nov 22, 1929 Mar 5, 1929
70	2 1	Dec 3, 1928 Dec 5, 1927	Mar 3, 1929 May 29, 1928
69	2 1 S	Dec 6, 1926 Dec 7, 1925 Mar 4, 1925	Mar 4, 1927 Jul 3, 1926 Mar 18, 1925
68	2 1	Dec 1, 1924 Dec 3, 1923	Mar 3, 1925 Jun 7, 1924
67	4 3 2 1 S	Dec 4, 1922 Nov 20, 1922 Dec 5, 1921 Apr 11, 1921 Mar 4, 1921	Mar 3, 1923 Dec 4, 1922 Sep 22, 1922 Nov 23, 1921 Mar 15, 1921
66	3 2 1	Dec 6, 1920 Dec 1, 1919 May 19, 1919	Mar 3, 1921 Jun 5, 1920 Nov 19, 1919
65	3 2 1 S	Dec 2, 1918 Dec 3, 1917 Apr 2, 1917 Mar 5, 1917	Mar 3, 1919 Nov 21, 1918 Oct 6, 1917 Mar 16, 1917
64	2 1	Dec 4, 1916 Dec 6, 1915	Mar 3, 1917 Sep 8, 1916
63	3 2 1 S	Dec 7, 1914 Dec 1, 1913 Apr 7, 1913 Mar 4, 1913	Mar 3, 1915 Oct 24, 1914 Dec 1, 1913 Mar 17, 1913
62	3 2 1	Dec 2, 1912 Dec 4, 1911 Apr 4, 1911	Mar 3, 1913 Aug 26, 1912 Aug 22, 1911
61	3 2 1 S	Dec 5, 1910 Dec 6, 1909 Mar 15, 1909 Mar 4, 1909	Mar 3, 1911 Jun 25, 1910 Aug 5, 1909 Mar 6, 1909
60	2 1	Dec 7, 1908 Dec 2, 1907	Mar 3, 1909 May 30, 1908
59	2 1 S	Dec 3, 1906 Dec 4, 1905 Mar 4, 1905	Mar 3, 1907 Jun 30, 1906 Mar 18, 1905
58	3 2 1 S	Dec 5, 1904 Dec 7, 1903 Nov 9, 1903 Mar 5, 1903	Mar 3, 1905 Apr 28, 1904 Dec 7, 1903 Mar 19, 1903
57	2 1 S	Dec 1, 1902 Dec 2, 1901 Mar 4, 1901	Mar 3, 1903 Jul 1, 1902 Mar 9, 1901
56	2 1	Dec 3, 1900 Dec 4, 1899	Mar 3, 1901 Jun 7, 1900
55	3 2 1 S	Dec 5, 1898 Dec 6, 1897 Mar 15, 1897 Mar 4, 1897	Mar 3, 1899 Jul 8, 1898 Jul 24, 1897 Mar 10, 1897
54	2 1	Dec 7, 1896 Dec 2, 1895	Mar 3, 1897 Jun 11, 1896
53	3 2 1 S	Dec 3, 1894 Dec 4, 1893 Aug 7, 1893 Mar 4, 1893	Mar 3, 1895 Aug 28, 1894 Nov 3, 1893 Apr 15, 1893
52	2 1	Dec 5, 1892 Dec 7, 1891	Mar 3, 1893 Aug 5, 1892
51	2 1 S	Dec 1, 1890 Dec 2, 1889 Mar 4, 1889	Mar 3, 1891 Oct 1, 1890 Apr 2, 1889
50	2 1	Dec 3, 1888 Dec 5, 1887	Mar 3, 1889 Oct 20, 1888
49	2 1 S	Dec 6, 1886 Dec 7, 1885 Mar 4, 1885	Mar 3, 1887 Aug 5, 1886 Apr 2, 1885
48	2 1	Dec 1, 1884 Dec 3, 1883	Mar 3, 1885 Jul 7, 1884
47	2 1 S S	Dec 4, 1882 Dec 5, 1881 Oct 10, 1881 Mar 4, 1881	Mar 3, 1883 Aug 8, 1882 Oct 29, 1881 May 20, 1881
46	3 2 1	Dec 6, 1880 Dec 1, 1879 Mar 18, 1879	Mar 3, 1881 Jun 16, 1880 Jul 1, 1879
45	3 2 1 S	Dec 2, 1878 Dec 3, 1877 Oct 15, 1877 Mar 5, 1877	Mar 3, 1879 Jun 20, 1878 Dec 3, 1877 Mar 17, 1877
44	2 1 S	Dec 4, 1876 Dec 6, 1875 Mar 5, 1875	Mar 3, 1877 Aug 15, 1876 Mar 24, 1875
43	2 1 S	Dec 7, 1874 Dec 1, 1873 Mar 4, 1873	Mar 3, 1875 Jun 23, 1874 Mar 26, 1873
42	3 2 S 1	Dec 2, 1872 Dec 4, 1871 May 10, 1871 Mar 4, 1871	Mar 3, 1873 Jun 10, 1872 May 27, 1871 Apr 20, 1871
41	3 2 S 1	Dec 5, 1870 Dec 6, 1869 Apr 12, 1869 Mar 4, 1869	Mar 3, 1871 Jul 15, 1870 Apr 22, 1869 Apr 10, 1869
40	3 2 S 1	Dec 7, 1868 Dec 2, 1867 Apr 1, 1867 Mar 4, 1867	Mar 3, 1869 Nov 10, 1868 Apr 20, 1867 Dec 1, 1867
39	2 1 S	Dec 3, 1866 Dec 4, 1865 Mar 4, 1865	Mar 3, 1867 Jul 28, 1866 Mar 11, 1865
38	2 1 S	Dec 5, 1864 Dec 7, 1863 Mar 4, 1863	Mar 3, 1865 Jul 4, 1864 Mar 14, 1863
37	3 2 1 S	Dec 1, 1862 Dec 2, 1861 Jul 4, 1861 Mar 4, 1861	Mar 3, 1863 Jul 17, 1862 Aug 6, 1861 Mar 28, 1861
36	2 S 1 S	Dec 3, 1860 Jun 26, 1860 Dec 5, 1859 Mar 4, 1859	Mar 3, 1861 Jun 28, 1860 Jun 25, 1860 Mar 10, 1859
35	2 S 1 S	Dec 6, 1858 Jun 15, 1858 Dec 7, 1857 Mar 4, 1857	Mar 3, 1859 Jun 16, 1858 Jun 14, 1858 Mar 14, 1857
34	3 2 1	Dec 1, 1856 Aug 21, 1856 Dec 3, 1855	Mar 3, 1857 Aug 30, 1856 Aug 18, 1856
33	2 1 S	Dec 4, 1854 Dec 5, 1853 Mar 4, 1853	Mar 3, 1855 Aug 7, 1854 Apr 11, 1853
32	2 1 S	Dec 6, 1852 Dec 1, 1851 Mar 4, 1851	Mar 3, 1853 Aug 31, 1852 Mar 13, 1851
31	2 1 S	Dec 2, 1850 Dec 3, 1849 Mar 5, 1849	Mar 3, 1851 Sep 30, 1850 Mar 23, 1849
30	2 1	Dec 4, 1848 Dec 6, 1847	Mar 3, 1849 Aug 14, 1848
29	2 1 S	Dec 7, 1846 Dec 1, 1845 Mar 4, 1845	Mar 3, 1847 Aug 10, 1846 Mar 20, 1845
28	2 1	Dec 2, 1844 Dec 4, 1843	Mar 3, 1845 Jun 17, 1844
27	3 2 1 S	Dec 5, 1842 Dec 6, 1841 May 31, 1841 Mar 4, 1841	Mar 3, 1843 Aug 31, 1842 Sep 13, 1841 Mar 15, 1841
26	2 1	Dec 7, 1840 Dec 2, 1839	Mar 3, 1841 Jul 21, 1840
25	3 2 1 S	Dec 3, 1838 Dec 4, 1837 Sep 4, 1837 Mar 4, 1837	Mar 3, 1839 Jul 9, 1838 Oct 16, 1837 Mar 10, 1837
24	2 1	Dec 5, 1836 Dec 7, 1835	Mar 3, 1837 Jul 4, 1836
23	2 1	Dec 1, 1834 Dec 2, 1833	Mar 3, 1835 Jun 30, 1834
22	2 1	Dec 3, 1832 Dec 5, 1831	Mar 2, 1833 Jul 16, 1832
21	2 1 S	Dec 6, 1830 Dec 7, 1829 Mar 4, 1829	Mar 3, 1831 May 31, 1830 Mar 17, 1829
20	2 1	Dec 1, 1828 Dec 3, 1827	Mar 3, 1829 May 26, 1828
19	2 1 S	Dec 4, 1826 Dec 5, 1825 Mar 4, 1825	Mar 3, 1827 May 22, 1826 Mar 9, 1825
18	2 1	Dec 6, 1824 Dec 1, 1823	Mar 3, 1825 May 27, 1824
17	2 1	Dec 2, 1822 Dec 3, 1821	Mar 3, 1823 May 8, 1822
16	2 1	Nov 13, 1820 Dec 6, 1819	Mar 3, 1821 May 15, 1820
15	2 1 S	Nov 16, 1818 Dec 1, 1817 Mar 4, 1817	Mar 3, 1819 Apr 20, 1818 Mar 6, 1817
14	2 1	Dec 2, 1816 Dec 4, 1815	Mar 3, 1817 Apr 30, 1816
13	3 2 1	Sep 19, 1814 Dec 6, 1813 May 24, 1813	Mar 3, 1815 Apr 18, 1814 Aug 2, 1813
12	2 1	Nov 2, 1812 Nov 4, 1811	Mar 3, 1813 Jul 6, 1812
11	3 2 1 S	Dec 3, 1810 Nov 27, 1809 May 22, 1809 Mar 4, 1809	Mar 3, 1811 May 1, 1810 Jun 28, 1809 Mar 7, 1809
10	2 1	Nov 7, 1808 Oct 26, 1807	Mar 3, 1809 Apr 25, 1808
9	2 1	Dec 1, 1806 Dec 2, 1805	Mar 3, 1807 Apr 21, 1806
8	2 1	Nov 5, 1804 Oct 17, 1803	Mar 3, 1805 Mar 27, 1804
7	2 1 S	Dec 6, 1802 Dec 7, 1801 Mar 4, 1801	Mar 3, 1803 May 3, 1802 Mar 5, 1801
6	2 1	Nov 17, 1800 Dec 2, 1799	Mar 3, 1801 May 14, 1800
5	3 2 S 1 S	Dec 3, 1798 Nov 13, 1797 Jul 17, 1798 May 15, 1797 Mar 4, 1797	Mar 3, 1799 Jul 16, 1798 Jul 19, 1798 Jul 10, 1797 Mar 4, 1797
4	2 1 S	Dec 5, 1796 Dec 7, 1795 Jun 8, 1795	Mar 3, 1797 Jun 1, 1796 Jun 26, 1795
3	2 1 S	Nov 3, 1794 Dec 2, 1793 Mar 4, 1793	Mar 3, 1795 Jun 9, 1794 Mar 4, 1793
2	2 1 S	Nov 5, 1792 Oct 24, 1791 Mar 4, 1791	Mar 2, 1793 May 8, 1792 Mar 4, 1791
1	3 2 1	Dec 6, 1790 Jan 4, 1790 Mar 4, 1789	Mar 3, 1791 Aug 12, 1790 Sep 29, 1789