Sessions of Congress: 1789 to Present

Congress

Session

Convening Date

Adjournment Date

Total Days

President

1st

1

Mar 4, 1789

Sep 29, 1789

210

George Washington

2

Jan 4, 1790

Aug 12, 1790

221

3

Dec 6, 1790

Mar 3, 1791

88

2nd*

1

Oct 24, 1791

May 8, 1792

197

2

Nov 5, 1792

Mar 2, 1793

119  

3rd*

1

Dec 2, 1793

Jun 9, 1794

190

2

Nov 3, 1794

Mar 3, 1795

121

4th*

1

Dec 7, 1795

Jun  1, 1796

177

2

Dec 5, 1796

Mar 3, 1797

89

5th*

1

May 15, 1797

Jul 10, 1797

57

John Adams

2

Nov 13, 1797

Jul 16, 1798

246

3

Dec 3, 1798

Mar 3, 1799

91

6th

1

Dec 2, 1799

May 14, 1800

164

2

Nov.17, 1800

Mar 3, 1801

107

7th*

1

Dec 7, 1801

May 3, 1802

148

Thomas Jefferson

2

Dec 6, 1802

Mar 3, 1803

88

8th

1

Oct 17, 1803

Mar 27, 1804

163

2

Nov 5, 1804

Mar 3, 1805

119

9th

1

Dec 2, 1805

April 21, 1806

141

2

Dec 1, 1806

Mar 3, 1807

93

l0th

1

Oct 26, 1807

April 25, 1808

182

2

Nov 7, 1808

Mar 3, 1809

117

11th*

1

May 22, 1809

Jun  28, 1809

38

James Madison

2

Nov 27, 1809

May 1, 1810

156

3

Dec 3, 1810

Mar 3, 1811

91

12th

1

Nov 4, 1811

Jul 6, 1812

245

2

Nov 2, 1812

Mar 3, 1813

122

13th

1

May 24, 1813

Aug 2, 1813

71

2

Dec 6, 1813

Apr 18, 1814

134

3

Sep 19, 1814

Mar 3, 1815

166

14th

1

Dec 4, 1815

Apr 30, 1816

148

2

Dec 2, 1816

Mar 3, 1817

92

15th*

1

Dec 1, 1817

Apr 20, 1818

141

James Monroe

2

Nov 16, 1818

Mar 3, 1819

108

16th

1

Dec 6, 1819

May 15, 1820

162

2

Nov 3, 1820

Mar 3, 1821

111

17th

1

Dec 3, 1821

May 8, 1822

157

2

Dec 2, 1822

Mar 3, 1823

92

18th

1

Dec 1, 1823

May 27, 1824

178

2

Dec 6, 1824

Mar 3, 1825

88

19th*

1

Dec 5, 1825

May 22, 1826

169

John Quincy Adams

2

Dec 4, 1826

Mar 3, 1827

90

20th

1

Dec 3, 1827

May 26, 1828

175

2

Dec 1, 1828

Mar 3, 1829

93

21st*

1

Dec 7, 1829

May 31, 1830

176

Andrew Jackson

2

Dec 6, 1830

Mar 3, 1831

88

22nd

1

Dec 5, 1831

Jul 16, 1832

225

2

Dec 3, 1832

Mar 2, 1833

91

23rd

1

Dec 2, 1833

Jun  30, 1834

211

2

Dec 1, 1834

Mar 3, 1835

93

24th

1

Dec 7, 1835

Jul 4, 1835

211

2

Dec 5, 1836

Mar 3, 1837

89

25th*

1

Sep 4, 1837

Oct 16, 1837

43

Martin Van Buren

2

Dec 4, 1837

Jul 9, 1838

218

2

Dec 3, 1838

Mar 3, 1839

91

26th

1

Dec 2, 1839

Jul 21, 1840

233

2

Dec 7, 1840

Mar 3, 1841

87

27th*

1

May 31, 1841

Sep 13, 1841

106

John Tyler

2

Dec 6, 1841

Aug 31, 1842

269

3

Dec 5, 1842

Mar 3, 1843

89

28th

1

Dec 4, 1843

Jun  17, 1844

196

2

Dec 4, 1844

Mar 3, 1845

92

29th*

1

Dec 1, 1845

Aug 10, 1847

253

James K. Polk

2

Dec 7, 1846

Mar 3, 1847

87

30th

1

Dec 6, 1847

Aug 14, 1848

254

2

Dec 4, 1848

Mar 3, 1849

90

31st*

1

Dec 3, 1849

Sept.30, 1850

302

Zachary Taylor

2

Dec 2, 1850

Mar 3, 1851

92

32nd*

1

Dec 1, 1851

Aug 31, 1852

275

Millard Fillmore

2

Dec 6, 1852

Mar 3, 1853

88

33rd*

1

Dec 5, 1853

Aug 7, 1854

246

Franklin Pierce

2

Dec 4, 1854

Mar 3, 1855

90  

34th

1

Dec 3, 1855

Aug 18, 1856

260

2

Aug 21, 1856

Aug 30, 1856

10  

3

Dec 1, 1856

Mar 3, 1857

93  

35th*

1

Dec 7, 1857

Jun  14, 1858

189

James Buchanan

2

Dec 6, 1858

Mar 3, 1859

88

36th*

1

Dec 5, 1859

Jun  26, 1860

202

2

Dec 3, 1860

Mar 3, 1861

93  

37th*

1

Jul 4, 1861

Aug 6, 1861

34

Abraham Lincoln

2

Dec 2, 1861

Jul 17, 1862

228  

3

Dec 1, 1862

Mar 3, 1863

93

38th*

1

Dec 7, 1863

Jul 4, 1864

209

2

Dec 5, 1864

Mar 3, 1865

89

39th*

1

Dec 4, 1865

Jul 28, 1866

237

Andrew Johnson

2

Dec 3, 1865

Mar 3, 1867

91

40th*

1

Mar 4, 1867

Dec 1, 1867

273

2

Dec 2, 1867

Nov 10, 1868

345

3

Dec 7, 1868

Mar 3, 1869

87

41st*

1

Mar 4, 1869

Apr 10, 1869

38

Ulysses S Grant

2

Dec 6, 1869

Jul 15, 1870

222

3

Dec 5, 1870

Mar 3, 1871

89

42nd*

1

Mar 4, 1871

Apr 20, 1871

48

2

Dec 4, 1871

Jun  10, 1872

190

3

Dec 2, 1872

Mar 3, 1873

92

43rd*

1

Dec 1, 1873

Jun  23, 1874

204

2

Dec 7, 1874

Mar 3, 1875

87

44th*

1

Dec 6, 1875

Aug 15, 1876

254

2

Dec 4, 1876

Mar 3, 1877

90  

45th*

1

Oct 15, 1877

Dec 3, 1877

50

Rutherford B. Hayes

2

Dec 3, 1877

Jun  20, 1878

200

3

Dec 2, 1878

Mar 3, 1879

92

46th

1

Mar 18, 1879

Jul 1, 1879

106

2

Dec 1, 1879

Jun  16, 1880

199

3

Dec 6, 1880

Mar 3, 1881

88

47th*

1

Dec 5, 1881

Aug 8, 1882

247

James A. Garfield

2

Dec 4, 1882

Mar 3, 1882

90  

48th

1

Dec 3, 1883

Jul 7, 1884

218

Chester A. Arthur

2

Dec 1, 1884

Mar 3, 1885

93

49th*

1

Dec 7, 1885

Aug 5, 1886

242

Grover Cleveland

2

Dec 6, 1886

Mar 3, 1887

88

50th

1

Dec 5, 1887

Oct 20, 1888

321

2

Dec 3, 1888

Mar 3, 1889

91

51st*

1

Dec 2, 1889

Oct 1, 1890

304

Benjamin Harrison

2

Dec 1, 1890

Mar 3, 1891

93  

52nd

1

Dec 7, 1891

Aug 5, 1892

251

2

Dec 5, 1892

Mar 3, 1893

89

53rd*

1

Aug 7, 1893

Nov 3, 1893

89

Grover Cleveland

2

Dec 4, 1893

Aug 28, 1894

268

3

Dec 3, 1894

Mar 3, 1895

97

54th

1

Dec 2, 1895

Jun  11, 1896

193

2

Dec 7, 1896

Mar 3, 1897

87

55th*

1

Mar 15, 1897

Jul 24, 1897

131

William McKinley

2

Dec 6, 1897

Jul 8, 1898

215

3

Dec 5, 1898

Mar 3, 1899

89

56th

1

Dec 4, 1899

Jun 7, 190

186

2

Dec 3, 1900

Mar 3, 1901

91

57th*

1

Dec 2, 1901

Jul , 1902

212

Theodore Roosevelt

2

Dec 1, 1902

Mar 3, 1903

93

58th*

1

Nov 9, 1903

Dec 7, 1903

29

2

Dec 7, 1903

Apr 28, 1904

144

3

Dec 5, 1904

Mar 3, 1905

89

59th*

1

Dec 4, 1905

Jun  30, 1906

209

2

Dec 3, 1906

Mar 3, 1907

91

60th

1

Dec 2, 1907

May 3, 1908

181

2

Dec 7, 1908

Mar 3, 1909

87

61st*

1

Mar 15, 1909

Aug 5, 1909

144

William A. Taft

2

Dec 6, 1909

Jun 25, 1910

202

3

Dec 5, 1910

Mar 3, 1911

89

62nd

1

Apr 4, 1911

Aug 22, 1911

141

2

Dec 4, 1911

Aug 26, 1912

267

3

Dec 2, 1912

Mar 3, 1913

92

63rd*

1

Apr 7, 1913

Dec 1, 1913

239

Woodrow Wilson

2

Dec 1, 1913

Oct 24, 1914

328

3

Dec 7, 1914

Mar 3, 1915

87

64th

1

Dec 6, 1915

Sep 8, 1916

278

2

Dec 4, 1916

Mar 3, 1917

90

65th*

1

Apr 2, 1917

Oct 6, 1917

188

2

Dec 3, 1917

Nov 21, 1918

354

3

Dec 2, 1918

Mar 3, 1919

92  

66th

1

May 19, 1919

Nov 19, 1919

185

2

Dec 1, 1919

Jun 5, 1920

188

3

Dec 6, 1920

Mar 3, 1921

88  

67th*

1

Apr 11, 1921

Nov 23, 1921

227

Warren G. Harding

2

Dec 5, 1921

Sep 22, 1922

292

3

Nov 20, 1922

Dec 4, 1922

15  

4

Dec 4, 1922

Mar 3, 1923

90  

68th

1

Dec 3, 1923

Jun 7, 1924

188

Calvin Coolidge

2

Dec 1, 1924

Mar 3, 1925

93

69th*

1

Dec 7, 1925

Jul 3, 1926

209

2

Dec 6, 1926

Mar 4, 1927

88

70th

1

Dec 5, 1927

29-May-28

177

2

Dec 3, 1928

Mar 3, 1929

91

71st*

1

Apr 15, 1929

Nov 22, 1929

222

Herbert Hoover

2

Dec 2, 1929

Jul 3, 1930

214

3

Dec 1, 1930

Mar 3, 1931

93

72nd

1

Dec 7, 1931

Jul 16, 1932

223

2

Dec 5, 1932

Mar 3, 1933

89  

73rd*

1

Mar 9, 1933

Jun 15, 1933

99

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

Jan 3, 1934

Jun 18, 1934

167  

74th

1

Jan 3, 1935

Aug 26, 1935

236

2

Jan 3, 1936

Jun 20, 1936

170

75th

1

Jan 5, 1937

Aug 21, 1937

229

2

Nov 15, 1937

Dec 21, 1937

37  

3

Jan 3, 1938

Jun 16, 1938

165  

76th

1

Jan 3, 1939

Aug 5, 1939

215

2

Sep 21, 1939

Nov 3, 1939

44  

3

Jan 3, 1940

Jan 3, 1941

366

77th

1

Jan 3, 1941

Jan 2, 1942

365

2

Jan 5, 1942

Dec 16, 1942

346  

78th

1

Jan 6, 1943

Dec 21, 1943

350

2

Jan 10, 1944

Dec 19, 1944

345

2

Jan 14, 1946

Aug 2, 1946

201

Harry S. Truman

80th

1

Jan 3, 1947

Dec 19, 1947

351

2

Jan 6, 1948

Dec 31, 1948

361

81st

1

Jan 3, 1949

Oct 19, 1949

290

2

Jan 3, 1950

Jan 2, 1951

365

82nd

1

Jan 3, 1951

Oct 20, 1951

291

2

Jan 8, 1952

Jul 7, 1952

182

83rd

1

Jan 3, 1953

Aug 3, 1953

213

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2

Jan 6, 1954

Dec 2, 1954

331

84th

1

Jan 5, 1955

Aug 2, 1955

210

2

Jan 3, 1956

Jul 27, 1956

207

85th

1

Jan 3, 1957

Aug 30, 1957

239

2

Jan 7, 1958

Aug 24, 1958

230

86th

1

Jan 7, 1959

Sep 15, 1939

252

2

Jan 6, 1960

Sep 1, 1960

240

87th

1

Jan 3, 1961

Sep 27, 1961

268

John F. Kennedy

2

Jan 10, 1962

Oct 13, 1962

277

2

Jan 7, 1964

Oct 3, 1964

270

Lyndon B. Johnson

89th

1

Jan 4, 1965

Oct 23, 1965

293

2

Jan 10, 1966

Oct 22, 1966

286

90th

1

Jan 10, 1967

Dec 15, 1967`

340

2

Jan 15, 1968

Oct 14, 1968

274

91st

1

Jan 3, 1969

Dec 23, 1969

355

Lyndon B. Johnson /
Richard M. Nixon

2

Jan 19, 1970

Jan 2, 1971

349

Richard M. Nixon

92nd

1

Jan 21, 1971

Dec 17, 1971

331

93rd

1

Jan 3, 1973

Dec 22, 1973

354

2

Jan 21, 1974

Dec 20, 1974

334

94th

1

Jan 14, 1975

Dec 19, 1975

340

Gerald R. Ford

2

Jan 19, 1976

Oct 1, 1976

257

95th

1

Jan 4, 1977

Dec 15, 1977

346

Gerald R. Ford /
James E. Carter

2

Jan 19, 1978

Oct 15, 1978

270

James. E. Carter

96th

1

Jan 15, 1979

Jan 3, 1980

354

2

Jan 3, 1980

Dec 16, 1980

349

97th

1

Jan 5, 1981

Dec 16, 1981

347

James E. Carter /
Ronald W. Reagan

2

Jan 25, 1982

Dec 23, 1982

333

Ronald W. Reagan

98th

1

Jan 3, 1983

Nov 18, 1983

320

2

Jan 23, 1984

Oct 12, 1984

264

99th

1

Jan 3, 1985

Dec 20, 1985

352

2

Jan 21, 1986

Oct 18, 1986

278

100th

1

Jan 6, 1987

Dec 22, 1987

351

2

Jan 25, 1988

Oct 22, 1988

272

101st

1

Jan 3, 1989

Nov 22, 1989

324

Ronald W. Reagan /
George H. W. Bush

2

Jan 23, 1990

Oct 28, 1990

260

George H. W. Bush

102nd

1

Jan 3, 1991

Jan 3, 1992

366

2

Jan 3, 1992

Oct 9, 1992

281

103rd

1

Jan 5, 1993

Nov 26, 1993

326

George H. W. Bush /
William J. Clinton

2

Jan 25, 1994

Dec 1, 1994

311

William J. Clinton

104th

1

Jan 4, 1995

Jan 3, 1996

365

2

Jan 3, 1996

Oct 4, 1996

276

105th

1

Jan 7, 1997

Nov 13, 1997

311

2

Jan 27, 1998

Dec 19, 1998

327

106th

1

Jan 6, 1999

Nov 22, 1999

321

2

Jan 24, 2000

Dec 15, 2000

326

107th

1

Jan 3, 2001

Dec 20, 2001

352

William J. Clinton /
George W. Bush

2

Jan 23, 2002

Nov 22, 2002

304

George W. Bush

108th

1

Jan 7, 2003

Dec 9, 2003

336

2

Jan 20, 2004

Dec 8, 2004

323

109th

1

Jan 4, 2005

Dec 22, 2005

353

2

Jan 3, 2006

Dec 8, 2006

339