31st United States Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/31st_United_States_Congress

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:cabinet_member	December 5, 1849
gptkbp:closed	March 3, 1851
gptkbp:committee	62
gptkbp:election_year	1848 1850
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	31st United States Congress
gptkbp:legislation	gptkb:Washington_D._C._Slave_Trade_Act gptkb:California_Admission_Act gptkb:Compromise_of_1850 gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act Texas Boundary Act
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States_Capitol
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:James_H._Hammond gptkb:Samuel_S._Cox gptkb:Daniel_Webster gptkb:James_Buchanan gptkb:Millard_Fillmore gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas gptkb:Benjamin_F._Wade gptkb:William_Henry_Seward gptkb:Andrew_Johnson gptkb:Charles_Sumner gptkb:George_M._Dallas gptkb:John_C._Calhoun gptkb:Zachary_Taylor gptkb:Jefferson_Davis gptkb:Henry_Clay gptkb:George_W._Julian gptkb:John_A._Logan gptkb:William_D._Kelley gptkb:James_M._Ashley gptkb:William_A._Graham gptkb:Elihu_B._Washburne gptkb:John_A._Bingham gptkb:John_J._Crittenden gptkb:Henry_Winter_Davis gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens gptkb:Robert_M._T._Hunter Lemuel Todd
gptkbp:notable_speakers	gptkb:William_Pennington
gptkbp:number_of_members	234 172
gptkbp:political_party	gptkb:Democratic_Party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:preceded_by	gptkb:30th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:president	gptkb:David_R._Atchison
gptkbp:session	2 December 5, 1849 1 year and 3 months December 1, 1850
gptkbp:significant_event	gptkb:California_Gold_Rush Formation of the Republican Party Debates over slavery Sectional tensions Compromise negotiations
gptkbp:succeeded_by	gptkb:32nd_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3