48th United States Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/48th_United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:cabinet_member December 7, 1883
gptkbp:closed March 4, 1885
gptkbp:committee gptkb:76
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkbp:election_year 1884
gptkbp:historical_significance First Congress to pass the Chinese Exclusion Act
First Congress to pass the Interstate Commerce Act
Increased federal regulation of railroads
Reform of the civil service system
Response to economic depression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 48th United States Congress
gptkbp:key_issues gptkb:economic_policies
Immigration policy
Civil service reform
Railroad regulation
Tariff policy
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act
gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act
gptkb:Tariff_Act_of_1884
gptkb:Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act
gptkb:National_Banking_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:members 328
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Joseph_W._Bailey
gptkb:Robert_M._La_Follette
gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkb:James_H._Blount
gptkb:Alfred_H._Colquitt
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:James_A._Hemenway
gptkb:John_W._Weeks
gptkb:William_C._Mc_Adoo
gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Henry_Cabot_Lodge
gptkb:John_C._Calhoun
gptkb:Joseph_E._Brown
gptkb:George_F._Hoar
gptkb:James_M._Inhofe
gptkb:John_W._Davis
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:William_B._Bankhead
gptkb:John_W._Daniel
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:James_B._Beck
gptkb:William_M._Stewart
gptkb:David_Baird_Jr.
gptkb:Henry_W._Keyes
gptkb:Charles_W._Fairbanks
gptkb:Hoke_Smith
gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkb:William_H._Mc_Culloch
gptkbp:notable_speakers gptkb:John_G._Carlisle
gptkbp:number_of_members 404
gptkbp:party_control Democratic control
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:47th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:session gptkb:First_Session
gptkb:Second_Session
2
6 months
3 months
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:49th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:type gptkb:Legislative_body
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3