31st United States Congress

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The 31st United States Congress (1849–1851) was the federal legislature that grappled with escalating sectional tensions over slavery and passed the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to preserve the Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
aimedTo preserve the Union
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
country United States of America
enacted California statehood act
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Texas boundary settlement of 1850
abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia
territorial acts for New Mexico Territory
territorial acts for Utah Territory
endDate 1851-03-04
firstSessionEnd 1850-09-30
firstSessionStart 1849-12-03
followedBy 32nd United States Congress
hasPart United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody federal legislature of the United States
legislativeSessionCount 2
legislativeTerm 1849–1851
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
mainTopic sectional conflict between North and South
slavery in the United States
metIn United States Capitol
notableMember Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
Stephen A. Douglas
William H. Seward
ordinalNumber 31
passed Compromise of 1850
politicalContext Second Party System
pre–American Civil War era
precededBy 30th United States Congress
presidingOfficerOfHouse Howell Cobb
presidingOfficerOfSenate Millard Fillmore
William R. King
linked to: William Rufus King
secondSessionEnd 1851-03-03
secondSessionStart 1850-12-02
senateMajorityParty Whig Party
servedDuringPresidencyOf Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
significantEvent Compromise of 1850
escalating sectional tensions over slavery
startDate 1849-03-04

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Seventh of March Speech legislativeContext 31st United States Congress
John M. Clayton servedIn 31st United States Congress
U.S. Senate seats from California firstCongressServed 31st United States Congress