54th United States Congress

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The 54th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from 1895 to 1897 during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, marked by Republican control and debates over economic issues like tariffs and the gold standard.

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instanceOf United States Congress
chamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
city Washington, D.C.
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution
controlledBy Republican Party
country United States of America
endTime 1897-03-04
firstSessionEnd 1896-06-11
firstSessionStart 1895-12-02
followedBy 55th United States Congress
follows 53rd United States Congress
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government
hasPresidentOfSenate Adlai E. Stevenson I
hasPresidentProTempore William P. Frye
hasSpeaker Thomas B. Reed
historicalEra Gilded Age
jurisdiction federal lawmaking
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody federal legislature of the United States
legislativeIssue economic policy
gold standard
monetary policy
tariffs
legislativePeriod 1895–1897
legislativeSessionCount 2
majorityPartyInHouse Republican Party
majorityPartyInSenate Republican Party
meetingPlace United States Capitol
meetsDuringPresidencyOf Grover Cleveland
minorityPartyInHouse Democratic Party
minorityPartyInSenate Democratic Party
numberOfRepresentatives 357
numberOfSenators 90
ordinalNumber 54
overlaps Panic of 1893 aftermath
partOf history of the United States Congress
precededByElection 1894 United States elections
presidentOfSenateOffice Vice President of the United States
presidentProTemporeChamber United States Senate
secondSessionEnd 1897-03-03
secondSessionStart 1896-08-17
speakerChamber United States House of Representatives
speakerParty Republican Party
startTime 1895-03-04
state District of Columbia
succeededByElection 1896 United States elections

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James S. Sherman servedIn 54th United States Congress
55th United States Congress precededBy 54th United States Congress
Orville Hitchcock Platt partOf 54th United States Congress