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24th Congressional Term
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Start of 1st session
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Major event: Second Seminole War
The Second Seminole War began. Seminole fighter Osceola and his warriors attack government agent Thompson outside Fort King in central Florida. -
Major legislation: Treaty of New Echota
Signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, known as the Treaty Party. -
Major event: 1st US Whig Party
United States Whig Party held its first convention in Albany, New York. -
Major event: The Alamo
Siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas. -
Major legislation: Boston Harbor Ice And Tow Boat Company
An Act To Incorporate The Boston Harbor Ice And Tow Boat Company. -
Major legislation: The Treaty of Washington
A treaty between the United States and representatives of the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Native Americans. With this treaty, the tribes ceded an area of approximately 13,837,207 acres (55,997 km²) in the northwest portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. -
Major legislation: United States v. Fenwick
Confirmed right of defendant in criminal case not to have judge render decision on motions until all arguments made, to defer making those arguments until the jury is empaneled, and to make those legal arguments to the jury. -
Major legislation: The Gag Rule
The procedure for the "gagging" of abolition petitions was made into a formal resolution by the House on May 26, 1836: "All petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid on the table and … no further action whatever shall be had thereon." -
Major legislation: The Treaties of Velasco
The signatories were Interim President David G. Burnet for Texas and General Santa Anna for Mexico. The Treaties were intended, on the part of the Texans, to provide a conclusion of hostilities between the two belligerents and offer the first steps toward the official recognition of the breakaway Republic's independence. -
End of 1st session
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Major legislation: The Patent Act of 1836
An Act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore
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Major event: The Specie Circular
President Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular, beginning the failure of the land speculation economy that would lead to the Panic of 1837. -
Start of 2nd session
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Major legislation: Child Labor Laws
Early trade unions propose state minimum age laws.
Union members at the National Trades’ Union Convention make the first formal, public proposal recommending that states establish minimum ages for factory work. First state child labor law, Massachusetts requires children under 15 working in factories to attend school at least 3 months/year -
Chart on the Senate and House of Reps during both sessions
i could get the charts on here so there's the URL to Wikipedia and you will have to scroll down to see the charts:
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Major event:Richard Mentor Johnson's election
Richard Mentor Johnson became the first and (so far) only Vice President of the United States elected by the United States Senate. -
End of 2nd session
