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Guide to the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives (Record Group 46)

Table of Contents

    Congress          Beginning Date       Ending Date

       1st             Mar. 4, 1789        Mar. 3, 1791

       2d              Oct. 24, 1791       Mar. 2, 1793

       3d              Dec. 2, 1793        Mar. 3, 1795

       4th             Dec. 7, 1795        Mar. 3, 1797

       5th             May 15, 1797        Mar. 3, 1799

       6th             Dec. 2, 1799        Mar. 3, 1801

       7th             Dec. 7, 1801        Mar. 3, 1803

       8th             Oct. 17, 1803       Mar. 3, 1805

       9th             Dec. 2, 1805        Mar. 3, 1807

      10th             Oct. 26, 1807       Mar. 3, 1809

      11th             May 22, 1809        Mar. 3, 1811

      12th             Nov. 4, 1811        Mar. 3, 1813

      13th             May 24, 1813        Mar. 3, 1815

      14th             Dec. 4, 1815        Mar. 3, 1817

      15th             Dec. 1, 1817        Mar. 3, 1819

      16th             Dec. 6, 1819        Mar. 3, 1821

      17th             Dec. 3, 1821        Mar. 3, 1823

      18th             Dec. 1, 1823        Mar. 3, 1825

      19th             Dec. 5, 1825        Mar. 3, 1827

      20th             Dec. 3, 1827        Mar. 3, 1829

      21st             Dec. 7, 1829        Mar. 3, 1831

      22d              Dec. 5, 1831        Mar. 2, 1833

      23d              Dec. 2, 1833        Mar. 3, 1835

      24th             Dec. 7, 1835        Mar. 3, 1837

      25th             Sept. 4, 1837       Mar. 3, 1839

      26th             Dec. 2, 1839        Mar. 3, 1841

      27th             May 31, 1841        Mar. 3, 1843

      28th             Dec. 4, 1843        Mar. 3, 1845

      29th             Dec. 1, 1845        Mar. 3, 1847

      30th             Dec. 6, 1847        Mar. 3, 1849

      31st             Dec. 3, 1849        Mar. 3, 1851

      32d              Dec. 1, 1851        Mar. 3, 1853

      33d              Dec. 5, 1853        Mar. 3, 1855

      34th             Dec. 3, 1855        Mar. 3, 1857

      35th             Dec. 7, 1857        Mar. 3, 1859

      36th             Dec. 5, 1859        Mar. 3, 1861

      37th             July 4, 1861        Mar. 3, 1863

      38th             Dec. 7, 1863        Mar. 3, 1865

      39th             Dec. 4, 1865        Mar. 3, 1867

      40th             Mar. 4, 1867        Mar. 3, 1869

      41st             Mar. 4, 1869        Mar. 3, 1871

      42d              Mar. 4, 1871        Mar. 3, 1873

      43d              Dec. 1, 1873        Mar. 3, 1875

      44th             Dec. 6, 1875        Mar. 3, 1877

      45th             Oct. 15, 1877       Mar. 3, 1879

      46th             Mar. 18, 1879       Mar. 3, 1881

      47th             Dec. 5, 1881        Mar. 3, 1883

      48th             Dec. 3, 1883        Mar. 3, 1885

      49th             Dec. 7, 1885        Mar. 3, 1887

      50th             Dec. 5, 1887        Mar. 3, 1889

      51st             Dec. 2, 1889        Mar. 3, 1891

      52d              Dec. 7, 1891        Mar. 3, 1893

      53d              Aug. 7, 1893        Mar. 3, 1895

      54th             Dec. 2, 1895        Mar. 3, 1897

      55th             Mar. 15, 1897       Mar. 3, 1899

      56th             Dec. 4, 1899        Mar. 3, 1901

      57th             Dec. 2, 1901        Mar. 3, 1903

      58th             Nov. 9, 1903        Mar. 3, 1905

      59th             Dec. 4, 1905        Mar. 3, 1907

      60th             Dec. 2, 1907        Mar. 3, 1909

      61st             Mar. 15, 1909       Mar. 3, 1911

      62d              Apr. 4, 1911        Mar. 3, 1913

      63d              Apr. 7, 1913        Mar. 3, 1915

      64th             Dec. 6, 1915        Mar. 3, 1917

      65th             Apr. 2, 1917        Mar. 3, 1919

      66th             May 19, 1919        Mar. 3, 1921

      67th             Apr. 11, 1921       Mar. 3, 1923

      68th             Dec. 3, 1923        Mar. 3, 1925

      69th             Dec. 7, 1925        Mar. 3, 1927

      70th             Dec. 5, 1927        Mar. 3, 1929

      71st             Apr. 15, 1929       Mar. 3, 1931

      72d              Dec. 7, 1931        Mar. 3, 1933

      73d              Mar. 9, 1933        June 18, 1934

      74th             Jan. 3, 1935        June 20, 1936

      75th             Jan. 5, 1937        June 16, 1938

      76th             Jan. 3, 1939        Jan. 3, 1941

      77th             Jan. 3, 1941        Dec. 16, 1942

      78th             Jan. 6, 1943        Dec. 19, 1944

      79th             Jan. 3, 1945        Aug. 2, 1946

      80th             Jan. 3, 1947        Dec. 31, 1948

      81st             Jan. 3, 1949        Jan. 2, 1951

      82d              Jan. 3, 1951        July 7, 1952

      83d              Jan. 3, 1953        Dec. 2, 1954

      84th             Jan. 5, 1955        July 27, 1956

      85th             Jan. 3, 1957        Aug. 24, 1958

      86th             Jan. 7, 1959        Sept. 1, 1960

      87th             Jan. 3, 1961        Oct. 13, 1962

      88th             Jan. 9, 1963        Oct. 3, 1964

      89th             Jan. 4, 1965        Oct. 22, 1966

      90th             Jan. 10, 1967       Oct. 14, 1968

      91st             Jan. 3, 1969        Jan. 2, 1971

      92d              Jan. 21, 1971       Oct. 18, 1972

      93d              Jan. 3, 1973        Dec. 20, 1974

      94th             Jan. 14, 1975       Oct. 1, 1976

      95th             Jan. 4, 1977        Oct. 15, 1978

      96th             Jan. 15, 1979       Dec. 16, 1980

      97th             Jan. 25, 1981       Dec. 23, 1982

      98th             Jan. 3, 1983        Oct. 12, 1984

      99th             Jan. 3, 1985        Oct. 18, 1986

     100th             Jan. 6, 1987        Oct. 22, 1988