1st to Current Congress (April 6, 1789 to present)
| Congress & Date |
Type |
Occasion,
topic, or location |
Name
and position of dignitary
(where applicable) |
| 1st
Congress |
| |
|
New York City |
|
| Apr.
6, 1789 |
Joint
session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Apr. 30, 1789 |
Joint
session |
Inauguration and church service 2 |
President George Washington;
Right Reverend Samuel Provoost,
Senate-appointed Chaplain. |
| Jan.
8, 1790 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| |
|
Philadelphia |
|
| Dec.
8, 1790 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| 2nd Congress |
| Oct.
25, 1791 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| Nov.
6, 1792 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| Feb.
13, 1793 |
Joint
session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 3nd Congress |
| Mar.
4, 1793 |
Inauguration |
Senate
Chamber |
President George Washington. |
| Dec.
3, 1793 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| Nov.
19, 1794 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| 4th Congress |
| Dec.
8, 1795 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| Dec.
7, 1796 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President George Washington. |
| Feb.
8, 1797 |
Joint
session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 5th Congress |
| Mar.
4, 1797 |
Inauguration |
Hall
of the House |
President John Adams. |
| May
16, 1797 |
Joint
session |
Relations with France |
President John Adams. |
| Nov.
23, 1797 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President John Adams. |
| Dec.
8, 1798 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President John Adams. |
| 6th Congress |
| Dec. 3, 1799 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President John Adams. |
| Dec. 26, 1799 |
Joint
session |
Funeral procession and oration in memory of George
Washington3 |
Representative Henry Lee. |
| |
|
Washington, DC |
|
| Nov.
22, 1800 |
Joint
session |
Annual
Message |
President John Adams. |
| Feb. 11, 1801 |
Joint
session |
Counting electoral votes4 |
N.A. |
| 7th Congress |
| Mar.
4, 1801 |
Inauguration |
Senate
Chamber |
President Thomas Jefferson. |
| 8th Congress |
| Feb.
13, 1805 |
Joint
session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 9th Congress |
| Mar.
5, 1805 |
Inauguration |
Senate Chamber |
President Thomas Jefferson. |
| 10th Congress |
| Feb. 8, 1809 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 11th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1809 |
Inauguration |
Hall of the House |
President James Madison. |
| 12th Congress |
| Feb. 10, 1813 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 13th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1813 |
Inauguration |
Hall of the House |
President James Madison. |
| 14th Congress |
| Feb. 12, 1817 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes5 |
N.A. |
| 15th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1817 |
Inauguration |
In front of Brick Capitol |
President James Monroe. |
| 16th Congress |
| Feb. 14, 1821 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes6 |
N.A. |
| 17th Congress |
| Mar. 5, 1821 |
Inauguration |
Hall of the House |
President James Monroe. |
| 18th Congress |
| Dec. 10, 1824 |
House address7 |
Address |
Speaker Henry Clay; General Gilbert duMotier,
Marquis deLafayette. |
| Feb. 9, 1825 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes8 |
N.A. |
| 19th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1825 |
Inauguration |
Hall of the House |
President John Quincy Adams. |
| 20th Congress |
| Feb. 11, 1829 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 21st Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1829 |
Inauguration |
East Portico9 |
President Andrew Jackson. |
| 22rd Congress |
| Feb. 13, 1833 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 23rd Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1833 |
Inauguration |
Hall of the House10 |
President Andrew Jackson. |
| Dec. 31, 1834 |
Joint session |
Lafayette eulogy |
Representative and former President John Quincy Adams; ceremony
attended by President Andrew Jackson. |
| 24th Congress |
| Feb. 8, 1837 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 25th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1837 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Martin Van Buren. |
| 26th Congress |
| Feb. 10, 1841 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 27th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1841 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President William Henry Harrison. |
| 28th Congress |
| Feb. 12, 1845 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 29th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1845 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President James Knox Polk. |
| 30th Congress |
| Feb. 14, 1849 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 31st Congress |
| Mar. 5, 1849 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Zachary Taylor. |
| July 10, 1850 |
Joint session |
Oath of office to
President Millard Fillmore11 |
N.A. |
| 32rd Congress |
| Feb. 9, 1853 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 33rd Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1853 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Franklin Pierce. |
| 34th Congress |
| Feb. 11, 1857 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 35th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1857 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President James Buchanan. |
| 36th Congress |
| Feb. 13, 1861 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 37th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1861 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Abraham Lincoln. |
| Feb. 22, 1862 |
Joint session |
Reading of
Washington's farewell address |
John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate. |
| 38th Congress |
| Feb. 8, 1865 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 39th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1865 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Abraham Lincoln. |
| Feb. 12, 1866 |
Joint session |
Memorial to Abraham Lincoln |
George Bancroft, historian; ceremony attended
by President Andrew Johnson. |
| 40th Congress |
| Feb. 10, 1869 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 41st Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1869 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Ulysses S. Grant. |
| 42nd Congress |
| Feb. 12, 1873 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes12 |
N.A. |
| 43rd Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1873 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Ulysses S. Grant. |
| Dec. 18, 1874 |
Joint meeting |
Reception of King Kalakaua of Hawaii |
Speaker James G. Blaine; David Kalakaua, King
of the Hawaiian Islands.13 |
| 44th Congress |
| Feb. 1, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes14 |
N.A. |
| Feb. 10, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 12, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 19, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 20, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 21, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 24, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 26, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 28, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Mar. 1, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Mar. 2, 1877 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 45th Congress |
| Mar. 5, 1877 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Rutherford B. Hayes. |
| 46th Congress |
| Feb. 9, 1881 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 47th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1881 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President James A. Garfield. |
| Feb. 27, 1882 |
Joint session |
Memorial to James A. Garfield |
James G. Blaine, former Speaker, Senator, and
Secretary of State; ceremony attended by President Chester A. Arthur. |
| 48th Congress |
| Feb. 11, 1885 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 21, 1885 |
Joint session |
Completion of Washington Monument |
Representative John D. Long; Representative-elect John W. Daniel15; ceremony attended by President Chester A. Arthur. |
| 49th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1885 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Grover Cleveland. |
| 50th Congress |
| Feb. 13, 1889 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 51st Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1889 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Benjamin Harrison. |
| Dec. 11, 1889 |
Joint session |
Centennial of George Washington's first inauguration |
Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States; ceremony
attended by President Benjamin Harrison. |
| 52nd Congress |
| Feb. 8, 1893 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A |
| 53rd Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1893 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Grover Cleveland. |
| 54th Congress |
| Feb. 10, 1897 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 55th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1897 |
Inauguration |
In front of original Senate Wing of Capitol |
President William McKinley. |
| 56th Congress |
| Dec. 12, 1900 |
Joint meeting |
Centennial of the Capital City |
Representatives James D. Richardson and Sereno E. Payne, and
Senator George F.Hoar; ceremony attended by President William McKinley. |
| Feb. 13, 1901 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 57th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1901 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President William McKinley. |
| Feb. 27, 1902 |
Joint session |
Memorial to William McKinley |
John Hay, Secretary of State; ceremony attended
by President Theodore Roosevelt and Prince Henry of Prussia. |
| 58th Congress |
| Feb. 8, 1905 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 59th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1905 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| 60th Congress |
| Feb. 10, 1909 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 61st Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1909 |
Inauguration |
Senate Chamber16 |
President William Howard Taft. |
| 62nd Congress |
| Feb. 12, 1913 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 15, 1913 |
Joint session |
Memorial for Vice President James S. Sherman17 |
Senators Elihu Root, Thomas S. Martin, Jacob H. Gallinger,
John R. Thornton, Henry Cabot Lodge, John W. Kern, Robert M. LaFollette,
John Sharp Williams, Charles Curtis, Albert B. Cummins, George T.
Oliver, James A. O'Gorman; Speaker Champ Clark; President William
Howard Taft. |
| 63rd Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1913 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Apr. 8, 1913 |
Joint session |
Tariff message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| June 23, 1913 |
Joint session |
Currency and bank reform message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Aug. 27, 1913 |
Joint session |
Mexican affairs message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 2, 1913 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Jan. 20, 1914 |
Joint session |
Trusts message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Mar. 5, 1914 |
Joint session |
Panama Canal tolls |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Apr. 20, 1914 |
Joint session |
Mexico message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Sept. 4, 1914 |
Joint session |
War tax message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 8, 1914 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| 64th Congress |
| Dec. 7, 1915 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Aug. 29, 1916 |
Joint session |
Railroad message (labor-management dispute) |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 5, 1916 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 3, 1917 |
Joint session |
Severing diplomatic relations with Germany |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 14, 1917 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Feb. 26, 1917 |
Joint session |
Arming of merchant ships |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| 65th Congress |
| Mar. 5, 1917 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Apr. 2, 1917 |
Joint session |
War with Germany |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 4, 1917 |
Joint session |
Annual Message/War with Austria-Hungary |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Jan. 4, 1918 |
Joint session |
Federal operation of transportation systems |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Jan. 8, 1918 |
Joint session |
Program for world's peace |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 11, 1918 |
Joint session |
Peace message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| May 27, 1918 |
Joint session |
War finance message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Nov. 11, 1918 |
Joint session |
Terms of armistice signed by Germany |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 2, 1918 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 9, 1919 |
Joint session |
Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt |
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.; ceremony attended
by former President William Howard Taft. |
| 66th Congress |
| Aug. 8, 1919 |
Joint session |
Cost of living message |
President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Sept. 18, 1919 |
Joint session |
Address |
President pro tempore Albert B. Cummins; Speaker Frederick
H. Gillett; Representative and former Speaker Champ Clark; General
John J. Pershing. |
| Feb. 9, 1921 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 67th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1921 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Apr. 12, 1921 |
Joint session |
Federal problem message |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Dec. 6, 1921 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Feb. 28, 1922 |
Joint session |
Maintenance of the merchant marine |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Aug. 18, 1922 |
Joint session |
Coal and railroad message |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Nov. 21, 1922 |
Joint session |
Promotion of the American merchant marine |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Dec. 8, 1922 |
Joint session |
Annual Message18 |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| Feb. 7, 1923 |
Joint session |
British debt due to the United States |
President Warren G. Harding. |
| 68th Congress |
| Dec. 6, 1923 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Feb. 27, 1924 |
Joint session |
Memorial to Warren G. Harding |
Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State; ceremony
attended by President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Dec. 15, 1924 |
Joint session |
Memorial to Woodrow Wilson |
Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman, President of the
University of Virginia; ceremony attended by President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Feb. 11, 1925 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 69th Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1925 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Feb. 22, 1927 |
Joint session |
George Washington birthday message |
President Calvin Coolidge. |
| 70th Congress |
| Feb. 13, 1929 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 71st Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1929 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Herbert Hoover. |
| 72nd Congress |
| Feb. 22, 1932 |
Joint session |
Bicentennial of George Washington's birth |
President Herbert Hoover. |
| Feb. 6, 1933 |
Joint meeting |
Memorial to Calvin Coolidge |
Arthur Prentice Rugg, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Judicial Court of Massachusetts; ceremony attended by President Herbert
Hoover. |
| Feb. 8, 1933 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| 73rd Congress |
| Mar. 4, 1933 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 3, 1934 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 20, 1934 |
Joint session |
100th anniversary,
death of Lafayette |
Andre de Laboulaye, Ambassador of France; President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; ceremony attended by Count de Chambrun,
great-grandson of Lafayette. |
| 74th Congress |
| Jan. 4, 1935 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 22, 1935 |
Joint session |
Veto message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 3, 1936 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| 75th Congress |
| Jan. 6, 1937 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Jan. 6, 1937 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 20, 1937 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Vice President John Nance
Garner.19 |
| Jan. 3, 1938 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| 76th Congress |
| Jan. 4, 1939 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Mar. 4, 1939 |
Joint session |
Sesquicentennial of the 1st Congress |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| June 9, 1939 |
Joint meeting |
Reception20 |
Elizabeth, King and George VI and Queen of the United Kingdom. |
| Sept. 21, 1939 |
Joint session |
Neutrality address |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 3, 1940 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 16, 1940 |
Joint session |
National defense message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| 77th Congress |
| Jan. 6, 1941 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Jan. 6, 1941 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 20, 1941 |
Joint session |
Inauguration, East Portico |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Vice President Henry A.
Wallace. |
| Dec. 8, 1941 |
Joint session |
War with Japan |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Dec. 26, 1941 |
Joint meeting |
Address21 |
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom. |
| Jan. 6, 1942 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| 78th Congress |
| Jan. 7, 1943 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 19, 1943 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom. |
| Nov. 18, 1943 |
Joint meeting |
Moscow Conference |
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. |
| 79th Congress |
| Jan. 6, 1945 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Jan. 6, 1945 |
Joint session |
Annual Message |
President Roosevelt was not present. His message was read before
the Joint Session of Congress. |
| Jan. 20, 1945 |
Inauguration |
South Portico, The White House22 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Vice President Harry S
Truman. |
| Mar. 1, 1945 |
Joint session |
Yalta Conference |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Apr. 16, 1945 |
Joint session |
Prosecution of the War |
President Harry S Truman. |
| May 21, 1945 |
Joint session |
Bestowal of Congressional Medal of Honor on Tech. Sgt.
Jake William Lindsey |
General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S.
Army; President Harry S Truman. |
| June 18, 1945 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander,
Allied Expeditionary Force. |
| Oct. 5, 1945 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Fleet. |
| Oct. 23, 1945 |
Joint session |
Universal military training message |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Nov. 13, 1945 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Clement R. Attlee, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom. |
| May 25, 1946 |
Joint session |
Railroad strike message |
President Harry S Truman. |
| July 1, 1946 |
Joint session |
Memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
John Winant, U.S. Representative on the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations; ceremony attended by President
Harry S Truman and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| 80th Congress |
| Jan. 6, 1947 |
Joint session |
State of the Union Address23 |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Mar. 12, 1947 |
Joint session |
Greek-Turkish aid policy |
President Harry S Truman. |
| May 1, 1947 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Miguel Aleman, President of Mexico. |
| Nov. 17, 1947 |
Joint session |
Aid to Europe message |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Jan. 7, 1948 |
Joint session |
State of the Union Address |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Mar. 17, 1948 |
Joint session |
National security and conditions in Europe |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Apr. 19, 1948 |
Joint session |
50th anniversary, liberation of Cuba |
President Harry S Truman; Guillermo Belt, Ambassador of Cuba. |
| July 27, 1948 |
Joint session |
Inflation, housing, and civil rights |
President Harry S Truman. |
| 81st Congress |
| Jan. 5, 1949 |
Joint session |
State of the Union Address |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Jan. 6, 1949 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral votes |
N.A. |
| Jan. 20, 1949 |
Joint session |
Inauguration, East Portico |
President Harry S Truman; Vice President Alben W. Barkley. |
| May 19, 1949 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil. |
| Jan. 4, 1950 |
Joint session |
State of the Union Address |
President Harry S Truman. |
| May 31, 1950 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Dean Acheson, Secretary of State. |
| 82nd Congress |
| Jan. 8, 1951 |
Joint session |
State of the Union Address |
President Harry S Truman. |
| Feb. 1, 1951 |
Joint meeting24 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
| Apr. 2, 1951 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Vincent Auriol, President of France. |
| Apr. 19, 1951 |
Joint meeting |
Return from Pacific Command |
General Douglas MacArthur. |
| June 21, 1951 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador. |
| Sept. 24, 1951 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Alcide de Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy. |
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