First Meetings
| First meeting: March 4, 1789, New York City. |
| First quorum: April 1, 1789, New York City. |
| Meeting in Philadelphia: Congress convened in Philadelphia on December 6, 1790; its final day in Philadelphia was on May 14, 1800. |
| Meeting in Washington, D.C.: The 6th Congress, 2nd Session convened in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 1800. |
| Meeting in current chamber: The House of Representatives first met in its current chamber on December 16, 1857. |
