Congress

Session

Convening Date

Adjournment Date

Total Days

President

1st

1

Mar 4, 1789

Sep 29, 1789

210

George Washington

2

Jan 4, 1790

Aug 12, 1790

221

3

Dec 6, 1790

Mar 3, 1791

88

2nd *

1

Oct 24, 1791

May 8, 1792

197

George Washington

2

Nov 5, 1792

Mar 2, 1793

119

3rd *

1

Dec 2, 1793

Jun 9, 1794

190

George Washington

2

Nov 3, 1794

Mar 3, 1795

121

4th *

1

Dec 7, 1795

Jun 1, 1796

177

George Washington

2

Dec 5, 1796

Mar 3, 1797

89

5th *

1

May 15, 1797

Jul 10, 1797

57

John Adams

2

Nov 13, 1797

Jul 16, 1798

246

3

Dec 3, 1798

Mar 3, 1799

91

6th

1

Dec 2, 1799

May 14, 1800

164

John Adams

2

Nov 17, 1800

Mar 3, 1801

107

7th *

1

Dec 7, 1801

May 3, 1802

148

Thomas Jefferson

2

Dec 6, 1802

Mar 3, 1803

88

8th

1

Oct 17, 1803

Mar 27, 1804

163

Thomas Jefferson

2

Nov 5, 1804

Mar 3, 1805

119

9th

1

Dec 2, 1805

Apr 21, 1806

141

Thomas Jefferson

2

Dec 1, 1806

Mar 3, 1807

93

10th

1

Oct 26, 1807

Apr 25, 1808

182

Thomas Jefferson

2

Nov 7, 1808

Mar 3, 1809

117

11th *

1

May 22, 1809

Jun 28, 1809

38

James Madison

2

Nov 27, 1809

May 1, 1810

156

3

Dec 3, 1810

Mar 3, 1811

91

12th

1

Nov 4, 1811

Jul 6, 1812

245

James Madison

2

Nov 2, 1812

Mar 3, 1813

122

13th

1

May 24, 1813

Aug 2, 1813

71

James Madison

2

Dec 6, 1813

Apr 18, 1814

134

3

Sep 19, 1814

Mar 3, 1815

166

14th

1

Dec 4, 1815

Apr 30, 1816

148

James Madison

2

Dec 2, 1816

Mar 3, 1817

92

15th *

1

Dec 1, 1817

Apr 20, 1818

141

James Monroe

2

Nov 16, 1818

Mar 3, 1819

108

16th

1

Dec 6, 1819

May 15, 1820

162

James Monroe

2

Nov 13, 1820

Mar 3, 1821

111

17th

1

Dec 3, 1821

May 8, 1822

157

James Monroe

2

Dec 2, 1822

Mar 3, 1823

92

18th

1

Dec 1, 1823

May 27, 1824

178

James Monroe

2

Dec 6, 1824

Mar 3, 1825

88

19th *

1

Dec 5, 1825

May 22, 1826

169

John Quincy Adams

2

Dec 4, 1826

Mar 3, 1827

90

20th

1

Dec 3, 1827

May 26, 1828

175

John Quincy Adams

2

Dec 1, 1828

Mar 3, 1829

93

21st *

1

Dec 7, 1829

May 31, 1830

176

Andrew Jackson

2

Dec 6, 1830

Mar 3, 1831

88

22nd

1

Dec 5, 1831

Jul 16, 1832

225

Andrew Jackson

2

Dec 3, 1832

Mar 2, 1833

91

23rd

1

Dec 2, 1833

Jun 30, 1834

211

Andrew Jackson

2

Dec 1, 1834

Mar 3, 1835

93

24th

1

Dec 7, 1835

Jul 4, 1836

211

Andrew Jackson

2

Dec 5, 1836

Mar 3, 1837

89

25th *

1

Sep 4, 1837

Oct 16, 1837

43

Martin Van Buren

2

Dec 4, 1837

Jul 9, 1838

218

3

Dec 3, 1838

Mar 3, 1839

91

26th

1

Dec 2, 1839

Jul 21, 1840

233

Martin Van Buren

2

Dec 7, 1840

Mar 3, 1841

87

27th *

1

May 31, 1841

Sep 13, 1841

106

John Tyler

2

Dec 6, 1841

Aug 31, 1842

269

3

Dec 5, 1842

Mar 3, 1843

89

28th

1

Dec 4, 1843

Jun 17, 1844

196

John Tyler

2

Dec 2, 1844

Mar 3, 1845

90

29th *

1

Dec 1, 1845

Aug 10, 1847

253

James K. Polk

2

Dec 7, 1846

Mar 3, 1847

87

30th

1

Dec 6, 1847

Aug 14, 1848

254

James K. Polk

2

Dec 4, 1848

Mar 3, 1849

90

31st *

1

Dec 3, 1849

Sep 30, 1850

302

Zachary Taylor

2

Dec 2, 1850

Mar 3, 1851

92

32nd *

1

Dec 1, 1851

Aug 31, 1852

275

Millard Fillmore

2

Dec 6, 1852

Mar 3, 1853

88

33rd *

1

Dec 5, 1853

Aug 7, 1854

246

Franklin Pierce

2

Dec 4, 1854

Mar 3, 1855

90

34th

1

Dec 3, 1855

Aug 18, 1856

260

Franklin Pierce

2

Aug 21, 1856

Aug 30, 1856

10

3

Dec 1, 1856

Mar 3, 1857

93

35th *

1

Dec 7, 1857

Jun 14, 1858

189

James Buchanan

2

Dec 6, 1858

Mar 3, 1859

88

36th *

1

Dec 5, 1859

Jun 25, 1860

202

James Buchanan

2

Dec 3, 1860

Mar 3, 1861

93

37th *

1

Jul 4, 1861

Aug 6, 1861

34

Abraham Lincoln

2

Dec 2, 1861

Jul 17, 1862

228

3

Dec 1, 1862

Mar 3, 1863

93

38th *

1

Dec 7, 1863

Jul 4, 1864

209

Abraham Lincoln

2

Dec 5, 1864

Mar 3, 1865

89

39th *

1

Dec 4, 1865

Jul 28, 1866

237

Andrew Johnson

2

Dec 3, 1866

Mar 3, 1867

91

40th *

1

Mar 4, 1867

Dec 1, 1867

273

Andrew Johnson

2

Dec 2, 1867

Nov 10, 1868

345

3

Dec 7, 1868

Mar 3, 1869

87

41st *

1

Mar 4, 1869

Apr 10, 1869

38

Ulysses S. Grant

2

Dec 6, 1869

Jul 15, 1870

222

3

Dec 5, 1870

Mar 3, 1871

89

42nd *

1

Mar 4, 1871

Apr 20, 1871

48

Ulysses S. Grant

2

Dec 4, 1871

Jun 10, 1872

190

3

Dec 2, 1872

Mar 3, 1873

92

43rd *

1

Dec 1, 1873

Jun 23, 1874

204

Ulysses S. Grant

2

Dec 7, 1874

Mar 3, 1875

87

44th *

1

Dec 6, 1875

Aug 15, 1876

254

Ulysses S. Grant

2

Dec 4, 1876

Mar 3, 1877

90

45th *

1

Oct 15, 1877

Dec 3, 1877

50

Rutherford B. Hayes

2

Dec 3, 1877

Jun 20, 1878

200

3

Dec 2, 1878

Mar 3, 1879

92

46th

1

Mar 18, 1879

Jul 1, 1879

106

Rutherford B. Hayes

2

Dec 1, 1879

Jun 16, 1880

199

3

Dec 6, 1880

Mar 3, 1881

88

47th *

1

Dec 5, 1881

Aug 8, 1882

247

James A. Garfield

2

Dec 4, 1882

Mar 3, 1883

90

48th

1

Dec 3, 1883

Jul 7, 1884

218

Chester A. Arthur

2

Dec 1, 1884

Mar 3, 1885

93

49th *

1

Dec 7, 1885

Aug 5, 1886

242

Grover Cleveland

2

Dec 6, 1886

Mar 3, 1887

88

50th

1

Dec 5, 1887

Oct 20, 1888

321

Grover Cleveland

2

Dec 3, 1888

Mar 3, 1889

91

51st *

1

Dec 2, 1889

Oct 1, 1890

304

Benjamin Harrison

2

Dec 1, 1890

Mar 3, 1891

93

52nd

1

Dec 7, 1891

Aug 5, 1892

251

Benjamin Harrison

2

Dec 5, 1892

Mar 3, 1893

89

53rd *

1

Aug 7, 1893

Nov 3, 1893

89

Grover Cleveland

2

Dec 4, 1893

Aug 28, 1894

268

3

Dec 3, 1894

Mar 3, 1895

97

54th

1

Dec 2, 1895

Jun 11, 1896

193

Grover Cleveland

2

Dec 7, 1896

Mar 3, 1897

87

55th *

1

Mar 15, 1897

Jul 24, 1897

131

William McKinley

2

Dec 6, 1897

Jul 8, 1898

215

3

Dec 5, 1898

Mar 3, 1899

89

56th

1

Dec 4, 1899

June 7, 1900

186

William McKinley

2

December 3, 1900

March 3, 1901

91

57th *

1

December 2, 1901

July 1, 1902

212

Theodore Roosevelt

2

December 1, 1902

March 3, 1903

92

58th *

1

November 9, 1903

December 7, 1903

29

Theodore Roosevelt

2

December 7, 1903

April 28, 1904

144

3

December 5, 1904

March 3, 1905

89

59th *

1

December 4, 1905

June 30, 1906

209

Theodore Roosevelt

2

December 3, 1906

March 3, 1907

91

60th

1

December 2, 1907

May 3, 1908

181

Theodore Roosevelt

2

December 7, 1908

March 3, 1909

87

61st *

1

March 15, 1909

August 5, 1909

144

William A. Taft

2

December 6, 1909

June 25, 1910

202

3

December 5, 1910

March 3, 1911

89

62nd

1

April 4, 1911

August 22, 1911

141

William A. Taft

2

December 4, 1911

August 26, 1912

267

3

December 2, 1912

March 3, 1913

92

63rd *

1

April 7, 1913

December 1, 1913

239

Woodrow Wilson

2

December 1, 1913

October 24, 1914

328

3

December 7, 1914

March 3, 1915

87

64th

1

December 6, 1915

September 8, 1916

278

Woodrow Wilson

2

December 4, 1916

March 3, 1917

90

65th *

1

April 2, 1917

October 6, 1917

188

Woodrow Wilson

2

December 3, 1917

November 21, 1918

354

3

December 2, 1918

March 3, 1919

92

66th

1

May 19, 1919

November 19, 1919

185

Woodrow Wilson

2

December 1, 1919

June 5, 1920

188

3

December 6, 1920

March 3, 1921

88

67th *

1

April 11, 1921

November 23, 1921

227

Warren G. Harding

2

December 5, 1921

September 22, 1922

292

3

November 20, 1922

December 4, 1922

15

4

December 4, 1922

March 3, 1923

90

68th

1

December 3, 1923

June 7, 1924

188

Calvin Coolidge

2

December 1, 1924

March 3, 1925

93

69th *

1

December 7, 1925

July 3, 1926

209

Calvin Coolidge

2

December 6, 1926

March 4, 1927

88

70th

1

December 5, 1927

May 29, 1928

177

Calvin Coolidge

2

December 3, 1928

March 3, 1929

91

71st *

1

April 15, 1929

November 22, 1929

222

Herbert Hoover

2

December 2, 1929

July 3, 1930

214

3

December 1, 1930

March 3, 1931

93

72nd

1

December 7, 1931

July 16, 1932

223

Herbert Hoover

2

December 5, 1932

March 3, 1933

89

73rd *

1

March 9, 1933

June 15, 1933

99

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

January 3, 1934

June 18, 1934

167

74th

1

January 3, 1935span>

August 26, 1935

236

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

January 3, 1936

June 20, 1936

170

75th

1

January 5, 1937

August 21, 1937

229

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

November 15, 1937

December 21, 1937

37

3

January 3, 1938

June 16, 1938

165

76th

1

January 3, 1939

August 5, 1939

215

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

September 21, 1939

November 3, 1939

44

3

January 3, 1940

January 3, 1941

366

77th

1

January 3, 1941

January 2, 1942

365

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

January 5, 1942

December 16, 1942

346

78th

1

January 6, 1943

December 21, 1943

350

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2

January 10, 1944

December 19, 1944

345

79th

1

January 3, 1945

December 21, 1945

353

Franklin D. Roosevelt / Harry S. Truman

2

January 14, 1946

August 2, 1946

201

Harry S. Truman

80th

1

January 3, 1947

December 19, 1947

351

Harry S. Truman

2

January 6, 1948

December 31, 1948

361

81st

1

January 3, 1949

October 19, 1949

290

Harry S. Truman

2

January 3, 1950

January 2, 1951

365

82nd

1

January 3, 1951

October 20, 1951

291

Harry S. Truman

2

January 8, 1952

July 7, 1952

182

83rd

1

January 3, 1953

August 3, 1953

213

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2

January 6, 1954

December 2, 1954

331

84th

1

January 5, 1955

August 2, 1955

210

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2

January 3, 1956

July 27, 1956

207

85th

1

January 3, 1957

August 30, 1957

239

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2

January 7, 1958

August 24, 1958

230

86th

1

January 7, 1959

September 15, 1959

252

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2

January 6, 1960

September 1, 1960

240

87th

1

January 3, 1961

September 27, 1961

268

John F. Kennedy

2

January 10, 1962

October 13, 1962

277

88th

1

January 9, 1963

December 30, 1963

356

John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson

2

January 7, 1964

October 3, 1964

270

Lyndon B. Johnson

89th

1

January 4, 1965

October 23, 1965

293

Lyndon B. Johnson

2

January 10, 1966

October 22, 1966

286

90th

1

January 10, 1967

December 15, 1967

340

Lyndon B. Johnson

2

January 15, 1968

October 14, 1968

274

91st

1

January 3, 1969

December 23, 1969

355

Lyndon B. Johnson / Richard M. Nixon

2

January 19, 1970

January 2, 1971

349

Richard M. Nixon

92nd

1

January 21, 1971

December 17, 1971

331

Richard M. Nixon

2

January 18, 1972

October 18, 1972

275

93rd

1

January 3, 1973

December 22, 1973

354

Richard M. Nixon

2

January 21, 1974

December 20, 1974

334

Richard M. Nixon / Gerald R. Ford

94th

1

January 14, 1975

December 19, 1975

340

Gerald R. Ford

2

January 19, 1976

October 1, 1976

257

95th

1

January 4, 1977

December 15, 1977

346

Gerald R. Ford / James E. Carter

2

January 19, 1978

October 15, 1978

270

James E. Carter

96th

1

January 15, 1979

January 3, 1980

354

James E. Carter

2

January 3, 1980

December 16, 1980

349

97th

1

January 5, 1981

December 16, 1981

347

James E. Carter / Ronald W. Reagan

2

January 25, 1982

December 23, 1982

333

Ronald W. Reagan

98th

1

January 3, 1983

November 18, 1983

320

Ronald W. Reagan

2

January 23, 1984

October 12, 1984

264

99th

1

January 3, 1985

December 20, 1985

352

Ronald W. Reagan

2

January 21, 1986

October 18, 1986

278

100th

1

January 6, 1987

December 22, 1987

351

Ronald W. Reagan

2

January 25, 1988

October 22, 1988

272

101st

1

January 3, 1989

November 22, 1989

324

Ronald W. Reagan / George H. W. Bush

2

January 23, 1990

October 28, 1990

260

George H. W. Bush

102nd

1

January 3, 1991

January 3, 1992

366

George H. W. Bush

2

January 3, 1992

October 9, 1992

281

103rd

1

January 5, 1993

November 26, 1993

326

George H. W. Bush / William J. Clinton

2

January 25, 1994

December 1, 1994

311

William J. Clinton

104th

1

January 4, 1995

January 3, 1996

365

William J. Clinton

2

January 3, 1996

October 4, 1996

276

105th

1

January 7, 1997

November 13, 1997

311

William J. Clinton

2

January 27, 1998

December 19, 1998

327

106th

1

January 6, 1999

November 22, 1999

321

William J. Clinton

2

January 24, 2000

December 15, 2000

326

107th

1

January 3, 2001

December 20, 2001

352

William J. Clinton / George W. Bush

2

January 23, 2002

November 22, 2002

304

George W. Bush

108th

1

January 7, 2003

December 9, 2003

337

George W. Bush

2

January 20, 2004

December 8, 2004

324

109th

1

January 4, 2005

December 22, 2005

353

George W. Bush

2

January 3, 2006

December 8, 2006

341

110th

1

January 4, 2007

December 31, 2007

362

George W. Bush

2

January 3, 2008

January 3, 2009

367

111th

1

January 6, 2009

December 24, 2009

353

George W. Bush / Barack H. Obama

2

January 5, 2010

December 22, 2010

358

Barack H. Obama

1

January 5, 2011

January 3, 2012

363

Barack H. Obama

112th

2

January 3, 2012

January 3, 2013

365

1

January 3, 2013

TBD

Barack H. Obama

113th

2

TBD