Episode 1 of 1
Congress Opens in Philadelphia
- When
- 1789
- Where
- unknown
The U.S. Congress first met in 1789, replacing the Congress of the Confederation. The specific 1790 Philadelphia session is not supported by the supplied passages.
The United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government, was created by the Constitution's First Article and first met in 1789. It replaced the Congress of the Confederation in its legislative function. The supplied passages do not confirm the 1790 Philadelphia session details.
Sources
- United States Congress Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.