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The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from March 1, 1781, until March 3, 1789, during the Confederation period.
The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly of the Confederate States of America that existed from 1861 to 1865.
- Senate, House of Representatives
- Robert M. T. Hunter
- 135, 26 Senators, 109 Representatives
- Thomas S. Bocock
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the presiding officer of Congress—referred to in many official records as President of the United States in Congress Assembled—chaired the Committee of the States when Congress was in recess, and performed other administrative functions.
- November 15, 1777
- February 2, 1781
- March 1, 1781
- March 4, 1789, by the United States Constitution
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Continental Congress, in the period of the American Revolution, the body of delegates who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the colony-states that later became the United States of America.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate.
Feb 1, 2024 · The Congress of the Confederation was the governing body of the United States under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 until 1789. Congress was also known as the United States in Congress Assembled or the Confederation Congress.
