63rd United States Congress
1913-1915 U.S. Congress
The 63rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.
The Democrats had greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate, giving them full control of Congress for the first time since the 53rd Congress in 1893. With Woodrow Wilson being sworn in as president on March 4, 1913, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta - also for the first time since the 53rd Congress.
Major events
March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States.
March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
July 28, 1914: World War I began in Europe
August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal was inaugurated
August 19, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson declared strict U.S. neutrality
November 1914: United States House of Representatives elections, 1914 and United States Senate elections, 1914
November 16, 1914: Federal Reserve Bank opened
Major legislation
May 27, 1913: Kern Resolution
July 9, 1913: Saboth Act
July 15, 1913: Newlands Labor Act
October 3, 1913: Revenue Act of 1913 (Federal Income Tax), including Underwood Tariff
October 22, 1913: Urgent Deficiencies Act
December 19, 1913: Raker Act
December 23, 1913: Federal Reserve Act, ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, 12 U.S.C. § 221, et seq.
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