27th United States Congress

27th United States Congress
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March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
Members52 senators
242 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityWhig
Senate PresidentJohn Tyler (W)[a]
(until April 4, 1841)
Vacant
(from April 4, 1841)
House majorityWhig
House SpeakerJohn White (W)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1841 – March 15, 1841
1st: May 31, 1841 – September 13, 1841
2nd: December 6, 1841 – August 31, 1842
3rd: December 5, 1842 – March 3, 1843 (lame duck)

The 27th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., between March 4, 1841, and March 4, 1843, during the one-month presidency of William Henry Harrison and the first two years of the presidency of his successor, John Tyler. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 United States census. Both chambers had a Whig majority, making the 27th Congress the only Whig-controlled Congress of the Second Party System.


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