Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 60th-79th Congresses

Session Dates of Congress

Scope of Congress

60th to 79th Congresses (December 2, 1907 to August 2, 1946)

Congress	Session	Beginning Date	Adjournment Date	Total Days¹	House Recesses
60th	1	Dec. 2, 1907	May 30, 1908	181	Dec. 21, 1907-Jan. 6, 1908
	2	Dec. 7, 1908	Mar. 3, 1909	87	Dec. 19, 1908-Jan. 4, 1909
61st*	1	Mar. 15, 1909	Aug. 5, 1909	144
	2	Dec. 6, 1909	June 25, 1910	202	Dec. 21, 1909-Jan. 4, 1910
	3	Dec. 5, 1910	Mar. 3, 1911	89	Dec. 21, 1910-Jan. 5, 1911
62nd	1	Apr. 4, 1911	Aug. 22, 1911	141
	2	Dec. 4, 1911	Aug. 26, 1912	267	Dec. 21, 1911-Jan. 3, 1912
	3	Dec. 2, 1912	Mar. 3, 1913	92	Dec. 19, 1912-Jan. 2, 1913
63rd*	1	Apr. 7, 1913	Dec. 1, 1913	239
	2	Dec. 1, 1913	Oct. 24, 1914	328	Dec. 23, 1913-Jan. 12, 1914
	3	Dec. 7, 1914	Mar. 3, 1915	87	Dec. 7-28, 1914
64th	1	Dec. 6, 1915	Sep. 8, 1916	278	Dec. 17, 1915-Jan. 4, 1916
	2	Dec. 4, 1916	Mar. 3, 1917	90	Dec. 22, 1916-Jan. 2, 1917
65th*	1	Apr. 2, 1917	Oct. 6, 1917	188
	2	Dec. 3, 1917	Nov. 21, 1918	354	Dec. 18, 1917-Jan. 3, 1918
	3	Dec. 2, 1918	Mar. 3, 1919	92
66th	1	May 19, 1919	Nov. 19, 1919	185	July 1-8, 1919
	2	Dec. 1, 1919	June 5, 1920	188	Dec. 20, 1919-Jan. 5, 1920
	3	Dec. 6, 1920	Mar. 3, 1921	88
67th*	1	Apr. 11, 1921	Nov. 23, 1921	227
	2	Dec. 5, 1921	Sep. 22, 1922	292	Dec. 22, 1921-Jan. 3, 1922
	3	Nov. 20, 1922	Dec. 4, 1922	15
	4	Dec. 4, 1922	Mar. 3, 1923	90
68th	1	Dec. 3, 1923	June 7, 1924	188	Dec. 20, 1923-Jan. 3, 1924
	2	Dec. 1, 1924	Mar. 3, 1925	93	Dec. 20-Dec. 29, 1924
69th*	1	Dec. 7, 1925	July 3, 1926	209	Dec. 22, 1925-Jan. 4, 1926
	2	Dec. 6, 1926	Mar. 4, 1927	88	Dec. 22, 1926-Jan. 3, 1927
70th	1	Dec. 5, 1927	May 29, 1928	177	Dec. 21, 1927-Jan. 4, 1928
	2	Dec. 3, 1928	Mar. 3, 1929	91	Dec. 22, 1928-Jan. 3, 1929
71st*	1	Apr. 15, 1929	Nov. 22, 1929	222	June 19-Sept. 23, 1929
	2	Dec. 2, 1929	July 3, 1930	214	Dec. 21, 1929-Jan. 6, 1930
	3	Dec. 1, 1930	Mar. 3, 1931	93	Dec. 20, 1930-Jan. 5, 1931
72nd	1	Dec. 7, 1931	July 16, 1932	223	Dec. 22, 1931-Jan. 4, 1932
	2	Dec. 5, 1932	Mar. 3, 1933	89
73rd*	1	Mar. 9, 1933	June 15, 1933	99
	2	Jan. 3, 1934	June 18, 1934	167
74th	1	Jan. 3, 1935	Aug. 26, 1935	236
	2	Jan. 3, 1936	June 20, 1936	170	June 8-15, 1936
75th	1	Jan. 5, 1937	Aug. 21, 1937	229
	2	Nov. 15, 1937	Dec. 21, 1937	37
	3	Jan. 3, 1938	June 16, 1938	165
76th	1	Jan. 3, 1939	Aug. 5, 1939	215
	2	Sep. 21, 1939	Nov. 3, 1939	44
	3	Jan. 3, 1940	Jan. 3, 1941	366	July 11-22, 1940
77th	1	Jan. 3, 1941	Jan. 2, 1942	365
	2	Jan. 5, 1942	Dec. 16, 1942	346
78th	1	Jan. 6, 1943	Dec. 21, 1943	350	July 8-Sept. 14, 1943
	2	Jan. 10, 1944	Dec. 19, 1944	345	Apr. 1-12, 1944 June 23-Aug. 1, 1944 Sept. 21-Nov. 14, 1944
79th	1	Jan. 3, 1945	Dec. 21, 1945	353	July 21-Sept. 5, 1945
	2	Jan. 14, 1946	Aug. 2, 1946	201	Apr. 18-Apr. 30, 1946

1 For the purpose of this table, a session's "total days" is defined as the total number of calendar days from the convening date to adjournment date, inclusive. It does not mean the actual number of days that Congress met during that session.

* Indicates that a special session of the Senate was convened during a Congress.

** Extraordinary session of the Congress called by President Harry Truman. The extraordinary session was convened after a recess period, and it did not begin a new session.

Article II, Section 3 of the constitution provides that the President "may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them." This procedure occurs only if the Congress is convened by presidential proclamation. Extraordinary sessions have been called by the Chief Executive to urge the Congress to focus on important national issues. These are separate sessions of Congress, unless otherwise noted.

Source: Congressional Directory