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The Twenty-fourth 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. from March 4, 1835 to March 4, 1837, during the seventh and eighth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority. == Major events == * December 28, 1835: The Second Seminole War began. Seminole fighter Osceola and his warriors attack government agent Thompson outside Fort King in central Florida. * 1835: Toledo War fought between Ohio and Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo and the Toledo Strip. * February 3, 1836: United States Whig Party held its first convention in Albany, New York. * February 23, 1836: Siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas. * July 11, 1836: President Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular, beginning the failure of the land speculation economy that would lead to the Panic of 1837. * July 13, 1836: U.S. patent #1 was granted after filing 9,957 unnumbered patents. * November 3 - December 7, 1836: 1836 presidential election: Martin Van Buren defeated William Henry Harrison, but Virginia's electors refused to vote for Van Buren's running mate, thereby denying victory to any Vice Presidential candidate. * December 4, 1836: Whig Party held its first national convention, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. * December 15, 1836: The U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) burned in Washington, DC. * February 8, 1837: Richard Mentor Johnson became the first and (so far) only Vice President of the United States elected by the United States Senate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「24th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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