Congress of the Confederation
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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. A unicameral body with legislative and executive function, it was composed of delegates appointed by the legislatures of the several states. Each state delegation had one vote. The Congress was created by the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union upon its ratification in 1781, formally replacing the Second Continental Congress.
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United States in Congress Assembled | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 3 years in 6 year period |
| History | |
| Established | March 1, 1781 |
| Disbanded | March 3, 1789 |
| Preceded by | Second Continental Congress |
| Succeeded by | United States Congress |
| Leadership | |
Secretary | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Variable, ~50 |
| Committees | Committee of the States |
| Committees | Committee of the Whole |
Length of term | 1 year |
| Salary | None |
| Elections | |
| Legislature of the various states | |
Last election | 1788 |
| Meeting place | |
| Pennsylvania State House (present-day Independence Hall), Philadelphia (first) City Hall (present-day Federal Hall) New York City (last) | |
| Constitution | |
| Articles of Confederation | |
| Footnotes | |
| Though there were about 50 members of the Congress at any given time, each state delegation voted en bloc, with each state having a single vote. | |
The Congress continued to refer itself as the "Continental Congress" throughout its eight-year history, although modern historians separate it from the two earlier congresses, which operated under slightly different rules and procedures until the later part of American Revolutionary War.[1] The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation, and had the same secretary as the Second Continental Congress, Charles Thomson.
The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States as provided for in the new Constitution of the United States, drafted on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, ratified by each of the states, and adopted by the Congress in 1788.[2]