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April 29, 1802: Judiciary Act of 1802, ch. 31, 2 Stat. 156 April 30, 1802: Enabling Act of 1802, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173
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Leadership
Senate edit President: Aaron Burr (DR) President pro tempore: Abraham Baldwin (DR), first elected December 7, 1801 Stephen R. Bradley (DR), first elected December 14, 1802 House of Representatives edit Speaker: Nathaniel Macon, (DR), elected December 7, 1801
States admitted
Ohio was admitted as a state, having previously been a portion of the Northwest Territory. The exact date is unclear and in dispute, but it is undisputed that it was during this Congress. The official date when Ohio became a state was not set until 1953, when the 83rd U.S. Congress passed legislation retrospectively designating the date of the first meeting of the Ohio state legislature, March 1, 1803, as that date. However, on April 30, 1802, the 7th U.S. Congress had passed an act "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union." (Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173) On February 19, 1803, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio." (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201) The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802, and counts its seats as vacant from that date.
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