Home›Modern Legislators and Statute Authors›United States Congress›All United States CongressBrowse ByAll United States CongressUnited States Congress gathers the members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and the Founding Fathers who shaped the young republic's first statutes and constitutional structure, represented in this subcategory. Its members range from the framers of the United States Constitution itself through the nineteenth century senators and representatives who built the statutory framework of the expanding republic to twentieth and twenty first century members of Congress whose legislation shaped modern American civil rights, financial regulation and constitutional law.FactsAll United States CongressSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedMembers of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, created by the Constitution's First Article. 1Formation YearWell-attested1789 CE 1All United States CongressFilter Results30 entriesRoleAllPolitician and diplomat (1)United States Representative from California (1975-2015) (1)United States Senator from Utah (1977-2019) (1)United States senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011 (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAmerican (4)American (New Jersey) (1)German (1)United States (13)Legal SystemAllCommon Law (2)Japanese Law (1)Law of the United States (27)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (2)Civil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (6)Constitutional Law (3)Environmental Law (2)Human Rights Law (6)International Law (3)Labor and Employment Law (1)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (1)Tax Law (1)GenderAllMale (29)Court Served OnAllSupreme Court of the State of New York (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 30Barney FrankModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsBirch BayhModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsCarter GlassModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsChris DoddModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsDaniel Patrick MoynihanModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsEdmund MuskieModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsEmanuel CellerModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsEstes KefauverModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsFred A. Hartley Jr.Modern Legislators and Statute AuthorsGouverneur MorrisModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsHenry B. SteagallModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsHenry WaxmanModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsJim LeachModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsJohn McCainModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsJohn ShermanModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsMichael OxleyModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsOrrin HatchModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsPaul SarbanesModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsPeter W. RodinoModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsPhil GrammModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsPhilip A. HartModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsRichard G. LugarModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsRobert A. TaftModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsRobert F. WagnerModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsRuss FeingoldModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsSam ErvinModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsSam NunnModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsShuji MasutaniModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsWarren MagnusonModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsWarren RudmanModern Legislators and Statute AuthorsSources1. United States Congress (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaUnited States Congress, lead section, first meeting sentenceCongress was created by the Constitution's First Article and first met in 1789, replacing the Congress of the Confederation in its legislative function.United States Congress, lead section, first met year sentenceCongress was created by the Constitution's First Article and first met in 1789.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.