RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON
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Edwin M. Stanton
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The Vice President
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The Senate
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The House of Representatives
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Detailed explanation-1: -In September of 1788 the state of Pennsylvania elected William Maclay and Robert Morris to serve in the newly created United States Senate, the first two senators elected under the new Constitution. The framers of the Constitution set March 4, 1789, as the date for the first Senate to convene.
Detailed explanation-2: -Like its counterpart, the Senate was established by the United States Constitution and convened for its first meeting on March 4, 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Senate was the governing and advisory assembly of the aristocracy in the ancient Roman Republic. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors.
Detailed explanation-4: -United States senators have been elected directly by voters since 1913. Prior to that time, state legislatures chose the state’s senators.