20th United States Congress

20th United States Congress
19th ← → 21st
United States Capitol (1827)
March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829
Members	48 senators 213 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Jacksonian
Senate President	John C. Calhoun (J)
House majority	Jacksonian
House Speaker	Andrew Stevenson (J)
Sessions
1st: December 3, 1827 – May 26, 1828 2nd: December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829

The 20th 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, 1827, to March 4, 1829, during the third and fourth years of John Quincy Adams's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.