Congress

The Convention of 1787 planned a Congre of two Houses, and reconciled the contest between the large and the small States by providing an upper House, in which States were represented equally, and a lower House, in which they were represented proportionally to population. The old Congre summoned the new Congre to meet on March 4, 1789, but the House did not have a quorum till April 1, nor the Senate till April 6. Each Congre has been in existence two years, from March 4to March 4. The relations of Congre with the President have mostly depended on whether they were or were not of the same party. The warmest struggles have been in the times of Presidents J. Q. Adams, Jackson, Tyler, Buchanan and Johnson, ' The latter was impeached by the House.