Timeline Wednesday 4 March 1789

Events on Wednesday 4 March 1789 1

• 1789 First United States Congress convenes New federal legislature meets for the first time under the Constitution The First Congress assembled in New York City under the newly ratified Constitution, though a quorum was not reached until early April. It went on to pass the Judiciary Act and draft the Bill of Rights. Its early sessions established many of the operating precedents of the federal government.