Congress (disambiguation)

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Congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations (such as trade unions and political parties), or groups.

Congress may also refer to:

National legislatures

• Congress of the Confederation, the national legislature of the United States 1781–1789
• Congress of the Dominican Republic
• Congress of Guatemala
• Congress of the Union, Mexico
• Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
• Congress of Paraguay
• Congress of the Republic of Peru
• Congress of the Philippines
• Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1848
• United States Congress, the national legislature of the United States since 1789

Places in the United States

• Congress Avenue Historic District, an area of downtown Austin, Texas, along Congress Avenue
• Congress, Ohio, a village in Wayne County

Gatherings

• Congress of Berlin, a meeting of representatives from European states held in Berlin, German Empire, from June 1878 to July 1878
• Indian Congress, 1898, the largest gathering of American Indian tribes of its kind to that date
• Congress of Vienna, a meeting of ambassadors of European states held in Vienna, Austrian Empire, from November 1814 to June 1815

Films

• The Congress (1988 film), a 1988 documentary film directed by Ken Burns
• The Congress (2013 film), a 2013 action/animation film

Other uses

• Congress Poland, the informal name for the Kingdom of Poland, created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), a federation of industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955
• "Congress", an instrumental track on Casualties of Retail, the 2005 album by Enter the Haggis
• USS Congress, various ships of the U.S. Navy

See also

• All pages beginning with Congress
• All pages with a title containing Congress
• National Congress (disambiguation)