ON THIS DAY

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March 4, 1789:

On this day in 1789 the 1st US Congress met and declared the Constitution of the United States in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution's first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, in which the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world.

The Confederation Congress, which operated under the Articles of Confederation (the US’s first Constitution) picked March 4, 1789, as the day it handed off power to the new constitutional government. March 4th was the Constitution’s first official day of business but it was about one month before George Washington was elected as the first President under the new Constitution.

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