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From 1789 to 1933, the terms of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives always started on March 4 of odd-numbered years. The 74th Congress (1935-1937) was the first to start on January 3, after the 1933 ratification of the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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