3rd Congress - Definition and Overview

Dates of Sessions

1793-1795

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia from December 2, 1793 to June 9, 1794.
• The second session took place in Philadelphia from November 3, 1794 to March 3, 1795.

Major Political Events

• The first time proceedings of the U.S. Senate opened to the public, February 11, 1794
• Naval Act of 1794 authorizes construction of the first ships that became the U.S. Navy, March 27, 1794
• Whiskey Rebellion begins as farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks, August 7, 1794
• General Anthony Wayne and U.S. troops rout native forces in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794
• The U.S. and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War, November 19, 1794
• The 11th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, is ratified, February 7, 1795

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - John Adams
• President pro tempore -
  1. John Langdon (4 March 1793-2 December 1793)
  2. Ralph Izard (31 May 1794-9 November 1794)
  3. Henry Tazewell (20 February 1795-7 June 1795)
• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain - William White

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House - Frederick Muhlenberg
• Clerk of the House - John Beckley
• House Doorkeeper - Gifford Dalley
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Ashbel Green

Members of the Third United States Congress

Senate

Connecticut

• Oliver Ellsworth (Pro-Administration)
• Roger Sherman (Pro-Administration) and then Stephen M. Mitchell (Pro-Administration)

Delaware

• George Read (Pro-Administration) and then Henry Latimer (Pro-Administration)
• John Vining (Pro-Administration)

Georgia

• James Gunn (Anti-Administration)
• James Jackson (Anti-Administration)

Kentucky

• John Brown (Anti-Administration)
• John Edwards (Anti-Administration)

Maryland

• John Henry (Pro-Administration)
• Richard Potts (Pro-Administration)

Massachusetts

• George Cabot (Pro-Administration)
• Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration)

New Hampshire

• John Langdon (Anti-Administration)
• Samuel Livermore (Pro-Administration)

New Jersey

• Frederick Frelinghuysen (Pro-Administration)
• John Rutherfurd (Pro-Administration)

New York

• Aaron Burr (Anti-Administration)
• Rufus King (Pro-Administration)

North Carolina

• Benjamin Hawkins (Anti-Administration)
• Alexander Martin (Anti-Administration)

Pennsylvania

• Robert Morris (Pro-Administration)
• Vacant and then James Ross (Pro-Administration)

Rhode Island

• William Bradford (Pro-Administration)
• Theodore Foster (Pro-Administration)

South Carolina

• Pierce Butler (Anti-Administration)
• Ralph Izard (Pro-Administration)

Vermont

• Stephen R. Bradley (Anti-Administration)
• Moses Robinson (Anti-Administration)

Virginia

• James Monroe (Anti-Administration) and then Stevens T. Mason (Anti-Administration)
• John Taylor of Caroline (Anti-Administration) and then Henry Tazewell (Anti-Administration)

House of Representatives

Connecticut

• Joshua Coit (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• James Hillhouse (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Amasa Learned, At-Large
• Zephaniah Swift (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Uriah Tracy (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Jeremiah Wadsworth, At-Large

Delaware

• John Patten (Anti-Administration) and then Henry Latimer (Pro-Administration), At-Large

Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Thomas P. Carnes, At-Large

Kentucky

• Christopher Greenup (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Alexander D. Orr (Anti-Administration), At-Large

Maryland

• George Dent (Pro-Administration), 1st District
• John F. Mercer (Anti-Administration) and then Gabriel Duvall (Anti-Administration), 2nd District
• Uriah Forrest and then Benjamin Edwards, 3rd District
• Thomas Sprigg (Anti-Administration), 4th District
• Gabriel Christie (Anti-Administration), 5th District
• Samuel Smith (Anti-Administration), 5th District
• William Hindman (Pro-Administration), 6th District
• William Vans Murray (Pro-Administration), 7th District

Massachusetts

• Fisher Ames (Pro-Administration), 1st Distrcit
• Shearjashub Bourne, 1st District
• Peleg Coffin, Jr., 1st District
• Samuel Dexter (Pro-Administration), 1st District
• Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Administration), 1st District
• Samuel Holten, 1st District
• Dwight Foster (Pro-Administration), 2nd District
• William Lyman (Anti-Administration), 2nd District
• Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Administration), 2nd District
• Artemas Ward, 2nd District
• David Cobb, 3rd District
• Henry Dearborn (Anti-Administration), 4th District
• George Thatcher (Pro-Administration), 4th District
• Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Administration), 4th District

New Hampshire

• Nicholas Gilman (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• John S. Sherburne (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Jeremiah Smith (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Paine Wingate (Anti-Administration), At-Large

New Jersey

• John Beatty, At-Large
• Elias Boudinot, At-Large
• Lambert Cadwalader, At-Large
• Abraham Clark and then Aaron Kitchell (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Jonathan Dayton (Pro-Administration), At-Large

New York

• John Watts, 1st District
• Thomas Tredwell, 2nd District
• Philip Van Cortlandt (Anti-Administration), 3rd District
• Peter Van Gaasbeck, 4th District
• Theodorus Bailey (Anti-Administration), 5th District
• Ezekiel Gilbert (Pro-Administration), 6th District
• John E. Van Alen (Pro-Administration), 7th District
• Henry Glen (Pro-Administration), 8th District
• James Gordon, 9th District
• Silas Talbot, 10th District

North Carolina

• Thomas Blount (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• William J. Dawson, At-Large
• James Gillespie (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• William B. Grove (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Matthew Locke (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Joseph McDowell, At-Large
• Nathaniel Macon (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Alexander Mebane, At-Large
• Benjamin Williams (Anti-Administration), At-Large
• Joseph Winston (Anti-Administration), At-Large

Pennsylvania

• Thomas Fitzsimons, 1st District
• John P. G. Muhlenberg (Anti-Administration), 1st District
• Andrew Gregg (Anti-Administration), 2nd District
• Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Anti-Administration), 3rd District
• Daniel Hiester (Anti-Administration), 4th District
• John W. Kittera (Pro-Administration), 5th District
• James Armstrong, 6th District
• William Montgomery, 6th District
• Thomas Hartley (Pro-Administration), 7th District
• William Irvine, 7th District
• William Findley (Anti-Administration), 8th District
• Thomas Scott, 8th District
• John Smilie (Anti-Administration), 8th District

Rhode Island

• Benjamin Bourne (Pro-Administration), At-Large
• Francis Malbone (Pro-Administration), At-Large

South Carolina

• John Hunter, 1st District
• William L. Smith (Pro-Administration), 1st District
• Alexander Gillon and then Robert G. Harper, 2nd District
• Lemuel Benton (Anti-Administration), 3rd District
• Richard Winn (Anti-Administration), 4th District
• Andrew Pickens, 5th District

Vermont

• Israel Smith (Anti-Administration), 1st District
• Nathaniel Niles (Anti-Administration), 2nd District

Virginia

• Robert Rutherford, 1st District
• Andrew Moore, 2nd District
• Joseph Neville, 3rd District
• George Hancock, 5th District
• Francis Preston, 5th District
• Isaac Coles (Anti-Administration), 6th District
• Abraham B. Venable, 7th District
• Thomas Claiborne (Anti-Administration), 8th District
• William B. Giles (Anti-Administration), 9th District
• Josiah Parker (Pro-Administration), 11th District
• Anthony New (Anti-Administration), 12th District
• John Page (Anti-Administration), 12th District
• Carter B. Harrison, 13th District
• John Heath (Anti-Administration), 13th District
• Francis Walker, 14th District
• James Madison (Anti-Administration), 15th District
• John Nicholas (Anti-Administration), 15th District
• Richard B. Lee, 17th District
• Samuel Griffin, 19th District

External links

• Acts of 3rd Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=26)