Fourth United States Congress - Definition

Dates of Sessions

1795-1797

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia from December 7, 1795 to June 1, 1796.
• The second session took place in Philadelphia from December 5, 1796 to March 3, 1797.

Major Political Events

• John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson in the U.S. Presidential election, November 1796

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - John Adams
• President pro tempore -
  1. Henry Tazewell (7 December 1795-8 December 1795)
  2. Samuel Livermore (6 May 1796-4 December 1796)
  3. William Bingham (16 February 1797-3 March 1797)
• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain - William White

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House - Jonathan Dayton
• Clerk of the House - John Beckley
• House Doorkeeper - Thomas Claxton
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Ashbel Green

Members of the Fourth United States Congress

Senate

Connecticut

• Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) and then James Hillhouse (Federalist)
• Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist) and then Uriah Tracy (Federalist)

Delaware

• Henry Latimer (Federalist)
• John Vining (Federalist)

Georgia

• James Gunn (Federalist)
• James Jackson (Republican) and then George Walton (Federalist) and then Josiah Tattnall (Republican)

Kentucky

• John Brown (Republican)
• Humphrey Marshall (Federalist)

Maryland

• John Henry (Federalist)
• Richard Potts (Federalist) and then John E. Howard (Federalist)

Massachusetts

• George Cabot (Federalist) and then Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist)
• Caleb Strong (Federalist) and then Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist)

New Hampshire

• John Langdon (Republican)
• Samuel Livermore (Federalist)

New Jersey

• Frederick Frelinghuysen (Federalist) and then Richard Stockton (Federalist)
• John Rutherfurd (Federalist)

New York

• Aaron Burr (Republican)
• Rufus King (Federalist) and then John Laurance (Federalist)

North Carolina

• Timothy Bloodworth (Republican)
• Alexander Martin (Republican)

Pennsylvania

• William Bingham (Federalist)
• James Ross (Federalist)

Rhode Island

• William Bradford (Federalist)
• Theodore Foster (Federalist)

South Carolina

• Pierce Butler (Republican) and then John Hunter (Republican)
• Jacob Read (Federalist)

Tennessee

• William Blount (Republican)
• William Cocke (Republican)

Vermont

• Elijah Paine (Federalist)
• Moses Robinson (Republican) and then Isaac Tichenor (Federalist)

Virginia

• Stevens T. Mason (Republican)
• Henry Tazewell (Republican)

House of Representatives

Connecticut

• Joshua Coit (Federalist), At-Large
• Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
• Roger Griswold (Federalist), At-Large
• James Hillhouse (Federalist) and then James Davenport (Federalist), At-Large
• Nathaniel Smith (Federalist), At-Large
• Uriah Tracy (Federalist) and then Samuel W. Dana (Federalist), At-Large
• Zephaniah Swift (Federalist), At-Large

Delaware

• John Patten (Republican), At-Large

Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin (Republican), At-Large
• John Milledge (Republican), At-Large

Kentucky

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

Maryland

• George Dent (Federalist), 1st District
• Gabriel Duvall (Republican) and then Richard Sprigg, Jr. (Republican), 2nd District
• Jeremiah Crabb (Federalist) and then William Craik (Federalist), 3rd District
• Thomas Sprigg (Republican), 4th District
• Gabriel Christie (Republican), 5th District
• Samuel Smith (Republican), 5th District
• William Hindman (Federalist), 6th District
• William Vans Murray (Federalist), 7th District

Massachusetts

• Henry Dearborn (Republican), 1st District
• Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist), 2nd District
• Dwight Foster (Federalist), 3rd District
• Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist) and then Thomson J. Skinner (Republican), 3rd District
• George Thatcher (Federalist), 3rd District
• Samuel Lyman (Federalist), 4th District
• William Lyman (Republican), 4th District
• Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (Federalist), 5th District
• Fisher Ames (Federalist), 6th District
• John Reed (Federalist), 6th District
• George Leonard (Federalist), 7th District
• Joseph B. Varnum (Republican), 9th District
• Theophilus Bradbury (Federalist), 10th District
• Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist) and then Samuel Sewall (Federalist), 11th District

New Hampshire

• Abiel Foster (Federalist), At-Large
• Nicholas Gilman (Republican), At-Large
• John S. Sherburne (Republican), At-Large
• Jeremiah Smith (Fedearlist), At-Large

New Jersey

• Jonathan Dayton (Federalist), At-Large
• Thomas Henderson (Federalist), At-Large
• Aaron Kitchell (Republican), At-Large
• Isaac Smith (Federalist), At-Large
• Mark Thomson (Federalist), At-Large

New York

• Edward Livingston (Republican), 1st District
• Jonathan N. Havens (Republican), 2nd District
• Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican), 3rd District
• John Hathorn (Republican), 4th District
• Theodorus Bailey (Republican), 5th District
• Ezekiel Gilbert (Federalist), 6th District
• John E. Van Alen (Federalist), 7th District
• Henry Glen (Federalist), 8th District
• John Williams (Federalist), 9th District
• William Cooper (Federalist), 10th District

North Carolina

• Thomas Blount (Republican), At-Large
• Nathan Bryan (Republican), At-Large
• Dempsey Burges (Republican), At-Large
• Jesse Franklin (Republican), At-Large
• James Gillespie (Republican), At-Large
• William B. Grove (Federalist), At-Large
• James Holland (Republican), At-Large
• Matthew Locke (Republican), At-Large
• Nathaniel Macon (Republican), At-Large
• Absalom Tatom (Republican) and then William F. Strudwick (Federalist), At-Large

Pennsylvania

• John Swanwick (Republican), 1st District
• Richard Thomas (Federalist), 3rd District
• Andrew Gregg (Republican), 4th District
• Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Republican), 4th District
• Samuel Sitgreaves (Federalist), 4th District
• John Richards (Republican), 4th District
• Daniel Hiester (Republican) and then George Ege (Federalist), 5th District
• John W. Kittera (Federalist), 7th District
• Thomas Hartley (Federalist), 8th District
• David Bard (Republican), 10th District
• Samuel Maclay (Republican), 10th District
• William Findley (Republican), 11th District
• Albert Gallatin (Republican), 11th District

Rhode Island

• Benjamin Bourne (Federalist) and then Elisha R. Potter (Federalist), At-Large
• Francis Malbone (Federalist), At-Large

South Carolina

• William L. Smith (Federalist), 1st District
• Robert G. Harper (Federalist), 1st District
• Lemuel Benton (Republican), 3rd District
• Richard Winn (Republican), 4th District
• Wade Hampton (Republican), 4th District
• Samuel Earle (Republican), 6th District

Tennessee

• Andrew Jackson (Republican), At-Large

Vermont

• Israel Smith (Republican), 1st District
• Daniel Buck (Federalist), 2nd District

Virginia

• Robert Rutherford (Republican), 1st District
• Andrew Moore (Republican), 2nd District
• George Jackson (Republican), 3rd District
• George Hancock, 5th District
• Francis Preston (Republican), 5th District
• Isaac Coles (Republican), 6th District
• Abraham B. Venable (Republican), 7th District
• Thomas Claiborne (Republican), 8th District
• William B. Giles (Republican), 9th District
• Josiah Parker (Federalist), 11th District
• Anthony New (Republican), 12th District
• John Page (Republican), 12th District
• Carter B. Harrison (Republican), 13th District
• John Heath (Republican), 13th District
• John Clopton (Republican), 13th District
• Samuel J. Cabell (Republican), 14th District
• James Madison (Republican), 15th District
• John Nicholas (Republican), 15th District
• Richard Brent (Republican), 18th District

External links

• Acts of the 4th Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=30)