4th United States Congress - Membership Changes
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The Fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President George Washington.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. The Senate had a Federalist majority, and the House had a Democratic-Republican majority.
- Main article: 4th United States Congress
- See also: 4th United States Congress - Political Parties
- See also: 4th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1794
[edit] Dates of sessions
- Special session of the Senate: June 8, 1795 - June 26, 1795
- First session: December 7, 1795 - June 1, 1796
- Second session: December 5, 1796 - March 3, 1797 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 3rd Congress
Next congress: 5th Congress
[edit] Party changes
[edit] Senate
| Affiliation | Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opening | net changes | adjournment | ||||
| Democratic-Republican | 11 | +1 | 12 | |||
| Federalist | 19 | +1 | 20 | |||
| vacant | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | +2 | 32 | |||
[edit] House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opening | net changes | adjournment | ||||
| Democratic-Republican | 59 | +1 | 60 | |||
| Federalist | 45 | +1 | 46 | |||
| vacant | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 105 | +1 | 106 | |||
[edit] Membership changes
Tennessee was newly admitted as a state and is first represented in this Congress.
[edit] Senate
- deaths: 0
- resignations: 10
- interim appointment: 1
- new seats: 2
- Total seats with changes: 12
[edit] House of Representatives
- resignations: 9
- contested elections: 1
- new seats: 1
- Total seats with changes: 11
| State | Outgoing Representative | Reason for Change | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut 1st at large |
James Hillhouse Fed. |
Resignation. Representative James Hillhouse resigned July 1, 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
James Davenport Fed. |
December 5, 1796 | ||
| Connecticut 7th at large |
Uriah Tracy Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Uriah Tracy resigned October 13, 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
Samuel W. Dana Fed. |
January 3, 1797 | ||
| Maryland 2nd |
Gabriel Duvall Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Gabriel Duvall resigned March 28, 1796, having been elected judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland. |
Richard Sprigg, Jr. Dem.-Rep. |
May 5, 1796 | ||
| Maryland 3rd |
Jeremiah Crabb Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Jeremiah Crabb resigned 1796. |
William Craik Fed. |
December 5, 1796 | ||
| Massachusetts 1st |
Theodore Sedgwick Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Theodore Sedgwick resigned 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
Thomson J. Skinner Dem.-Rep. |
January 27, 1797 | ||
| Massachusetts 10th |
Benjamin Goodhue Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Benjamin Goodhue resigned June 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
Samuel Sewall Fed. |
December 7, 1797 | ||
| North Carolina 4th |
Absalom Tatom Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Absalom Tatom resigned June 1, 1796. |
William F. Strudwick Fed. |
December 13, 1796 | ||
| Pennsylvania 4th at-large |
vacant | Contested election. Representative-elect James Morris died subsequent to the election, seat declared vacant. |
John Richards Dem.-Rep. |
January 18, 1796 | ||
| Pennsylvania 5th |
Daniel Hiester Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Daniel Hiester resigned July 1, 1796. |
George Ege Fed. |
December 8, 1796 | ||
| Rhode Island 2nd at-large |
Benjamin Bourne Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Benjamin Bourne resigned 1796, before commencement of the 5th Congress to which he had been reelected. |
Elisha R. Potter Fed. |
December 19, 1796 | ||
| Tennessee at-large |
new seat | New state. Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1, 1796. |
Andrew Jackson Dem.-Rep. |
December 5, 1796. | ||
[edit] References
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
- 1st Federal Congress Project (2006). 1st Federal Congress Project. The George Washington University. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). Statutes at Large, 1789-1875. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
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