4th United States Congress - Membership Changes
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The Fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, 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] Membership changes
Tennessee was newly admitted as a state and is first represented in this Congress.
- See also: 4th United States Congress - Membership Changes
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[edit] Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
| State | Outgoing Senator | Reason for Change | Successor | Successor's selection | ||
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| Connecticut 4th at large |
James Hillhouse Fed. |
Resignation. Representative James Hillhouse resigned July 1, 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
James Davenport Fed. |
seated December 5, 1796 |
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| 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. |
seated January 3, 1797 |
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| 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. |
seated May 5, 1796 |
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| Maryland 3rd |
Jeremiah Crabb Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Jeremiah Crabb resigned 1796. |
William Craik Fed. |
seated December 5, 1796 |
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| Massachusetts 1st |
Theodore Sedgwick Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Theodore Sedgwick resigned 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
Thomson J. Skinner Dem.-Rep. |
seated January 27, 1797 |
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| Massachusetts 10th |
Benjamin Goodhue Fed. |
Resignation. Representative Benjamin Goodhue resigned June 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator. |
Samuel Sewall Fed. |
seated December 7, 1797 |
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| North Carolina 4th |
Absalom Tatom Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Absalom Tatom resigned June 1, 1796. |
William F. Strudwick Fed. |
seated December 13, 1796 |
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| Pennsylvania 4th at-large |
vacant | Death. Representative-elect James Morris died subsequent to the election, seat declared vacant. |
John Richards Dem.-Rep. |
seated January 18, 1796 |
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| Pennsylvania 5th |
Daniel Hiester Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Daniel Hiester resigned July 1, 1796. |
George Ege Fed. |
seated December 8, 1796 |
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| 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. |
seated December 19, 1796 |
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| Tennessee at-large |
new seat | New state admission. Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1, 1796. |
Andrew Jackson Dem.-Rep. |
seated December 5, 1796. |
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[edit] References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
[edit] External links
- 1st Federal Congress Project [1]
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [2]
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [4]
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [5]
- U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [6]
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [7]
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