5th United States Congress - Membership Changes

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Membership changes 2.1 Senate 2.2 House of Representatives 3 References 4 External links

The Fifth 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, 1797 to March 3, 1799, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Adams.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.

Main article: 5th United States Congress

See also: 5th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 5th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1796

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1799

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1797
• First session: May 15, 1797 - July 10, 1797
• Second session: November 13, 1797 - July 16, 1798
• Special session of the Senate: July 17, 1798 - July 19, 1798
• Third session: December 3, 1798 - March 3, 1799 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 4th Congress
Next congress: 6th Congress

[edit] Membership changes

Senate replacements: 9 Democratic-Republicans: no net change Federalists: no net change deaths: 2 resignations: 9 expulsions: 1 interim appointments: 2 vacancies: 1 Total seats with changes: 10

House of Representatives replacements: 11 Democratic-Republicans: 1 seat net gain Federalists: 1 seat net loss deaths: 4 resignations: 7 vacancies: 1 Total seats with changes: 12

[edit] Senate

State	Outgoing Senator		Reason for Change	Successor		Successor's selection
Delaware class 2		John Vining Fed.	Resignation. Senator John Vining resigned January 19, 1798.		Joshua Clayton Fed.	elected January 19, 1798
Delaware class 2		Joshua Clayton Fed.	Death. Senator Joshua Clayton died August 11, 1798.		William H. Wells Fed.	elected January 17, 1799
Maryland class 3		John Henry Fed.	Resignation. Senator John Henry resigned December 10, 1797.		James Lloyd Fed.	elected December 11, 1797
New Jersey class 1		John Rutherfurd Fed.	Resignation. Senator John Rutherfurd resigned November 26, 1798.		Franklin Davenport Fed.	appointed December 5, 1798
New York class 1		Philip John Schuyler Fed.	Resignation. Senator Philip John Schuyler resigned January 3, 1798.		John Sloss Hobart Fed.	elected January 11, 1798
New York class 1		John Sloss Hobart Fed.	Resignation. Senator John Sloss Hobart resigned April 16, 1798.		William North Fed.	appointed May 5, 1798
New York class 1		William North Fed.	Interim appointment. James Watson was elected to fill the seat of John Sloss Hobart.		James Watson Fed.	elected August 17, 1798
Rhode Island class 2		William Bradford Fed.	Resignation. Senator William Bradford resigned October 1797.		Ray Greene Fed.	elected November 13, 1797
South Carolina class 2		John Hunter Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator John Hunter resigned November 26, 1798.		Charles Pinckney Dem.-Rep.	elected December 6, 1798
Tennessee class 1		vacant	Vacancy. Vacancy in this class from March 4, 1797 until May 15, 1797.		William Cocke Dem.-Rep.	elected May 15, 1797
Tennessee class 1		William Cocke Dem.-Rep.	Interim appointment. Andrew Jackson was elected to fill vacancy.		Andrew Jackson Dem.-Rep.	elected September 26, 1797
Tennessee class 1		Andrew Jackson Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator Andrew Jackson resigned April 1798.		Daniel Smith Dem.-Rep.	appointed October 6, 1798
Tennessee class 2		William Blount Dem.-Rep.	Expulsion. Senator William Blount was expelled July 8, 1797.		Joseph Anderson Dem.-Rep.	elected September 26, 1797
Vermont class 1		Isaac Tichenor Fed.	Resignation. Senator Isaac Tichenor resigned October 17, 1797.		Nathaniel Chipman Fed.	elected October 17, 1797
Virginia class 2		Henry Tazewell Dem.-Rep.	Death. Senator Henry Tazewell died January 24, 1799.		vacant	not filled in this Congress

[edit] House of Representatives

State	Outgoing Representative		Reason for Change	Successor		Successor's selection
Connecticut 2nd at large		Joshua Coit Fed.	Death. Representative Joshua Coit died September 5, 1798.		Jonathan Brace Fed.	seated December 3, 1798
Connecticut 4th at large		James Davenport Fed.	Death. Representative James Davenport died August 3, 1797.		William Edmond Fed.	seated November 13, 1797
Massachusetts 11th		Theophilus Bradbury Fed.	Resignation. Representative Theophilus Bradbury resigned July 24, 1797.		Bailey Bartlett Fed.	seated November 27, 1797
New Hampshire 4th at-large		Jeremiah Smith Fed.	Resignation. Representative Jeremiah Smith resigned July 26, 1797.		Peleg Sprague Fed.	seated December 15, 1797
North Carolina 10th		Nathan Bryan Dem.-Rep.	Death. Representative Nathan Bryan died June 4, 1798.		Richard Dobbs Spaight Dem.-Rep.	seated December 10, 1798
Pennsylvania 1st		John Swanwick Dem.-Rep.	Death. Representative John Swanwick died August 1, 1798.		Robert Waln Fed.	seated December 3, 1798
Pennsylvania 4th		Samuel Sitgreaves Fed.	Resignation. Representative Samuel Sitgreaves resigned 1798.		Robert Brown Dem.-Rep.	seated December 4, 1798
Pennsylvania 5th		George Ege Fed.	Resignation. Representative George Ege resigned October 1797.		Joseph Hiester Dem.-Rep.	seated December 1, 1797
Rhode Island 2nd at-large		Elisha R. Potter Fed.	Resignation. Representative Elisha R. Potter resigned 1797.		Thomas Tillinghast Fed.	seated November 13, 1797
South Carolina 1st		William L. Smith Fed.	Resignation. Representative William L. Smith resigned July 10, 1797.		Thomas Pinckney Fed.	seated November 23, 1797
Tennessee at-large		vacant	Vacancy. Vacancy from March 4, 1797 until November 23, 1797.		William C.C. Claiborne Dem.-Rep.	seated November 23, 1797
Virginia 9th		William B. Giles Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative William B. Giles resigned October 2, 1798.		Joseph Eggleston Dem.-Rep.	seated December 3, 1798

[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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