2nd United States Congress - State Delegations

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The Second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1793, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President George Washington.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the provisions of the United States Constitution. Both chambers had a Pro-Administration majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 2nd United States Congress

See also: 2nd United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 2nd United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1790

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1793

Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1791
First session: October 24, 1791 - May 8, 1792
Second session: November 5, 1792 - March 2, 1793 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 1st Congress
Next congress: 3rd Congress

[edit] Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1796; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1792; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1794.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

There were no political parties in this Congress. Members are informally grouped into factions of similar interest, based on an analysis of their voting record. ^[1]

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

1: Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Pro-Administration
3: William S. Johnson (1727-1819), Pro-Administration …resigned March 4, 1791.

Roger Sherman (1721-1793), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, June 13, 1791.

House of Representatives (5 seats) ^[2]

A/L: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Pro-Administration
A/L: Amasa Learned (1750-1825), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jonathan Sturges (1740-1819), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Pro-Administration

[edit] Delaware

Senate

2: Richard Bassett (1745-1815), Pro-Administration
1: George Read (1733-1798), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: John Vining (1758-1802), Pro-Administration

[edit] Georgia

Senate

2: William Few (1748-1828), Anti-Administration
3: James Gunn (1753-1801), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (3 seats) ^[3]

1: Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), Anti-Administration …contested election, served until March 21, 1792., seat declared vacant.

John Milledge (1757-1818), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 22, 1792.
2: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Anti-Administration
3: Francis Willis (1745-1829), Anti-Administration

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

3: John Edwards (1748-1837), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, elected June 18, 1792.
2: John Brown (1757-1837), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, elected June 18, 1792.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Christopher Greenup (1750-1818), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, seated November 9, 1792.
2: Alexander D. Orr (1761-1835), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, seated November 8, 1792.

[edit] Maryland

Senate

3: John Henry (1750-1798), Pro-Administration
1: Charles Carroll (1737-1832), Pro-Administration …resigned November 30, 1792.

Richard Potts (1753-1808), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, January 10, 1793.

House of Representatives (6 seats) ^[4]

1: Philip Key (1750-1820), Pro-Administration
2: Joshua Seney (1756-1798), Anti-Administration …resigned May 1, 1792.

William Hindman (1743-1822), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 30, 1793.
3: William Pinkney (1764-1822), Pro-Administration …resigned November, 1791.

John F. Mercer (1759-1821), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6, 1792.
4: Samuel Sterett (1758-1833), Anti-Administration
5: William Vans Murray (1760-1803), Pro-Administration
6: Upton Sheredine (1740-1800), Anti-Administration

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

2: Caleb Strong (1745-1819), Pro-Administration
1: George Cabot (1752-1823), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Fisher Ames (1758-1808), Pro-Administration
2: Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Pro-Administration
3: Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), Anti-Administration
4: Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Pro-Administration
5: Shearjashub Bourne (1746-1806), Pro-Administration
6: George Leonard (1729-1819), Pro-Administration
7: Artemas Ward (1727-1800), Pro-Administration
8: George Thatcher (1754-1824), Pro-Administration

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

3: John Langdon (1741-1819), Pro-Administration
2: Paine Wingate (1739-1838), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (3 seats) ^[5]

A/L: Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), Pro-Administration
A/L: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), Pro-Administration

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

2: Philemon Dickinson (1739-1809), Pro-Administration
1: John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (4 seats) ^[6]

A/L: Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), Pro-Administration
A/L: Abraham Clark (1726-1794), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Pro-Administration
A/L: Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), Pro-Administration

[edit] New York

Senate

3: Rufus King (1755-1827), Pro-Administration
1: Aaron Burr (1756-1836), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: Thomas Tredwell (1743-1831), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 24, 1791. ^[7]
2: John Laurance (1750-1810), Pro-Administration
3: Egbert Benson (1746-1833), Pro-Administration
4: Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (1745-1796), Anti-Administration
5: Peter Silvester (1734-1808), Pro-Administration
6: James Gordon (1739-1810), Pro-Administration

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

3: Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), Anti-Administration
2: Samuel Johnston (1733-1816), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (5 seats) ^[8]

1: John Steele (1764-1815), Pro-Administration
2: Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Anti-Administration
3: John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), Anti-Administration
4: Hugh Williamson (1735-1819), Anti-Administration
5: William Barry Grove (1764-1818), Pro-Administration

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

3: Robert Morris (1734-1806), Pro-Administration
1: vacant …contested election, remained vacant.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), Pro-Administration
2: Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801), Anti-Administration
3: Israel Jacobs (1726-1796), Pro-Administration
4: Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), Anti-Administration
5: John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), Pro-Administration
6: Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Anti-Administration
7: Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Pro-Administration
8: William Findley (1742-1821), Anti-Administration

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Pro-Administration
2: Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), Pro-Administration

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

2: Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Anti-Administration
3: Ralph Izard (1742-1804), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: William L. Smith (1758-1812), Pro-Administration
2: Robert Barnwell (1761-1814), Pro-Administration
3: Daniel Huger (1742-1799), Pro-Administration
4: Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Anti-Administration
5: Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828), Anti-Administration

[edit] Vermont

Senate

1: Moses Robinson (1741-1813), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, elected October 17, 1791.
3: Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, seated November 4, 1791.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Israel Smith (1759-1810), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, seated October 31, 1791.
2: Nathaniel Niles (1741-1828), Anti-Administration …newly admitted state, seated October 31, 1791.

[edit] Virginia

Senate

2: Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Anti-Administration …resigned October 8, 1792.

John Taylor (1753-1824), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, October 18, 1792.
1: James Monroe (1758-1831), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Alexander White (1738-1804), Pro-Administration
2: John Brown (1757-1837), Anti-Administration …represented Kentucky, served until June 1, 1792.
3: Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Anti-Administration
4: Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), Pro-Administration
5: James Madison (1751-1836), Anti-Administration
6: Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), Anti-Administration
7: John Page (1743-1808), Anti-Administration
8: Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Anti-Administration
9: William B. Giles (1762-1830), Anti-Administration
10: Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), Anti-Administration

[edit] Notes

^ Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives elected statewide from individual districts.
^ All representatives elected statewide from individual districts.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ Vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect James Townsend, May 24, 1790..
^ There was a special redistricting for this Congress.

[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.