4th 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 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 elections, 1794

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797

• 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

Senate replacements: 10 Democratic-Republicans: no net change Federalists: no net change deaths: 0 resignations: 10 interim appointment: 1 seats of newly admitted states: 2 Total seats with changes: 12

House of Representatives replacements: 9 Democratic-Republicans: 1 seat net loss Federalists: 1 seat net gain deaths: 0 resignations: 9 contested elections: 1 seats of newly admitted states: 1 Total seats with changes: 11

[edit] Senate

State	Outgoing Representative		Reason for Change	Successor		Successor's selection
Connecticut class 1		Oliver Ellsworth Fed.	Resignation. Senator Oliver Ellsworth resigned March 8, 1796.		James Hillhouse Fed.	elected March 12, 1796
Connecticut class 3		Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Fed.	Resignation. Senator Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. resigned June 10, 1796.		Uriah Tracy Fed.	elected October 13, 1796
Georgia class 2		James Jackson Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator James Jackson resigned 1795.		George Walton Fed.	appointed November 16, 1795
Georgia class 2		George Walton Fed.	Interim appointment. Josiah Tattnall was elected to the seat of James Jackson.		Josiah Tattnall Dem.-Rep.	elected February 20, 1796
Maryland class 1		Richard Potts Fed.	Resignation. Senator Richard Potts resigned October 24, 1796.		John E. Howard Fed.	elected November 30, 1796
Massachusetts class 1		George Cabot Fed.	Resignation. Senator George Cabot resigned June 9, 1796.		Benjamin Goodhue Fed.	elected June 11, 1796
Massachusetts class 2		Caleb Strong Fed.	Resignation. Senator Caleb Strong resigned June 1, 1796.		Theodore Sedgwick Fed.	elected June 11, 1796
New Jersey class 2		Frederick Frelinghuysen Fed.	Resignation. Senator Frederick Frelinghuysen resigned November 12, 1796.		Richard Stockton Fed.	elected November 12, 1796
New York class 2		Rufus King Fed.	Resignation. Senator Rufus King resigned May 23, 1796, having been appointed minister to England.		John Laurance Fed.	elected November 9, 1796
South Carolina class 2		Pierce Butler Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator Pierce Butler resigned October 25, 1796.		John Hunter Dem.-Rep.	elected December 8, 1796
Tennessee class 1		new seat	New state admission. Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1, 1796.		William Cocke Dem.-Rep.	elected August 2, 1796
Tennessee class 2		new seat	New state admission. Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1, 1796.		William Blount Dem.-Rep.	elected August 2, 1796
Vermont class 1		Moses Robinson Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator Moses Robinson resigned October 15, 1796.		Isaac Tichenor Fed.	elected October 18, 1796

[edit] House of Representatives

State	Outgoing Senator		Reason for Change	Successor		Successor's selection
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
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
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
Maryland 3rd		Jeremiah Crabb Fed.	Resignation. Representative Jeremiah Crabb resigned 1796.		William Craik Fed.	seated 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.	seated January 27, 1797
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
North Carolina 4th		Absalom Tatom Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative Absalom Tatom resigned June 1, 1796.		William F. Strudwick Fed.	seated December 13, 1796
Pennsylvania 4th		vacant	Death. Representative-elect James Morris died subsequent to the election, seat declared vacant.		John Richards Dem.-Rep.	seated January 18, 1796
Pennsylvania 5th		Daniel Hiester Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative Daniel Hiester resigned July 1, 1796.		George Ege Fed.	seated 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.	seated December 19, 1796
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.

[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

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists

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