5th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Fifth 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 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.

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

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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 sessionPrevious congress: "4th Congress"
Next congress: "6th Congress"

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 1802; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1798; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1800.

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.

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

Connecticut

:Senate
*1: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Federalist"
*3: Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(7 seats)" [ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: John Allen (1763-1812), "Federalist"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Joshua Coit (1758-1798), "Federalist" …died September 5 1798.
*: Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Federalist"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: James Davenport (1758-1797), "Federalist" …died August 3 1797.
*: William Edmond (1755-1838), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797.
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), "Federalist"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Roger Griswold (1762-1812), "Federalist"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Nathaniel Smith (1762-1822), "Federalist"

Delaware

:Senate
*2: John Vining (1758-1802), "Federalist" …resigned January 19 1798.
*: Joshua Clayton (1744-1798), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, January 19 1798, died August 11 1798.
*: William H. Wells (1769-1829), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, January 17 1799.
*1: Henry Latimer (1752-1819), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(1 seat)"
*ushr|Delaware|AL|A/L: James A. Bayard (1767-1815), "Federalist"

Georgia

:Senate
*3: James Gunn (1753-1801), "Federalist"
*2: Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803), "Republican" :House of Representatives "(2 seats)" [ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|Georgia|AL|A/L: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Republican"
*ushr|Georgia|AL|A/L: John Milledge (1757-1818), "Republican"

Kentucky

:Senate
*2: John Brown (1757-1837), "Republican"
*3: Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(2 seats)"
*ushr|Kentucky|1|1: Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), "Republican"
*ushr|Kentucky|2|2: John Fowler (1755-1840), "Republican"

Maryland

:Senate
*3: John Henry (1750-1798), "Federalist" …resigned December 10 1797.
*: James Lloyd (1745-1820), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, December 11 1797.
*1: John Eager Howard (1752-1827), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(8 seats)"
*ushr|Maryland|1|1: George Dent (1756-1813), "Federalist"
*ushr|Maryland|2|2: Richard Sprigg, Jr. (c1769-1806), "Republican"
*ushr|Maryland|3|3: William Craik (1761-1814), "Federalist"
*ushr|Maryland|4|4: George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834), "Federalist"
*ushr|Maryland|5|5: Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Republican"
*ushr|Maryland|6|6: William Matthews (1755-c1808), "Federalist"
*ushr|Maryland|7|7: William Hindman (1743-1822), "Federalist"
*ushr|Maryland|8|8: John Dennis (1771-1806), "Federalist"

Massachusetts

:Senate
*1: Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Federalist"
*2: Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(14 seats)"
*ushr|Massachusetts|1|1: Thomson J. Skinner (1752-1809), "Republican"
*ushr|Massachusetts|2|2: William Shepard (1737-1817), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|3|3: Samuel Lyman (1749-1802), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|4|4: Dwight Foster (1757-1823), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|5|5: Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800), "Republican"
*ushr|Massachusetts|6|6: John Reed (1751-1831), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|7|7: Stephen Bullock (1735-1816), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|8|8: Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|9|9: Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), "Republican"
*ushr|Massachusetts|10|10: Samuel Sewall (1757-1814), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|11|11: Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803), "Federalist" …resigned July 24 1797.
*: Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1797.
*ushr|Massachusetts|12|12: Isaac Parker (1768-1830), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|13|13: Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), "Federalist"
*ushr|Massachusetts|14|14: George Thatcher (1754-1824), "Federalist"

New Hampshire

:Senate
*3: John Langdon (1741-1819), "Republican"
*2: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(4 seats)" [ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: Abiel Foster (1735-1806), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: William Gordon (1763-1802), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), "Federalist" …resigned July 26 1797.
*: Peleg Sprague (1756-1800), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 15 1797.

New Jersey

:Senate
*1: John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), "Federalist" …resigned November 26 1798.
*: Franklin Davenport (1755-1832), "Federalist" …appointed to fill vacancy, December 5 1798.
*2: Richard Stockton (1764-1828), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(5 seats)" [ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: James H. Imlay (1764-1823), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: James Schureman (1756-1824), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817), "Federalist"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Mark Thomson (1739-1803), "Federalist"

New York

:Senate
*3: John Laurance (1750-1810), "Federalist"
*1: Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804), "Federalist" ...resigned January 3 1798.
*: John Sloss Hobart (1738-1805), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, January 11 1798, resigned April 16 1798.
*: William North (1755-1836), "Federalist" …appointed to fill vacancy, May 5 1798.
*: James Watson (1750-1806), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, August 17 1798.:House of Representatives "(10 seats)"
*ushr|New York|1|1: Edward Livingston (1764-1836), "Republican"
*ushr|New York|2|2: Jonathan N. Havens (1757-1799), "Republican"
*ushr|New York|3|3: Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), "Republican"
*ushr|New York|4|4: Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), "Republican"
*ushr|New York|5|5: David Brooks (1756-1838), "Federalist"
*ushr|New York|6|6: Hezekiah L. Hosmer (1765-1814), "Federalist"
*ushr|New York|7|7: John E. Van Alen (1749-1807), "Federalist"
*ushr|New York|8|8: Henry Glen (1739-1814), "Federalist"
*ushr|New York|9|9: John Williams (1752-1806), "Federalist"
*ushr|New York|10|10: James Cochran (1769-1848), "Federalist"

North Carolina

:Senate
*2: Alexander Martin (1740-1807), "Republican"
*3: Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), "Republican" :House of Representatives "(10 seats)"
*ushr|North Carolina|1|1: Joseph McDowell (1756-1801), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|2|2: Matthew Locke (1730-1801), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|3|3: Robert Williams ( - ), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|4|4: Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|5|5: Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|6|6: James Gillespie (c1747-1805), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|7|7: William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "Federalist"
*ushr|North Carolina|8|8: Dempsey Burges (1751-1800), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|9|9: Thomas Blount (1759-1812), "Republican"
*ushr|North Carolina|10|10: Nathan Bryan (1748-1798), "Republican" …died June 4 1798.
*: Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10 1798.

Pennsylvania

:Senate
*1: James Ross (1762-1847), "Federalist"
*3: William Bingham (1752-1804), "Federalist" :House of Representatives "(13 seats)" [ The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.]
*ushr|Pennsylvania|1|1: John Swanwick (1760-1798), "Republican" …died August 1 1798.
*: Robert Waln (1765-1836), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.
*ushr|Pennsylvania|2|2: Blair McClenachan ( -1812), "Republican"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|3|3: Richard Thomas (1744-1832), "Federalist"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4: John Chapman (1740-1800), "Federalist"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4: Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827), "Federalist" ...resigned 1798.
*: Robert Brown (1744-1823), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1798.
*ushr|Pennsylvania|5|5: George Ege (1748-1829), "Federalist" …resigned October 1797.
*: Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1797.
*ushr|Pennsylvania|6|6: John A. Hanna (1762-1805), "Republican"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|7|7: John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), "Federalist"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|8|8: Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), "Federalist"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|9|9: Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Republican"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|10|10: David Bard (1744-1815), "Republican"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|11|11: William Findley (1742-1821), "Republican"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|12|12: Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), "Republican"

Rhode Island

:Senate
*1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Federalist"
*2: William Bradford (1729-1808), "Federalist" …resigned October 1797.
*: Ray Greene (1765-1849), "Federalist" ...elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1797.:House of Representatives "(2 seats)" [ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|Rhode Island|AL|A/L: Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), "Federalist"
*ushr|Rhode Island|AL|A/L: Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797, resigned 1797. [Vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative-elect Benjamin Bourne.]
*: Thomas Tillinghast (1742-1821), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797.

outh Carolina

:Senate
*3: Jacob Read (1752-1816), "Federalist"
*2: John Hunter (1732/1760-1802), "Republican" …resigned November 26 1798.
*: Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, December 6 1798.:House of Representatives "(6 seats)"
*ushr|South Carolina|1|1: William L. Smith (1758-1812), "Federalist" …resigned July 10 1797.
*: Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 23 1797.
*ushr|South Carolina|2|2: John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), "Federalist"
*ushr|South Carolina|3|3: Lemuel Benton (1754-1818), "Republican"
*ushr|South Carolina|4|4: Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "Republican"
*ushr|South Carolina|5|5: Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), "Federalist"
*ushr|South Carolina|6|6: William Smith (1751-1837), "Republican"

Tennessee

:Senate
*2: William Blount (1749-1800), "Republican" …expelled from Congress July 8 1797.
*: Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, September 26 1797.
*1: William Cocke (1748-1828), "Republican" …appointed to fill vacancy in term, March 4 1797.
*: Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, September 26 1797, resigned April 1798.
*: Daniel Smith (1748-1818), "Republican" …appointed to fill vacancy, October 6 1798.:House of Representatives "(1 seat)"
*ushr|Tennessee|AL|A/L: William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), "Republican" …seated November 23 1797.

Vermont

:Senate
*3: Elijah Paine (1757-1842), "Federalist"
*1: Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), "Federalist" …resigned October 17 1797.
*: Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), "Federalist" …elected to fill vacancy, October 17 1797.:House of Representatives "(2 seats)"
*ushr|Vermont|1|1: Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), "Republican"
*ushr|Vermont|2|2: Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), "Federalist"

Virginia

:Senate
*2: Henry Tazewell (1753-1799), "Republican" …died January 24 1799.
*1: Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), "Republican" :House of Representatives "(19 seats)"
*ushr|Virginia|1|1: Daniel Morgan (1736-1802), "Federalist"
*ushr|Virginia|2|2: David Holmes (1769-1832), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|3|3: James Machir ( -1827), "Federalist"
*ushr|Virginia|4|4: Abram Trigg (1750- ), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|5|5: John J. Trigg (1748-1804), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|6|6: Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|7|7: Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|8|8: Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|9|9: William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Republican" …resigned October 2 1798.
*: Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811), "Republican" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.
*ushr|Virginia|10|10: Carter B. Harrison (c1756-1808), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|11|11: Josiah Parker (1751-1810), "Federalist"
*ushr|Virginia|12|12: Thomas Evans (c1755-1815), "Federalist"
*ushr|Virginia|13|13: John Clopton (1756-1816), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|14|14: Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|15|15: John Dawson (1762-1814), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|16|16: Anthony New (1747-1833), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|17|17: Richard Brent (1757-1814), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|18|18: John Nicholas (c1757-1819), "Republican"
*ushr|Virginia|19|19: Walter Jones (1745-1815), "Republican"

Notes

References

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*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]