2nd United States Congress - State Delegations

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.

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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 sessionPrevious congress: "1st Congress"
Next congress: "3rd 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 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. [cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.]

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: 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)" [ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Amasa Learned (1750-1825), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Jonathan Sturges (1740-1819), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Connecticut|AL|A/L: Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), "Pro-Administration"

Delaware

:Senate
*2: Richard Bassett (1745-1815), "Pro-Administration"
*1: George Read (1733-1798), "Pro-Administration" :House of Representatives "(1 seat)"
*ushr|Delaware|AL|A/L: John Vining (1758-1802), "Pro-Administration"

Georgia

:Senate
*2: William Few (1748-1828), "Anti-Administration"
*3: James Gunn (1753-1801), "Anti-Administration" :House of Representatives "(3 seats)" [ All representatives elected statewide from individual districts.]
*ushr|Georgia|1|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.
*ushr|Georgia|2|2: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|Georgia|3|3: Francis Willis (1745-1829), "Anti-Administration"

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

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)" [ All representatives elected statewide from individual districts.]
*ushr|Maryland|1|1: Philip Key (1750-1820), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Maryland|2|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.
*ushr|Maryland|3|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.
*ushr|Maryland|4|4: Samuel Sterett (1758-1833), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|Maryland|5|5: William Vans Murray (1760-1803), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Maryland|6|6: Upton Sheredine (1740-1800), "Anti-Administration"

Massachusetts

:Senate
*2: Caleb Strong (1745-1819), "Pro-Administration"
*1: George Cabot (1752-1823), "Pro-Administration" :House of Representatives "(8 seats)"
*ushr|Massachusetts|1|1: Fisher Ames (1758-1808), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|2|2: Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|3|3: Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|4|4: Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|5|5: Shearjashub Bourne (1746-1806), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|6|6: George Leonard (1729-1819), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|7|7: Artemas Ward (1727-1800), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Massachusetts|8|8: George Thatcher (1754-1824), "Pro-Administration"

New Hampshire

:Senate
*3: John Langdon (1741-1819), "Pro-Administration"
*2: Paine Wingate (1739-1838), "Anti-Administration" :House of Representatives "(3 seats)" [ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New Hampshire|AL|A/L: Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), "Pro-Administration"

New Jersey

:Senate
*2: Philemon Dickinson (1739-1809), "Pro-Administration"
*1: John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), "Pro-Administration" :House of Representatives "(4 seats)" [ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.]
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Abraham Clark (1726-1794), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New Jersey|AL|A/L: Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), "Pro-Administration"

New York

:Senate
*3: Rufus King (1755-1827), "Pro-Administration"
*1: Aaron Burr (1756-1836), "Anti-Administration" :House of Representatives "(6 seats)"
*ushr|New York|1|1: Thomas Tredwell (1743-1831), "Anti-Administration" …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 24 1791. [Vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect James Townsend, May 24 1790..]
*ushr|New York|2|2: John Laurance (1750-1810), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New York|3|3: Egbert Benson (1746-1833), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New York|4|4: Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (1745-1796), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|New York|5|5: Peter Silvester (1734-1808), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|New York|6|6: James Gordon (1739-1810), "Pro-Administration"

North Carolina

:Senate
*3: Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), "Anti-Administration"
*2: Samuel Johnston (1733-1816), "Pro-Administration" :House of Representatives "(5 seats)" [ There was a special redistricting for this Congress. ]
*ushr|North Carolina|1|1: John Steele (1764-1815), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|North Carolina|2|2: Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|North Carolina|3|3: John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|North Carolina|4|4: Hugh Williamson (1735-1819), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|North Carolina|5|5: William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "Pro-Administration"

Pennsylvania

:Senate
*3: Robert Morris (1734-1806), "Pro-Administration"
*1: vacant …contested election, remained vacant.:House of Representatives "(8 seats)"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|1|1: Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|2|2: Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|3|3: Israel Jacobs (1726-1796), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4: Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|5|5: John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|6|6: Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|7|7: Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|Pennsylvania|8|8: William Findley (1742-1821), "Anti-Administration"

Rhode Island

:Senate
*1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Pro-Administration"
*2: Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), "Anti-Administration" :House of Representatives "(1 seat)"
*ushr|Rhode Island|AL|A/L: Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), "Pro-Administration"

outh Carolina

:Senate
*2: Pierce Butler (1744-1822), "Anti-Administration"
*3: Ralph Izard (1742-1804), "Pro-Administration" :House of Representatives "(5 seats)"
*ushr|South Carolina|1|1: William L. Smith (1758-1812), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|South Carolina|2|2: Robert Barnwell (1761-1814), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|South Carolina|3|3: Daniel Huger (1742-1799), "Pro-Administration"
*ushr|South Carolina|4|4: Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "Anti-Administration"
*ushr|South Carolina|5|5: Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828), "Anti-Administration"

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

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

Notes

References

*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =
*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]