2nd United States Congress - political parties

The Second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed 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 political party.

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The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

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"

Party summary

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 count below identifies affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated.

enate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

=Anti-Administration=

:A-L
* Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), "Vermont" …newly admitted state, seated November 4 1791
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Kentucky" …newly admitted state, elected June 18 1792
* Aaron Burr (1756-1836), "New York"
* Pierce Butler (1744-1822), "South Carolina"
* John Edwards (1748-1837), "Kentucky" …newly admitted state, elected June 18 1792
* William Few (1748-1828), "Georgia"
* James Gunn (1753-1801), "Georgia"
* Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), "North Carolina"
* Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), "Virginia" …resigned October 8 1792:M-Z
* James Monroe (1758-1831), "Virginia"
* Moses Robinson (1741-1813), "Vermont" …newly admitted state, elected October 17 1791
* Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), "Rhode Island"
* John Taylor (1753-1824), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, October 18 1792
* Paine Wingate (1739-1838), "New Hampshire"

=Pro-Administration=

:A-L
* Richard Bassett (1745-1815), "Delaware"
* George Cabot (1752-1823), "Massachusetts"
* Charles Carroll (1737-1832), "Maryland" …resigned November 30 1792
* Philemon Dickinson (1739-1809), "New Jersey"
* Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), "Connecticut"
* Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Rhode Island"
* John Henry (1750-1798), "Maryland"
* Ralph Izard (1742-1804), "South Carolina"
* William S. Johnson (1727-1819), "Connecticut" …resigned March 4 1791
* Samuel Johnston (1733-1816), "North Carolina"
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York"
* John Langdon (1741-1819), "New Hampshire" :M-Z
* Robert Morris (1734-1806), "Pennsylvania"
* Richard Potts (1753-1808), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, January 10 1793
* George Read (1733-1798), "Delaware"
* John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), "New Jersey"
* Roger Sherman (1721-1793), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, June 13 1791
* Caleb Strong (1745-1819), "Massachusetts"

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

=Anti-Administration=

:A-F
* John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), "North Carolina"
* Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Georgia"
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Virginia" …represented Kentucky, served until June 1 1792
* William Findley (1742-1821), "Pennsylvania" :G-L
* Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), "Massachusetts"
* William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Virginia"
* Christopher Greenup (1750-1818), "Kentucky" …newly admitted state, seated November 9 1792
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), "Virginia"
* Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), "Pennsylvania" :M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* James Madison (1751-1836), "Virginia"
* John F. Mercer (1759-1821), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6 1792
* John Milledge (1757-1818), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 22 1792
* Andrew Moore (1752-1821), "Virginia"
* Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* Nathaniel Niles (1741-1828), "Vermont" …new state, seated October 31 1791
* Alexander D. Orr (1761-1835), "Kentucky" …new state, seated November 8 1792
* John Page (1743-1808), "Virginia"
* Josiah Parker (1751-1810), "Virginia" :S-Z
* Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (1745-1796), "New York"
* Joshua Seney (1756-1798), "Maryland" …resigned May 1 1792
* Upton Sheredine (1740-1800), "Maryland"
* Israel Smith (1759-1810), "Vermont" …newly admitted state, seated October 31 1791
* Samuel Sterett (1758-1833), "Maryland"
* Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Tredwell (1743-1831), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 24 1791
* Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828), "South Carolina"
* Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), "Virginia"
* Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), "Georgia" …contested election, served until March 21 1792, seat declared vacant.
* Hugh Williamson (1735-1819), "North Carolina"
* Francis Willis (1745-1829), "Georgia"

=Pro-Administration=

:A-F
* Fisher Ames (1758-1808), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Barnwell (1761-1814), "South Carolina"
* Egbert Benson (1746-1833), "New York"
* Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), "New Jersey"
* Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), "Rhode Island"
* Shearjashub Bourne (1746-1806), "Massachusetts"
* Abraham Clark (1726-1794), "New Jersey"
* Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "New Jersey"
* Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), "Pennsylvania" :G-L
* Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), "New Hampshire"
* Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Massachusetts"
* James Gordon (1739-1810), "New York"
* William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), "Pennsylvania"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut"
* William Hindman (1743-1822), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 30 1793
* Daniel Huger (1742-1799), "South Carolina"
* Israel Jacobs (1726-1796), "Pennsylvania"
* Philip Key (1750-1820), "Maryland"
* Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), "New Jersey"
* John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* John Laurance (1750-1810), "New York"
* Amasa Learned (1750-1825), "Connecticut"
* Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), "Virginia"
* George Leonard (1729-1819), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "New Hampshire" :M-R
* William Vans Murray (1760-1803), "Maryland"
* William Pinkney (1764-1822), "Maryland" …resigned November, 1791:S-Z
* Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Massachusetts"
* Peter Silvester (1734-1808), "New York"
* Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), "New Hampshire"
* William L. Smith (1758-1812), "South Carolina"
* John Steele (1764-1815), "North Carolina"
* Jonathan Sturges (1740-1819), "Connecticut"
* George Thatcher (1754-1824), "Massachusetts"
* Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), "Connecticut"
* John Vining (1758-1802), "Delaware"
* Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), "Connecticut"
* Artemas Ward (1727-1800), "Massachusetts"
* Alexander White (1738-1804), "Virginia"

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]