4th United States Congress - political parties

The Fourth 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 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.

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 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 sessionPrevious congress: "3rd Congress"
Next congress: "5th Congress"

Party summary

This was the first U.S. Congress to have organized political parties. The count below identifies party 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.

Democratic-Republican

:A-L
* Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), "North Carolina"
* William Blount (1749-1800), "Tennessee" …newly admitted state, elected August 2 1796.
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Kentucky"
* Aaron Burr (1756-1836), "New York"
* Pierce Butler (1744-1822), "South Carolina" …resigned October 25 1796.
* William Cocke (1748-1828), "Tennessee" …newly admitted state, elected August 2 1796.
* John Hunter (1732/1760-1802), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 8 1796.
* James Jackson (1757-1806), "Georgia" …resigned 1795.
* John Langdon (1741-1819), "New Hampshire" :M-Z
* Alexander Martin (1740-1807), "North Carolina"
* Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), "Virginia"
* Moses Robinson (1741-1813), "Vermont" …resigned October 15 1796.
* Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, February 29 1796.
* Henry Tazewell (1753-1799), "Virginia"

=Federalist=

:A-L
* William Bingham (1752-1804), "Pennsylvania"
* William Bradford (1729-1808), "Rhode Island"
* George Cabot (1752-1823), "Massachusetts" …resigned June 9 1796.
* Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), "Connecticut" …resigned March 8 1796,
* Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Rhode Island"
* Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804), "New Jersey" …resigned November 12 1796.
* Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 11 1796.
* James Gunn (1753-1801), "Georgia"
* John Henry (1750-1798), "Maryland"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, March 12 1796.
* John Eager Howard (1752-1827), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, November 30 1796.
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York" …resigned May 23 1796.
* Henry Latimer (1752-1819), "Delaware"
* John Laurance (1750-1810), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, November 9 1796.
* Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "New Hampshire" :M-Z
* Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), "Kentucky"
* Elijah Paine (1757-1842), "Vermont"
* Richard Potts (1753-1808), "Maryland" …resigned October 24 1796.
* Jacob Read (1752-1816), "South Carolina"
* James Ross (1762-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), "New Jersey"
* Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 11 1796.
* Richard Stockton (1764-1828), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, November 12 1796.
* Caleb Strong (1745-1819), "Massachusetts" …resigned June 1 1796.
* Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), "Vermont" …elected to fill vacancy, October 18 1796.
* Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, October 18 1796.
* Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), "Connecticut" …resigned June 10 1796,
* John Vining (1758-1802), "Delaware"
* George Walton (1750-1804), "Georgia" …appointed to fill vacancy, November 16 1795.

House of Representatives

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

Democratic-Republican

:A-F
* Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), "New York"
* Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Georgia"
* David Bard (1744-1815), "Pennsylvania"
* Lemuel Benton (1754-1818), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Blount (1759-1812), "North Carolina"
* Richard Brent (1757-1814), "Virginia"
* Nathan Bryan (1748-1798), "North Carolina"
* Dempsey Burges (1751-1800), "North Carolina"
* Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), "Virginia"
* Gabriel Christie (1755-1808), "Maryland"
* Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), "Virginia"
* John Clopton (1756-1816), "Virginia"
* Isaac Coles (1747-1813), "Virginia"
* Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Gabriel Duvall (1752-1844), "Maryland" …resigned March 28 1796.
* Samuel Earle (1760-1833), "South Carolina"
* William Findley (1742-1821), "Pennsylvania"
* Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), "North Carolina" :G-L
* Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), "Pennsylvania"
* William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Virginia"
* James Gillespie (c1747-1805), "North Carolina"
* Christopher Greenup (1750-1818), "Kentucky"
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Wade Hampton (1752-1835), "South Carolina"
* Carter B. Harrison (c1756-1808), "Virginia"
* John Hathorn (1749-1825), "New York"
* Jonathan N. Havens (1757-1799), "New York"
* John Heath (1758-1810), "Virginia"
* Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), "Pennsylvania" …resigned July 1 1796.
* James Holland (1754-1823), "North Carolina"
* Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), "Tennessee" …newly admitted state, seated December 5 1796.
* George Jackson (1757-1831), "Virginia"
* Edward Livingston (1764-1836), "New York"
* Matthew Locke (1730-1801), "North Carolina"
* William Lyman (1755-1811), "Massachusetts" :M-R
* Samuel Maclay (1741-1811), "Pennsylvania"
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* James Madison (1751-1836), "Virginia"
* John Milledge (1757-1818), "Georgia"
* Andrew Moore (1752-1821), "Virginia"
* Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Virginia"
* John Nicholas (c1757-1819), "Virginia"
* Alexander D. Orr (1761-1835), "Kentucky"
* John Page (1743-1808), "Virginia"
* John Patten (1746-1800), "Delaware"
* Francis Preston (1765-1836), "Virginia"
* John Richards (1753-1822), "Pennsylvania" …contested election, seated January 18 1796.
* Robert Rutherford (1728-1803), "Virginia" :S-Z
* John S. Sherburne (1757-1830), "New Hampshire"
* Thomson J. Skinner (1752-1809), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 27 1797.
* Israel Smith (1759-1810), "Vermont"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Richard Sprigg, Jr. (c1769-1806), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 5 1796.
* Thomas Sprigg (1747-1809), "Maryland"
* John Swanwick (1760-1798), "Pennsylvania"
* Absalom Tatom (1742-1802), "North Carolina" …resigned June 1 1796,
* Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), "New York"
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), "Massachusetts"
* Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), "Virginia"
* Richard Winn (1750-1818), "South Carolina"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Fisher Ames (1758-1808), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), "Rhode Island" …resigned 1796, before commencement of 5th Congress.
* Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803), "Massachusetts"
* Daniel Buck (1753-1816), "Vermont"
* Joshua Coit (1758-1798), "Connecticut"
* William Cooper (1754-1809), "New York"
* Jeremiah Crabb (1760-1800), "Maryland" …resigned 1796.
* William Craik (1761-1814), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1796.
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 3 1797.
* James Davenport (1758-1797), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1796.
* Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "New Jersey"
* George Dent (1756-1813), "Maryland"
* George Ege (1748-1829), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8 1796.
* Abiel Foster (1735-1806), "New Hampshire"
* Dwight Foster (1757-1823), "Massachusetts"
* Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800), "Massachusetts" :G-L
* Ezekiel Gilbert (1756-1841), "New York"
* Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), "New Hampshire"
* Henry Glen (1739-1814), "New York"
* Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Massachusetts" …resigned June 11 1796.
* Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), "Connecticut"
* Roger Griswold (1762-1812), "Connecticut"
* William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "North Carolina"
* George Hancock (1754-1820), "Virginia"
* Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Henderson (1743-1824), "New Jersey"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut" …resigned fall 1796.
* William Hindman (1743-1822), "Maryland"
* Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), "New Jersey"
* John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* George Leonard (1729-1819), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Lyman (1749-1802), "Massachusetts" :M-R
* Francis Malbone (1759-1809), "Rhode Island"
* William Vans Murray (1760-1803), "Maryland"
* Josiah Parker (1751-1810), "Virginia"
* Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), "Rhode Island" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1796.
* John Reed, Sr. (1751-1831), "Massachusetts" :S-Z
* Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Massachusetts" …resigned June 11 1796.
* Samuel Sewall (1757-1814), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1797.
* Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827), "Pennsylvania"
* Isaac Smith (1740-1807), "New Jersey"
* Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), "New Hampshire"
* Nathaniel Smith (1762-1822), "Connecticut"
* William L. Smith (1758-1812), "South Carolina"
* William F. Strudwick (c1765-1812), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 13 1796.
* Zephaniah Swift (1759-1823), "Connecticut"
* George Thatcher (1754-1824), "Massachusetts"
* Richard Thomas (1744-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* Mark Thomson (1739-1803), "New Jersey"
* Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Connecticut" …resigned October 13 1796.
* John E. Van Alen (1749-1807), "New York"
* Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), "Massachusetts"
* John Williams (1752-1806), "New York"

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]