1st United States Congress - State Delegations

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1 Dates of sessions
2 Members
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

The First 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 Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York, New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1791, during the first 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.

Main article: 1st United States Congress

See also: 1st United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 1st United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1789

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791

First session: March 4, 1789 - September 29, 1789 New York, New York
Second session: January 4, 1790 - August 12, 1790 New York, New York
Third session: December 6, 1790 - March 3, 1791 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — a lame duck session

Previous congress: Continental Congress
Next congress: 2nd Congress

[edit] 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, all Senators were newly elected, and Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1790; Class 2 meant their term ended with the next Congress, requiring reelection in 1792; and Class 3 meant their term lasted through the next two Congresses, 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. ^[1]

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

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

1: Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Pro-Administration
3: William S. Johnson (1727-1819), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (5 seats) ^[2]

A/L: Benjamin Huntington (1736-1800), Pro-Administration
A/L: Roger Sherman (1721-1793), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jonathan Sturges (1740-1819), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), Pro-Administration
A/L: Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Pro-Administration

[edit] Delaware

Senate

2: Richard Bassett (1745-1815), Anti-Administration
1: George Read (1733-1798), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: John Vining (1758-1802), Pro-Administration

[edit] Georgia

Senate

2: William Few (1748-1828), Anti-Administration
3: James Gunn (1753-1801), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (3 seats) ^[3]

1: James Jackson (1757-1806), Anti-Administration
2: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Anti-Administration
3: George Mathews (1739-1812), Anti-Administration

[edit] Maryland

Senate

3: John Henry (1750-1798), Pro-Administration
1: Charles Carroll (1737-1832), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (6 seats)^[4]

1: Michael Jenifer Stone (1747-1812), Anti-Administration
2: Joshua Seney (1756-1798), Anti-Administration
3: Benjamin Contee (1755-1815), Anti-Administration
4: William Smith (1728-1814), Anti-Administration
5: George Gale (1756-1815), Pro-Administration
6: Daniel Carroll (1730-1796), Pro-Administration

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

1: Tristram Dalton (1738-1817), Pro-Administration
2: Caleb Strong (1745-1819), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Fisher Ames (1758-1808), Pro-Administration
2: Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Pro-Administration
3: Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), Anti-Administration
4: Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Pro-Administration
5: George Partridge (1740-1828), Pro-Administration …resigned August 14, 1790.
6: George Thatcher (1754-1824), Pro-Administration
7: George Leonard (1729-1819), Pro-Administration
8: Jonathan Grout (1737-1807), Anti-Administration

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

3: John Langdon (1741-1819), Pro-Administration
2: Paine Wingate (1739-1838), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (3 seats) ^[5]

A/L: Abiel Foster (1735-1806), Pro-Administration
A/L: Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), Pro-Administration
A/L: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Anti-Administration

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

1: Jonathan Elmer (1745-1817), Pro-Administration
2: William Paterson (1745-1806), Pro-Administration ...resigned November 13, 1790.

Philemon Dickinson (1739-1809), Pro-Administration ...elected to fill vacancy, November 13, 1790.

House of Representatives (4 seats) ^[6]

A/L: Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), Pro-Administration
A/L: Lambert Cadwalader (1742-1823), Pro-Administration
A/L: James Schureman (1756-1824), Pro-Administration
A/L: Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817), Pro-Administration

[edit] New York

Senate

3: Rufus King (1755-1827), Pro-Administration …elected July 16, 1789.
1: Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804), Pro-Administration …elected July 15, 1789.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: William Floyd (1734-1821), Anti-Administration
2: John Laurance (1750-1810), Pro-Administration
3: Egbert Benson (1746-1833), Pro-Administration
4: John Hathorn (1749-1825), Anti-Administration …seated April 23, 1789.
5: Peter Silvester (1734-1808), Pro-Administration …seated April 22, 1789.
6: Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810), Anti-Administration …seated May 9, 1789.

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

3: Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), Pro-Administration …elected November 27, 1789.
2: Samuel Johnston (1733-1816), Pro-Administration …elected November 27, 1789.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), Anti-Administration ...seated March 24, 1790.
2: Hugh Williamson (1735-1819), Anti-Administration ...seated March 19, 1790.
3: Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), Anti-Administration ...seated April 6, 1790.
4: John Steele (1764-1815), Pro-Administration ...seated April 19, 1790.
5: John Sevier (1745-1815), Pro-Administration ...seated June 16, 1790.

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

1: William Maclay (1737-1804), Anti-Administration
3: Robert Morris (1734-1806), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (8 seats) ^[7]

A/L: George Clymer (1739-1813), Pro-Administration
A/L: Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), Pro-Administration
A/L: Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Pro-Administration
A/L: Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), Anti-Administration
A/L: Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Pro-Administration
A/L: John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Anti-Administration
A/L: Thomas Scott (1739-1796), Pro-Administration
A/L: Henry Wynkoop (1737-1816), Pro-Administration

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Pro-Administration …elected June 7, 1790.
2: Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), Anti-Administration …elected June 7, 1790.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), Pro-Administration ...seated December 17, 1790.

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

2: Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Pro-Administration
3: Ralph Izard (1742-1804), Pro-Administration

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: William L. Smith (1758-1812), Pro-Administration
2: Aedanus Burke (1743-1802), Anti-Administration
3: Daniel Huger (1742-1799), Pro-Administration
4: Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Anti-Administration
5: Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828), Anti-Administration

[edit] Virginia

Senate

1: William Grayson (1740-1790), Anti-Administration ...died March 12, 1790.

John Walker (1744-1809), Pro-Administration …appointed to fill vacancy, March 31, 1790.

James Monroe (1758-1831), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, November 9, 1790.
2: Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Anti-Administration

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Alexander White (1738-1804), Pro-Administration
2: John Brown (1757-1837), Anti-Administration
3: Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Anti-Administration
4: Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), Pro-Administration
5: James Madison (1751-1836), Anti-Administration
6: Isaac Coles (1747-1813), Anti-Administration
7: John Page (1743-1808), Anti-Administration
8: Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Anti-Administration
9: Theodorick Bland (1742-1790), Anti-Administration …died June 1, 1790.

William B. Giles (1762-1830), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1790.
10: Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), Pro-Administration

[edit] Notes

^ Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives elected statewide from individual districts.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[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.