1st United States Congress - State Delegations

The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised 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

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

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.

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
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Benjamin Huntington (1736-1800), Pro-Administration

  • : Roger Sherman (1721-1793), Pro-Administration

  • : Jonathan Sturges (1740-1819), Pro-Administration

  • : Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), Pro-Administration

  • : Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Pro-Administration

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: Richard Bassett (1745-1815), Anti-Administration
  • 1: George Read (1733-1798), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : 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)

  • : James Jackson (1757-1806), Anti-Administration

  • : Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Anti-Administration

  • : George Mathews (1739-1812), Anti-Administration

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: John Henry (1750-1798), Pro-Administration
  • 1: Charles Carroll (1737-1832), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Michael Jenifer Stone (1747-1812), Anti-Administration

  • : Joshua Seney (1756-1798), Anti-Administration

  • : Benjamin Contee (1755-1815), Anti-Administration

  • : William Smith (1728-1814), Anti-Administration

  • : George Gale (1756-1815), Pro-Administration

  • : Daniel Carroll (1730-1796), Pro-Administration

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Tristram Dalton (1738-1817), Pro-Administration
  • 2: Caleb Strong (1745-1819), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Fisher Ames (1758-1808), Pro-Administration

  • : Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Pro-Administration

  • : Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), Anti-Administration

  • : Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Pro-Administration

  • : George Partridge (1740-1828), Pro-Administration …resigned August 14 1790

  • : George Thatcher (1754-1824), Pro-Administration

  • : George Leonard (1729-1819), Pro-Administration

  • : Jonathan Grout (1737-1807), Anti-Administration

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: John Langdon (1741-1819), Pro-Administration
  • 2: Paine Wingate (1739-1838), Anti-Administration
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Abiel Foster (1735-1806), Pro-Administration

  • : Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), Pro-Administration

  • : Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Anti-Administration

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)

  • : Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), Pro-Administration

  • : Lambert Cadwalader (1742-1823), Pro-Administration

  • : James Schureman (1756-1824), Pro-Administration

  • : Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817), Pro-Administration

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)

  • : William Floyd (1734-1821), Anti-Administration

  • : John Laurance (1750-1810), Pro-Administration

  • : Egbert Benson (1746-1833), Pro-Administration

  • : John Hathorn (1749-1825), Anti-Administration …seated April 23 1789

  • : Peter Silvester (1734-1808), Pro-Administration …seated April 22 1789

  • : Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810), Anti-Administration …seated May 9 1789

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)

  • : John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), Anti-Administration ...seated March 24 1790

  • : Hugh Williamson (1735-1819), Anti-Administration ...seated March 19 1790

  • : Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), Anti-Administration ...seated April 6 1790

  • : John Steele (1764-1815), Pro-Administration ...seated April 19 1790

  • : John Sevier (1745-1815), Pro-Administration ...seated June 16 1790

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 1: William Maclay (1737-1804), Anti-Administration
  • 3: Robert Morris (1734-1806), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : George Clymer (1739-1813), Pro-Administration

  • : Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), Pro-Administration

  • : Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Pro-Administration

  • : Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), Anti-Administration

  • : Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Pro-Administration

  • : John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Scott (1739-1796), Pro-Administration

  • : Henry Wynkoop (1737-1816), Pro-Administration

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)

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

South Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Pro-Administration
  • 3: Ralph Izard (1742-1804), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : William L. Smith (1758-1812), Pro-Administration

  • : Aedanus Burke (1743-1802), Anti-Administration

  • : Daniel Huger (1742-1799), Pro-Administration

  • : Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828), Anti-Administration

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)

  • : Alexander White (1738-1804), Pro-Administration

  • : John Brown (1757-1837), Anti-Administration

  • : Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Anti-Administration

  • : Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), Pro-Administration

  • : James Madison (1751-1836), Anti-Administration

  • : Isaac Coles (1747-1813), Anti-Administration

  • : John Page (1743-1808), Anti-Administration

  • : Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Anti-Administration

  • : 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

  • : Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), Pro-Administration