4th United States Congress - Membership Changes

The Fourth 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 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.

See also: 4th United States Congress - political parties
See also: 4th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1794

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 session

Previous congress: 3rd Congress
Next congress: 5th Congress

Membership changes

Tennessee was newly admitted as a state and is first represented in this Congress.

See also: 4th United States Congress - Membership Changes
Senate
  • replacements: 10
    • Democratic-Republicans: no net change
    • Federalists: no net change
  • deaths: 0
  • resignations: 10
  • interim appointment: 1
  • seats of newly admitted states: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 12
House of Representatives
  • replacements: 9
    • Democratic-Republicans: 1 seat net loss
    • Federalists: 1 seat net gain
  • deaths: 0
  • resignations: 9
  • contested elections: 1
  • seats of newly admitted states: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 11

Senate

State

Outgoing Representative

Reason for Change

Successor

Connecticut
class 1

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Oliver Ellsworth
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Oliver Ellsworth resigned March 8 1796.

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Connecticut
class 3

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Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. resigned June 10 1796.

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Georgia
class 2

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James Jackson
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator James Jackson resigned 1795.

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Georgia
class 2

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George Walton
Fed.

Interim appointment.
Josiah Tattnall was elected to the seat of James Jackson.

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Maryland
class 1

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Richard Potts
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Richard Potts resigned October 24 1796.

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Massachusetts
class 1

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George Cabot
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator George Cabot resigned June 9 1796.

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Massachusetts
class 2

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Caleb Strong
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Caleb Strong resigned June 1 1796.

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New Jersey
class 2

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Frederick Frelinghuysen
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Frederick Frelinghuysen resigned November 12 1796.

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New York
class 2

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Rufus King
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Rufus King resigned May 23 1796, having been appointed minister to England.

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South Carolina
class 2

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Pierce Butler
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator Pierce Butler resigned October 25 1796.

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Tennessee
class 1

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new seat

New state admission.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1 1796.

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Tennessee
class 2

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new seat

New state admission.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1 1796.

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Vermont
class 1

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Moses Robinson
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator Moses Robinson resigned October 15 1796.

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House of Representatives

State

Outgoing Senator

Reason for Change

Successor

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James Hillhouse
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative James Hillhouse resigned July 1 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator.

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Uriah Tracy
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative Uriah Tracy resigned October 13 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator.

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Gabriel Duvall
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Gabriel Duvall resigned March 28 1796, having been elected judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland.

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Jeremiah Crabb
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative Jeremiah Crabb resigned 1796.

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Theodore Sedgwick
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative Theodore Sedgwick resigned 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator.

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Benjamin Goodhue
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative Benjamin Goodhue resigned June 1796, having been elected U.S. Senator.

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Absalom Tatom
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Absalom Tatom resigned June 1 1796.

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vacant

Death.
Representative-elect James Morris died subsequent to the election, seat declared vacant.

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Daniel Hiester
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Daniel Hiester resigned July 1 1796.

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Benjamin Bourne
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative Benjamin Bourne resigned 1796, before commencement of the 5th Congress to which he had been reelected.

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new seat

New state admission.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1 1796.

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