5th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Fifth 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 1797 to March 3 1799, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Adams.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 5th United States Congress
See also: 5th United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 5th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1796

Dates of sessions

March 4 1797 - March 3 1799

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1797
  • First session: May 15 1797 - July 10 1797
  • Second session: November 13 1797 - July 16 1798
  • Special session of the Senate: July 17 1798 - July 19 1798
  • Third session: December 3 1798 - March 3 1799 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 4th Congress
Next congress: 6th 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, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1802; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1798; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1800.

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.

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: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Federalist
  • 3: Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), Federalist
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : John Allen (1763-1812), Federalist

  • : Joshua Coit (1758-1798), Federalist …died September 5 1798.

    Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.

  • : Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist

  • : James Davenport (1758-1797), Federalist …died August 3 1797.

    William Edmond (1755-1838), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797.

  • : Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), Federalist

  • : Roger Griswold (1762-1812), Federalist

  • : Nathaniel Smith (1762-1822), Federalist

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: John Vining (1758-1802), Federalist …resigned January 19 1798.
    Joshua Clayton (1744-1798), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, January 19 1798, died August 11 1798.
    William H. Wells (1769-1829), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, January 17 1799.
  • 1: Henry Latimer (1752-1819), Federalist
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : James A. Bayard (1767-1815), Federalist

Georgia

Senate
  • 3: James Gunn (1753-1801), Federalist
  • 2: Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Milledge (1757-1818), Democratic-Republican

Kentucky

Senate
  • 2: John Brown (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), Federalist
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Fowler (1755-1840), Democratic-Republican

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: John Henry (1750-1798), Federalist …resigned December 10 1797.
    James Lloyd (1745-1820), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, December 11 1797.
  • 1: John Eager Howard (1752-1827), Federalist
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : George Dent (1756-1813), Federalist

  • : Richard Sprigg, Jr. (c1769-1806), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Craik (1761-1814), Federalist

  • : George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834), Federalist

  • : Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Matthews (1755-c1808), Federalist

  • : William Hindman (1743-1822), Federalist

  • : John Dennis (1771-1806), Federalist

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Federalist
  • 2: Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Federalist
House of Representatives (14 seats)

  • : Thomson J. Skinner (1752-1809), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Shepard (1737-1817), Federalist

  • : Samuel Lyman (1749-1802), Federalist

  • : Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Federalist

  • : Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Reed, Sr. (1751-1831), Federalist

  • : Stephen Bullock (1735-1816), Federalist

  • : Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), Federalist

  • : Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel Sewall (1757-1814), Federalist

  • : Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803), Federalist …resigned July 24 1797.

    Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1797.

  • : Isaac Parker (1768-1830), Federalist

  • : Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), Federalist

  • : George Thatcher (1754-1824), Federalist

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: John Langdon (1741-1819), Democratic-Republican
  • 2: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Federalist
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Abiel Foster (1735-1806), Federalist

  • : Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808), Federalist

  • : William Gordon (1763-1802), Federalist

  • : Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), Federalist …resigned July 26 1797.

    Peleg Sprague (1756-1800), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 15 1797.

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), Federalist …resigned November 26 1798.
    Franklin Davenport (1755-1832), Federalist …appointed to fill vacancy, December 5 1798.
  • 2: Richard Stockton (1764-1828), Federalist
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Federalist

  • : James H. Imlay (1764-1823), Federalist

  • : James Schureman (1756-1824), Federalist

  • : Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817), Federalist

  • : Mark Thomson (1739-1803), Federalist

New York

Senate
  • 3: John Laurance (1750-1810), Federalist
  • 1: Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804), Federalist ...resigned January 3 1798.
    John Sloss Hobart (1738-1805), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, January 11 1798, resigned April 16 1798.
    William North (1755-1836), Federalist …appointed to fill vacancy, May 5 1798.
    James Watson (1750-1806), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, August 17 1798.
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Democratic-Republican

  • : Jonathan N. Havens (1757-1799), Democratic-Republican

  • : Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), Democratic-Republican

  • : Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican

  • : David Brooks (1756-1838), Federalist

  • : Hezekiah L. Hosmer (1765-1814), Federalist

  • : John E. Van Alen (1749-1807), Federalist

  • : Henry Glen (1739-1814), Federalist

  • : John Williams (1752-1806), Federalist

  • : James Cochran (1769-1848), Federalist

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Alexander Martin (1740-1807), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Joseph McDowell (1756-1801), Democratic-Republican

  • : Matthew Locke (1730-1801), Democratic-Republican

  • : Robert Williams ( - ), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Stanford (1767-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Gillespie (c1747-1805), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Barry Grove (1764-1818), Federalist

  • : Dempsey Burges (1751-1800), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Blount (1759-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : Nathan Bryan (1748-1798), Democratic-Republican …died June 4 1798.

    Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10 1798.

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 1: James Ross (1762-1847), Federalist
  • 3: William Bingham (1752-1804), Federalist
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : John Swanwick (1760-1798), Democratic-Republican …died August 1 1798.

    Robert Waln (1765-1836), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.

  • : Blair McClenachan ( -1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Thomas (1744-1832), Federalist

  • : John Chapman (1740-1800), Federalist

  • : Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827), Federalist ...resigned 1798.

    Robert Brown (1744-1823), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1798.

  • : George Ege (1748-1829), Federalist …resigned October 1797.

    Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1797.

  • : John A. Hanna (1762-1805), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), Federalist

  • : Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Federalist

  • : Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : David Bard (1744-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Findley (1742-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), Democratic-Republican

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Federalist
  • 2: William Bradford (1729-1808), Federalist …resigned October 1797.
    Ray Greene (1765-1849), Federalist ...elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1797.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), Federalist

  • : Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), Federalist ...resigned 1797.

    Thomas Tillinghast (1742-1821), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797.

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: Jacob Read (1752-1816), Federalist
  • 2: John Hunter (1732/1760-1802), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 26 1798.
    Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 6 1798.
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : William L. Smith (1758-1812), Federalist …resigned July 10 1797.

    Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 23 1797.

  • : John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), Federalist

  • : Lemuel Benton (1754-1818), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Democratic-Republican

  • : Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), Federalist

  • : William Smith (1751-1837), Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: William Blount (1749-1800), Democratic-Republican …expelled from Congress July 8 1797.
    Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, September 26 1797.
  • 1: William Cocke (1748-1828), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, March 4 1797.
    Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, September 26 1797, resigned April 1798.
    Daniel Smith (1748-1818), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, October 6 1798.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), Democratic-Republican …seated November 23 1797.

Vermont

Senate
  • 3: Elijah Paine (1757-1842), Federalist
  • 1: Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), Federalist …resigned October 17 1797.
    Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, October 17 1797.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), Federalist

Virginia

Senate
  • 2: Henry Tazewell (1753-1799), Democratic-Republican …died January 24 1799.
  • 1: Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (19 seats)

  • : Daniel Morgan (1736-1802), Federalist

  • : David Holmes (1769-1832), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Machir ( -1827), Federalist

  • : Abram Trigg (1750- ), Democratic-Republican

  • : John J. Trigg (1748-1804), Democratic-Republican

  • : Matthew Clay (1754-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : William B. Giles (1762-1830), Democratic-Republican …resigned October 2 1798.

    Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.

  • : Carter B. Harrison (c1756-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Federalist

  • : Thomas Evans (c1755-1815), Federalist

  • : John Clopton (1756-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Dawson (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : Anthony New (1747-1833), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Brent (1757-1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Nicholas (c1757-1819), Democratic-Republican

  • : Walter Jones (1745-1815), Democratic-Republican


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