Fifth United States Congress

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Dates of Sessions

1797-1799

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 15, 1797 to July 10, 1797.
• The second session took place in Philadelphia from November 13, 1797 to July 16, 1798.
• The third session took place in Philadelphia from December 3, 1798 to March 3, 1799.

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• On March 4, 1797, for one day.
• From July 17, 1798 to July 19, 1798.

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Major Political Events

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - Thomas Jefferson
• President pro tempore -
  1. William Bradford (6 July 1797-October 1797)
  2. Jacob Read (22 November 1797-12 December 1797)
  3. Theodore Sedgwick (27 June 1798-5 December 1798)
  4. John Laurance (6 December 1798-27 December 1798)
  5. James Ross (1 March 1799-1 December 1799)
• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain - William White

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House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House - Jonathan Dayton
• Clerk of the House - Jonathan W. Condy
• House Doorkeeper - Thomas Claxton
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Ashbel Green

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Members of the Fifth United States Congress

Senate

Connecticut

• James Hillhouse (Federalist)
• Uriah Tracy (Federalist)

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Delaware

• Henry Latimer (Federalist)
• John Vining (Federalist) and then Joshua Clayton (Federalist) and then William H. Wells (Federalist)

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Georgia

• James Gunn (Federalist)
• Josiah Tattnall (Republican)

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Kentucky

• John Brown (Republican)
• Humphrey Marshall (Federalist)

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Maryland

• John Henry (Federalist) and then James Lloyd (Federalist)
• John E. Howard (Federalist)

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Massachusetts

• Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist)
• Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist)

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New Hampshire

• John Langdon (Republican)
• Samuel Livermore (Federalist)

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New Jersey

• John Rutherfurd (Federalist) and then Franklin Davenport (Federalist)
• Richard Stockton (Federalist)

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New York

• John Laurance (Federalist)
• Philip J. Schuyler (Federalist) and then John S. Hobart (Federalist) and then William North (Federalist) and then James Watson (Federalist)

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North Carolina

• Timothy Bloodworth (Republican)
• Alexander Martin (Federalist)

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Pennsylvania

• William Bingham (Federalist)
• James Ross (Federalist)

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Rhode Island

• William Bradford (Federalist) and then Ray Greene (Federalist)
• Theodore Foster (Federalist)

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South Carolina

• John Hunter (Republican) and then Charles Pinkney (Republican)
• Jacob Read (Federalist)

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Tennessee

• William Blount (Republican) and then Joseph Anderson (Republican)
• William Cocke (Republican) and then Andrew Jackson (Republican) and then Daniel Smith (Republican)

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Vermont

• Isaac Tichenor (Federalist) and then Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist)
• Elijah Paine (Federalist)

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Virginia

• Stevens T. Mason (Republican)
• Henry Tazewell (Republican)

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House of Representatives

Connecticut

• John Allen (Federalist), At-Large
• Joshua Coit (Federalist)and then Jonathan Brace (Federalist), At-Large
• Samuel W. Dana (Federalist), At-Large
• James Davenport (Federalist) and then William Edmond (Federalist), At-Large
• Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
• Roger Griswold (Federalist), At-Large
• Nathaniel Smith (Federalist), At-Large

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Delaware

• James A. Bayard, Sr. (Federalist), At-Large

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Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin (Republican), At-Large
• John Milledge (Republican), At-Large

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Kentucky

• Thomas T. Davis (Republican), At-Large
• John Fowler (Republican), At-Large

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Maryland

• George Dent (Federalist), 1st District
• Richard Sprigg, Jr. (Republican), 2nd District
• William Craik (Federalist), 3rd District
• George Baer, Jr. (Federalist), 4th District
• Samuel Smith (Republican), 5th District
• William Matthews (Federalist), 6th District
• William Hindman (Federalist), 7th District
• John Dennis (Federalist), 8th District

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Massachusetts

• Theophilus Bradbury (Federalist) and then Bailey Bartlett (Federalist), At-Large
• Stephen Bullock (Federalist), At-Large
• Dwight Foster (Federalist), At-Large
• Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (Federalist), At-Large
• Samuel Lyman (Federalist), At-Large
• Harrison G. Otis (Federalist), At-Large
• Isaac Parker (Federalist), At-Large
• John Reed (Federalist), At-Large
• Samuel Sewall (Federalist), At-Large
• William Shepard (Federalist), At-Large
• Thomson J. Skinner (Republican), At-Large
• George Thatcher (Federalist), At-Large
• Joseph B. Varnum (Republican), At-Large
• Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist), At-Large

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New Hampshire

• Abiel Foster (Federalist), At-Large
• Jonathan Freeman (Federalist), At-Large
• William Gordon (Federalist), At-Large
• Jeremiah Smith and then Peleg Sprague (Federalist), At-Large

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New Jersey

• Jonathan Dayton (Federalist), At-Large
• James H. Imlay (Federalist), At-Large
• James Schureman (Federalist), At-Large
• Thomas Sinnickson (Federalist), At-Large
• Mark Thomson (Federalist), At-Large

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New York

• Edward Livingston (Republican), 1st District
• Jonathan N. Havens (Republican), 2nd District
• Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican), 3rd District
• Lucas C. Elmendorf (Republican), 4th District
• David Brooks (Federalist), 5th District
• Hezekiah L. Hosmer (Federalist), 6th District
• John E. Van Alen (Federalist), 7th District
• Henry Glen (Federalist), 8th District
• John Williams (Federalist), 9th District
• James Cochran (Federalist), 10th District

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North Carolina

• Joseph McDowell (Republican), 1st District
• Matthew Locke (Republican), 2nd District
• Robert Williams (Republican), 3rd District
• Richard Stanford (Republican), 4th District
• Nathaniel Macon (Republican), 5th District
• James Gillespie (Republican), 6th District
• William B. Grove (Federalist), 7th District
• Dempsey Burges (Republican), 8th District
• Thomas Blount (Republican), 9th District
• Nathan Bryan (Republican) and then Richard D. Spaight (Republican), 10th District

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Pennsylvania

• Blair McClenachan (Republican), 1st District
• John Swanwick (Republican) and then Robert Waln (Federalist), 1st District
• Richard Thomas (Federalist), 3rd District
• John Chapman (Federalist), 4th District
• Andrew Gregg (Republican), 4th District
• Samuel Sitgreaves (Federalist) and then Robert Brown (Republican), 4th District
• George Ege (Federalist) and then Joseph Hiester (Republican), 5th District
• John A. Hanna (Republican), 6th District
• John W. Kittera (Federalist), 7th District
• Thomas Hartley (Federalist), 8th District
• David Bard (Republican), 10th District
• William Findley (Republican), 11th District
• Albert Gallatin (Republican), 11th District

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Rhode Island

• Christopher G. Champlin (Federalist), At-Large
• Elisha R. Potter (Federalist) and then Thomas Tillinghast (Federalist), At-Large

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South Carolina

• Lemuel Benton (Republican), At-Large
• Robert G. Harper (Federalist), At-Large
• William Smith (Republican), At-Large
• William L. Smith (Federalist) and then Thomas Pinckney (Federalist), At-Large
• John Rutledge, Jr. (Federalist), At-Large
• Thomas Sumter (Republican), At-Large

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Tennessee

• William C. C. Claiborne (Republican), At-Large

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Vermont

• Matthew Lyon (Republican), 1st District
• Lewis R. Morris (Federalist), 2nd District

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Virginia

• Richard Brent (Republican), At-Large
• Samuel J. Cabell (Republican), At-Large
• Thomas Claiborne (Republican), At-Large
• Matthew Clay (Republican), At-Large
• John Clopton (Republican), At-Large
• John Dawson (Republican), At-Large
• Thomas Evans (Federalist), At-Large
• William B. Giles (Republican) and then Joseph Eggleston (Republican), At-Large
• Carter B. Harrison (Republican), At-Large
• David Holmes (Republican), At-Large
• Walter Jones (Republican), At-Large
• James Machir (Federalist), At-Large
• Daniel Morgan (Federalist), At-Large
• Anthony New (Republican), At-Large
• John Nicholas (Republican), At-Large
• Josiah Parker (Federalist), At-Large
• Abram Trigg (Republican), At-Large
• John J. Trigg (Republican), At-Large
• Abraham B. Venable (Republican), At-Large

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Party Affiliation

Senate

• Federalist 23
• Republican 9
• Total 32

House of Representatives

• Federalist 57 (then 58)
• Republican 48
• No Affiliation 1 (then 0)
• Total 106