Fourth United States Congress

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Table of contents

1 Dates of Sessions 2 Major Political Events 3 Officers 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Members of the Fourth United States Congress 5 External links

Dates of Sessions

1795-1797

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia from December 7, 1795 to June 1, 1796.
• The second session took place in Philadelphia from December 5, 1796 to March 3, 1797.

Major Political Events

• John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson in the U.S. Presidential election, November 1796

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - John Adams
• President pro tempore -
  1. Henry Tazewell (7 December 1795-8 December 1795)
  2. Samuel Livermore (6 May 1796-4 December 1796)
  3. William Bingham (16 February 1797-3 March 1797)
• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain - William White

House of Representatives

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

Members of the Fourth United States Congress

• Fisher Ames (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Theodorus Bailey (Representative), -, NY
• Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA
• David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA
• Lemuel Benton (Representative), Republican, SC
• William Bingham (Senator), Federalist, PA
• Timothy Bloodworth (Senator), Republican, NC
• Thomas Blount (Representative), Republican, NC
• William Blount (Senator), Republican, TN
• Benjamin Bourne (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Theophilus Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI
• Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA
• John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY
• Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC
• Daniel Buck (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC
• Aaron Burr (Senator), Anti-Administration, NY
• Pierce Butler (Senator), Republican, SC
• Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative), Republican, VA
• George Cabot (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA
• Gabriel Christie (Representative), Republican, MD
• Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN
• Joshua Coit (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Isaac Coles (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Cooper (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Jeremiah Crabb (Representative), Federalist, MD
• William Craik (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT
• James Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Jonathan Dayton (Representative, Speaker of the House), Federalist, NJ
• Henry Dearborn (Representative), Republican, MA
• George Dent (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Gabriel Duvall (Representative), Republican, MD
• Samuel Earle (Representative), Republican, SC
• George Ege (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Oliver Ellsworth (Senator), Pro-Administration, CT
• William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA
• Abiel Foster (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Dwight Foster (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Theodore Foster (Senator), Federalist, RI
• Jesse Franklin (Representative), Republican, NC
• Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Frederick Frelinghuysen (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
• Albert Gallatin (Representative), -, PA
• Ezekiel Gilbert (Representative), Federalist, NY
• William Branch Giles (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Gillespie (Representative), Republican, NC
• Nicholas Gilman (Representative), Republican, NH
• Henry Glen (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Benjamin Goodhue (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Chauncey Goodrich (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Christopher Greenup (Representative), Republican, KY
• Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA
• Roger Griswold (Representative), Federalist, CT
• William Barry Grove (Representative), Federalist, NC
• James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
• Wade Hampton (Representative), Republican, SC
• George Hancock (Representative), -, VA
• Robert Goodloe Harper (Representative), -, SC
• Carter Bassett Harrison (Representative), Republican, VA
• Thomas Hartley (Representative), Federalist, PA
• John Hathorn (Representative), Republican, NY
• Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Heath (Representative), Republican, VA
• Thomas Henderson (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
• Daniel Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA
• James Hillhouse (Representative, Senator), Federalist, CT
• William Hindman (Representative), Federalist, MD
• James Holland (Representative), Republican, NC
• John Eager Howard (Senator), Federalist, MD
• John Hunter (Senator), Republican, SC
• Andrew Jackson (Representative), Republican, TN
• George Jackson (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Jackson (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
• Rufus King (Senator), Federalist, NY
• Aaron Kitchell (Representative), Republican, NJ
• John Wilkes Kittera (Representative), Federalist, PA
• John Langdon (Senator), Republican, NH
• Henry Latimer (Senator), Federalist, DE
• John Laurance (Senator), Federalist, NY
• George Leonard (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Samuel Livermore (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH
• Edward Livingston (Representative), -, NY
• Matthew Locke (Representative), Republican, NC
• Samuel Lyman (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Lyman (Representative), Republican, MA
• Samuel Maclay (Representative), Republican, PA
• Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC
• James Madison (Representative), Republican, VA
• Francis Malbone (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Humphrey Marshall (Senator), Federalist, KY
• Alexander Martin (Senator), Anti-Administration, NC
• Stevens Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA
• John Milledge (Representative), Republican, GA
• Andrew Moore (Representative), Republican, VA
• Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (Representative), Republican (Jeffersonian), PA
• William Vans Murray (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Anthony New (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Nicholas (Representative), Republican, VA
• Alexander Dalrymple Orr (Representative), Republican, KY
• John Page (Representative), Republican, VA
• Elijah Paine (Senator), Federalist, VT
• Josiah Parker (Representative), Federalist, VA
• John Patten (Representative), Republican, DE
• Elisha Reynolds Potter (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Richard Potts (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
• Francis Preston (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jacob Read (Senator), Federalist, SC
• John Reed Sr. (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Richards (Representative), Republican, PA
• Moses Robinson (Senator), Anti-Administration, VT
• James Ross (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA
• Robert Rutherford (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Rutherfurd (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
• Theodore Sedgwick (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Samuel Sewall (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Samuel Sherburne (Representative), Republican, NH
• Samuel Sitgreaves (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Thomson Joseph Skinner (Representative), Republican, MA
• Isaac Smith (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Israel Smith (Representative), Republican, VT
• Jeremiah Smith (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Nathaniel Smith (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Samuel Smith (Representative), Republican, MD
• William Loughton Smith (Representative), Federalist, SC
• Richard Sprigg, Jr. (Representative), Republican, MD
• Thomas Sprigg (Representative), Republican, MD
• Richard Stockton (Senator), Federalist, NJ
• Caleb Strong (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA
• William Francis Strudwick (Representative), Federalist, NC
• John Swanwick (Representative), Republican, PA
• Zephaniah Swift (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Absalom Tatom (Representative), Republican, NC
• Josiah Tattnall (Senator), Republican, GA
• Henry Tazewell (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
• George Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Richard Thomas (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Mark Thomson (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Isaac Tichenor (Senator), Federalist, VT
• Uriah Tracy (Representative, Senator), Federalist, CT
• Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Senator), Federalist, CT
• John Evert Van Alen (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Philip Van Cortlandt (Representative), Republican, NY
• Joseph Bradley Varnum (Representative), Republican, MA
• Abraham Bedford Venable (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Vining (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE
• Peleg Wadsworth (Representative), Federalist, MA
• George Walton (Senator), Federalist, GA
• James White (Delegate), -, Southwest Territory
• John Williams (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Richard Winn (Representative), Republican, SC

External links

• Acts of the 4th Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=30)

Preceded by: Third United States Congress

United States Congress 1795–1797

Followed by: Fifth United States Congress

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